The Defiant - DeFi Podcast
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The internet of money is being built with blockchain technology and without banks. We call it DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, and this is where you can hear the builders and users of this cutting edge world tell their stories first hand. Hosted by Camila Russo.
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Description:
The internet of money is being built with blockchain technology and without banks. We call it DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, and this is where you can hear the builders and users of this cutting edge world tell their stories first hand. Hosted by Camila Russo.
Language:
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Episodes
Aave, Lens, and Avara: Stani Kulechov's Journey Through DeFi and Web3 Social
4/29/2024
Stani Kulechov is the founder of Aave, which has become the largest lending protocol in DeFi. Aave has evolved under a new umbrella called Avara, incorporating additional projects like Lens, a Web3 social media protocol, and a family and Web3 wallet. Stani has previously discussed these developments on our show in 2020 and 2022, and with each appearance, the Avara family has expanded significantly. As a prominent leader in the DeFi and Web3 space, Stani's insights are always highly anticipated. In this podcast, we start with a refreshener on Stani and his journey, then dive into the specifics of the protocols he has developed.
0:00 Intro
1:15 Stani Kulechov
4:40 DeFi + Web3 Social
8:53 Lens Protocol
14:28 Developer Community
17:48 Lens Applications
19:58 Lens Stats
25:20 Monetization in Web3 Social
30:27 Token Integration
34:05 Permissionless
37:15 Farcaster
41:10 Lens Token
43:10 Aave
47:10 Competition
48:52 Lens + Aave
50:04 Reaching Mainstream
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Duration:00:51:40
How Blockchains and Tokens Are Powering the Next Internet Revolution
4/23/2024
Hello Defiers! Today, I'm bringing you a very special episode from a session I moderated at SXSW this year. SXSW is a massive festival annually held in Austin, Texas, that merges music, film, and tech into an exciting blend of creativity and innovation, drawing artists, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts from around the globe. At SXSW, I had the opportunity of leading a session with Chris Dixon, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where we focused on his recent publication, "Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet." This book is an essential read for anyone looking to grasp the essence of the Web3 movement. Dixon has a way of making complex topics accessible to all. I'm excited for you to hear our conversation and dive into the insights Chris shared. Let's dive in!0:00 Intro0:50 Panel with Chris Dixon 1:50 Read, Write, Own6:55 Tokens14:33 Hyperfinancialization19:01 Main Use Cases of Crypto27:14 Plutocracy 33:42 Corporatization in Web342:20 AI Content50:05 POS Blockchain Risks54:13 CBDC's 56:08 Future Applications✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ 🚀 Sign up to our newsletter 🚀 https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup 🤑 Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3SdRdEs5ag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews 📬 Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io 🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io #TheDefiant #DeFi #Decentralized #Finance #Blockchain #Web3
Duration:01:01:51
Memecoins, Web3 Social Media, and the Evolution of Token Models with Li Jin
4/15/2024
Li Jin is a prominent figure in the venture capital industry. She is the co-founder and managing partner at Variant Fund, a venture firm that invests in Web3 and the ownership economy. Before founding Variant, Li Jin worked at Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital firm, where she helped to shape the firm’s views on the emerging tech landscape, including the gig and passion economies. In today's discussion, we delve into memecoins, Web3 social media, and the evolving landscape of token models, examining how these elements are shaping the future of digital economies and influencing user interaction in decentralized networks.
0:00 Intro
1:11 Variant Fund
3:20 Li Jin
4:55 Benefits of Blockchains at Consumer Level
7:55 Web3 Social Media
12:50 Speculative Media
18:20 Memecoin Products
24:24 Censorship
25:47 Web3 GTM Strategy
34:30 Token Models
47:41 Governance Tokens
52:00 Trends
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Duration:00:55:42
"Really Crazy Stuff Will Happen With AVSs", ether.fi Founder Mike Silagadze
4/8/2024
In today's podcast we host Mike Silagadze, founder of ether.fi, an Ethereum restaking protocol, and Nikhil Raghuveera, co-founder of Aethos, a decentralized policy engine being built on EigenLayer. Liquid restaking has recently emerged as a significant trend in the Ethereum ecosystem. In today's podcast, we'll delve into the use cases that restaking unlocks via Active Validating Services (AVSs) through EigenLayer, shedding light on how this innovation is shaping the ecosystem. 0:00 Intro 2:08 ether.fi 7:40 Aethos 13:15 Economic Security 18:28 AVS Allocations 23:20 Aethos Revenue 30:08 Risks of AVSs 39:40 Rehypothecation 43:07 Depeg Risk 54:14 ether.fi Roadmap 57:28 Aethos Roadmap Our sponsors https://www.solanacrossroads.com/ https://summer.fi/?utm_source=Defiant&utm_campaign=podcast&utm_content=Synfutures: https://oyster.synfutures.com/ ✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ 🚀 Sign up to our newsletter 🚀 https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup 🤑 Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3SdRdEs5ag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews 📬 Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io 🤝 Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io #TheDefiant #DeFi #Decentralized #Finance #Blockchain #Web3
Duration:01:00:47
Pendle Finance Deep Dive With Founder TN Lee
4/1/2024
TN Lee is the founder of Pendle Finance - a DeFi platform that enables users to tokenize and trade future yield on Ethereum assets. Pendle has shown remarkable expansion since the beginning of the year, elevating its TVL from $250 million to over $3 billion in just a few months. In this podcast, we explore the fundamentals of Pendle Finance, providing a comprehensive understanding of one of DeFi's most complex and innovative products. We start off with a background into Lee, then breakdown Pendle's core concepts and gradually dive deeper into Pendle's use cases, risks, and future plans.
0:00 Intro
0:53 TL;DR Pendle
2:06 TN Lee
7:30 Pendle V1
12:13 Growth of Pendle
22:04 Pendle Basics (PT, YT)
30:53 Use Cases
36:25 Pendle Users
38:25 Risks
48:43 Learnings From Kyber
49:39 TradFi vs Pendle
51:20 $PENDLE
58:19 What's Next?
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Duration:01:02:06
Reflecting on a Decade | Stellar's Evolution in 2024
3/27/2024
Tomer Weller is the VP of Product at Stellar, one of the earliest alternative Layer 1 chains that existed before Ethereum. Stellar recently launched Soroban, its smart contract platform, designed to enhance the blockchain's functionality with efficient, developer-friendly tools for building sophisticated applications. In today's conversation, we dive deep into Stellar, overview their fundamentals, reflect on its decade long journey as a Layer 1 blockchain, and have a closer look into the current use cases.
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Stellar Overview
2:01 Tomer Weller
3:48 Stellar Fundamentals
8:49 Being Early
12:06 Smart Contracts
17:26 Attracting Developers
23:09 Use Cases
29:52 Argentina
33:10 Franklin Templeton
36:49 Censorship Resistance
39:30 Scaling
55:17 Stellar Validators
1:00:58 What's Next?
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Duration:01:04:23
Bridging East and West in Crypto | Erica Kang of KryptoSeoul
3/25/2024
Erica Kang is the CEO and founder of KryptoSeoul, a leading community building team in South Korea that focuses on blockchain projects. Erica has been a bridge between the East and the West for a very long time, and today we get to dive deep into her journey. She grew up in Korea, then moved to the United States and did a stint in Vietnam. She has not only reshaped the blockchain landscape, but she's also championed a new era of community driven empowerment. Before we dive into all of that, Erica will share a little bit about how she first got involved in the crypto community.
0:00 Intro
0:48 Community in Crypto
5:16 Erika Kang's Personal Journey
8:03 Differences in Culture
13:12 BUIDL Asia + ETH Seoul
15:47 Crypto Projects in Korea
20:30 Kimchi Premium
22:20 Information Flow
26:55 BTC as SOV
30:09 Terra's Implosion
33:00 KryptoSeoul Community
38:17 Events in Asia
40:50 How are you defiant?
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Duration:00:43:06
Funding the Future Onchain: Empowering Open Source & Public Goods with Gitcoin | Kevin Owocki & Meg Lister
3/18/2024
In today's podcast we host two guests: Kevin Owocki, co-founder of Gitcoin, and Meg Lister, GM at Gitcoin Grants Labs. Gitcoin is a platform that connects developers with open-source projects for funding, collaboration, and building digital public goods through various forms of contribution like coding, design, and more. In our conversation we learn about the origin story of Gitcoin and breakdown the main funding mechanisms, such as quadratic funding and retroactive funding, benefits of onchain capital allocation over traditional funding mechanisms, and we delve into Allo Protocol, an open-source protocol that enables groups to efficiently and transparently allocate pooled capital.
0:00 Intro
1:37 Kevin Owocki and Meg Lister
4:12 The Story of Gitcoin
12:39 Quadratic and Retroactive Funding
18:21 Main Usecases
24:35 Grants Programs in the Bull
28:44 Onchain Capital Allocation
33:53 Allo Protocol
37:33 Gitcoin Token
38:17 Revenue
41:01 Ultimate Vision
49:05 Fiat Onramps
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Duration:00:54:15
Exploring the Ex-Apple Engineer Led Sui Network
3/11/2024
Evan Cheng is the Co-founder & CEO at Mysten Labs, which is the team behind Sui Network. In their words, Sui is a Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform "designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible". In our conversation we explore the potential of this up and coming Layer 1 by learning about the underlying motivation of the founder, what makes it different from other blockchains, in particular Aptos, the current main uses cases, and more.
0:00 Intro
1:06 Who is Evan Cheng
8:32 Why Web2 doesn't work
12:05 Lessons from building Libra
15:46 Sui vs Other Layer 1s
27:11 Modular Blockchains
28:50 Sui Use Cases
33:51 Challenges of usng Move
36:43 Future of DeFi
44:00 Bull Market 2024
46:12 Incentive Program on Sui
51:30 Future of Blockchains
53:50 What's Next for Sui?
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Duration:00:55:29
How USDe Pays The Highest Stablecoin Yield | Ethena Founder & CEO Guy Young
3/4/2024
Guy Young is the founder and CEO of Ethena Labs, which is the entity behind Ethena, the synthetic dollar protocol built on Ethereum. Ethena also introduces a universally available dollar-linked savings option known as the 'Internet Bond'. Ethena introduces an innovative stablecoin model. Throughout our discussion, we thoroughly explore the mechanics and intricacies of Ethena, gaining a deeper understanding of its operation and the risks involved.
0:00 Intro
1:24 Guy Young's Background and Ethena Origin Story
5:33 How is USDe Different?
11:56 Off Exchange Provider Risks
20:23 ETH Short Positions
31:08 Insurance Fund
38:35 USDe Scalability
42:44 New Collateral
45:35 Staked ETH Depeg
48:48 Stablecoin / USDe Use Cases
57:33 Ethena Airdrop
1:00:00 Biggest Risk
1:02:42 Success for Ethena
1:05:40 Revenue
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Duration:01:07:10
The Ultimate Guide to Aptos (APT) in 2024 with Co-Founder Avery Ching
2/26/2024
Avery Ching is the co-founder and CTO of Aptos, which is a Layer 1 blockchain developed by former Facebook employees that launched towards the end of 2022. Aptos uses the Proof of Stake consensus mechanism and aims to achieve high throughput and high security for smart contracts. In our conversation, we cover the fundamentals of Aptos, with Avery highlighting the unique features that set Aptos apart from other Layer 1s, we delve into the technical aspect, focusing on the concept of Dynamic Parallelism, Avery addresses the concerns surrounding the significant venture capital investment in Aptos, we also explore the current and potential future use cases, including the introduction of the Aptos Phone.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:45 What makes Aptos different?
10:15 Trilemma
15:07 Aptos fundamentals
17:45 Aptos VS Sui
20:07 Dynamic Parallelism
23:30 VC Chain
25:15 Points and Airdrops
27:05 Aptos Labs + Foundation
28:27 Aptos Use cases
38:17 Verifying Content On Chain
42:30 Aptos Phone
48:33 Future of Blockchain
51:45 Success for Aptos
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Duration:00:54:56
Polygon's Plan for a Simplified Blockchain Experience
2/19/2024
Brendan Farmer is the co-founder of Polygon, which is a project that is focused on scaling Ethereum.
Brendan's contributions have been instrumental in the research and development of key scaling technologies within Polygon's framework, including Polygon PoS, Polygon zkEVM, and Polygon Miden. Our conversation begins with an exploration of the foundational elements that constitute the Polygon ecosystem. We then delve into the realm of ZK technology, discussing its advantages as a preferred scaling solution, its comparison with optimistic rollups, and the intricacies of Polygon's Aggregation Layer and CDK. We also discuss how the future of blockchain activity can be made more efficient and optimized with Aggregation Layer.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:13 Polygon's Products
7:55 Zero Knowledge Proofs
11:15 ZKP vs Optimistic Rollup
15:42 Aggregation Layer
38:00 Non-EVM Chains x AggLayer
41:40 Monolithic Chain
47:40 Consumer Apps
50:30 Polygon in 2024
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Duration:00:51:51
Crypto's Most Dystopian Project? Worldcoin Deep Dive with Alex Blania
2/12/2024
Alex Blania is a cofounder of Worldcoin alongside Sam Altman and Max Novendtsern. Worldcoin is aiming to become the world's largest digital identity and financial network, giving ownership to everyone. Worldcoin could be considered the frontrunner in terms of ambition, leveraging unique methods to accelerate the widespread adoption of cryptocurrency technologies globally, to a point where critics have labelled it as "dystopian". In our conversation we dive into the controversial aspect of Worldcoin, get a better grasp of what the project is about and its founding story, the $WLD token, the (new) Orb, how scanned data is stored, and much more.
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1:20 What is Worldcoin?
7:52 $WLD Token
8:35 Who is Alex Blania?
12:04 The Orb
22:28 Dystopian Scenario
27:16 How Scanned Data is Stored
31:08 Bribing with Crypto
33:40 $WLD Utility
34:36 UBI
36:00 Usecases of Worldcoin
48:20 Bigger Issues
50:55 The New Orb
53:30 Decentralizing
54:50 The End State
56:30 Biggest Risk
57:30 Treasury
01:00:50 Doing things differently
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Duration:01:04:55
How Terra is Trying to Rise from its Ashes with Terraform Labs' New CEO Chris Amani
2/8/2024
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Today we're joined by Chris Amani, who's the CEO of Terraform Labs. Our conversation with Chris unfolds in two parts. Initially recorded on January 17th, we begin by catching up on the latest developments and the new strategic direction of the Terra ecosystem following its collapse in May 2022. Intriguingly, just days after our initial dialogue, Terraform Labs announced its filing for bankruptcy. In the latter part of our discussion, we delve into the intricacies of this voluntary decision to explore the potential implications and expected outcomes stemming from the bankruptcy filing.
Chapters
0:00 Important Notice
0:49 Podcast Intro
1:50 Terra Reborn
5:55 The Day of the Crash
18:58 Terra Recap
31:20 The SEC Trial
36:30 Terra Classic vs Terra 2.0
41:04 Terra 2.0 Vision
54:02 TFL Treasury
58:00 Lessons from Building in Crypto
1:13:00 Terra 2.0 Roadmap
1:15:28 EXTENSION: Terraform Labs Files for Bankruptcy
1:22:54 Ideal outcome
1:26:13 Impacts on Roadmap
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Duration:01:27:53
Deep Dive into Celestia (TIA) with CEO Mustafa Al-Bassam
1/22/2024
Today we're joined by Mustafa Al-Bassam, CEO and Co-Founder of Celestia Labs. 15 years after Satoshi, we finally have what a blockchain actually is Celestia provides the ability to publish data and make sure that data is available. Celestia had what many are calling one of the best launches of 2023, and they are the first Data Availability Layer live today. In our conversation we get into how Mustafa built Celestia, other Data Availability Layers in the space, how Celestia can be thought of as a bulletin board for computers with some cryptographic and economic assurances - computers posting info so everyone can see it. It's so simple. It's an obvious fundamental building block. Yet they were the first to do it. Prior to Celestia, Mustafa was generally known for his expertise in ethical hacking. He had the US government at the age of 16 and was sentenced for it. We get into this and so much more, but first to ground the conversation, Mustafa shares what he is focused on at Celestia today.
0:00 Intro
1:10 Mustafa Al-Bassam
8:45 Hacking the US Government
10:47 Lazy Ledger
14:13 Colab with Vitalik
16:00 Challenges
18:00 DA and Celestia within Blockchain
19:27 Modular Blockchain
21:54 Monolithic Chains
24:55 Celestia within Cosmos
25:40 Celestia technicals
29:08 Requirements to run a node
35:05 The Graph vs Celestia
36:42 Developer experience
38:23 Starting fresh
40:21 Advice for teams
41:10 Celestia's culture
43:27 Payments
45:10 Decentralized Stablecoins
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Duration:00:47:40
The Real Impact of Bitcoin ETFs on Markets: Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan
1/15/2024
Matt Hougan is the CIO of Bitwise, which is a crypto index fund manager and one of the issuers of Bitcoin ETFs. Hougan is a renowned figure in the financial sector, known for his expertise in cryptocurrency and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In our conversation we get into Matt's initial reaction to the BTC ETF launch, the expected inflows for 2024, and the often underestimated impacts of these developments. We also discuss unique Vanguard's stance, the evolution of Bitcoin ETFs, why Bitwise maintains the lowest fees, Matt Hougan's background, possibility of Ethereum ETFs, and the growing understanding of Ethereum in traditional finance. Finally, we touch upon the centralization risks of Bitcoin, the future of Bitcoin ETFs, and Bitcoin price forecast.
0:00 Intro
0:46 Initial thoughts on BTC ETF launch
2:17 Inflows for 2024
4:37 Underestimated impact
8:11 Vanguard is goofy
9:40 Self sovereignty
12:30 History of Bitcoin ETFs
16:53 Why Bitwise has the lowest fees
20:20 Matt Hougan's background
23:10 ETF hate
26:45 Crypto ETFs
29:08 Ethereum ETF
31:07 TradFi understand Ethereum better than Bitcoin
36:30 Normalizing Bitcoin
42:00 Centralization risk of Bitcoin
45:47 What's next for Bitcoin ETFs
47:20 We're in a bull market
48:40 Bitcoin price forecast
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Duration:00:50:00
Accidentally Airdropping $300 Million: NFT OG Jason Bailey
1/8/2024
Today we're joined by Jason Bailey, Co-Founder and CEO of ClubNFT. ClubNFT provides solutions to help collectors analyze, monitor, and protect their NFT collections. Jason is an O.G. in the NFT space and today he shares many stories from back in the day. He was an early collector on SuperRare. He created the first NFT IRL drop at Christie's art event back in 2018. He'd been Red Pilling traditional art collectors before the term NFT was even coined. In our conversation we get into Jason's background in both art and tech, his views on generative art, as well as a deep dive into ClubNFT and the solutions they help solve for. But first, Jason tells us why he's passionate about the NFT space.
Chapters
0:53 Passion for NFTs
2:52 Blockchain x Art
7:22 IRL NFT Airdrop
11:42 TradArt vs Crypto Art
17:20 Problem with NFTs
22:34 Arweave
24:40 ClubNFT
33:28 NFT standards
35:30 NFT culture
41:25 AI
43:39 Hopium for NFT space
48:30 Embracing crypto art
50:55 Imposter syndrome
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Duration:00:58:03
What is NEAR Protocol? | A Comprehensive Overview & Future Prospects
1/2/2024
Illia Polosukhin is the Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol, which is a sharded, proof-of-stake, Layer 1 blockchain. Originally conceived as an Artificial Intelligence endeavor, NEAR underwent a transformation, pivoting its focus to become a crypto project. We begin our conversation by exploring NEAR's shift into crypto, and later gain deeper insight into NEAR's core principles, underlying technology, the users, builders, as well as anticipated new features in the near future.
Chapters
1:04 Who is Illia Polosukhin?
4:04 NEAR’s design
7:52 Mini Blockchains
9:30 Consensus mechanism
10:29 NEAR token
12:30 Participating in NEAR Network
13:11 Physical shards
18:10 Delegation
19:32 Liquid staking on NEAR
20:50 Goal & Design
26:23 Ideal use cases for NEAR
33:54 Bridging
39:38 Attracting users and builders
44:38 New crosschain mechanism
48:10 Future of Blockchain
54:31 Future of NEAR
59:15 AI run governance
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Duration:01:04:57
Deep Dive into Bitcoin with GOAT Jameson Lopp (TRIGGER WARNING FOR ETHEREUM COMMUNITY)
12/25/2023
Jameson Lopp is the CTO of CasaHODL, a company specializing in Bitcoin security solutions. He has played a pivotal role in developing products and services that empower individuals to safeguard their digital assets. Jameson is a globally recognized voice from his written work on cybersecurity, privacy and the social implementations of Bitcoin. Trigger warning for those in the Ethereum community and beyond as this is a spicy episode that gets gritty with the importance of individual privacy and protecting personal info in the digital age.
0:54 Casa
1:50 The Bitcoin Journey
4:34 Time at BitGo
5:41 Blocksize Wars
9:24 Disappearance of Satoshi
10:49 F*ck You Money
12:17 Bitcoin's major accomplishment
13:12 Why did Bitcoin survive?
14:30 Why did Satoshi not touch his Bitcoin?
17:04 What happens after all Bitcoins are mined?
22:09 Jameson's passion towards crypto
24:10 Bitcoin node syncing
29:50 Decentralization
31:10 Privacy on Bitcoin
32:31 Setting up a home node
33:31 The Swatting Story
43:03 More on Casa
51:36 Self custody
53:10 Casa supporting Ethereum
56:10 Thoughts on Ethereum
59:41 Is $ETH Money?
1:02:06 Bitcoin developers
1:05:06 Evolution of Bitcoin/crypto
1:0838 Bitcoin's Roadmap
1:15:00 How is Jameson Defiant?
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Duration:01:17:02
Becoming the Front Page of Finance: The Summer.fi Vision
12/18/2023
Chris Bradbury is the CEO of Summer.fi (previously oasis.app). Summer.fi is the 6th largest DeFi protocol that enables users to borrow, lend, and multiply assets across multiple DeFi protocols. In our conversation we dive into the basics of Summer.fi, the rebrand from oasis.app, learn about popular strategies within the platform and their risks, UX updates, competition, and much more.
0:04 Intro to Chris Bradbury
0:50 TL;DR Summer.fi
2:26 Rebrand from oasis.app
9:20 DeFi in one frontend
16:20 Popular DeFi strategies
30:30 Risks of looping strategies
40:40 Risks of leverage
47:40 DeFi vs CeFi
57:26 UX changes coming for summer.fi
1:02:55 Summer.fi competition
1:06:55 noob vs degen
1:09:01 wen token?
1:09:45 Summer.fi in 10 years
Duration:01:14:44