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DeFi By Design EP53: Beyond the DeFi Horizon Oct 14, 2021

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It is no doubt that the crypto space has been growing at a tremendous rate this year with DeFi at the center of it all. Today we get to hear from Evgeny, the Co-Founder of Zerion, a platform that first started as a portfolio tracker and has since expanded to support numerous protocols and over a hundred thousand tokens. Currently, Zerion is one of the most used mobile applications allowing crypto users to trade right from the app itself while the platform aggregates liquidity from multiple sources in order to give the user the best prices and without any fees.

We get to hear insights on how DeFi has changed for better or for worse, how DAOs are very promising as we head towards decentralization, how we are just scratching the surface of NFTs and multiverse and and how the surge of both the NFT and Gaming sectors helped contribute to onboarding way more people to DeFi. A jam packed episode with a crypto OG, something you definitely won’t want to miss.

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 EP52: Discovering NFT Gems w Deeze Oct 07, 2021

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NFTs continue to bask in the limelight with Twitter recently announcing its plan to allow users to showcase their NFTs on their profile and TikTok’s move towards launching its first ever NFT collection. These altogether have contributed to the massive inflow of users into crypto NFT space.

Today, Andy and Rob interview Deeze, a crypto trader turned NFT trader turned community manager for Fractional, a platform that allows users to buy, sell and mint fractions of NFTs.

We get to hear about Deeze’s journey into the NFT space, why he went all-in on NFTs back in January, the use-case for fractionalization of NFTs and what is potentially on the horizon for the NFT world.

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DeFi By Design EP51: Coordinating the Metaverse Sep 30, 2021

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DAOs have been a hot topic as of late. As more people pour into the crypto space and learn how Web 3.0 works, the more users there are that begin to explore, contribute and even create DAOs of their own.

Today, Andy and Rob interview Spencer Graham, product manager for DAOHaus, a platform that facilitates individual DAOs and supercharges what they can accomplish by creating a supportive ecosystem of DAOs.

If you’re looking to jumpstart your DAO journey, you definitely don’t want to miss this episode! We get to hear everything about DAOs from Spencer starting with the very basic taxonomy of a DAO, the leadership structure that exists, how one can contribute, the challenges that exist, ,the role a token plays within a DAO, and many many more!

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DeFi By Design EP50: What is Cosmos? Sep 23, 2021

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2021 has really been the year of cross-chain solutions. Amongst all the chain-specific liquidity mining incentive programs, few seem to realize that there is one chain in particular whose ecosystem is far bigger than most realize and has been influential in the creation of most of the chains we know now.

Today, Andy and Rob interview Peng Zhong, the CEO of Tendermint, a core contributor to the Cosmos Network to hear his thoughts on how big the Cosmos ecosystem really is, how IBC is going to push the multi-chain frontier, and some developments to look out for in the near future. With various tidbits of alpha sprinkled all over, you certainly don’t want to miss this episode!

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DeFi By Design EP49: The Next Wave of Web 3 and DeFi: Privacy Sep 16, 2021

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DeFi has always been about creating open and decentralized financial systems with transparency at the very core of it. However, it should not come at the cost of everything having to be transparent.

Today, Andy and Rob have a chat with Tor Bair from the Secret Foundation to discuss why privacy is the next phase of Web3 and DeFi, how the Secret Network is best positioned to fulfill user’s demand for a certain level of privacy, and how the Secret Metaverse pushes the composability and privacy of NFTs. All this to truly establish a decentralized and democratic financial system for everyone.

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DeFi By Design EP48: DeFi for Everyone w Avalanche Rush Sep 09, 2021

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The #Rush is here.

Avalanche is the Layer 1 blockchain competing alongside Ethereum for liquidity in DeFi.

With billions of dollars in TVL, Avalanche is one of the most trusted sources for consistent DeFi transactions. Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, co-founder of Avalanche, unpacks his multichain thesis for why Avalanche is poised for long-term success.

Despite all the recent interest around Avalanche protocols, the RUSH is only getting started.

Avalanche Rush is a $180 million incentive program fueling top DeFi projects (Curve, AAVE, etc) to launch liquidity solutions on the Avalanche Network.

Cross the bridge today -- Avalanche Rush will continue to roll out over the next several months

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DeFi By Design EP47: Earn Interest On Your Bitcoin w Badger Sep 02, 2021

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It’s a rockstar week in DeFi as several chains surge in activity. Incentive programs across the multichain are motivating users to cross bridges and try out new farms.

While innovation in DeFi pushes new heights, lets not forget what started it all…

Bitcoin is the core of our industry and its resilience keeps the crypto world spinning.

Badger Finance is led by a tenacious community of honey badgers striving towards composability between Bitcoin and the multichain.

Today our guest on DeFi by Design is Chris Spadafora from Badger Finance. Chris leads the Honey Badgers on their journey to turn BTC into a productive asset.

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DeFi By Design EP46: Rolling Out Layer 2 with Deversifi Aug 19, 2021

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Multi-chain Season is rockin n rollin.

The institutional wave of liquidity is pushing DeFi to new levels.

In this one we catch up with Will Harborne, from one of the OG Layer 2 DEX’s, DeversiFi.

DeversiFi brings a system of DEX contracts on a robust Layer 2 network. Check out updates on DAO governance and instant instant polygon transfers below:

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DeFi By Design EP45: Paving the New World Way With DeFi Masterclass Aug 12, 2021

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The world is waking up to DeFi.

Recent news in the political sphere has elevated cryptocurrencies to a new, more significant, place in the minds of everyday folks. Crypto is now gaining the attention of legislators, for better or worse. There has never been a more opportune time for education.

Our mantra across the ecosystem is Collaboration over Competition; through this mentality we bring the whole movement forward.

Anand and Kedric at DeFi Masterclass bring a traditional perspective to modern developments in the crypto world. Anyone looking to demystify DeFi at the fundamental level is a natural fit for the Masterclass.

Check out the full conversation below:

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DeFi By Design EP44: Exploring the Metaverse with Charged Particles Aug 05, 2021

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August is off to a bangin’ start!

EIP1559 went off without a hitch yesterday. Stay connected on Twitter to keep up with all the updates as we follow this historic Ethereum Hard Fork.

DeFi continues to flourish at an increasing pace and shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, adoption of EIP1559 shows the network is as resilient as ever.

Now, applications of DeFi primitives are spreading into more and more industries. While DeFi innovates the financial system, NFT’s are innovating art, gaming, and ownership.

In this episode, we chop it up with Ben Lakoff from Charged Particles.

Ben and the Charged Particles team are at the forefront of NFT technology; pioneering fractionalization of assets and ‘piggy bank’ NFT’s.

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