USDC Transfer Volumes
Apr 14, 2022 - Compare USDC transfer volumes on Algorand, Solana, Ethereum in 2022.
Contractually Obligated
Mar 8, 2022 - Question 162: Based on your analysis for #161, provide the top 20 smart contract addresses that users interact with or the top 2 smart contract addresses per each of the protocols that you previously analyzed. Grand prize-winning submissions will assess both!
Tracking UST on SOL
Feb 15, 2022 - There has been a focus of integrating UST in the SOL ecosystem in 2022. Identify the three most popular applications of UST in SOL DeFi in February. Can you calculate yield generated from these pools? Are "whales" more or less likely to transact in UST than USDC or USDT on SOL (can calculate this through avg value of each coin)? Highlight the 10 largest transactions in terms of UST in February. Are there patterns to the "whale" transactions and wallets?
How Relevant is Justin Sun?
May 1, 2022 - Justin Sun has recently announced an algorithmic stablecoin, USDD, with 30% yield. Sun has announced plans to backstop USDD with $10B of crypto as collateral, matching the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG). Do a deep dive, conduct research, and provide a well-researched conclusion to the burning questions: is Justin Sun for real? Is USDD likely to accrue significant backing? How will its 30% offering fare over time?
Free Square
Jun 14, 2022 - Q101. This week we want to try something new. We want you to essentially write your own bounty question and answer it yourself. Pick any topic in THORChain that you find relevant and interesting and analyze it.
Swapping goBTC and goETH on DEXs
May 18, 2022 - Q72. goETH and goBTC are wrapped forms of ETH and BTC minted by algoMint. Let's look at goBTC and goETH swaps across the DEXs since the beginning of April and get a better understanding of how wallets are swapping goETH and goBTC - especially during the price crash in May.
Polygon NFT
Jul 15, 2022 - Q3. How popular are NFTs on Polygon? Track daily volume over the past month/year/etc. How many Polygon users started off with NFTs? Who made the most profit?
Seasonal Analysis
Feb 22, 2022 - Question 45: Conduct a seasonal analysis on Sushiswap activity. Is there a particular month or day where there is more activity?
UST-LUNA Highway
Apr 16, 2022 - Q182. Over a time period of your choosing, display the following: -daily minted UST and burned LUNA -daily burned UST and minted LUNA What are some trends you can observe for each of the charts above?
Fractionalized Dragons
Mar 15, 2022 - Question 38: Bridgesplit enables any unique asset to become liquid and yield generative via NFT-collateralized lending, indexes, and more. Bridgesplit's Floor Indexes are a new NFT / DeFi primitive that enables users to create instant liquidity for their NFT assets with a fungible token that tracks the ""floor price"" of the respective NFT collection. The product was first introduced on March 1, 2022 in partnership with the Boryoku Dragonz. Users can deposit their dragon NFTs in exchange for $DRGNZ tokens or buy $DRGNZ on the open market and then deposit their tokens into the DRGNZ-SOL liquidity pool to earn passive income in the form of trading fees. LPs can also start farming $BOKU rewards by staking their LP tokens. A total of 8,500 $BOKU tokens are expected to be distributed during the farming rewards period. Create a graph showing the total volume of $DRGNZ traded and the total deposits into the DRGNZ-SOL liquidity pool over time. Highlight the largest deposits and largest withdrawals from the pool to date. How many $BOKU tokens have been farmed so far from this rewards program?
ERC20 Tokens (zkSync)
Jun 17, 2022 - Q2. Users can also deposit ERC20 tokens into ZkSync. Which ERC20 tokens have been deposited the most (in $ volume and total count) in the last 60 days? Visualize and explain both findings.
Thorra-Luna-UST
Apr 15, 2022 - Q65. How have the RUNE-UST, RUNE-LUNA pools been performing on Thorswap? How do the fees generated from these pools compare to other pools? Do the swaps in these 2 pools tend to be balanced or are they typically going in a certain direction (e.g. are there more swaps from $LUNA or to $LUNA)?
Solana Competitive Advantages
May 1, 2022 - Why would a developer and / or a user choose Solana over Ethereum (and vice versa)?
What's going on with Avalanche?
Jul 21, 2022 - What's going on with Avalanche? This is an open-ended bounty, what we call a Free Square, and it’s an opportunity for you to show us what you’ve got.
Staking SOL on Marinade
Mar 5, 2022 - Question 32: Marinade Finance is the first non-custodial liquid staking protocol built on Solana. By staking SOL with Marinade, users receive mSOL tokens in return that can be used to explore other DeFi protocols and earn additional yield. mSOL can also be swapped for other tokens on decentralized exchanges like Jupiter and Orca. Create a visualization showing the amount of SOL staked on Marinade since the beginning of February. What is the average amount of SOL staked on Marinade per transaction, and what were the 10 largest transactions? Create a histogram showing the distribution of SOL staked per transaction. What are the most popular tokens that mSOL is swapped for on Jupiter?
200K ALGO Donated Toward Tree Planting
Mar 9, 2022 - Question 32: Algorand is a carbon negative blockchain and the carbon operations produce is often offset by tree planting. Gilbert the Goanna(https://algoanna001.com/) is Goanna #001 from the Al Goanna NFT collection and an organization that has planted over 40,000 trees. Recently they reached the benchmark of 200K ALGOs in donations for tree planting(https://twitter.com/Gilbertgoanna01/status/1498135551588769798). 1) Show the donations to the wallet over time. 2) Has the donation wallet sent any of the ALGOs anywhere? If so, what addresses have most of the ALGOs been sent to? 3) Have any of the ALGOs been sent to a centralized exchange(CEX)? If so, how much?
Yesterday was… Well let’s not talk about yesterday, let’s analyze it.
May 11, 2022 - You’re looking to rebuild your bags and we’re looking for some analysis, but we want to know what you want to know about yesterday. Make a dashboard on any topic that strikes your curiosity, tweet it, mention @flipsidecrypto, and we’ll put 20 LUNA in your bag.
New DEX Users
Mar 29, 2022 - Q40. Let's use the algorand.swap table to look at users who are using the new DEXes(Decentralized Exchange): PactFi, AlgoFi, WagmiSwap and whether or not they previously used the Tinyman exchange? What percent of wallets for each of the new DEXes(swap_programs:PactFi, AlgoFi, Wagmiswap) had previously used Tinyman to perform a swap?
Katana wLUNA Pool
Feb 20, 2022 - Katana's primary offering is a suite of accessible vaults that execute automated yield strategies in the background. One of such vaults is its Wormhole LUNA covered call vault, which offers appealing yield opportunities on LUNA especially during times of volatility. Shares represent your ownership of a Katana wallet and are needed in the withdrawal process to then remove funds from the vault. Create a chart showing the amount of Katana WLUNA Covered Call Vault Shares claimed since February 4th and the number of unique wallets that have claimed shares. What is the average size claim? Does it seem that the wLUNA vault is mainly used by "whales"?
Solana Protocol Feature
Jul 13, 2022 - Q97. Choose a defi protocol from the following list and create a dashboard with the new Flipside layout that can refresh once a day highlighting at least 4 metrics of your choosing that helps show the "health" of the protocol and what is happening on it. Note any noticeable trends or current events for the protocol. Highlight how liquidity is flowing in and out of the protocol and which pools are popular.
SOL Swaps on Jupiter
Feb 18, 2022 - Jupiter is the best swap aggregator on Solana, meaning that it optimizes the best token swap rate across all decentralized exchanges for users. Since January 1st, how much SOL has been swapped for other tokens using Jupiter per day? Over the same time period, how much SOL has added from swaps using Jupiter per day? Create a visualization showing the flow of SOL from swaps on Jupiter since January 1st per day and provide insights around any spikes you see.
Killer Crossover, Mvmt. I: LUNA/Solana
Feb 21, 2022 - Question 149: Friktion on Solana offers a “covered call” strategy for numerous assets, including LUNA. This strategy’s overall return depends on how often the call options are exercised, i.e. how often LUNA ends up above the strike price of the option. Determine how many weeks during the past month that LUNA’s price has increased more than 15% in a 7-day period. Based on this performance, what insights or implications can you draw about the true profitability of a LUNA covered-call strategy?
NFT Buying Behavior on Flow
Jul 17, 2022 - Create a series of dashboards comparing wallet behavior for buying and selling NFTs on Flow compared to Ethereum and Solana. Is there more or less "whale" activity on Flow compared to each of the other chains? What do "whales" tend to focus on in Flow? How common is "flipping" on Flow (selling within 24 hrs, within a week etc) compared to other chains, or do wallets tend to hold onto their NFTs? Are wallets more interested in new projects, or already existing projects on Flow?