Research Library
Flagship Reports
Long-form Castle Labs research reports built for readers who need the full map: market structure, ecosystem context, protocol data, and a clear thesis.
October 2026Mapping the Perpetual Trading Ecosystem
A comparative analysis of perp trading venues across design, GTM and microstructure
August 2026Fixed-Rate Lending: Market Structure and Protocol Design
A report on the protocols building fixed-rate and fixed-maturity credit products
July 2026The Verticalisation Thesis: How Blockchain Revenue Models Are Evolving
Covering the expansion of revenue streams by blockchains
July 2026The Renaissance of Onchain Options
Mapping the expansion of options as a trading instrument and the volatility that prices them
June 2026Real-World Assets: Bringing TradFi Onchain
Mapping the Growth of RWAs and Institutional Adoption
June 2026The Full-Stack Privacy Ecosystem
Privacy as Infrastructure for User Protection and Institutional Adoption
May 2026The Vaultification of Finance
The evolution of Vaults as the infrastructure layer of institutional finance onchain
March 2026The Evolution of Commodities
State of Commodities and a Quantitative Analysis of the Growth of these Markets Onchain