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RECAP: INJECTIVE SHOULD I BUY?

Buy or Bye? $INJ Injective Protocol Potential

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Oct 22, 2023
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NUGGETS OF ALPHA

  • $INJ is trading at $8.01 at the time of this analysis

  • Injective is currently second in terms of DEX market cap behind Uniswap

  • 54% of current INJ token holders are insiders

  • The adoption by retail of the token has been relatively low at only 5.9%

  • The inflation over the last year is 8.04%—six percent or lower is my preference

  • For INJ to thrive, it needs a lot more daily active users and trading activity

  • The current INJ staking rewards are at 15.92% APR with 125 INJ validators


The IA Token Valuation Process consists of a ten-point process that provides a comprehensive analysis of how investible the token is.

These lessons aim to determine if INJ token is a keeper or not via a deep analysis on Injective Protocol.


Eric Chen and Albert Chon founded injective Protocol. Albert attended Stanford and Eric attended NYU; they became friends due to their early affinity for blockchain and have launched a decentralized exchange (DEX) that helps in front-running collisions in a trustless environment.

I have been searching for a DEX with the liquidity, depth, and assets I need. We may be finally getting close.


INJ has big-name backers. I find jump_ to be extremely interesting as they know what they are doing. Mark Cuban however has a poor track record in Crypto.


Injective protocol…

  • is a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol that allows users to trade assets without having to trust a centralized intermediary

  • uses a unique order-matching algorithm that allows for faster and more efficient trades

  • supports cross-chain trading, allowing users to trade assets from blockchains on a single platform

  • is built on the Cosmos SDK, which makes it scalable and interoperable with other Cosmos-based projects up to 10K TPS


The DEX space has become very crowded. Injective is currently second in terms of market cap behind Uniswap. We spent a lot of time building out the Crypto Compendium over the last three years that tells us everything we need to know in the flick of a switch with real-time data fed by

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