Su and I have recently joined Deribit, a cryptocurrency futures & options exchange.
At Deribit, we will build out a new research publication called Deribit Insights, following in the footsteps of excellent publications like BitMEX Research, Circle Research (now closed down), and Binance Research.
We retain editorial control and will publish one new report every week.
If you enjoyed reading our articles on Medium and Uncommon Core, nothing changes for you – except that we will publish a lot more frequently now!
In fact, our first two reports are already out:
Crypto derivatives exchanges are liquidation pioneers
The invention of auto-liquidation has enabled the rise of global and permissionless trading. We show how different exchanges have implemented this mechanism and how they could further harden it against market manipulation. (Read the full report)
A New Sidechain Design for Bitcoin
The idea of sidechains has promised scalability, finality, privacy, and richer state to Bitcoin users. This promise largely didn’t materialize. In this week’s Insights report, we analyze a new custodian design that requires less trust from Bitcoin users. (Read the full report)
While most of our larger posts will be on Deribit Insights, we don’t intend to give up on UCC. It’s just a matter of finding a new place for it. Maybe we will use it for posts that are too long for Twitter but too short for a research report, as well as for more general updates. Stay tuned.
