Hasret Ozan Sevim

The paper empirically analyzes the impact of cross-chain interoperability on DeFi lending protocols, finding that bridge volume significantly affects performance but that increased integrations can signal liquidity escapes.

This paper analyzes the revenue drivers and interconnected risks of liquid restaking protocols, finding that while multi-blockchain expansion is key for adoption, the current bridge risk does not pose a systemic threat to the restaking ecosystem.

This survey analyzes various novel cross-chain interoperability protocols to provide a comprehensive framework for evaluating their performance and financial impact within the fragmented on-chain finance ecosystem.

The paper investigates speculative Oracle Extractable Value (OEV) on Layer-2 blockchains, demonstrating that predictable latency differences in cross-chain oracle updates allow for profitable cross-chain frontrunning opportunities.