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DeFi by Design EP73: Cross-Chain Infrastructure w Router Protocol Apr 29, 2022

Show notes

The multichain ecosystem is expanding w great speed and innovation. Bridge infrastructure from one chain to another is lacking sufficient liquidity and connectivity to effectively keep pace with the innovations on new chains. Enter, Router Protocol.

Router protocol is building a web of communication relayers to streamline the bridging infrastructure and bring cross-chain efficiency to the DeFi world. By servicing data communication across multiple chains, Router is in a position to become a protocol for the advancement of bridging technology.

Check out our conversation with the founders of Router Protocol

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 EP72: Building a Token Warchest w Dave Levine Apr 21, 2022

Show notes

The winners and losers of DeFi are separated in the trenches. As market cycles shift, we are starting to see massive opportunities for growth as market cycles turn towards a new frontier.

After an initial foray in Web1, Dave Levine has been OG gem hunter in DeFi since the early days of blockchain. Fast forward a few years and Dave is hunting yield on various protocols across several chains.

In this episode of DeFi by Design, we cover the latest in stablecoin yield and other major narratives starting to catch wind as we gain momentum leading into The Merge.

Catch the conversation in the video below to learn which themes in DeFi consistently generate a winning strategy.

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DeFi by Design EP71: FRAX Stablecoin Strategy Debunked Apr 15, 2022

Show notes

Stablecoin wars are here and they are in full force. The best yields in DeFi, the strongest designs, and everything in between.

One of the OG stable coins in DeFi that has never had a 1% peg movement and has a considerable advantage over others in terms of Lindy effect (basically, its been around longer than some of the newer ones/has a better track record) is $FRAX.

Frax Finance is a fractional reserve, two-token system with the $FXS token.

The founder, Sam Kazemian joined us on this episode of DeFi By Design to explain the future of stable coins, curve/convex wars, new 4pool, his relationship with Do Kwon, and what his vision for the multi chain stablecoin world is.

Its exciting and Frax has a chance to be THE decentralized stablecoin of DeFi.

Listen closely, there’s some really good snippets in here.

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DeFi by Design EP70: veTokenomics, DeFi Revival, & Sustainability with Balancer DAO Apr 11, 2022

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The return of veTokenomics is on the rise with new DEXs in DeFi. The idea behind vote locking is a novel, complex mechanism which attempts to build a longer term value proposition to the token holders of that token.

The initial introduction to this was CRV & veCRV, which has been the staple of yield in DeFi.

In this episode of DeFi By Design, we chat with Andrea Cianfruglia & Alan Stivelman and take a look at Balancer DAO, an OG DeFi DEX with a strong & solid team. The organization is split into Balancer Labs & Balancer DAO leading the push towards decentralization.

We discuss the veBAL launch, new stablecoin yields, the development of DeFi over time, and the future vision of what’s to come.

Excited to see this play out.

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DeFi by Design EP69: Leading The Ethereum Scaling Race with Arbitrum Mar 31, 2022

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Rememeber when society was racing to see who could get to the moon first?

The most important tech ‘space race’ of our century is of decentralized technologies, led of course by Ethereum. We are in the midst of the largest combined force the Ethereum community has ever seen: The first objective being a successful merge, and the second being scaling via layer 2s.

With the biggest L2 in the ecosystem being Arbitrum, boasting over $4B in TVL already.

We had the opportunity to sit down with their team and discuss scaling Ethereum, modular blockchains, upcoming upgrades, the merge, and much much more.

These guys are the real deal.

Its L2 2022 baby!

Get on board (and prepare for much more L2 content coming)

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DeFi by Design EP68: The Future of Tickets and Events, Web3 style w token events Mar 24, 2022

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Welcome to the future of tickets and events, web3 style.

Say goodbye to scalpers, crazy price increases, and absurd lines and welcome in a new way of obtaining a relationship with your favorite communities. The middlemen involved in the events businesses take a big cut from you for themselves while providing zero sense of community.

Introducing: Token Events!

A project meant to revolutionize the ticketing and events industry with their $FAN tokens (disclaimer: we invested early).

We speak to their team about the app, the ideology, partnerships and why they are building this out.

Web3 is all about returning value to the end user and bringing the community together, and what better way to start than sports and events. Imagine if you can earn tokens for attending events, and use those tokens to get more tickets.

The events industry isn’t ready for Web3. Buckle up.

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DeFi by Design EP67: Multichain Yield Optimization with Beefy Finance Mar 17, 2022

Show notes

In today’s installment of the podcast, we are having a chat with Weso who is in charge of strategic partnerships and development at Beefy Finance.

We discuss chasing yield, going multi-chain and constantly evolving in the DeFi world. Weso also helps us understand how Beefy fits with other projects: from optimizing yield on DEXes to making self-repaying loans possible on lending protocols.

What makes ecosystems and projects thrive? Is Fantom doomed after Andre’s departure? How do chains attract builders and developers? Where does the yield come from? Tune in and find answers to these and many other questions.

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DeFi by Design EP66: Global Reserve Currencies and Smart-Contracts in Politics w Greg Tanaka Mar 11, 2022

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In today’s episode of a podcast, we talk about the future of DeFi and Bitcoin with the Palo Alto Councilman, US Congress Candidate and tech entrepreneur Greg Tanaka. He helps us understand the implications of the Infrastructure Bill and the most recent Executive Order for cryptocurrencies.

We cover why we no longer need government control over money and why distortions in the money supply such as inflation are bad for common people, economic productivity and the long-term success of the countries.

We also discuss how Blockchain and decentralised technology, in general, can benefit our wider society by democratizing access to political and economical systems and promoting transparency.

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DeFi by Design EP65: Building on Layer 2 in 2022 w Metis Feb 28, 2022

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2022 is all about the layer 2s and MetisDAO has a huge head start against the other rollups with their launched token and native project deployment happening rapidly.

We are going all in Layer 2s this year.

What a way to kick it off by speaking with the founder of MetisDAO, Elena, who is an outspoken, wise woman building in DeFi!

We touched on the different types of rollups, possible functionalities, what her predictions are for the coming year and much more.

Truly a pleasure this one!

Our entire focus is on L2s this year. Lets BUIDL.

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DeFi by Design EP64: GameFi Liquidity & Scalability w Pangolin Feb 18, 2022

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With subnets on the horizon, and an abundance of projects set to launch, 2022 is going to be an exciting year for Avalanche. However, one of the main issues that projects face is that of low liquidity. Today we got to sit down and chat with Ken Burbary, Chief Marketing Officer and Andrew Cooper, Digital Marketing Officer at Pangolin, a Decentralized Exchange on Avalanche that seeks to address the liquidity problem through their recently launched ultimate liquidity bootstrapping program, dubbed Super Farms. We got to talk about the various initiatives that Pangolin has been working on, how GameFi & NFT projects serve as a means to bring people deeper into the DeFi ecosystem and what we can expect from the Super Farms.

Having set a goal of giving more tokens & projects access to it’s Super Farms, Pangolin is in a unique position to help up-and-coming GameFi projects accelerate their userbase while also incentivizing their farms in order to achieve deep liquidity.

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