DeFi
Zeta Markets Founder Tristan Frizza on Solana’s DeFi Layer 2 Plans, Perpetual Trading, and DeFi Summer 2024
Last updated: May 21, 2024, 11:18 a.m. EDT | 4 minutes of reading
In an exclusive interview with CryptonewsTristan Frizza, the founder of the DeFi platform Zeta Marketsan on-chain options trading protocol on the Solana blockchain, explained how he came to rely on Solana, encouraged by a conversation with the chain’s founder.
He spoke about Solana’s congestion issues, the construction of the first Solana L2, and how it will benefit Zeta and the broader community.
A call with Yakovenko from Solana
At the start of 2021, Frizza began to rely on Ethereumwishing to create a derivatives exchange.
However, he quickly realized that this product would not be suitable for the Ethereum mainnet. The team reached out to various rollup providers, but it was still years away from launch.
Frizza decided to look at different channels, finding Solana to be “the real outlier.” As an engineer, he saw Solana as a very interesting blockchain, even though it was much smaller at the time.
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Interestingly, Frizza reached out to members of the Solana team, making a call with co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko himself.
Chatting with Yakovenko and learning more about his professional background further encouraged Frizza to lean on Solana.
“I tell myself, I really want to build where this guy builds,” he said. “It looks like he has a great team, and they have a great vision.”
Solana allowed them to create a scalable, fast, efficient network with lower costs.
Additionally, Yakovenko eventually became Zeta’s angel investor.
Congestion problems are a major obstacle
Founded in 2021, Zeta has seen $6 billion in trading volume and more than 6 million transactions so far, its founder said. Additionally, it has around 100,000 monthly active users.
“So there’s quite a bit of adoption and a little bit of traction there,” Frizza remarked.
The team had to scale systems “pretty aggressively” on Solana over the past six months as all these users and transaction volumes flooded in. “And it works quite well,” he added.
However, there are “obstacles” and technical difficulties.
1) Many major fixes and improvements deployed to @ZetaMarkets on in the last 2 days. The trading experience is already much better, which makes the engineer in me super happy 😤
TLDR;
– Faster landing (jito + swqos)
– Websocket stability + missing notifications-Tristan (@Tristan0x) May 17, 2024
While most are minor, like fixing a bug every now and then, the most recent hurdle is Solana’s congestion issues.
This makes it “very difficult” for teams to create, especially products like Lending Protocols or NFTs.
protocol or an NFT protocol or something like that. It might not matter if your transaction doesn’t go through for a second or two. But we’re talking about leveraged criminals and stuff like that.
In crypto, prices move very quickly, and Zeta needs to be able to move quickly for its users as well.
“We’ve been able to mitigate a lot of that, which has been a good thing,” Frizza said. “But it’s really nice to have our own kind of block space, to be able to tweak the parameters a little bit more to build something that will be really competitive with, say, centralized exchanges.”
Solana L2 building: uncharted territory
Zeta Markets recently raised $5 million in a funding round led by Electric capital., with the participation of industry leaders and angel investors, such as Yakovenko.
The increase came ahead of Zeta’s Solana Layer 2 rollup and highly anticipated token launch.
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The main objective of this increase, Frizza told us, is to restart this development in L2.
Zeta has already built a “pretty impressive exchange.” “It works pretty well.”
But “now it takes this [and] scale it.
The team is digging deeper into the infrastructure side, which improves customization, throughput, and performance.
Additionally, L2 will allow Zeta to go from the 400 millisecond block times they have on Solana to around 10 milliseconds.
To accomplish all of this, the team had to move from building a simple smart contract to building some rails to sit on.
“And to be honest, no one has built an L2 on Solana before. It’s like a very new thing, very unexplored territory,” Frizza said.
It requires a lot of work and research, extensive engineering, and hiring a team of experts.
6/ Zeta’s L2 will maintain central limit order books (CLOB) as a first-class citizen and enable a direct bridge from Solana to tap the rapidly growing DeFi liquidity pool. It also aims to solve larger UX issues with DEXs by abstracting away gas costs and tedious transaction signing.
— Zeta Markets | $Z is coming 🔥 (@ZetaMarkets) May 14, 2024
Additionally, the team will also eliminate “a bunch of things like gas fees.”
So ultimately, Frizza said, they are working to build “something that rivals centralized exchanges” while still bringing the benefits of DeFi, including self-custody, transparency and security.
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That’s not all.
In this interview, Frizza also discussed:
- write his thesis on the generative adversarial network for image super-resolution;
- how AI models have changed and improved in just a few years;
- moving to Singapore with just one suitcase and getting a 50-inch screen for coding;
- crypto players, leverage, futures and options;
- resolve Solana’s congestion issues;
- Solana’s current DeFi ecosystem outlook and outlook for DeFi summer 2024;
- the future trajectory of DeFi and how Zeta Markets is positioned to influence the evolving financial landscape.
You can look the full episode of the podcast here.
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About Tristan Frizza
Tristan Frizza is the founder of Zeta Markets.
He completed his degree in Computer Science with emphasis on distributed systems and PoW blockchain technology.
Frizza later worked in AI research and as a data scientist in Silicon Valley, eventually writing his thesis on the Generative Adversarial Network for Image Super-Resolution, for which he received first-class honors .
In 2021, Team Zeta won a Solana hackathon against 13,000 participants, which catalyzed the transformation of their proof of concept into a leading decentralized exchange.
Today, Zeta has processed over $5 billion in trading volume.
DeFi
Pump.Fun is revolutionizing the Ethereum blockchain in terms of daily revenue
The memecoin launchpad saw the largest daily revenue in all of DeFi over the past 24 hours.
Memecoin launchpad Pump.Fun has recorded the highest gross revenue in all of decentralized finance (DeFi) in the last 24 hours, surpassing even Ethereum.
The platform has raised $867,429 in the past 24 hours, compared to $844,276 for Ethereum, according to DeFiLlama. Solana-based Telegram trading bot Trojan was the third-highest revenue generator of the day, as memecoin infrastructure continues to dominate in DeFi.
Pump.Fun generates $315 million in annualized revenue according to DeFiLlama, and has averaged $906,160 per day over the past week.
Income Ranking – Source: DeFiLlama
The memecoin frenzy of the past few months is behind Pump.fun’s dominance. Solana-based memecoins have been the main drug of choice for on-chain degenerates.
The app allows non-technical users to launch their own tokens in minutes. Users can spend as little as $2 to launch their token and are not required to provide liquidity up front. Pump.Fun allows new tokens to trade along a bonding curve until they reach a set market cap of around $75,000, after which the bonding curve will then be burned on Raydium to create a safe liquidity pool.
Pump.Fun generates revenue through accrued fees. The platform charges a 1% fee on transactions that take place on the platform. Once a token is bonded and burned on Raydium, Pump.fun is no longer able to charge the 1% fee.
Ethereum is the blockchain of the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ether, with a market cap of $395 billion. It powers hundreds of applications and thousands of digital assets, and backs over $60 billion in value in smart contracts.
Ethereum generates revenue when users pay fees, called gas and denominated in ETH, to execute transactions and smart contracts.
DeFi
DeFi technologies will improve trading desk with zero-knowledge proofs
DeFi Technologies, a Canadian company financial technology companyis set to enhance its trading infrastructure through a new partnership with Zero Computing, according to a July 30 statement shared with CryptoSlate.
The collaboration aims to integrate zero-knowledge proof tools to boost operations on the Solana And Ethereum blockchains by optimizing its ability to identify and execute arbitrage opportunities.
Additionally, it will improve the performance of its DeFi Alpha trading desk by enhancing its use of ZK-enabled maximum extractable value (MEV Strategies).
Zero knowledge Proof of concept (ZKP) technology provides an additional layer of encryption to ensure transaction confidentiality and has recently been widely adopted in cryptographic applications.
Optimization of trading strategies
DeFi Technologies plans to use these tools to refine DeFi Alpha’s ability to spot low-risk arbitrage opportunities. The trading desk has already generated nearly $100 million in revenue this year, and this new partnership is expected to further enhance its algorithmic strategies and market analysis capabilities.
Zero Computing technology will integrate ZKP’s advanced features into DeFi Alpha’s infrastructure. This upgrade will streamline trading processes, improve transaction privacy, and increase operational efficiency.
According to DeFi Technologies, these improvements will increase the security and sophistication of DeFi Alpha’s trading strategies.
The collaboration will also advance commercial approaches for ZK-enabled MEVs, a new concept in Motor vehicles which focuses on maximizing value through transaction fees and arbitrage opportunities within block production.
Additionally, DeFi Technologies plans to leverage Zero Computing technology to develop new financial products, such as zero-knowledge index exchange-traded products (ETPs).
Olivier Roussy Newton, CEO of DeFi Technologies, said:
“By integrating their cutting-edge zero-knowledge technology, we not only improve the efficiency and privacy of our transactions, but we also pave the way for innovative trading strategies.”
Extending Verifiable Computing to Solana
According to the release, Zero Computing has created a versatile, chain-agnostic platform for generating zero-knowledge proofs. The platform currently supports Ethereum and Solana, and the company plans to expand compatibility with other blockchains in the future.
The company added that it is at the forefront of introducing verifiable computation to the Solana blockchain, enabling complex computations to be executed off-chain with on-chain verification. This development represents a significant step in the expansion of ZKPs across various blockchain ecosystems.
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Elastos’ BeL2 Secures Starknet Grant to Advance Native Bitcoin Lending and DeFi Solutions
Singapore, Asia, July 29, 2024, Chainwire
- Elastos BeL2 to Partner with StarkWare to Integrate Starknet’s ZKPs and Cairo Programming Language with BeL2 for Native DeFi Applications
- Starknet integration allows BeL2 to provide smart contracts and dapps without moving Bitcoin assets off the mainnet
- Starknet Exchange Validates the Strength of BeL2’s Innovation and Leadership in the Native Bitcoin Ecosystem
Elastos BeL2 (Bitcoin Elastos Layer2) has secured a $25,000 grant from Starknet, a technology leader in the field of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). This significant approval highlights the Elastos BeL2 infrastructure and its critical role in advancing Bitcoin-native DeFi, particularly Bitcoin-native lending. By integrating Starknet’s ZKPs and the Cairo programming language, Elastos’ BeL2 will enhance its ability to deliver smart contracts and decentralized applications (dapps) without moving Bitcoin (BTC) assets off the mainnet. This strategic partnership with Starknet demonstrates the growing acceptance and maturity of the BeL2 infrastructure, reinforcing Elastos’ commitment to market leadership in the evolving Bitcoin DeFi market.
Starknet, developed by StarkWare, is known for its advancements in ZKP technology, which improves the privacy and security of blockchain transactions. ZKPs allow one party to prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement itself. This technology is fundamental to the evolution of blockchain networks, which will improve BeL2’s ability to integrate complex smart contracts while preserving the integrity and security of Bitcoin.
“We are thrilled to receive this grant from Starknet and announce our partnership to build tighter integrations with its ZKP technology and the Cairo programming language,” said Sasha Mitchell, Head of Bitcoin Layer 2 at Elastos. “This is a major milestone for BeL2 and a true recognition of the maturity and capabilities of our core technology. This support will allow us to further develop our innovation in native Bitcoin lending as we look to capitalize on the growing acceptance of Bitcoin as a viable alternative financial system.”
A closer integration with Cairo will allow BeL2 to leverage this powerful programming language to enhance Bitcoin’s capabilities and deliver secure, efficient, and scalable decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Specifically, the relationship with Cairo reinforces BeL2’s core technical innovations, including:
- ZKPs ensure secure and private verification of transactions
- Decentralized Arbitrage Using Collateralized Nodes to Supervise and Enforce Fairness in Native Bitcoin DeFi
- BTC Oracle (NYSE:) facilitates cross-chain interactions where information, not assets, is exchanged while Bitcoin remains on the main infrastructure
BeL2’s vision goes beyond technical innovation and aims to innovate by creating a new financial system. The goal is to build a Bitcoin-backed Bretton Woods system, address global debt crises, and strengthen Bitcoin’s role as a global hard currency. This new system will be anchored in the integrity and security of Bitcoin, providing a stable foundation for decentralized financial applications.
As integration with Starknet and the Cairo programming language continues, BeL2 will deliver further advancements in smart contract capabilities, decentralized arbitration, and innovative financial products. At Token 2049, BeL2 will showcase further innovations in its core technologies, including arbitrators, that will underscore Elastos’ vision for a fairer decentralized financial system rooted in Bitcoin.
About Elastos
Elastos is a public blockchain project that integrates blockchain technology with a suite of redesigned platform components to produce a modern Internet infrastructure that provides intrinsic privacy and ownership protection for digital assets. The mission is to create open source services that are accessible to the world, so developers can create an Internet where individuals own and control their data.
The Elastos SmartWeb platform enables organizations to recalibrate how the Internet operates to better control their own data.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/elastosinfo/
ContactPublic Relations ManagerRoger DarashahElastosroger.darashah@elastoselavation.org
DeFi
Compound Agrees to Distribute 30% of Reserves to COMP Shareholders to End Alleged Attack on Its Governance
Compound will introduce the staking program in exchange for Humpy, a notorious whale accused of launching a governance attack on the protocol, negating a recently adopted governance proposal.
Compound is launching a new staking program for COMP holders as a compromise with Humpy, a notorious DeFi whale accused of launching a governance attack against the veteran DeFi protocol.
On July 29, Bryan Colligan, head of business development at Compound, published a governance proposal outlining plans for a new compound participation product that would pay 30% of the project’s current and future reserves to COMP participants.
Colligan noted that the program was requested by Humpy in exchange for his agreement Proposition 289 — which sought to invest 499,000 COMP worth approximately $24 million into a DeFi vault controlled by Humpy, and which appears to have been forced by Humpy and his associates over the weekend.
“We propose the following staking product that meets Humpy’s stated interests as a recent new delegate and holder of COMP in exchange for the repeal of Proposition 289 due to the governance risks it poses to the protocol,” Colligan said. “The Compound Growth Program…will execute the above commitments, given the immediate repeal of Proposition 289.”
Colligan added that the proposal would expire at 11:59 p.m. EST on July 29. Had Humpy not rescinded Proposition 289, Compound would move forward with it. Proposition 290 — block Humpy using the Compound team’s multi-sig to deploy a new governor contract removing the delegate’s governance power behind Proposition 289.
Hunchback tweeted that Proposition 289 had been repealed a few hours ago. “Glad to have brought Compound Finance back into the spotlight,” they said. added. “StakedComp… finally becomes a yield-generating asset!
Markets reacted favorably to the resolution, with the price of COMP increasing by 6.2% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.
Attack on governance
Proposition 289 proposed investing 499,000 COMP from the Compound treasury into goldCOMP, a yield-generating vault of the Humpy-linked Golden Boys team.
The proposal passed with nearly 52 percent of the vote on July 28, despite two previous iterations of the proposal being defeated by strong opposition. Can And JulyThe proposals notably asked for only 92,000 COMP, with security researchers warning that any deposit of tokens into the goldCOMP vault would cede their governance power.
In May, Michael Lewellen of Web3 security firm OpenZeppelin, note The first proposal was submitted by a new governance delegate who was suddenly awarded 228,000 COMP by five wallets that got their tokens from the Bybit exchange. Combined with his own tokens, the delegate got 325,333 COMP, which is over 81% of the 400,000 tokens required for a governance proposal to reach quorum.
“We have been alerting the community to the risk that these delegates could support a potential attack on governance,” Lewellen said. “The timing of the new proposal and these recent delegations are suspect.”
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