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34 - The Internet Cooperative | Jesse Walden

12 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 41 min
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The Ownership Economy | Jesse Walden

Jesse Walden speaks about 'the ownership economy', in which value is returned to the producers via a protocol by compensation codified in its core.

YouTube, Facebook, Twitter are now extracting more than they are providing.

Can Ethereum and DeFi solve this? How can Ethereum host an internet-sized cooperative, like REI? How can token ownership create a larger tent, that can scale organizations past previous limits?

We also discuss Jesse's 3 theories for how crypto will be adopted, and which one he believes will come first:

- The people come, Bank the Unbanked!
- The institutions come, WallStreet wants part of the global casino - The economy comes, non-financial apps create a “real economy"

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Actions & Resources:

Read Jesse’s articles:

The Ownership Economy thesis https://variant.fund/the-ownership-economy-crypto-and-consumer-software/

The Ownership Economy in DeFi to date https://variant.fund/how-does-defi-cross-the-chasm/

Progressive Decentralization vs. Fair Launch https://variant.fund/progressive-decentralization-a-playbook-for-building-crypto-applications/

Business Models in Crypto https://variant.fund/cryptos-business-model-is-familiar-what-isnt-…
AMA - Felix Feng, CEO of Set Protocol ($INDEX Cooperative, DeFi Pulse partnership)

9 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 6 min
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AMA with Felix Feng

Set Protocol has rolled out a TON of new products lately!

We bring CEO Felix Feng on the Bankless YouTube to get our questions directly to the source.

Some recent Announcements that we'll be talking about: https://medium.com/indexcoop/introducing-the-index-cooperative-a4eaaf0bcfe2

https://medium.com/set-protocol/introducing-the-defi-pulse-index-on-tokensets-79f87c6b295b

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SotN#17: RETREATING! w/ Jake Chervinsky (BitMEX REKT, SEC Action, is DeFi safe?)

7 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 32 min
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SotN #16: RETREATING! w/ @jchervinsky (BitMEX REKT, SEC Action, is DeFi safe?)

Lots of legal action taken against the crypto world lately! We're bringing Jake Chervinsky from Compound Labs onto the show to help us understand what's going on.

- Enforcement actions from the SEC and CFTC
- SALT Lending pays fine, must return investor funds, must register token
- Kik is official dead, slain by SEC
- BitMEX got BitREKT
-- CEO Arther Hayes 'is AT LARGE', CTO of BitMEX is in jail

But most importantly:

Is DeFi immune from this?
Does the protocolization of financial instruments save the day?
When the spotlight turns to DeFi, are we prepared?

Resources linked & discussed

When worlds collide Bankless article:
https://bankless.substack.com/p/when-worlds-collide-market-monday-a27

The Case for Electronic Cash and Financial Privacy (Coincenter piece that Jake talked about) https://www.coincenter.org/the-case-for-electronic-cash/

Jakes prediction that regulatory action is coming: https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1310626151631671296?s=20

SALT Lending: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-orders-salt-lending-to-refund-investors-in-its-50m-ico

Kick KIN ruling: https://www.coindesk.com/kik-sec-ruling

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33 - Slaying Moloch | Ameen Soleimani & Kevin Owocki

5 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 47 min
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33 - Slaying Moloch | Ameen Soleimani & Kevin Owocki

Moloch is the god of human coordination failure; the reason why we can't have nice things; the embodiment of the Prisoners Dilemma. The story of humanity is a never-ending iterative process of discovering new tools and mechanisms to coordinate against Moloch.

Is Ethereum the Sword that Humanity needs to finally slay Moloch? Why is Ethereum different than previous instances of coordination mechanisms, such as Religion or the Nation-State.

Tune in to this extremely important episode, and join the army of coordinators to help Slay Moloch!

Meditations on Moloch blog post: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
This is the original source of information which all Moloch-related conversation spawns from

Read aloud on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeohwQls2GE&t=5660s

David's Bankless Piece: Ethereum: Moloch Slayer https://bankless.substack.com/p/ethereum-slayer-of-moloch-

Gitcoin & MolochDAO https://gitcoin.co/hackathon/gitxchange2/?tab=hackathon:16
https://gitcoin.co/grants/238/bankless?tab=description
https://www.molochdao.com/

POV Crypto Podcast on MolochDAO origins w/ Ameen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oU5jjyHWxE&t=4s

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SotN#16 - EXPLORING w/ Dan Robinson (Mempool Monsters, Optimism Launch, MEV, ETH/BTC Correlation with legacy, KuCoin Hack, FEW, Spinalda)

30 september 2020 · 1 uur 16 min
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State of the Nation is EXPLORING, special guest Dan Robinson of Paradigm.

1) ETHEREUM'S DARK FOREST
Short article from Dan: https://medium.com/@danrobinson/ethereum-is-a-dark-forest-ecc5f0505dff Unofficial Part 2 From samczsun https://samczsun.com/escaping-the-dark-forest/

2) OPTIMISTIC ROLLUPS LIVE! Launch post!https://medium.com/@optimismPBC/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-c390a05bbcb8

3) LIGHTNING ROUND
- Why isn't crypto uncorrelated w/ stocks?
- KuCoin hack showed who's centralized
- $FEW and $EMN
- Spinalda Testnet
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32 - The Bull Case for NFTs | Jake Burkhman & Andrew Steinwold

28 september 2020 · 1 uur 48 min
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32 - The Bull Case for NFTs | Jake Burkhman & Andrew Steinwold

There's something bubbling under the surface with NFTs. A lot of really smart people are starting to make a lot of noise about the coming wave of NFT explosion.

But what are NFTs exactly?

What can we do with them?

Are they really all that unique?

What is so powerful about a Non-Fungible Token?

Jake Burkhman, founder of CoinFund, is particularly bullish on this sector of Ethereum.

Andrew Steinwold, host of a podcast exclusively dedicated to NFTs, thinks that the world of NFTs will dwarf the world of DeFi by orders of magnitude.

What makes these two individuals so optimistic about NFTs?
Listen to find out!
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Bankless articles:

The First $100M in NFTs
https://bankless.substack.com/p/the-first-100m-in-nfts
Democratization of Value
https://bankless.substack.com/p/the-democratization-of-value
How to make money selling Digital Art
https://bankless.substack.com/p/how-to-make-money-on-digital-art

Listen: Andrew Steinwold's Podcast: Zima Red
https://anchor.fm/andrew-steinwold

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AMA - Hugh Karp of Nexus Mutual

24 september 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
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AMA with Hugh Karp the Founder of Nexus Mutual

Hugh Karp returns to the Bankless Nation to answer some of the question the community has from listening to his recent podcast!
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Bankless Podcast with Hugh:

http://podcast.banklesshq.com/31-nexus-mutual-to-billion-hugh-karp

Read: How to assess the risks of a lending protocol?
https://bankless.substack.com/p/how-to-assess-the-risk-of-lending

Read: how to protect against hacks with Nexus
https://bankless.substack.com/p/how-to-protect-against-hacks-with

Nexus Metrics Tracker: https://nexustracker.io/

DeFi Dad Explainer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzInsKPLR0

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SotN#15 w/ Jordan Lyall - $MEME is Hot, Why EIP1559 Isn't Here, UNI: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

23 september 2020 · 1 uur 23 min
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$MEME is the main topic of conversation in this state of the nation. We bring on Jordan Lyall (@jordanlyall), the accidental founder of $MEME, to help us understand how MEME accidentally became a thing by memeing itself into existence.

1) $MEME IS HOT RN

2) WHY EIP1559 ISN'T HERE

3) IS UNI A BUY, HOLD, OR SELL?

RESOURCES:

1) DON'T BUY MEME https://dontbuymeme.com/farms

2) EIP1559 AMA https://crypto-ama.herokuapp.com/messages_eip_1559.html

3) UNI TOKEN CLAIM DASHBOARD https://explore.duneanalytics.com/dashboard/uni-token-claims

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31 - Nexus Mutual to Billions | Hugh Karp

21 september 2020 · 1 uur 42 min
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Nexus Mutual to Billions | Hugh Karp

Hugh Karp is the founder of Nexus Mutual, a DeFi insurance protocol

Nexus Mutual has $80M ETH covering over $240 worth of DeFi insurance, up from $8M last July. Nexus has paid out millions in insurance claims to previous DeFi hacks, and is one of the fastest-growing protocols in DeFi.

Hugh comes from the world of insurance and worked as an actuary before moving into crypto. He brings his real-world insurance knowledge to the DeFi universe through Nexus Mutual, a reconstruction of real-world insurance mechanisms, but built on Ethereum.

Nexus Mutual has over $80M in assets deposited into the Nexus contracts, up from just $8M in July 2020. This $80M is the backstop for $240M of cover purchased by Nexus customers.

Join us as we go through the history of Nexus Mutual, the NXM token, and the future road map with founder Hugh Karp!

WE COVER:

1) Current state of DeFi insurance / safety
2) Benefits of smart-contract based insurance
3) Quick history of insurance
4) Building Nexus
5) Integrating NXM
6) NXM Bonding Curve
7) Future vision of Nexus

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Nexus Metrics Tracker: https://nexustracker.io/

DeFi Dad Explainer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnzInsKPLR0

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$UNI announced from Uniswap - $1,200 of UNI Airdropped to YOU!

17 september 2020 · 36 min
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The Uniswap Token is OUT! $UNI is here and EVERYONE has some!

David and Ryan release a quick bonus episode to keep you informed about the UNI token release!
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RESOURCES:

Intro to Uniswap: https://uniswap.org/blog/uni/

Claim your tokens: https://app.uniswap.org/#/uni

Uniswap 2nd in crypto fees: https://cryptofees.info/

Token terminal for UNI P/E: https://www.tokenterminal.com/

Tracking Ethereum Gas: https://www.gasnow.org/

CoinGecko Yield Farming list: https://www.coingecko.com/en/yield-farming

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SotN #14 - FUNding with Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin #7 BEGINS, DeFi protocols compete 4 Gitcoin, StableCredit USD, CeDeFi = real or joke?)

16 september 2020 · 1 uur 35 min
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The State of the Bankless Nation is....FUNding

It that time of year....GITCOIN TIME!!!

Every quarter, 4 times a year, Gitcoin Grants rolls around. This is one of the few times where the money in your wallet means 10x more than it used to... IF... AND ONLY IF.... you donate to your favorite DeFi and Ethereum infrastructure.

We bring on Kevin Owocki, el presidente of Gitcoin, to discuss the role of Gitcoin in funding the DeFi ecosystem and the technology behind funding public goods.

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STATE OF THE NATION #14 - Tuesday, September 15, 2020 The State of the Bankless Nation is....FUNding

Special Guest...Kevin Owocki @owocki on Twitter

TOPICS:

GITCOIN with Kevin Owocki

1) Gitcoin Round 7... START
2) This round is different... WE'RE IN A BULL MARKET
3) DeFi protocol, DeFi farms, DeFi teams are SENDING GITCOIN $$$
4) Gitcoin is out of the shadow of Consensys, the EF
5) Decentralized Identity, Sybil Resistance of Gitcoin

StableCredit USD

1) Bankless Video was helpful... still need more help in understanding Andre Conje's new StableCredit USD system
2) Aave + Maker + Uniswap + Synethix = StableCredit USD (?)
3) Yearn needs a place to park its capital; it filled all the other protocols
4) Contracts done, UI soon

BTC and ETH are the crypto monies that matter

MicroStrategy Buys $175M More in Bitcoin, Upping BTC Holdings to $425M

Bitcoin’s prisoners dilemma

ETH just passed BTC on total value transferred and that’s huge

Fake DeFi doesn’t cut it (CeDeFi)

Binance Smart-Contract Chain
https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900933/Binance-Smart-…
30 - Synthetix To Billions | Kain Warwick

14 september 2020 · 1 uur 53 min
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Synthetix to Billions | Kain Warwick

Kain Warwick is the founder of the Synthetix Platform, a protocol for generating and trading synthetic digital assets. Kain himself is known for leaning towards crypto-anarchist side of the political spectrum

How did this come about? How has this impacted the building of Synthetix?

Synthetix itself has stood resilient against the 2018/19 bear market. Why? What was the unique advantage of Synthetix vs other 2017 ICO platforms?

What's next for Synthetix now that gas fees are 200+ gwei?

WE COVER:

1) Kain's political stance
2) How this reflected in Synthetix
3) Motivation and Grit around building and producing
4) Growing Community and Culture during a bear market
5) Degen Spartan, and 6 dolla SNX
6) Introducing the SIP process
7) Introducing Yield Farming
8) Recursive upside/downside to SNX + ETH collateral in Synthetix 9) L2 scaling with Optimism
10) Bull market predictions

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SotN #13 - SOBERING with Anthony Sassano (SushiSwap Founder DEFECTS, Farming 4 Gitcoin)

9 september 2020 · 1 uur 16 min
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The State of the Bankless Nation is....SOBERING!

No, we haven't rewritten the laws of the universe, things are still the same...

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STATE OF THE NATION #13 - Tuesday, September 8, 2020 The State of the Bankless Nation is....SOBERING!

Special Guest...Anthony Sassano @sassal0x on Twitter

TOPICS:

1) SushiSwap Founder dumping all his Sushi; defecting from the protocol

2) The newest wave of ETH 2 killers is here

3) Protocols directing funds to Gitcoin for Gitcoin Grants: BULLISH for ETHEREUM

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1) Aave Founder Stani on the Bankless Pod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76HL0jFctQ&t=938s

2) AMA with Loopring's Matt Finestone on THURSDAY

3) Tactic coming out on the Bankless Newsletter: How to get Yield SAFELY.

Subscribe! https://bankless.substack.com/

We show:

1) Sushi Founder Market-Dumps Sushi

2) Ameen Soleimani post-mortem twitter thread

3) Sushi Founder: "I'm a good guy"

5) Kevin Owocki submits 1% YAM treasury to Gitcoin proposal

6) Andre with the DUNK:

7) David puts the final nail in the coffin

8) BASED now giving Gitcoin 2%!

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29 - Aave to Billions | Stani Kulechov

7 september 2020 · 2 uur
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September 07, 2020 Lees meer

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Stani Kulechov is the Founder of the Aave money market, a place for lending and borrowing assets in DeFi.

Aave has marched up the DeFi leaderboard to become one of the top protocols with the most amount of value deposited into its contracts. Aave's token LEND has increased 3300% since its bear market low.

What contributed to Aave's success? What did Aave do differently? Why did Aave's community thrive when others died? What's next for Aave and Aavenomics?

We ask Stani these questions and many more, in order to get a glimpse of what is successful in this DeFi frontier!

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WE COVER

1) Crypto-Native Founders
2) Early days of Aave -- ETHLend and the Aave pivot
3) Sticking it out through the bear market
4) Establishing the team-community relationship
5) Rising the Ranks of DeFi
6) VC investment vs ICO investment; pros and cons
7) Aave moves FAST!
8) Aavenomics and Aave Roadmap
9) Bull Market Predictions!

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Resources discussed:

David's article about MKR references by Stani

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SOTN #12: Positioning! w/ Mariano Conti (yEARN deep dive, ETH Golden Age, ETH P/E, Sushi!)

2 september 2020 · 1 uur 21 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #12 - Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 Lees meer

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....POSITIONING!

The bankless boys discuss with Mariano Conti why.

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State of the Bankless Nation is....POSITIONING! The bankless boys discuss why. Special Guest...Mariano Conti.

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TOPICS:

1) YEARN DEEP DIVE (yETH is HUGE)

2) ETHEREUM GOLDEN AGE

3) SUSHI VS UNISWAP

4) ETH P/E IS HILARIOUS

ANNOUCEMENTS:

1) Vance podcast highest viewed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z3ns...

2) Merch store live - https://merch.banklesshq.com/

3) Ledger deal 20% off - https://bankless.substack.com/p/the-d...

We show:

1) yEarn vaults

2) Trifecta asset tweet

3) YFI in Aave

4) yInsurance

5) YFI governance staking

6) Sushi yields

7) Sushi farms

8) Token terminal

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SOTN #12: Positioning! w/ Mariano Conti (yEARN deep dive, ETH Golden Age, ETH P/E, Sushi!)

2 september 2020 · 1 uur 24 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #12 - Tuesday, September 1, 2020

The State of the Bankless Nation is....POSITIONING! The bankless boys discuss why.
Special Guest...Mariano Conti.

Follow Mariano here:
https://twitter.com/nanexcool/

TOPICS:
1) YEARN DEEP DIVE (yETH is HUGE)
2) ETHEREUM GOLDEN AGE
3) SUSHI VS UNISWAP
4) ETH P/E IS HILARIOUS

ANNOUCEMENTS:
1) Vance podcast highest viewed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z3nsi0yijk&t=184s
2) Merch store live - https://merch.banklesshq.com/
3) Ledger deal 20% off - https://bankless.substack.com/p/the-deal-sheet

We show:

1) yEarn vaults - https://yearn.finance/vaults
2) Trifecta asset tweet - https://twitter.com/nanexcool/status/1298665539972276230
3) YFI in Aave - https://app.aave.com/home
4) yInsurance - https://yinsure.finance/add
5) YFI governance staking - https://ygov.finance/staking
6) Sushi yields - https://sushi.zippo.io/
7) Sushi farms - https://sushiswap.org/farms
8) Token terminiate - https://www.tokenterminal.com/

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28 - The Bull Case for DeFi | Vance Spencer

31 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 54 min
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Episode: #28
August 31, 2020 Lees meer

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Vance Spencer of Framework was buying DeFi tokens when they were deeply unpopular. Deep conviction on DeFi, but he and his co-founder made bets on communities. He was contrarian yes...but contrarian right.

Ask him his strategy and he'll simply tell you..."I look at memes all day." But there's hidden brilliance in that phase. Listen as he describes how he invests in the crypto native founders, how he buys culturally composable communities, how the best things start very small.

His fund bought SNX when no on believed. They bought LINK when it was worth 18 cents. How? Why? What's he buying now?

We end with some FIRE predictions on final market caps for this bull run.

We cover:

Are we in a bull market?

The DeFi Bull Case

Crypto Native Investing Fund

Composable communities

Contrarian bets in the bear market

Where did the LINK marines come from?

Populism is real in crypto

REGULATORS are friends?

Turning Communities into Protocols

Farming Token Premium

Things Vance is buying

Price Predictions!!! 🔥

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

DeFi Studio Framework Labs Leave Stealth

Listen to Protocol Sink Thesis episode

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AMA#2 - Antonio Juliano, Founder of dYdX

28 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 3 min
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Bankless AMA - Antonio Juliano, Founder of dYdX Lees meer

Antonio Juliano, the Founder of dYdX, arrives at the Bankless Nation for an AMA!

dYdX is a non-custodial trading platform on Ethereum, featuring a lot of cutting edge trading features meant to mimic the legacy system, but in the DeFi world!

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Antonio is the founder of dYdX, a popular trading, margin, and and derivatives market on Ethereum. The Bankless Nation asks him questions about:

Spot trading

Margin trading

Perpetual swaps

Borrowing & Lending

The complete dYdX stack

Regulatory Compliance, KYC

Starkware and L2's

dYdX token??

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SotN#11 - BUILDING w/ Raul Jordan (Eth2 Testnet Broke? L2 will Save Us! Pro-o-o-tocol Sink!)

26 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 12 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #11 - Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Lees meer

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....BUILDING!

The bankless boys discuss why.

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TOPICS:

1) ETH2 TESTNET BROKE?

2) LAYER2 WILL SAVE US

3) PRO-O-O-O-O-TOCOL SINK

We show:

Bankless Medalla Testnet Guide

Official docs for prysmatic labs client

Ethereum economic density article - Nic Carter

Loopring DeFi Dad video on Bankless YouTube

OMG network taking Tether settlement

dYdX scaling with layer2 starkware

Near bridging to Ethereum

Binance staking DAI using Compound/DSR

Huobi launching Global DeFi Summit

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SotN#11 - BUILDING w/ Raul Jordan (Eth2 Testnet Broke? L2 will Save Us! Pro-o-o-tocol Sink!)

26 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 20 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #10 - Tuesday, August 25, 2020

The State of the Bankless Nation is....BUILDING! The bankless boys discuss why.

TOPICS:
1) ETH2 TESTNET BROKE?
2) LAYER2 WILL SAVE US
3) PRO-O-O-O-O-TOCOL SINK

We show:

1) Bankless Medalla Testnet Guide
https://bankless.substack.com/p/guide-becoming-a-validator-on-the

2) Official docs for prysmatic labs
https://docs.prylabs.network/docs/

3) Ethereum economic density article - Nic Carter
https://www.coindesk.com/ethereums-fees-mean-choosing-between-a-world-computer-and-a-financial-network

4) Loopring DeFi Dad video on Bankless YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_e4bx-aiQ

5) OMG network taking Tether settlement
https://twitter.com/omgnetworkhq
https://omg.network/bitfinex-usdt-tether-integration-omg-network/

6) dYdX scaling with layer2 starkware
https://integral.dydx.exchange/scaling-with-starkware/

7) Near bridging to Ethereum
https://twitter.com/AlexSkidanov/status/1296139890778726400

8) Binance staking DAI using Compound/DSR
https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/32f889b8dacd42e28dc16d035ad8f35e?utm_source=BinanceTwitter&utm_medium=GlobalSocial&utm_campaign=GlobalSocial

9) Huobi launching Global DeFi Summit
https://cointelegraph.com/news/huobi-launches-global-defi-alliance-to-merge-east-and-west

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27 - DeFi in the Eth2 Metropolis | Haseeb Qureshi

24 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 44 min
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Episode: #27
August 24, 2020 Lees meer

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Haseeb Qureshi likes the question: what did I miss? That's how he improves his mental model for investing in crypto. That's how he sharpens his mind.

That's how this former Airbnb developer and professional poker play became a notable investor at DragonFly Capital.

And that's where we start the conversation.

It leads us into a discussion on Uniswap and automated market makers, and why he thinks Uniswap will be unbundled. Which leads into Ethereum scaling, DeFi in Eth2, and an articulation of the clearest analogy for DeFi scalability in Etheruem that we've ever heard.

Use this episode to sharpen your crypto investing mind.

We cover:

The big thing Haseeb missed

Explain Uniswap like I'm 5

Why AMMs are eating orderbook exchanges

The Unbundling of Uniswap

Smart Automated Market Makers (SAMMs!)

DeFi in Eth2: Cities, suburbs, and farms

Economic load balancing across shards

Layer 2 as the shopping malls

The Shard for crypto banks

What about the ETH killers?

Sorry boys...ETH ain't money

Haseeb's High conviction Bets

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

What explains the rise of AMMs? - Article by Haseeb

Unbundling Uniswap - New Article by Haseeb

DeFi in Eth2: Cities, suburbs, farms - Article by Haseeb

ETH must be money episode with Charlie Noyes

More on Automated Market Makers:

Rise of the Liquidity Robots - Bankless Article

Going Bankless with Uniswap - Podcast Epsiode

Uniswap is Infrastructure - Bankless Article

When DeFi meets Rollup - Bankless Article on Rollups

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Episode Actions:

Read DeFi in Eth2: Cities, suburbs, farms

Read What explains …
SotN#10 - GAMING (MONEY GAMES - YAMS NOT DED, CRV LAUNCH FAIR, MAXIMALISM GETTING DUMBER?)

19 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 39 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #10 - Tuesday, August 18, 2020 Lees meer

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....GAMING!

The bankless boys discuss why.

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TOPICS:

1) MONEY GAMES - YAMS NOT DED

2) CRV LAUNCH FAIR?

3) MAXIMALISM GETTING DUMBER?

We show:

Ready Player One (article by David)

Ethereum: The Money-Game Landscape

Conway's game of life article

YAM Farms

YAM analytics

Where you mine CRV

CRV price

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26 - Investing in DeFi Paradigms | Charlie Noyes

17 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 39 min
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Episode: #26
August 18, 2020 Lees meer

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What are the paradigms for investing in DeFi?

Charlie is an exceptionally bright & thoughtful investor in crypto assets at Paradigm...one of the leading investment firms in the crypto space. We talk institutions, yield farming, and DeFi protocols...and then we get into one of our favorite subjects.

Is ETH money?

Or rather, does ETH need to be money in order to secure itself?

What is dirty little secret many Ethereans and Bitcoiners don't admit? Why is moneyness and security two sides of the same coin? Why won't transaction fees secure Bitcoin?

This episode goes from great...to amazing. You won't find this depth of discussion anywhere else. Stay tuned to the very end to catch the conversation on economic security.

We cover:

Starting in crypto at age 11

Gen Z and crypto

How Institutions see crypto

Futility tokens are futile

Is Uniswap the last word on AMMs?

RAI vs DAI

Money gams & accounting tricks

Yield farming for yield farming sake

Why we're not in a bubble yet

Why Ether has to be money (or bust)

Cosmos and Ethereum alternatives

Not bullish on Eth2 timeline

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

Here's the episode with Joey Krug we mentioned

Bitcoin for the Open Minded Skeptic article by Paradigm

Is the Map of America the way institutions see crypto?

We mentioned YAMS - here's our explainer

We mentioned EIP-1559 (listen here | read article)

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Episode Actions:

Read "Bitcoin for the Open-Minded Skeptic” by Paradigm

Articles Charlie mentioned to understand economic security:

On the Instability of Bitcoin Without the Block Reward

Flash Boys 2…
AMA#1 - Kain Warwick of Synthetix

17 augustus 2020 · 57 min
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Kain Warwick, Founder of the Synthetix Platform, presents himself to the Bankless Nation for a live AMA! Lees meer

We ask him anything! No question off limits.

This is a BONUS episode. Regular podcast episode (#26) will be released tomorrow.

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Kain is the founder of Snythetix, a popular synthetics and derivatives market on Ethereum. The Bankless Nation asks him questions about:

High gas fees

yams lol

Yield farming

Future vision for synthetics

DeF in a Layer 2

Central bank digital currencies

The final boss

Eth2

What he learned from 2017

Bull market price predictions!

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SotN#9 (PART 2) - Guest: VITALIK BUTERIN on ETH SUPPLYGATE!

14 augustus 2020 · 46 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #9 (PART 2) - Wednesday, August 13, 2020 Lees meer

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SOTN PART 2: with Special guest Vitalik Buterin

The State of the Bankless Nation is....PROPAGATING! And in this Part 2 we talk to Vitalik about ETH SUPPLYGATE!

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Covered:

ETH SUPPLYGATE

CURRENT GAS FEES

PART 2: (COMING TOMORROW - ETH SUPPLY GATE)
Special guest Vitalik Buterin

We show:

Tweet from Pomp

Never Get High on Your Own Supply

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SotN#9 (PART 1) - PROPAGATING (WTF ARE YAMS, DEX VOLUME INSANE)

12 augustus 2020 · 53 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #9 (Part 1) - Tuesday, August 12, 2020 Lees meer

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....PROPAGATING! The bankless boys discuss why. This is Part 1 of SOTN this week.

Stay tuned for Part 2 with Vitalik tomorrow.

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WTF ARE YAMS

DEX VOLUME INSANE

PART 2: (COMING TOMORROW - ETH SUPPLY GATE)
Special guest Vitalik Buterin

We show:

Post introducing YAMS

Active YAM farms

YAM farm contracts

AmpleForth Geyser

$34B annualized in Uniswap volume

Uniswap eating DeFi

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25 - YFI: Farming the Farmers | Andre Cronje

10 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 39 min
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Episode: #25
August 10, 2020 Lees meer

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Andre Cronje calls himself just another DeFi dev, but you can't help but wonder, is he's underselling himself with that title?

In a few short months he single-handedly created a fleet of DeFi yield farming money robots that locked up over $400m in assets in his yearn protocol. He launched a YFI token that grew in value by over 1,000% in its first week, one of the most explosive price charts crypto has ever seen.

No pre-mine, no VC, no founders reward.

Maybe a better title is King of the Yield Farmers.

DeFi's Satoshi.

Who is this guy?

What did he build and why is it brilliant?

Why did YFI go from $3 on July 17th to $5000 on August 8th?

This is everything you need to know about yearn, YFI, and Andre.

We cover:

How Andre's really feeling

What's up with "I test in prod"

Why high YFI price can be bad

How Yearn automates yield farming

Andre's money robots

Incenting strategy writers

Risks of yearn

Launching YFI to scale

Why people buy YFI

Organic governance

Is Andre The Joker?

What's coming next

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

yearn protocol

yearn governance

yfi price chart

Acronym helper:

LP = liquidity provider

yearn (or "Y-earn") = Andre's protocol

cUSD, cDAI = stablecoins in Compound

TLV = total locked valued in a DeFi protocol

Look up other assets on DeFiMarketCap

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Try yearn protocol - "tested in prod" you could lose it all

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SotN#8 - PUMPED, Introducing: $BAPs! (ETHSCAPE SHIRTS, ETH2 COMING, BULL MARKET MENTALITY)

5 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #8 - Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Lees meer

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....PUMPED! The bankless boys discuss why.

Plus a special announcement...introducing $BAPS

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ETHSCAPE SHIRTS TOPIC

ETH2 COMING TOPIC

BULL MARKET MENTALITY

We show:

The democratization of value (article on scarce product tokens)

RAC launch of $TAPE

Introducing Bankless Apparel

Bankless Apparel Season 0 - Ethscape Shirt

Bankless Apparel website

Delphi Digital Ethereum report

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24 - Exploring the Frontier | Erik Voorhees

3 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 37 min
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Episode: #24
August 3, 2020 Lees meer

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Erik's been journeying into the bankless frontier since 2011. That's when he first discovered bitcoin.

The open road. The unsettled whitespace. The westward trail. The highway to freedom. That's why he's here.

And he's remained true to his values.

That's why he speaks out against tyranny. That's why he embraces self-sovereign money and pokes holes in the myths of fiat. That's why he so ardently rejects maximalism.

Enjoy our conversation with one of cryptos original settlers.

We cover:

Erik's journey into the bankless frontier

The libertarian values in the code

Why America isn't capitalist

Why flag bucks are destined for collapse

Gold, Bitcoin, Ethereum

4 categories of coins

Crypto vs the final boss

China vs America

Why Maximalists lost the plot

PRICE PREDICTIONS!

How Shapeshift helps us go bankless

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

(Trade) ShapeShift mobile trading app

(UX) Portis web3 login

(Guide) Bankless guide for starting the journey

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SotN#7 - EXPLOSIVE, Special Guest: DARYL LAU (YFI TOKEN MAGIC, ETH PUMPED, DEFI RISK)

28 juli 2020 · 1 uur 11 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #7 - Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Lees meer

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....EXPLOSIVE! The bankless boys discuss why.

Plus a special guest...Daryl Lau a YFI token governor!

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Covered:

TOPIC #1: YFI TOKEN MAGIC - w/ Daryl Lau

TOPIC #2: ETH PUMPED

TOPIC #3: DEFI RISK

Announcements:

Something big is coming next Monday!

MINTING WEEK for Bankless Badges (new Minting on Aug 1)

We show:

YFI chart (craziest thing I've seen)

yEarn total locked value

yEarn Governance

Article on YFI by Daryl

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23 - Investing in DeFi | Joey Krug

27 juli 2020 · 1 uur 30 min
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Episode: #23
July 27, 2020 Lees meer

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Joey Krug was doing DeFi before they called it DeFi. He's the co-founder of Augur, an investor at Pantera, an early supporter of Ethereum.

What did we cover? Ethereum, Oracles, DeFi, Bitcoin, Chainlink, Ampleforth, Memes, Risk, Triple Point Asset, YFI, Scaling...what didn't we cover!

After the convo, Joey said we asked the best questions of any podcast he's been on. Maybe it felt that way because we we're speaking the same language: this DeFi is eating the world.

This is Investing in DeFi with Joey Krug.

We cover:

Joey's investment thesis for crypto

How to invest in DeFi

Yield farming a gimmick?

Is AMPL for real?

DeFi oracles (and ChainLink!)

Excited about Augur v2?

A 100 Gwei world

Is ETH a triple point asset?

BTC or ETH?

The next DeFi hack

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

(Listen) ETH as a triple point asset - ep 4

(Link) Ampleforth geyser

(Link) Augur V2 release

(Link) Matic network (scaling Ethereum)

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SoTN #6 - EXPONENTIAL, Special Guest: LUCAS CAMPBELL (DEFI TOKENS, ETH PUMPING GOOD, TOKENS VS ETH)

22 juli 2020 · 1 uur 8 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #6 - Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Lees meer

The State of the Bankless Nation is....EXPONENTIAL! The bankless boys discuss why.

Plus a special guest...Lucas Campbell a Bankless Analyst!

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Covered:

TOPIC #1: DEFI TOKENS - w/ Lucas Campbell

TOPIC #2: ETH PUMPING GOOD

TOPIC #3: TOKENS VS ETH

BONUS TOPIC: AmpleForth discussion

We show:

Bankless Q2 Token Report by Lucas Campbell

TokenTerminal for P/E Ratios

Dune Analytics chart of DeFi users

Messari Chart - Ethereum vs. Bitcoin settlement numbers

Meet the Nation playlist

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22 - The People’s Narrative | Ben Hunt

20 juli 2020 · 1 uur 47 min
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Episode: #22
July 20, 2020 Lees meer

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You need to understand the mental models of Ben Hunt to understand what's really going on in crypto. You need his models of epsilon, game theory, narrative, and common knowledge to truly understand markets.

They don't teach you this on Wall Street. Or in business school. But for the Bankless Nation? This knowledge is required for our survival on the journey.

Dr. Ben Hunt is a masterful game theorist and narrative analyzer. His work at Epsilon Theory, his outlook on the world, we've rarely felt so much alignment with someone outside the crypto community.

And what does Ben thing about crypto anyway? Is it an opportunity to diminish the nudging oligarchy that runs our world?

What advice does he have for us?

Is there a chance this bankless thing might work?

Enjoy our incredible conversation with Ben.

We cover:

Epsilon, narratives, and playing the player

The Keynesian contest running the world

The Common Knowledge Game & The Missionary

Why our world is getting more chaotic

How the Nudging Oligarchy shapes reality

STOCKS GO UP

Crypto vs the Oligarchy

3 Path for Crypto (and which one Ben thinks is promising)

WTF is going on w/ equities?

The power of the pack

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

Epsilon Theory Manifesto

Get N95 masks to the front-line

Ben describes the 3-Body Problem on Hidden Forces

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SotN#5 - HEDGED (WHERE INFLATION, CRYPTODOLLAR BAN, COINBASE IPO + SPECIAL GUEST!)

14 juli 2020 · 54 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #5 - Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Lees meer

The State of the Bankless Nation is....HEDGED! The bankless boys discuss why.

Plus a special guest...Nic Carter from Castle Island!

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Covered:

TOPIC #1: WHERE’S THE INFLATION? - w/ Nic Carter

TOPIC #2: CRYPTODOLLAR BAN HAMMER! - w/ Nic Carter

TOPIC #3: COINBASE IPO

BONUS TOPIC: BANKLESS TOKEN DROP

We show:

Nic's brilliant Cantillon effect effect meme

Coinbase blacklisting USDC article

Coinbase blacklisting USDC tracker

FSB Paper describing stablecoins

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21 - Ethereum: Past, Present, Future | Vitalik Buterin

13 juli 2020 · 1 uur 44 min
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Episode: #21
July 13, 2020 Lees meer

Ethereum turns 5 on July 30th! That's 5 years of history. Five years of progress. Time enough to change the world?

We sit down with Vitalik Buterin and walk through Ethereum's past, present, and future. Has the vision changed? Has ETH earned its price? What about monetary policy? How's Vitalik feeling about the future?

Is ETH a triple-point asset?

It seems clear that Vitalik believes the Ethereum community is its strongest asset. This band of Athenians isn't just here to vanquish foes, it's here to build a digital civilization for the world. Not burn it down. Build it up.

Vitalik believes crypto is standing strong as one of the few remaining things that's genuinely international. And as we witness the balkanization of the digital world, the open door to cooperation that Ethereum provides is exactly what humanity needs in order to thrive in the 21st century.

Happy 5th Birthday Ethereum!

The world needs you now more than ever.

We cover:

How Vitalik's feeling about Ethereum

PAST:

Times when Vitalik was far less optimistic

Has Ethereum matched the original vision?

Identity in an independent digital civilization

PRESENT:

Does Vitalik like or hate DeFi?

Vitalik's biggest concern for DeFi

Thoughts on liquidity mining

The goods & bads of speculation

Have we earned the price?

FUTURE:

3 problems we face now

Spartans vs Athenians - who wins?

Is Ethereum a nation, a religion, a technology?

How Etheruem is like Briton

ETH THE ASSET

Is ETH a triple point asset?

Solidifying ETH's monetary policy

LIGHTNING ROLLUP ROUND

Gas fees are too high?

ETH flippening BTC?

Low hanging fruit?

HIs favorite ETH killer?

And more...

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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State of the Nation #4 - HUNGRY (BUYING THE ETH NARRATIVE, $2B IN DEFI, AND THE DEFI VORTEX)

7 juli 2020 · 45 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #4 - Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Lees meer

The State of the Bankless Nation is....HUNGRY! The bankless boys discuss why.

Plus a special guest...Luke Martin from VentureCoinist!

Watch the video here.

Covered:

Is ETH a good narrative investment?

What $2B locked in DeFi means

The DeFi Vortex!

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We show:

1) DeFi Pulse hits $2 billion!
https://defipulse.com/

2) The DeFi Vortex
https://twitter.com/paulsalis/status/1278920299136741378

3) Ethereum's tech tree
https://bankless.substack.com/p/ethereums-tree-of-life-market-monday-34c

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1) Look at $2B on DeFi pulse!
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20 - The Ethereum Opportunity | Chris Burniske

6 juli 2020 · 1 uur 51 min
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Episode: #20
July 6, 2020 Lees meer

We sit down in this episode with Chris Burniske to talk about crypto, DeFi, and the Ethereum opportunity. Why are we here? How will crypto make the world better? Where are we going next?

Oh...and is ETH money?

Chris has the incredible ability to drill deep into intricate analysis one moment then zoom out across history to tell us what is means for the future of humanity. Enjoy this conversation with our favorite crypto analyst-philosopher.

We cover:

Evolution of token valuations

Fixing the inequality of capital

Is DeFi a better system for the world?

Balancer as a case study

Have his views on governance changed?

Tribalism!

The reason we're here

Going west toward the Infinite Whitespace

The Ethereum opportunity!

Bullish ETH?

Chris's next book

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

Read our favorite writings by Chris:

A Superior Financial System

The Likely Fate of Ethereum Killers

Protocols As Minimally Extractive Coordinators

Value Capture & Quantification: Cryptocapital vs Cryptocommodities

Cryptonetworks Are Not Companies

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Listen to Chris Read "A Blank State of Slate"

Check out Crypto Assets Book

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Chris Burniske is a partner at Placeholder, a New York venture firm that invests in decentralized information networks. Prior to Placeholder, he co-authored, Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond, and spearheaded ARK Investment Managemen…
SotN #3 GROWING (The Flippening is Back, India Banning China, DEXs going parabolic)

2 juli 2020 · 38 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #3 - Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Lees meer

The State of the Bankless Nation is....GROWING! The Bankless boys discuss why.

Watch the video here.

Covered:

The Flippening is back (will ETH flip BTC?)

India Bannking China (and why it's good for Ethereum & Bitcoin)

DEXes going parabolic (bigger than Binance?)

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19 - DeFi vs Banks | Hasu

28 juni 2020 · 1 uur 27 min
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Episode: #19
June 29, 2020 Lees meer

Hasu is a free-thinker. A truth seeker. A rare voice in crypto. He's not afraid to push back on tribal dogma. He breaks rank with Bitcoiners on some topics and Ethereans on others. Yet he still considers himself a member of both tribes and respects the mysticism (and even dogma) of these deeply social systems.

In the spirit of Satoshi he's pseudonymous. We don't know his actual identity. But we know who he is from his body of writing that has influenced our thinking on many crypto topics.

What does he think about Ethereum?

About crypto banks?

About DeFi?

We covered it all:

Hasu's fave writers

Body and Spirit of crypto networks

Is Hasu an Etherean?

Why Bitcoin might not survive

How Maker is like a central bank

Is EIP1559 bullish for ETH?

The best Rick & Morty episode

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

(Article) A Bankless Nation (Part 1)

(Article) A Bankless Nation (Part 2)

(Listen) The above articles read by David

Hasu Articles:

Analysis of EIP-1559

Why Bitcoin might not survive a Bitcoin Standard

The future of money could be discretionary

Unpacking Bitcoin’s Social Contract

Evangelizing Bitcoin

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SotN #2 - CHURNING; ETH bears wrong, Venmo loves crypto, Gas fees good

24 juni 2020 · 39 min
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STATE OF THE NATION #2 - Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Lees meer

The State of the Bankless Nation is....CHURNING! The Bankless boys discuss why.

Subscribe to get new episodes every Wednesday! (Get it 1 day earlier on Bankless YouTube!)

Watch the video here.

Covered:

1) Why isn't ETH pumping? (BEARS are wrong?)

2) Venmo onboarding millennials to crypto (and just in time)

3) Gas prices are bad (or are they good?)

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2) Read Protocol sink

Listen: https://bankless.substack.com/p/12-the-protocol-sink-thesis

3) Coinmetrics Transaction revenue chart

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18 - COMP Growth Hacking DeFi | Dan Elitzer

22 juni 2020 · 1 uur 28 min
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Episode: #18
June 22, 2020 Lees meer

A DeFi token called COMP gained over 900% last week. DeFi going parabolic. What in the world is going on? Are these DeFi tokens real? If they are, is this the start of the another 2017 style bull market?

How much can you money as a yield farmer?

We bring on Dan Elitzer a Venture Capitalist, writer, DeFi futurist, yield farmer and the absolute best person to tell us what's going on.

Covered:

Why COMP went parabolic

Why DeFi tokens are real this time

The spark for the next bull run

DeFi tokens as rocket fuel

Why ETH is getting left behind (so far!)

The best yield farming opportunities

Superfluid yield farming

The downside of DeFi tokens

Where this is taking us next

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

(Article) Superfluid Collateral in Open Finance

(Article) Meet the SAFG

(Article) Voting for cash flows

(Listen) Episode 12: Protocol Sink Thesis

(Listen) Episode 11: Going Bankless with Compound

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SotN #1 - BULLISH; DeFi tokens, Internet-era growth, Fee v Issuance Debate

17 juni 2020 · 54 min
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Welcome to the State of the Nation a new video podcast where RSA & David Hoffman weigh-in on topics relevant to the Bankless Nation every week. Lees meer

Watch the video here.

New episodes on Tuesdays.

SotN #1 - BULLISH
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The State of the Bankless Nation is....BULLISH! The Bankless boys discuss why.

Covered:

- Why DeFi tokens are the next pump narrative (but better than 2017)

- How 100m ETH accounts is like the early internet

- Do and David disagree on his Bitcoin tweet?

We show you how:

- To calculate returns on your COMP tokens

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2) DeFiMarketCap shows COMP market cap

3) InstaDapp maximizer for COMP mining
17 - A Bankless Nation (Part 1)

15 juni 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
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Episode: #17
June 15, 2020 Lees meer

An alien visits earth. He sees our cities, our governments, our moral codes. He's curious, "What's are you trying to do here?" he asks the humans.

The humans respond: "We're trying to get coordinated".

Coordination is how humanity rose above the animals. Built the pyramids. Put a man on the moon.

We've coordinated as hunter-gather societies in tribes. As agrarian societies in kingdoms. As industrial societies in nation states.

And now...as information societies in digital nations like Ethereum and Bitcoin. This. Changes. Everything.

Covered:

Uh...why are we here? What's the point?

A nation is more than a nation state!

The thing that makes humans special

Getting past Dunbar's number

The rise & limits of nation states

The next evolution of the nation

How you become a citizen of Ethereum

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

(Article) A Bankless Nation (part 1)

(Podcast) Episode 12 talks about Settlement Assurances

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16 - What's an Etherean? | Nic Carter

8 juni 2020 · 1 uur 40 min
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Episode: #16
June 8, 2020 Lees meer

Nic Carter is one of our favorite writers in crypto. He's shaped our thoughts on many subjects over the years. Now we got to sit down and talk the challenging stuff. The stuff typical podcasts never as him...we dive right in.

He's a bitcoin yes...is he an Etherean? He's bullish on stablecoins...is he bullish ETH value accrual? He thinks free banking is good...does he think Maker is good?

Nic believe in bitcoin values...does he believe in bankless values?

This episode is jam packed with insights.

Covered:

Is Nic an Etherean?

What does Etherean even mean?

Are stablecoins good or bad for ETH?

Why the entire point is blockspace demand

How economically dense transactions win

Settlement assurances & property rights

Why crypto banks aren't all bad

Emerging digital nation states

Will this bankless thing work?

Plus Ryan and David discuss:

How David got pepper sprayed last weekend

Bankless as an anti-authoritarian movement

Building it up not burning it down

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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Resources discussed:

(Article) It’s the settlement assurances, stupid - Nic Carter

(Article) Visions of Bitcoin - Nic Carter

(Article) Crypto-fiat: Mutualistic or Parasitic - Nic Carter

(Article) While the cities burn below - RSA

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15 - ETH is Undervalued

3 juni 2020 · 52 min
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Episode: #15
June 3, 2020 Lees meer

The bankless boys think ETH is undervalued and they explain why. Also, a talk on governance why putting it on-chain is a money killer. Join Ryan and David in this special bonus episode.

Covered:

ETH fundamentals are fire

Metrics

Gas usage at all time higher

Daily active users up

Stablecoins on Ethereum up

BTC tokenized on Ethereum up

Network fundementals up!

So why isn't price up?

Maybe ETH is Undervalued!

New Crypto.com wallet is protocol sink thesis!

Maker on Coinbase is a big deal

On-chain gov hurts store-of value

Decreases credible neutrality

Handing the keys to plutocrats

Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!

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14 - The DeFi Exchange | Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss

1 juni 2020 · 1 uur 33 min
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Episode: #14
June 1, 2020 Lees meer

Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss on Bankless!

The mainstream world knows them as Zuckerberg's bane from "The Social Network" but the bankless world knows them as multi-faceted entrepreneurs, early believers in crypto, and the founders the Gemini exchange.

Whatever you think you know about the Winklevoss twins you have to admit...these guys have an uncanny ability to see the future.

So what do they see in our future?

Future of crypto?

Future of DeFi?

Of the world?

They bridged technology to our social lives. They bridged crypto to Wall Street. What bridges are they building next?

Is Gemini the DeFi-friendly bank we've been waiting for?

We cover:

How Cameron & Tyler "see things" early

What the Winklevosses first saw in Bitcoin

The evolution of crypto banks

JPMorgan is banking Gemini!!

Big Banking vs Big Tech

Is Gemini DeFi friendly?

Why the Winklevosses are ETH whales

What's the next crypto-sized opportunity?

Will the Winklevosses turn Gemini into a bridge to DeFi money protocols? Listen to the episode and decide for yourself!

Note: David and I skipped our Big Picture chat this week to get straight to the Winklevoss convo but we're releasing our Big Picture chat in a special Bankless episode coming to you on Wednesday June 3rd!

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Resources discussed:

(News) JP Morgan Banks Gemini

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13 - DeFi's Mainstream Wallet | Itamar Lesuisse

25 mei 2020 · 1 uur 26 min
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Episode: #13
May 25, 2020 Lees meer

Argent is the closet thing we've seen to a mainstream ready bankless wallet. Is this crypto's Netscape moment?

Ryan & David sit down with Itamar the co-founder of Argent to find out. Coming off a big week of releases, Itamar tells us how DeFi's almost reached parity with traditional finance, hasn't quite found product market fit in developed countries, but why he's incredibly bullish about the future.

We cover:

The why:

Why Itamar's here

Argent's ethos

What makes Argent Bankless

The walled garden approach

The what:

Why typical wallets suck

Superpowers with DeFi

What's holding us back

What if Argent goes away?

Collecting an email address

Argent in Argentina

The when:

1 billion users & Argent in 5 years

Finding the Netscape of crypto

Two things he wants from the Bankless community

How soon until 1 billion users? Listen and decide for yourself.

Before the episode begins we also talk about:

Why if feels like 2016 again

The BlockFi breach and "DeFi fixes this"

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Resources discussed:

(Article) It's 2016 again

(Article) How to get your first DeFi Wallet (Argent)

(Podcast) Learn about the Dai Savings Rate in Ep #9

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12 - The Protocol Sink Thesis

18 mei 2020 · 1 uur 19 min
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Episode: #12
May 18, 2020 Lees meer

When someone gives you money how confident are you that it's really yours? That's a settlement guarantee. It operates at the base layer of our societal tech stack and usually requires law and nation-states to enforce. With crypto we have something new, we have settlement assurances. That changes everything.

Protocols with higher settlement assurances are more dense. They sink to the bottom of our societal tech stack and become the foundation for everything else. This is the protocol sink thesis, that DeFi protocols with the highest settlement assurance will become the base layer..the base layer for crypto banks, commercial banks, and even nation-state banks.

When enough value is locked and enough time has passed, the money protocols win. That's what the thesis predicts!

Dive into the protocol sink thesis w/ Ryan & David!

We cover:

Settlement guarantees through time

Legal system settlement & traditional finance

Why protocol settlement changes everything

Protocol Sink Thesis ("How DeFi Wins")

Why Trusted things get built on

How DeFi protocols sink

Time Value Locked as the meter stick

How to test the thesis

The transition to long-term thinking

Understanding this thesis will help you become a better crypto investor.

Before the episode begins we also talk about:

ETH FUTURES!

Grammy-award winner RAC issues on Ethereum

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Resources discussed:

(Article) It's the Settlement Assurances Stupid

(Article) Crypto-fiat: mutualistic or parasitic?

(Article) Great protocol sink

(How-to) How to buy $TAPE token

(VIDEO) David's Settlement Assurances talk

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11 - Going Bankless with Compound | Robert Leshner

11 mei 2020 · 1 uur 27 min
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Episode: #11
May 11, 2020 Lees meer

Your savings account, your high-yield bank deposits, a CD. Can we replace these bank functions with a protocol?

Compound seems to think so. Compound is a two-sized money robot that provides borrowing and lending to create something new: interest. Learn what it does, why it's powerful, and how it's evolving as we talk with Robert Leshner. We even ask if there's a way for the community to get its hand on some Comp tokens and start shaping the future of the protocol.

We cover:

What you can do w/ Compound

Power of programmable interest

How Compound's different than:

WellsFargo (traditional banks)

Maker (other procotols)

BlockFi (crypto banks)

If crypto banks will out-compete DeFi

How you can get COMP tokens

Future of protocol politicians

The protocol sink thesis

Robert's biggest fear for DeFi

How the Bankless community can help

This is our final of three episodes in the "King Money Protocols Series" where we talk through the three most important DeFi protocols. Catch up on Episode 10 and Episode 9 if you missed them.

Before the episode begins we also talk about:

Tron stealing our tax money

What wBTC backing means for DAI

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Resources discussed:

Compound protocol - interface

Dharma - build on Compound

Compound governance - interface

Ryan's voting record - two votes!

Read:

How to get a Dai savings Rate - include Compound

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10 - Going Bankless with Uniswap | Caleb Sheridan

4 mei 2020 · 1 uur 28 min
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Episode: #10
May 4, 2020 Lees meer

Uniswap isn't a bank, isn't a company, isn't a website. It's a liquidity robot, an unstoppable trading layer for the bankless money system, the first of its kind. Ryan & David talk with Caleb Sheridan about using Uniswap for trade & profit, its ability to serve as a public good for the Ethereum economy, and the coming liquidity robot wars.

We cover:

An explanation of Uniswap in 10 sentences

What you can do on Uniswap

Trading

Suppling liquidity (for profit!)

Listing assets

Bootrapping liquidity

Funding projects

Why Uniswap succeeded where others failed

If Uniswap is really unstoppable

In what ways Uniswap is a 10x improvement

The coming Liquidity Robot Wars

Uniswap as an price Oracle

The end game

This is our second of three episodes in the "King Money Protocols Series" where we talk through the three most important DeFi protocols. Stay tuned for the final episode!

Before the episode begins we also talk about:

The Coinbase Oracle

The UMA token sale on Uniswap

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Resources discussed:

Uniswap Exchange

Pools.fyi - check Uniswap returns

Use Zap to one-click deposit to Uniswap Pool

Read:

How to Make Money on Uniswap

Uniswap is Infrastructure - David Hoffman

Rise of the liquidity robots

Constant Function Market Makers

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Alle afleveringen

34 - The Internet Cooperative | Jesse Walden

AMA - Felix Feng, CEO of Set Protocol ($INDEX Cooperative, DeFi Pulse partnership)

SotN#17: RETREATING! w/ Jake Chervinsky (BitMEX REKT, SEC Action, is DeFi safe?)

33 - Slaying Moloch | Ameen Soleimani & Kevin Owocki

SotN#16 - EXPLORING w/ Dan Robinson (Mempool Monsters, Optimism Launch, MEV, ETH/BTC Correlation with legacy, KuCoin Hack, FEW, Spinalda)

32 - The Bull Case for NFTs | Jake Burkhman & Andrew Steinwold

AMA - Hugh Karp of Nexus Mutual

SotN#15 w/ Jordan Lyall - $MEME is Hot, Why EIP1559 Isn't Here, UNI: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

31 - Nexus Mutual to Billions | Hugh Karp

$UNI announced from Uniswap - $1,200 of UNI Airdropped to YOU!

SotN #14 - FUNding with Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin #7 BEGINS, DeFi protocols compete 4 Gitcoin, StableCredit USD, CeDeFi = real or joke?)

30 - Synthetix To Billions | Kain Warwick

SotN #13 - SOBERING with Anthony Sassano (SushiSwap Founder DEFECTS, Farming 4 Gitcoin)

29 - Aave to Billions | Stani Kulechov

SOTN #12: Positioning! w/ Mariano Conti (yEARN deep dive, ETH Golden Age, ETH P/E, Sushi!)

SOTN #12: Positioning! w/ Mariano Conti (yEARN deep dive, ETH Golden Age, ETH P/E, Sushi!)

28 - The Bull Case for DeFi | Vance Spencer

AMA#2 - Antonio Juliano, Founder of dYdX

SotN#11 - BUILDING w/ Raul Jordan (Eth2 Testnet Broke? L2 will Save Us! Pro-o-o-tocol Sink!)

SotN#11 - BUILDING w/ Raul Jordan (Eth2 Testnet Broke? L2 will Save Us! Pro-o-o-tocol Sink!)

27 - DeFi in the Eth2 Metropolis | Haseeb Qureshi

SotN#10 - GAMING (MONEY GAMES - YAMS NOT DED, CRV LAUNCH FAIR, MAXIMALISM GETTING DUMBER?)

26 - Investing in DeFi Paradigms | Charlie Noyes

AMA#1 - Kain Warwick of Synthetix

SotN#9 (PART 2) - Guest: VITALIK BUTERIN on ETH SUPPLYGATE!

SotN#9 (PART 1) - PROPAGATING (WTF ARE YAMS, DEX VOLUME INSANE)

25 - YFI: Farming the Farmers | Andre Cronje

SotN#8 - PUMPED, Introducing: $BAPs! (ETHSCAPE SHIRTS, ETH2 COMING, BULL MARKET MENTALITY)

24 - Exploring the Frontier | Erik Voorhees

SotN#7 - EXPLOSIVE, Special Guest: DARYL LAU (YFI TOKEN MAGIC, ETH PUMPED, DEFI RISK)

23 - Investing in DeFi | Joey Krug

SoTN #6 - EXPONENTIAL, Special Guest: LUCAS CAMPBELL (DEFI TOKENS, ETH PUMPING GOOD, TOKENS VS ETH)

22 - The People’s Narrative | Ben Hunt

SotN#5 - HEDGED (WHERE INFLATION, CRYPTODOLLAR BAN, COINBASE IPO + SPECIAL GUEST!)

21 - Ethereum: Past, Present, Future | Vitalik Buterin

State of the Nation #4 - HUNGRY (BUYING THE ETH NARRATIVE, $2B IN DEFI, AND THE DEFI VORTEX)

20 - The Ethereum Opportunity | Chris Burniske

SotN #3 GROWING (The Flippening is Back, India Banning China, DEXs going parabolic)

19 - DeFi vs Banks | Hasu

SotN #2 - CHURNING; ETH bears wrong, Venmo loves crypto, Gas fees good

18 - COMP Growth Hacking DeFi | Dan Elitzer

SotN #1 - BULLISH; DeFi tokens, Internet-era growth, Fee v Issuance Debate

17 - A Bankless Nation (Part 1)

16 - What's an Etherean? | Nic Carter

15 - ETH is Undervalued

14 - The DeFi Exchange | Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss

13 - DeFi's Mainstream Wallet | Itamar Lesuisse

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