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Oliver Benjamin

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Oliver Benjamin is a DeFi research writer at DefiLiban, specializing in decentralized finance systems, token economics, liquidity design, and blockchain market structure. His work focuses on analyzing how DeFi protocols function beneath surface-level narratives, with particular attention to incentives, on-chain behavior, yield systems, and emerging crypto infrastructure. He is known for producing research-driven content that explains complex decentralized systems in a structured and accessible way. Before joining DefiLiban, Oliver worked across quantitative finance, blockchain research, and digital asset analysis roles involving DeFi strategy evaluation, smart contract ecosystems, and market data interpretation. He holds an M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and has completed additional certifications in blockchain architecture, machine learning, and DeFi research. Oliver’s writing combines analytical depth with practical market insight, focusing on system design, protocol mechanics, and long-term developments within decentralized finance.

News

SEC Prepares for 24/7 Trading as Crypto Sets the Pace

Reporting from CoinDesk indicates the SEC is actively preparing for continuous trading, framing crypto's 24/7 market structure as the operational benchmark.

Sep 17·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade Clears Capacity Rehearsal

Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade cleared a key capacity rehearsal on its devnet, confirming that the network can continue producing blocks under the upgrade's new block-building rules ahead of a proposed Sepolia testnet deployment targeted for October 6, 2026.

Sep 17·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Fed Meeting Nightmare for Warsh? Why Bitcoin Could Shine

The Federal Reserve's September policy meeting is arriving at an awkward moment for Kevin Warsh, whose hawkish reputation sits in direct tension with the conditions the Fed now faces.

Sep 17·4 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Bitcoin Traders Brace for Fed Hike as Surprise Hold Looms

Bitcoin traders heading into this week's Federal Reserve decision are positioned for a rate hike, the widely telegraphed base case. The less-discussed scenario, a surprise hold, may carry the sharper repricing risk precisely because it is not what crowded positions are built around.

Sep 17·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Aave Labs Plans Tokenized-Asset Credit Market on Avalanche

The proposed market is framed as a credit facility specifically for tokenized assets, deploying on Avalanche rather than Ethereum mainnet or any of Aave's existing deployments. Aave Labs is the entity behind the plan, meaning this is a product proposal from the development arm rather than a governance-ratified launch.

Sep 16·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Robinhood Engineers Charged Over Hyperliquid Perpetuals Trades

Two former Robinhood engineers face federal charges of commodities fraud and wire fraud after the U. S.

Sep 16·4 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

Fed Rate-Hike Bets: Impact on Bitcoin, Bonds and Trump

Wall Street is pricing in a near-certain Federal Reserve rate hike at the September 16 FOMC meeting, with CME FedWatch assigning a 94. 5% probability to a 25-basis-point increase that would lift the federal funds target range to 3.

Sep 16·5 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Liquidity

Bitcoin ETF Flows Hit $159.9M, Ending Four Outflow Sessions

The single-day figure of $159. 9 million reversed the direction of flows after four straight sessions in which more capital left the products than entered them.

Sep 15·2 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Risk

MEV Bot Front-Runs $7.8M rsETH Exploit on Ethereum

An MEV bot front-ran a reported $7. 8 million rsETH exploit on Ethereum, inserting itself ahead of the original attacker in the transaction ordering, according to early reporting.

Sep 15·3 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Protocols

Zama Expands Morpho Vaults, Launches Private Ethereum Swaps

Zama is expanding its confidential Morpho vault lineup and moving its private swap product onto Ethereum, extending an FHE-based confidential DeFi stack that began with a single USDC vault and now points toward multiple curators and an onchain RFQ swap venue.

Sep 15·4 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

News

KuCoin Ventures Weekly: Inflation and Oil Prices Fuel Rate-Hike Fears as Crypto ETF Momentum Builds

Energy is the accelerant. Brent crude surged above $91 a barrel and briefly above $100 after renewed U.

Sep 15·5 min read·By Oliver Benjamin

Liquidity

US Tax Deadline: Bank Reserves and Dollar Funding Ahead of Fed

A Tuesday US estimated-tax deadline routes cash out of bank reserves and into the Treasury General Account at the Fed, coinciding with the opening of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, a calendar overlap that keeps US tax deadline liquidity in focus even though no funding stress has yet been observed.

Sep 14·4 min read·By Oliver Benjamin