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dYdX

💡 dYdX offers perpetuals and leverage trading on a semi decentralised platform

Categories:

DeFi

Updated:

2023-03-09

Tags:

Perpetual

Ticker:

DYDX

Token Strength.

Token Utility:

$DYDX holders pay reduced trading fees, participate in governance and can stake $DYDX for more $DYDX.

Demand Driver:

Discounted trading fees
speculation on revenue accruing to DAO governed treasury with V4

Value Creation:

Decentralised app, deep liquidity leverage and perpetuals trading.

Value Capture:

Value created is not captured in the token. 
Current revenues from fees accrue to the centralised dYdX Trading Inc. and NOT to a $DYDX token governed entity. 

Business Model:

Takes a fee on all trading.

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Protocol Analysis.

Details
Problems & Solutions
V4 upgrade (2023 Q2) might see upgrade of tokenomics where the DAO governs over revenue
Predecessors

Investment Take

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Tokenomics Timeline.

  1. 2021-08-03

    TGE

    1 billion tokens launched.

  2. 2022-11-24

    Safety and Liquidity Module wind down

    Safety and liquidity module have been shut down after community vote.

  3. 2023-01-20

    First large unlock upcoming

    Due to large allocation to employees, investors and founders this upcoming unlock could be quite significant.

  4. 2023-06-14

    Token Upgrade due to new blockchain

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Allocation and Emission.

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Resources.

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