If arbitrage bots are the most visible form of programmatic trading, solvers and searchers are the least visible — and often the most important. By Jamie McCormick, Co-CMO, Stabull Labs The eighth article in the 15 part “Deconstructing DeFi” Series. ⸻ They do not chase small price discrepancies in isolation. Instead, they focus on constructing…
In the previous article, we broke down who is interacting with Stabull outside the UI — bots, solvers, and aggregators. In this article, we’ll focus on how many of those interactions actually work under the hood. By Jamie McCormick, Co-CMO, Stabull Labs The fourteenth article in the 15 part “Deconstructing DeFi” Series. ⸻ Specifically, we’ll…
When Stabull launched, the most visible way to interact with the protocol was simple: users visited the interface, selected a pool, and executed a swap. Liquidity providers supplied assets, traders swapped against them, and fees were generated in a way that looked familiar to anyone who had used a decentralised exchange before. That model still…
Independent Lifecycle Case Studies of the BRZ/USDC Pools on Stabull Base and Polygon By Jamie McCormick, Co-CMO, Stabull Labs The third article in the 15 part “Deconstructing DeFi” Series. ⸻ This article examines the lifecycle of two independent BRZ/USDC pools, deployed on Polygon and Base. Although both pools support the same asset pair and operate…
After reviewing non-UI activity across Stabull pools on Base, Ethereum, and Polygon, one question comes up repeatedly: Who is actually sending these transactions? By Jamie McCormick, Co-CMO, Stabull Labs The thirteenth article in the 15 part “Deconstructing DeFi” Series. ⸻ The answer is not a single group, but a set of distinct participants — each…
When people talk about liquidity provision in DeFi, it’s often framed in abstract terms: “earning fees,” “providing depth,” or “supporting the market.” By Jamie McCormick, Co-CMO, Stabull Labs The 12th article in the 15 part “Deconstructing DeFi” Series. ⸻ Over the past few weeks, the Stabull team has been reviewing non-UI trading activity flowing through…
At first glance, Stabull’s role in DeFi seems narrowly defined. The protocol lists stablecoins and real-world-asset–backed tokens. It does not offer direct swaps into volatile cryptocurrencies like ETH. There are no memecoins, no long-tail assets, and no attempt to compete for speculative trading volume. By Jamie McCormick, Co-CMO, Stabull Labs The tenth article in the…
At the start of this series, we set out to answer a simple question: What is actually driving trading activity on Stabull outside the UI? What we uncovered was not a single partnership, feature, or campaign — but a pattern. Across Base, Ethereum, and Polygon, Stabull liquidity is increasingly being used as part of the…