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The FTX Saga | Dune Arcana #6 | How to track on-chain balance and volume with open data

This week, we discuss the whole FTX saga -- a timeline for the series of events pertaining to SBF, FTX, Alameda Research, CZ, Binance, and more. Using the FTX saga as our case study, we will go over how to track on-chain activities/flows, balances, and volumes in an open data blockchain environment.

Automated Market Maker (AMM) | Dune Arcana #5

This week, in honor of the ongoing `dex.trades` migration, we will cover the basics of AMM (automated market makers) and offer a starting point on what data analysis we can do with AMM's on-chain data.

The Ethereum Merge (with AMA ft. 🐐🧙‍♀️archwizard hildobby) | Dune Arcana #3

This week we will explain what is The Ethereum Merge with on-chain data.

BendDAO Liquidity Crisis (with Bend cofounder Q&A) | Dune Arcana #2

This week we will investigate the liquidity crisis BendDAO had and its implication for the broader NFT market.

A Primer on L2 (ft. MSilb7) | Dune Arcana #4

"L2s (Arbitrum & Optimism) account for 30-40% of all transactions on Ethereum, but consume only 2% of the total gas..." That is one of the trends mentioned by Tomasz Tungas in his talk at DuneCon regarding The State of Web3 in 2022. This week we explain what Layer 2 is with on-chain data.