Our mission at Quiet Alpha is to create a universal risk score for all of DeFi Moments like this illustrate the need for a more clear, robust and understandable way to navigate risk in DeFi TradFi has Moody's, S&P, and Fitch credit ratings DeFi will have QA Risk Scores

Our three main lessons from the biggest crypto liquidation event in history 1/ Leveraged trading is riskier than you think Most leveraged traders will acknowledge the inherent risks in trading high volatility assets, particularly when trading at aggressive leverage multiples However, this event exposed just how thin and fragile perps markets can be. In particular, an issue in one trading venue (Binance) can have consequences across the entire market Leveraged traders during this event with only "modest" leverage (e.g., 2-3x) would have had their entire position wiped in one candle in the majority of alts. Many traders had their entire portfolios wiped It also acutely affected delta neutral traders, which as part of Auto-Deleveraging also saw some of their positions liquidated. This was exacerbated with funding rates going as low as -400% after Leveraged traders need to reconsider how they can appropriate position their trades to account for these scenarios, across stop losses, collateral rebalancing and leverage ratios 2/ You cannot ignore oracle design when assessing risk This event clearly illustrated how essential oracle pricing is for the functioning of markets In particular, oracles using the market price of stablecoins add another element of risk. In turbulent market conditions, traders may execute large market sell orders of fully collateralized stablecoins. This can cause a temporary depeg, even when the underlying stablecoin is robust Platforms that use oracles that price stablecoins on NAV offer a lower risk profile here, as temporary dips in the market price will not have any impact 3/ The importance of dry powder Having a reserve of stablecoins in your portfolio can position yourself to make profits during these events Savvy traders could have made significant profits from buying the flash crash. Furthermore, as traders sell other assets to recapitalize their accounts, this presents arbitrage opportunities For example, we executed a 1000%+ APY opportunity by taking advantage of a depeg in a number of Solana LSTs These opportunities typically only present themselves during periods of market stress - underlying the importance of having a reserve of capital to take advantage of them

.@hyperbeat USDT pool is the highest yielding opportunity we have analysed with a 65.9% APY The pool dynamically predominately allocates across a number of Hyperliquid basis trades, including PUMP & XPL It also has one of the highest risk profiles, with a QA Risk Score of 89.4 (indicating very high risk)

Incredible fixed rates on @ExponentFinance right now with eUSX (24% fixed) and hylosol+ (23%). That's over 100% APY on the hylosol+ position if you're looping with @Loopscale

Risk doesn't matter until it does At Quiet Alpha we are building risk frameworks to properly assess and price risk in DeFi More to come soon

1000% APR arbritage opportunity from depegged LSTs on Solana With the liquidations of October 10-11th we spotted an opportunity to profit from the depeg of JupSOL The trade is still profitable now A guide on how you can copy this trade🧵

Perp funding rates have not normalised $SOL funding rates on @DriftProtocol is still close to 100%

$MET TGE on the 23rd of October Polymarket has a 48% chance of the FDV above $2B one day after launch How much do you think your allocation will be worth?

🚨New Opportunity: 40%+ yield looping PT-ONyc - 25 Jan 2026 on @ExponentFinance & @loopscale Currently PT-ONyc - 25 Jan 2026 is yielding 17.78% This is hold you can loop to increase your returns to 40%+ without losing $$$ on fees

Top DeFi opportunities on @base in September: 1) 120% APY in a USDC <> USDC-jEUR-120 LP on @Uniswap 2) 74% APY in a WETH <> MORPHO LP on @QuickswapDEX 3) 41.31% APY in a WETH <> USDC LP on @QuickswapDEX

.@Plasma has launched an aggressive incentive campaign to attract liquidity Some of the best opportunities include: - 20.05% APY on PlasmaUSD - 17.03% APY on USDT - 22% APY on USDT/sUSDe See full list of incentives on @merkl_xyz

A simple guide to 7x your $ETH yields Holding an $ETH LST such as Lido stETH can generate a yield of ~2.6% But you can easily increase this yield with minimal additional risk A 🧵

In Q3, Okay Bears will return to 100 stores+ across Europe for our 2nd apparel collab. Including dedicated corner displays, shopper tote bags etc, along with two flagship storefront features in Germany & the Netherlands. Q2 roadmap is looking fire. The Bears are coming (back).

Happy to announce that all Smyths & Meegos holders have gotten the opportunity to participate in the cashgrab by @bm2c_ on @berachain 🐻 Only in our Discord: discord.gg/blocksmithlabs

We have added the ability to "smart exit" your DLMM positions! That means it will auto close if the pool reaches one side or the other depending on your selection. When all the liquidity is in your preferred token we close the position for you!

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