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Following the Value Flow in the Intents Stack

Key Insights

  • Intent-based transactions offer benefits like increased interoperability, access to global liquidity, and capturing MEV for users.
  • Current intent protocols are siloed, hindering counterparty discovery, necessitating the development of a new architecture.
  • Intent-based systems create alternative monetization avenues, with intent architecture layers and users wielding the majority of pricing power.
  • Verticals such as spot trading, perpetual protocols, and bridging present substantial market opportunities.
  • The primary beneficiary is expected to be intent architecture layers, with a projected $22 billion opportunity by aggregating volumes from related verticals.

What are intents, and what problem do they solve?

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Kinji formerly covered crypto at Morgan Stanley. His primary interests are DeFi, Ponzi's and unstable stablecoins.

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Outline
  • Key Insights
  • What are intents, and what problem do they solve?
  • What purpose do intents serve?
  • The Current Landscape
  • The End State
  • How Will Value Flow Down the Stack?
  • Closing Thoughts
Author
Kinji formerly covered crypto at Morgan Stanley. His primary interests are DeFi, Ponzi's and unstable stablecoins.
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