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Open in app Sign up Sign In Write Sign up Sign In IPOR Labs 3.7K Followers Follow Home About News Learn Research Technology IPOR Labs Team ·Pinned IPOR TRADING COMPETITION: RULES AND REWARDS To celebrate the month of love (and IPOR as the Heartbeat of DeFi) 40,000 IPOR tokens will be distributed in the first Interest Rate Swap trading competition. Here is all you need to know. — With liquidity providers depositing into the Protocol in droves after the launch of the IPOR liquidity mining program, it’s time to focus on the other key user group — the traders. Interest Rate Swap trading is traditionally an activity that was typically reserved for large financial institutions. With the evolution… Trading 6 min read Trading 6 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Konstantinos Tsoulos ·5 days ago A RELATIVE VALUE THESIS FOR DEFI: POPULAR RV RATES STRATEGIES IN TRADFI (PART II) A short overview of popular TradFi relative value trading strategies. — In Part I of this series we introduced core concepts and instruments of TradFi interest rate markets, main risk factors, and rates market drivers. We highlighted relative value trading (RV trading) as an attractive family of trading strategies that aim to generate alpha with low volatility. In this second, slightly… Education 9 min read Education 9 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Konstantinos Tsoulos ·Feb 17 A RELATIVE VALUE THESIS FOR DEFI: CAN IT BRING NEW ALPHA AND YIELD OPPORTUNITIES? (PART I) The fundamentals of relative value (RV) trading and the risks and opportunities for applying it in the DeFi space. — The interest rates market is one of the largest and most liquid markets in traditional finance (TradFi). It plays an instrumental role in the functioning of the financial system and presents attractive opportunities for yield generation and arbitrage. … Education 14 min read Education 14 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Konstantinos Tsoulos ·Feb 15 VOLATILE RATES DUE TO REGULATORY ACTION? IPOR SWAPS HAVE YOU COVERED Strip away or ride market volatility with simple IPOR swap strategies. — The SEC’s Wells Notice to Paxos regarding BUSD has been the latest episode of the ongoing regulatory crackdown drama in the crypto industry. The move raised some eyebrows and triggered speculation about what could be on the agenda next time. … Education 2 min read Education 2 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wookash ·Feb 14 POWER UP POWER TOKENS! The success of IPOR Protocol liquidity mining calls for a demonstration of the flexibility of the Power Token design. — The IPOR Protocol launched Power IPOR (pwIPOR) a couple of weeks ago, and what a launch it was. The Procotol’s liquidity pools experienced explosive growth from less than $3 million worth of stablecoins to over $37 million in the span of two weeks. Tokenomics 4 min read Tokenomics 4 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darren Camas ·Feb 2 IPOR USDT INDEX: SUSTAINED ORACLE ATTACK AND RISK MITIGATION With the opening of the IPOR Protocol trading competition, the Protocol experienced its first prolonged attack. — Today, along with the opening of the IPOR Protocol trading competition the Protocol experienced its first prolonged attack. The nature of the attack is economic and is not smart contract related. The attack has been averted thanks to constant monitoring of the system and quick reaction by the core team. Security 4 min read Security 4 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPOR Labs Team ·Feb 2 IPOR LABS TALENT SPOTLIGHT: KONSTANTINOS TSOULOS, HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT A quick Q&A session with IPOR Labs’ newest member — Konstantinos Tsoulos — about macro, TradFi, DeFi, IPOR, and life as a DJ. — The IPOR Protocol’s mission to become the foundation of DeFi credit markets can only be achieved by attracting a properly-balanced high concentration of quality talent within both the IPOR founding team and community. … Dao 9 min read Dao 9 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPOR Labs Team ·Jan 25 LAUNCH OF LIQUIDITY MINING IPOR Protocol liquidity providers can now earn pwIPOR tokens in addition to the real yield generated by the Protocol. — Today at 12:00 PM UTC, liquidity providers in the IPOR pools who have staked their IPOR liquidity tokens (ipUSDC, ipUSDT, or ipDAI) started receiving rewards in pwIPOR tokens. If you still have not yet staked your liquidity, access the IPOR DApp: app.ipor.io/liquidity-mining pwIPOR emissions aim to attract liquidity to the… Tokenomics 4 min read Tokenomics 4 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPOR Labs Team ·Jan 11 IPOR DAO PHASE ONE: IPOR REWARDS After five months of mainnet activity, the IPOR Protocol is taking the next step towards decentralization on its way to governance by the IPOR DAO. — Quick takeaways: The IPOR Protocol has gone through significant growth since its launch on the Ethereum mainnet in August 2022. A Protocol snapshot was taken on January 9, 2023, at 12 pm UTC. An airdrop for Protocol and community members based on the snapshot will take place on January 18… Dao 6 min read Dao 6 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dimitar Dinev ·Dec 15, 2022 POWER TOKENS: INCENTIVES, DONE BETTER After over 2 years with barely any meaningful innovation in liquidity mining, the IPOR Protocol introduces a new DeFi primitive. — Quick takeaways: Liquidity mining is a powerful incentive mechanism that is uniquely suitable for DeFi projects. In the past two years, a number of serious flaws in liquidity mining designs have become apparent. Power Tokens seek to iterate over the veCRV design in search of a more sustainable and long-lasting… Tokenomics 9 min read Tokenomics 9 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvaro Serrano Rivas ·Dec 8, 2022 FIXED INCOME IN DEFI: RISK MANAGEMENT FOR DAO TREASURIES (PART 2) IPOR Protocol's highly capital-efficient interest rate swaps enable access to TradFi-like capital management tools in a Web3 environment. — Quick takeaways: Interest rate swaps are fundamental building blocks of the traditional financial system and enable protection against interest rate volatility. Interest rate swaps have been traditionally available only to large financial institutions but thanks to blockchain technology and IPOR R&D efforts, DAOs, and retail users can now access Plain… Dao 7 min read Dao 7 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPOR Labs Quant Trading Desk ·Dec 6, 2022 INTEREST RATES AND CAPITAL MARKETS REPORT | NOVEMBER 2022 Capital markets and crypto after FTX. — IPOR Labs Quants | December 6, 2022 | 16:30 am (UTC) Market Caps: Crypto - $876bn DeFi TVL - $42.67bn Top 3 stablecoins - $131.28bn BTC dominance - 36.7% Market Review DeFi lending was resilient during the June turmoil; the same is the case today. Since the majority of DeFi lending is based on over-collateralization — lenders were not exposed to losses when the value… Interest Rates 9 min read Interest Rates 9 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wookash ·Dec 2, 2022 IPOR INDEX SMART CONTRACT AND RATE UPDATE The IPOR calculation smart contract is being upgraded after Ethereum Merge-related changes in Compound.finance infrastructure. — Quick takeaways: An inconsistency in the IPOR Index calculation was discovered during one of the latest code audits. It causes a slight reduction of the Compound weight in the Index calculation. The smart contract upgrade that addresses it will affect existing swap positions. Development 4 min read Development 4 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mau ·Nov 17, 2022 USDT SWAP PRICING MODEL UPDATE A quick review of the newly applied IPOR USDT spread pricing model. — Summary This report explains the behavior of the proposed new set of parameters for USDT-IPOR automated market maker (AMM). Pre and Post-Launch Model Performance First, let’s look at the behavior of the new parameters prior to and after the launch of the IPOR Protocol up to November 15th. 💡 The key takeaway from this plot are… Interest Rates 3 min read Interest Rates 3 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPOR Labs Team ·Nov 15, 2022 FTX FALLOUT & VOLATILE IPOR USDT RATES: STRESS-TESTING THE IPOR PROTOCOL Reviewing recent CeFi and DeFi market volatility and fine-tuning IPOR Protocol’s swap pricing model. — Quick takeaways: IPOR Protocol’s spread pricing models performed well during DeFi and CeFi money market volatility caused by the FTX black swan. The USDT IPOR model tuned itself to long-term volatility and started quoting a “receive fixed” spread well above the IPOR rate. The current AMM parameters were launched with… Development 6 min read Development 6 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wookash ·Nov 3, 2022 LAUNCHING ASSET MANAGEMENT IPOR Protocol liquidity providers can now enjoy an even higher yield generated by the most secure DeFi money markets. — It’s time to turn on the long-awaited IPOR Protocol asset management! Asset management is meant to increase the yield of Liquidity Providers (LPs) in IPOR Pools by delegating the funds to money markets. With the feature enabled, IPOR LPs will be effectively getting the APRs on Aave and Compound +… Development 3 min read Development 3 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvaro Serrano Rivas ·Nov 1, 2022 FIXED INCOME IN DEFI: RISK MANAGEMENT FOR DAO TREASURIES (PART 1) DAOs are the fixed-income funds of DeFi. As such, they need better financial tooling to manage risk and ensure their long-term sustainability. — Quick takeaways: Planning for future expenses is a tough task for DAOs since they don’t have access to risk management tools such as structured products or derivatives. Yields being generated on the largest money markets in DeFi — Aave and Compound — are usually insufficient for DAOs. Dao 8 min read Dao 8 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPOR Labs Team ·Oct 27, 2022 IPOR APP UPDATE: PORTFOLIO AND STATISTICS IPOR Protocol traders and liquidity providers can now enjoy a range of UI improvements to make informed decisions — The IPOR Protocol’s latest app update is excellent news for liquidity providers and traders! The IPOR app now features two new menu tabs: Portfolio Statistics Let’s review. Portfolio Page True to its title, the Portfolio page is where users find information about the current state of their open swaps and liquidity deposits… UI 3 min read UI 3 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wookash ·Oct 25, 2022 IPOR PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW Here is how the IPOR Protocol delivers a traditional finance vanilla interest rate swap experience in DeFi. — Quick takeaways: IPOR Protocol consists of five software elements that work together to deliver a vanilla interest rate swap experience native to traditional finance — oracle, AMM, monitoring system, governance system, and API. IPOR Protocol smart contracts are coded and deployed to support a single ERC20 token. … Development 9 min read Development 9 min read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPOR Labs Team ·Oct 20, 2022 IPOR APP UPDATE: USER INTERFACE 2.0 The IPOR Protocol web interface was upgraded for a more user-friendly experience. Here’s an overview of the main improvements and new features. — The DeFi space has a major user experience problem. Web3 applications are often built to serve a niche group of users who have become familiar with the clanky interfaces through (sometimes costly) trial and error, failed transactions, and wasted time getting support on Discord. UI 4 min read UI 4 min read Based in Zug, Switzerland, IPOR Labs develops cutting-edge, highly-secure, blockchain-based derivatives software. The IPOR Protocol consists of three elements: the IPOR Indices, Interest Rate Derivatives, and the Liquidity Pool & Automated Market Maker. Learn more at: www.ipor.io Follow Connect with IPOR Labs EDITORS IPOR LABS TEAM IPOR Labs specializes in development of blockchain based derivatives software and is based in Zug, Switzerland. The heartbeat of DeFi. Website: www.ipor.io Follow MAU Mau is a quant and data scientist who holds a Ph.D in computer science, formerly Board Member and R&D with SBI Bits, the crypto exchange of the Japanese SBI. Follow DARREN CAMAS Darren Camas has been involved with crypto & blockchain since 2011 advising, building, and investing in multiple projects. Currently he is CEO of IPOR Labs. Follow See all Help Status Writers Blog Careers Privacy Terms About Text to speech To make Medium work, we log user data. By using Medium, you agree to our Privacy Policy, including cookie policy.