

Designing DeFi (NYC, May 20-21)
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@Designing_DeFi
Designing DeFi 2026: Protocols & Incentives // May 20-21 // Tickets now available









D² brings together research on DeFi protocol design, incentives, and market behavior Across two days, the program spans: → DeFi Microstructure → Perpetual Futures & Derivatives → Mechanism Design → Prediction Markets → AMMs Learn more: designingdefi.xyz

How do markets balance efficiency, risk, and participation? Automated Market Making at D²: → Viraj Nadkarni: Automated Market Making for Energy Sharing → Vittorio Ruffo: Market Efficiency in Prediction Markets — A Comparison with Derivatives → Nihar Shah: Hyperbolic Funding Rate Mechanisms for Open Interest Balancing in Perpetual Futures Markets → Jeremy Clark: SoK: Market Microstructure for Decentralized Prediction Markets (DePMs) Explore the full program schedule ↓ designingdefi.xyz



D² brings together research on DeFi protocol design, incentives, and market behavior Across two days, the program spans: → DeFi Microstructure → Perpetual Futures & Derivatives → Mechanism Design → Prediction Markets → AMMs Learn more: designingdefi.xyz





D² brings together research on DeFi protocol design, incentives, and market behavior Across two days, the program spans: → DeFi Microstructure → Perpetual Futures & Derivatives → Mechanism Design → Prediction Markets → AMMs Learn more: designingdefi.xyz

Joining us at D² as keynote speakers ✨ → Rajiv Sethi - Engines of Prophecy: The Power & Perils of Prediction Markets → Jarry Xiao - Perpetual Decentralized Exchanges Tickets & full program: designingdefi.xyz

Behavior, data, and market structure 📊 Empirical analysis at D²: → Walter Stover: Cultural Backgrounds & Depositor Behaviors in a Crypto “Bank” Run → Jay Yu: An Empirical Analysis of DeFi Investment Agents → Joel Hasbrouck: Market Inefficiency in Cryptoasset Markets


