Research

Regime reports, protocol deep-dives, and journal notes from the lab.

FEATURED WEEK 17 · 2026
REGIME·4 MIN READ

Regime shift on BTC.D — watching alt rotation into mid-caps

BTC holds 4H and 1D bullish but dominance is curling up for the first time in three weeks. Mid-caps with clean structure are the cleanest trades this week. Full report with setups, funding tables, and sector heatmap inside.

DEFI

A closer look at Ethena's yield mechanics

How sUSDe stays funded when rates compress, and where the model breaks. Reference for position sizing around delta-neutral strategies.

ALPHA

Funding-rate edge returns to crypto majors

Funding/price divergence on BTC is printing cleaner signals in low-vol regimes. Backtest attached.

DEFI

Base L2 liquidity mapping, Q2

Where TVL is concentrating on Base, and which DEX venues carry tradable depth for mid-caps.

JOURNAL

Why we skipped the SOL short this week

Short thesis looked clean on the 4H but 1W held the line. Process note for the journal.