Rules, enforcement and court decisions that touch DeFi and stablecoins: the SEC and CFTC, US stablecoin law, MiCA in the EU and actions against protocols.
DeFi Research Monthly
Research on how DeFi works and breaks: MEV, AMM design, lending risk, oracle security and mechanism design — papers and serious forum posts with real analysis.
Research on how DeFi works and breaks: MEV, AMM design, lending risk, oracle security and mechanism design — papers and serious forum posts with real analysis.
- On the 1st of each month at 09:00 (UTC), one issue with up to 10 of the best finds since the last one.
- Each find comes with a short summary and why it matched; the issue opens with a few lines on what stood out.
- In your feed, by email, and as a push notice if you turn it on.
- ✕ Surveys and position papers
- ✕ No data or formal analysis
Exact rules
On the 1st of every month at 09:00, send me an issue of up to 10 items with Research on decentralized finance, plus at least one of MEV, AMM design, Lending and liquidations, Oracle security, Mechanism design or Stablecoin design. Skip surveys and position papers or no data or formal analysis. Search the open web, starting with https://ethresear.ch/latest.rss, q-fin.TR and cs.CR, and also https://eprint.iacr.org/rss/rss.xml. Matching is strict. Anyone can find and subscribe to it in Discover.
More in DeFi
Streams that already watch this field. Follow one as it is — it costs nothing extra.
Real-world assets coming onchain: tokenized Treasury funds, credit and equities from BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Ondo and others — launches, sizes and integrations into DeFi.
What the largest stablecoin issuers announce: new chains and products, reserve reports, licences and partnerships from Tether, Circle, Sky, Ethena and PayPal.