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DeFi by Design EP84: Hyper-Liquid Applications w Sandcloc Sep 30, 2022

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We’re not out of the woods yet, but things are looking up. On the macro scale, fiat currencies are repricing based on the competency of their central banks. Putin looks like he is easing off the heavy dosage. US inflation seems to have peaked. The worst may be behind us. Enough of the macro BS, let’s get back to building.

Today’s podcast dives into a tool to simplify on-chain yield. In this episode we talk to Christian from Sandclock. The scalability of StarkNet enables novel applications and innovative financial tools. Check out the video below to learn about Sandclock

𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺. 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:

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𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘍𝘪 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴.

DeFi by Design EP83: Proof-of-Stake Network Design w Tenderize Sep 26, 2022

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The historic transition to Proof-of-Stake is complete with relatively zero issues. ICYMI we'll give you the rundown. Once hashing power on the Proof-of-Work chain brought mining difficulty to the TTD, total terminal difficulty, it was the end of an era. Reaching TTD triggered the merge of Ethereum's beacon chain into the running chain and began the Proof-of-Stake on Ethereum as beacon chain validators began to provide attestations of the current state. Within the first 8 minutes from the merge, over 100ETH was burned. Block rewards dropped from 2.5ETH to under 0.1ETH per block. And, Ethereum reduced global energy consumption by 0.2% solely as a result of the merge. Truly a remarkable event.

In today's video, we look towards the future. dxDAO joins us to chat about post-merge implications, the state of digital nomads, decentralized power structures, and how Ethereum could capitalize on an inter-planetary economy. This video is great insights for newbs, plebs, degens, and OGs.

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DeFi by Design EP82: DXDAO Podcast - Global Decentralization and Social Defense Sep 16, 2022

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DeFi by Design EP81: A Deep Dive into Blockchain Node Structures w Chainstack Aug 18, 2022

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The merge is coming! Scheduled for September 18th (or around there) the Ethereum merge to proof-of-stake is going to be a monumental moment for the entire space.

What’s interesting about proof of stake is that the network is secured by validators who earn staking rewards in the native token (ie ETH, BNB, AVAX, etc.) which allows there to be a liquid staking model like the one provided by Ankr.

This means you can stake your tokens with flexible liquidity and still earn the rewards.

Todays podcast with Filipe is a very interesting one as we share the ins and outs of liquid staking, earning yield, predictions post-merge and more!

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DeFi by Design EP79: StarkNet Explained: JediSwap AMM Jul 23, 2022

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Coming off a fantastic day at StarkNet filled with lots of builders in the ecosystem and talks from highly talented developers and builders. We were able to do a few interviews with some teams and enjoy a good last day of conferences.

One of the teams we met in Paris was Jedi Swap, who are building a native AMM on StarkNet.

In todays podcast we sit down with Rohit, a core contributor of Jedi Swap to discuss the future of StarkNet, the technical capabilities, what he’s most excited about and what alpha there is to share.

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DeFi by Design EP78: The DeFi Experience w Brew Money Jul 19, 2022

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We are headed into a full week of ETHCC conference vibes. We have a ton of interviews lined up to share as we explore novel projects bringing ideas to life on-chain.

In today’s podcast we host Archisman Das from Brew Money to explore a journey through the evolution of DeFi. Everyday new apps innovate the existing blockchain framework while UX lags behind. Brew Money brings a fresh, yet familiar angle to DeFi to onboard the next wave of mass adoption.

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DeFi by Design EP77: On-Chain Networking for the Ethereum Nation Jul 08, 2022

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The markets never cease to entertain. CeFi is going up in flames as Celsius faces lawsuits in New York for shady hiring practices. Meanwhile, Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX is at the center of this whirlpool with outstanding loans due to the now bankrupt, Voyager, and consequently placing bids for the outgrown CeFi company BlockFi and

Alas, we continue to build. The digital nation state is at a stage where sustainable models have the runway to hire their dreamteam. CeFi and DeFi likely converge for engineers and business talent seeking their optimal career. Naetion connects the digital world with real people all over the globe so anyone can see the opportunities that exist digitally and physically.

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DeFi by Design EP76: The Evolution Of Money Markets w 0vix Jun 20, 2022

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The growth of money markets started with the inception of Compounds yield farming back in early 2020! This was my first foray into DeFi as I saw what was happening in the world of yield farming.

I remember going on Argent wallet and playing around with depositing different tokens on Compound.

Gas fees were even cheap back then!

Since then we’ve seen many different developments of tokenomics and types of lending protocols being experimented with, notably Aave, Rari Capital, and a few others.

In todays podcast we chat with Garry from 0VIX a new, innovative money market on Polygon! There are some notable parts of the Polygon ecosystem being developed and were stoked to see it all play out!

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DeFi by Design EP75: The On-Chain Era Of Sports Finance w Athlete X Jun 10, 2022

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The combination of sports and Web3 is making a massive splash as you read this! There are dozens of NFT projects and sports betting applications being built on top of Ethereum and smart contracts.

Due to the presence of rent-seekers like FanDuel and DraftKings, as well as ticketing services like StubHub and TicketMaster, there is a MASSIVE amount of capital & value being captured by these middlemen that is ready to be returned to the users.

Yep, average folks like you and I!

We are excited about todays podcast as this is a project that our very own co-founder Robbie has been grinding away on for over a year now. Introducing: AthleteX!

In this show we speak with co-founder Kevin Kamto about building a project that encompasses sports and DeFi and why he’s so excited about this parallel!

Tune in! (And tune out the market noise!)

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DeFi by Design EP74: Creating Resilent DeFi Mechanisms w Sperax Jun 04, 2022

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The evolution of stablecoins has been a mighty topic of discussion as the crypto markets recover from the Black Swan that was LUNA/UST.

We’re always interested to see how mass carnage can further push innovation in breaking edge tech. Pushing forward we will see risk managed by protocols & DAOs, a deeper level of due diligence and better projects built!

We are currently seeing the development and innovation flourish on Layer 2s with the recent release of $OP token via a nice airdrop. Arbitrum is where Sperax can be found. Sperax’s co-founder Alec is spearheading the push of an auto-yield stablecoin.

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