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Hidden by complexity? Measuring stablecoin, crypto and decentralised finance ecosystems

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By Timothy Aerts, Ronald Heijmans, Jan Paulick
| BISness
Cryptoassets, stablecoins and decentralised finance (DeFi) generate vast amounts of publicly available blockchain data. Yet translating these data into meaningful measures of economic activity is challenging. We demonstrate that widely used indicators of DeFi activity are highly dependent on methodological choices and underlying assumptions. We use granular data to examine transfer values, token issuance, decentralised exchange activity and stablecoin holdings.
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Are cryptocurrencies cryptic or a source of arbitrage? A genetic algorithm approach

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By Shaun Byck, Oluwasegun Bewaji, Sania Hamid, Timothy Aerts
| Risk.net Verified
Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Save this article Send to Print this page Arbitrage opportunities in crypto markets are very large. A mixed strategy of cryptoassets and stablecoins is more profitable. To exploit arbitrage opportunities across exchanges it requires a lot of liquidity to keep all exchanges liquid to make the required trades.
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