Instead, the P/S ratio focuses on the usage of a protocol, by tracking the total fees paid (revenue) by the users of its service. More info: https://t.co/XlHI7XPTvI
1/ Why the price to sales ratio (P/S) is a useful tool for crypto investors 👇
The price to sales ratio compares a protocol’s market cap to its revenues. A low ratio could imply that the protocol is undervalued and vice versa.
Instead, the P/S ratio focuses on the usage of a protocol, by tracking the total fees paid (revenue) by the users of its service. More info: https://t.co/XlHI7XPTvI
This transparency makes it possible to find protocols with high usage relative to market cap.
Note: Maker has gone from a high P/S ratio to #3 in a matter of months after raising the stability fees for DAI.
Also, two currently similar AMMs (Uniswap & SushiSwap) have the lowest P/S ratios.
The P/S ratio is calculated by dividing a project’s fully-diluted market cap by its annualized revenues.
The metric itself does not tell us about the growth patterns in a protocol’s market cap or revenues.
There seems to be a pretty direct correlation between the (low) P/S ratio & market cap --> revenues have been consistently high since the launch of the $UNI token.
Uniswap’s daily revenues have been consistently high during Q3-Q4 --> fluctuations in market cap have been the primary driver for changes in the P/S ratio.
There does not seem to be a direct correlation between the (low) P/S ratio and market cap.
Surges in Sushiswap’s daily revenues have trended its P/S ratio lower both during its launch and also more recently.
Compound’s market cap has been stable since the launch of $COMP. Its P/S ratio trended quickly to a low double-digit figure --> revenues spiked after the launch of its token.
Compound’s daily revenues spiked up significantly with the launch of the $COMP token and associated liquidity mining.
There seems to have been a pretty direct correlation between the P/S ratio & market cap during the early days --> revenues were low initially, but have been on an upward trend since.
Kyber’s daily revenues were relatively low in the beginning but have been on an upward trend for the past two years.
After the launch of Synthetix v2, the protocol had a relatively low market cap & high P/S ratio --> revenues were low initially, but have trended upward during the past quarter.
Synthetix’s daily revenues have been been on an upward trend during Q3-Q4, after a slower start in Q2.
Market cap of Ethereum is a long way from the highs of 2017, yet its P/S ratio is on par with leading DeFi protocols --> significant growth in revenues during the past 6 months.
Ethereum’s daily revenues have been consistently high during Q2-Q4, while its market cap has yet to catch-up with the growth of the Ethereum ecosystem.
It’s one of the first fundamentals-based indexes in the crypto market.
Source: https://t.co/ZeVImRsVAa
It shows that Compound, Uniswap, and MakerDAO currently hold the largest weightings in the index portfolio.
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1/ ERC-20 token standard approve() has caused an unnecessary cost of $53.8M for #Ethereum and #DeFi users
This is bad. Continue reading why and how to avoid this in the future.
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2/ Before you go all rage on the flaws of my analysis, please read the whole Twitter thread for disclaimers and caveats.
3/ approve() is an unnecessary step of ERC-20 tokens when they interact with smart contracts.
You know this because when you do a Uniswap trade you need press two transaction buttons instead of one.
4/ Why there is approve() - you can read the history in this Twitter
5/ I queried all approve() transactions on Google BigQuery public dataset and calculated their ETH cost and then converted this to the USD with the current ETH price.
This is bad. Continue reading why and how to avoid this in the future.
👇👇👇
2/ Before you go all rage on the flaws of my analysis, please read the whole Twitter thread for disclaimers and caveats.
3/ approve() is an unnecessary step of ERC-20 tokens when they interact with smart contracts.
You know this because when you do a Uniswap trade you need press two transaction buttons instead of one.
4/ Why there is approve() - you can read the history in this Twitter
1/ I just spend my Saturday morning on a call with a crypto fund explaining to them how #Ethereum ERC-20 token approve() function works
— \U0001f42e Mikko Ohtamaa (@moo9000) August 29, 2020
I am too old for this shit. pic.twitter.com/7EYfOaRP5L
5/ I queried all approve() transactions on Google BigQuery public dataset and calculated their ETH cost and then converted this to the USD with the current ETH price.
0/ The Great Crypto Reversal
Key difference between the '17 and roaring 20s in crypto is that back then everyone was aping a16z and Naval.
Today everyone apes 3AC wanting to be the next Degen.
'17 was an idealistic *saving the world* kind of thing
20s is *me against the world*
1/ The financialization of crypto means more volatility but pretty long ascend to the top.
Multi-year bull and an ATH surprising even to the biggest bulls as the infinite Cantillon "wealth" is pumped into crypto
Crypto becomes the ultimate Cantillon insider circle-jerk.
2/ This will be one the most iconic ideological reversals in history, comparable to Google who was firmly against advertising but turned into the most powerful ad company ever.
3/ This scenario reminds me of the 90s privatization period in the post-socialist countries.
The regime transition allowed the communist party elite to benefit from the wild west form of "capitalism" that ensued, transferring (and multiplying) their wealth into the new regime.
4/ We are far from Satoshi's original vision . But words and intentions of *prophets* were used to manipulate and corrupt all throughout human history and this time it is no
Key difference between the '17 and roaring 20s in crypto is that back then everyone was aping a16z and Naval.
Today everyone apes 3AC wanting to be the next Degen.
'17 was an idealistic *saving the world* kind of thing
20s is *me against the world*
1/ The financialization of crypto means more volatility but pretty long ascend to the top.
Multi-year bull and an ATH surprising even to the biggest bulls as the infinite Cantillon "wealth" is pumped into crypto
Crypto becomes the ultimate Cantillon insider circle-jerk.
2/ This will be one the most iconic ideological reversals in history, comparable to Google who was firmly against advertising but turned into the most powerful ad company ever.
3/ This scenario reminds me of the 90s privatization period in the post-socialist countries.
The regime transition allowed the communist party elite to benefit from the wild west form of "capitalism" that ensued, transferring (and multiplying) their wealth into the new regime.
4/ We are far from Satoshi's original vision . But words and intentions of *prophets* were used to manipulate and corrupt all throughout human history and this time it is no
At "forever" Cantillon insiders are infinitely wealthy. Everybody else lives in pods & eats what the livestock eats, or joins the harem or household staff of an infinitaire.
— Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) January 21, 2020