Degen Responsibly with Exponential DeFi

In this conversation, Yury Yurchenko discusses the Neon EVM, a project designed to facilitate the migration of Ethereum dApps to the Solana blockchain. They explore the differences between Ethereum's EVM and Solana's SVM, focusing on transaction processing, scalability, and the architectural distinctions between monolithic and modular blockchains. Yury explains the concept of network extensions an...

Our guest today is Darren Camas, CEO and co-founder of IPOR, a fixed rate lending and borrowing protocol bringing interest rate swaps to DeFi. In this episode, we exploring how IPOR is transforming the DeFi landscape with its innovative approach to interest rate benchmarks and swaps. We’re also getting an inside scoop at their newest offering, IPOR Fusion, the next evolution of on-chain asset mana...

Our guest today is Tao Wang from f(x) protocol, a novel DeFi protocol enabling the creation of decentralized stablecoins and non-liquidatable leverage tokens from any yield-bearing asset. In this episode, we delve into fx's core concepts, exploring the relationship between its stablecoins and leverage tokens, and how it compares to other stablecoin projects like Ethena. We discuss the unique f...

Our guest today is Joshua Scigala, co-founder of TheStandard.io, a DeFi stablecoin protocol backed by physical and digital assets. In this episode, we discuss the evolution of stablecoins and where The Standard fits with its multi-collateral model. We'll also explore novel features like collateral swaps, the protocol's learnings following a recent exploit, and the roadmap ahead. Resources:...

Our guest today is Mario, founder of Revert Finance, a DeFi protocol that develops analytics and management tools for liquidity providers in AMMs (automated market makers). In this episode, we dive into their latest product offering, Revert Lend. We'll explore how they enable Uniswap V3 liquidity providers to collateralize their positions and secure loans while retaining management of their li...

Our guest today is Mai, co-founder and CTO at Curvance, a new crosschain money market platform for yield-bearing assets. In this episode, we discuss the vision and strategy behind their omnichain lending market. We'll explore the mechanics behind Curvance's protocol and its tokenomics, how they manage lending market risks, and gain insights into their approach to building the everything De...

Our guest today is Apoorv, Project Lead at Stella, a new leveraged strategies protocol from the Alpha Homora team. In this episode, we discuss how Stella enables leveraged yield farming with zero borrowing costs, their realigned incentives model for lenders and borrowers, and the risks involved with their leveraged strategies. Resources: ⁠Stella website⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Medium ----- Degen...

Our guest today is Willem Schroé, founder of Botanix, the first fully decentralized Layer 2 EVM network on Bitcoin. In this episode, we discuss why Botanix chose Bitcoin as their base layer, the security and decentralization perks of this approach, and dive into their innovative Spiderchain technology. Willem also gives us a breakdown on what users can expect on Botanix as well as shed light on th...

Our guest today is Rok Kopp, co-founder of ether.fi, a non-custodial liquid staking protocol that is launching the first liquid 'restaking' token, eETH. In this episode, we talked about how ether.fi enables stakers to retain control of their keys, the upcoming launch of their liquid staking token (eETH), and the associated benefits and risks involved in restaking. Resources: ether.fi websi...

Our guest today is Mohak Agarwal, CEO of ClayStack. ClayStack is a next generation liquid staking protocol that is launching the first DVT-based Ethereum liquid staking asset, csETH. In this episode, we talked about the current state of the liquid staking market, how ClayStack is working to improve the decentralization of Ethereum validators, and the associated risks of liquid staking. Resources:...

Our guest today is Mark Lee, CMO of SynFutures. SynFutures is a decentralized derivatives exchange that employs an Amazon-like business model, giving users the tools to freely trade any assets and list arbitrary futures contracts within seconds. In this episode, we chatted about how SynFutures enables permissionless trading of virtually any crypto asset with a reliable price feed, how the protocol...

Our guest today is Mark Richardson, Project Lead at Bancor. Carbon is a new trading protocol developed by Bancor that enables advanced trading strategies through the use of on-chain limit and range orders. In this conversation, we explore the evolution of the decentralized exchange (DEX) landscape, what problems have emerged from the existing automated market maker (AMM) model, and how Carbon was...

Our guests today are Paul Frambot, co-founder and CEO at Morpho, monetsupply from Block Analitica, and Nick Cannon, VP of Growth at Gauntlet. In this conversation, we explore the current state of DeFi risk management for lending protocols, what problems have emerged from the existing DAO-based model, and what improvements can be made. Links: Morpho Block Analitica Gauntlet ----- Degen Responsibly...

Our guest today is Richard, Head of Product at Raft. Raft is a governance-minimized protocol that allows users to mint a novel stablecoin, R, backed by liquid staked ETH as collateral. In this conversation, we explore the current state of the stablecoin landscape, what differentiates R from other stablecoins, the potential use cases for R, and how the protocol maintains peg stability. ----- Degen...

Our guest today is Pablo, Co-founder of Angle. Angle is an over-collateralized, decentralized and capital-efficient stablecoin protocol. It offers full convertibility between stable assets and collateral at oracle value. In this conversation, we explore the current state of the Euro stablecoin market, the new features implemented in its V2 upgrade (Transmuter), and how Transmuter can better handle...

Our guest today is Wagmi, Project Lead at unshETH. unshETH aims to further validator decentralization by creating a marketplace for staked ETH liquidity in which liquid staking protocols can compete for dominance through incentive mechanisms. In this conversation, we explore the current state of LSDfi, how you can diversify your staked ETH exposure while earning yield through unshETH, and the prot...

Our guest today is Anton Buenavista, Ecosystem Growth at Pendle. Pendle is a novel protocol that enables the tokenization and trading of future yield via an automated market maker (AMM) design. In this conversation, we explore how you can buy assets at a discount through Pendle's unique token architecture, how to earn fixed yield on assets, and various yield trading strategies. We also discuss...

Our guests today include Corey Caplan & Adam Knuckey, Co-founders at Dolomite, along with Bobo, Head of BD and Growth. Dolomite is a next-generation money market protocol and decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol that enables users to borrow, lend, trade and farm with leverage on various DeFi assets. In this conversation, we explore how you can earn more yield on your assets through Dolomite&#...

Our guest today is Crews, Ecosystem Growth Lead at Index Cooperative. Index Coop is a decentralized platform that creates, manages, and trades baskets of crypto assets in the form of index funds. By holding a single ERC-20 token, investors can gain exposure to a specific crypto sector or leveraged strategy, such as DeFi, Metaverse, or Liquid Staking Tokens. In this conversation, we explore the val...

Our guest today is Josh, BD lead at Sommelier, and Sunand from Seven Seas Capital. Sommelier is a protocol that is bringing actively managed strategies to DeFi by making all operations fully on-chain. Investors can deposit into Sommelier vaults and have their capital managed with a specific asset exposure and in predefined protocols. In this conversation we explore, how Sommelier works, what makes...

Our guest today is Maverick, BD lead at Rocket Pool. Rocket Pool is Ethereum's only permissionless and decentralized staking protocol, where anyone can start operating an Ethereum node with as little as 16 ETH (instead of the standard 32). RocketPool unlocks liquidity on the staked capital through rETH, a yield-bearing flavor of ETH.  In this conversation we explore, how Rocket Pool works, wh...

Our guest today is Max, co-founder of Overnight protocol. Overnight's flagship product is USD+, a fully collateralized stablecoin that pays its holders daily yield by deploying its collateral into different strategies on-chain.  In this conversation we explore, how Overnight works, what makes them unique, and how the idea of a yield-bearing stablecoin came about. We also dive into how Overnig...

Our guest today is Pablo, co-founder of Angle protocol. Angle is building the decentralized infrastructure to bring DeFi to the masses, starting with its agEUR stablecoin. They are fighting for making Euro-DeFi as liquid and accessible as the popular USD-based options. In this conversation we explore, how Angle works, what makes them unique, and how this model is resilient to common stablecoin ris...

Our guest today is Jared Hedglin from Gearbox Protocol. Gearbox is building products to allow DeFi investors lever up their favorite pools and farms directly on-chain and boost total returns. They want to provide investors with greater capital efficiency and decentralized leverage capabilities. In this conversation we explore, how Gearbox works, what makes them unique, and how this model is helpin...

Our guest today is Jakub Warmuz from 0vix Protocol . 0vix is on a mission to help investors unlock liquidity from their assets on Polygon with greater capital efficiency. They are building a lending market that takes risk mitigation and risk management seriously.  In this conversation we explore, how 0vix works, what makes them unique, and how this model is helping users in earn competitive r...