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Chaos Labs Partners with SynFutures
Chaos Labs is thrilled to announce our partnership with SynFutures. Our collaboration, which started in February, is centered on evaluating and enhancing SynFutures V3's pioneering Oyster AMM that allows Single-Token Concentrated Liquidity for Derivatives and a Fully On-Chain Order Book.
dYdX Chain: End of Season 3 Launch Incentive Analysis
Chaos Labs presents a comprehensive review of the third trading season on the dYdX Chain. The analysis encompasses all facets of exchange performance, emphasizing the impact of the Launch Incentive Program.
Introducing Aave's Chaos Labs Risk Oracles
In the fast-paced and volatile environment of DeFi, managing risk parameters across Aave's extensive network—spanning over ten deployments, hundreds of markets, and thousands of variables such as Supply and Borrow Caps, Liquidation Thresholds, Loan-to-Value ratios, Liquidation Bonuses, Interest Rates, and Debt Ceilings—has evolved into a critical, yet resource-intensive, full-time endeavor. Chaos Labs aims to streamline this paradigm by integrating Risk Oracles to automate and optimize the risk management process, achieving scalability and near-real-time risk adjustment capabilities.
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Introducing Aave's Chaos Labs Risk Oracles
In the fast-paced and volatile environment of DeFi, managing risk parameters across Aave's extensive network—spanning over ten deployments, hundreds of markets, and thousands of variables such as Supply and Borrow Caps, Liquidation Thresholds, Loan-to-Value ratios, Liquidation Bonuses, Interest Rates, and Debt Ceilings—has evolved into a critical, yet resource-intensive, full-time endeavor. Chaos Labs aims to streamline this paradigm by integrating Risk Oracles to automate and optimize the risk management process, achieving scalability and near-real-time risk adjustment capabilities.
Oracle Risk and Security Standards: Network Architectures and Topologies (Pt. 2)
Oracle Network Architecture and Topologies provides a detailed examination of how Oracle Networks are structured, data’s complex journey from source to application, and the inherent security and risk considerations within these systems. Through a deep dive into architectures, the data supply chain, and network topology, readers will understand the critical components that ensure the functionality and reliability of Oracles in DeFi, providing context for the challenges and innovative solutions that define the landscape.
Oracle Risk and Security Standards: An Introduction (Pt. 1)
Chaos Labs is open-sourcing our Oracle Risk and Security Standards Framework to improve industry-wide risk and security posture and reduce protocol attacks and failures. Our Oracle Framework is the inspiration for our Oracle Risk and Security Platform. It was developed as part of our work leading, assessing, and auditing Oracles for top DeFi protocols.
sBNB Oracle Exploit Post Mortem
Chaos Labs summarizes the snBNB oracle exploit affecting the Venus LST Isolated Pool. The post-mortem focuses on the event analysis and risk management efforts following the exploit.
The Role of Oracle Security in the DeFi Derivatives Market With Chainlink and GMX
The DeFi derivatives market is rapidly evolving, thanks to low-cost and high-throughput blockchains like Arbitrum. Minimal gas fees and short time-to-finality make possible an optimized on-chain trading experience like the one GMX offers. This innovation sets the stage for what we anticipate to be a period of explosive growth in this sector.
Uniswap V3 TWAP: Assessing TWAP Market Risk
Assessing the likelihood and feasibility of manipulating Uniswap's V3 TWAP oracles, focusing on the worst-case scenario for low liquidity assets.
Chaos Labs Open Source Uniswap v3 TWAP Hardhat Plugin
Chaos Labs, a cloud security platform for DeFi applications, has open source a utility package for interfacing with Uniswap v3.