Fundamentals

Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-Founder of Solana, joined us for an episode to discuss what Solana’s core value proposition is, the optimizations Solana has focused on, and how they are positioned within a multi-chain ecosystem. Also, we cover how blockchains can be valued, how economic sustainability should be addressed, the most exciting things happening on Solana right now, who the core contributors behi...

Wouter Kampmann, Co-Founder at MakerDAO Sustainable Ecosystem Scaling (SES) – a Core Unit that focuses on sustainably growing the Maker Protocol’s moats by removing barriers between decentralized workforce, capital, and work – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Maker and the SES Core Unit. In this episode we cover how Maker is structured as an on-chain organization and break down th...

Tyson, CTO & Co-Founder of Zora, joined us for an episode the discuss what Zora is, how it works, the state of the NFT market, current growth drivers and challenges, plans for the future, and more. Zora is a non-custodial NFT protocol built on Ethereum that makes it easy for creators and collectors to experience and express creativity and imagination on-chain. Zora's dashboard on Token Ter...

Murloc from Trader Joe joined us for another episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the basics of Trader Joe, its mission, how it works, current growth drivers, expanding to new chains, the protocol’s economic model, and more. Trader Joe is a non-custodial exchange protocol built on Avalanche, Arbitrum, and the BNB Chain. Trader Joe’s dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/tr...

Mike Silagadze, Founder & CEO of ether.fi joined us for another episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the basics of ether.fi , how it works, its position whiting the staking market, current opportunities and challenges, the team behind the projects, what effects the Shanghai upgrade might have, plans for the future, and more. Ether.fi is a non-custodial delegated staking protocol. Ether...

Gauntlet is a financial modelling platform that uses battle-tested techniques from the algorithmic trading industry to inform on-chain protocol management. Nick Cannon joined us for an episode to cover the basics of Gauntlet, the core problem that Gauntlet has set out to solve, core products and how they work under the hood, what Gauntlet’s work with different protocols and DAOs looks like in prac...

Jamie Holmes from Perpetual Protocol joined us for another episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the past few months at Perp, current growth drivers and challenges, new products and markets, ensuring security, and more. Perpetual Protocol is an on-chain perpetual futures DEX built on Optimism, with deep liquidity and builder-ready composability. https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/p...

Mike Griffith & Matt Losquadro, core contributors at Synthetix – a derivatives liquidity protocol – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of the protocol, how it works, Synthetix V3, the market, what makes Synthetix unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, plans for the future, and more. Synthetix’s dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/...

Andriy Velykyy, Co-Founder of Allbridge – a cross-chain bridge between EVM and non-EVM compatible blockchains – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of the protocol, how it works, the bridge market, what makes Allbridge unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, plans for the future, and more. Allbridge’s dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal...

Chef Mochi, Head Chef at PancakeSwap – a multichain all-in-one DeFi hub – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of PancakeSwap, how it works, the market, what makes PancakeSwap unique, expanding to new chains, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, the CAKE token, plans for the future, and more. PancakeSwap’s dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/pancakesw...

Anna from Metavault. Trade – a decentralized spot & perpetual exchange – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Metavault, how it works, the exchange market, what makes Metavault unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, plans for the future, and more. Metavault’s dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/metavault-trade Metavault....

A.J. Warner, Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum – a Layer 2 smart contract platform for decentralized applications on Ethereum – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Arbitrum, how it works, the scaling solution market, what makes Arbitrum unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, plans for the future, and more. Arbitrum’s dashboard o...

Coinflipcanada, a core contributor at GMX – non-custodial exchange for spot and perpetual contracts built on Arbitrum and Avalanche – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of GMX, how it works, the exchange market, what makes GMX unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, the GX and GLP tokens, plans for the future, and more. The GMX dashboard: https://tokenterminal.co...

Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of Across Protocol – a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA's optimistic oracle – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Across, how it works, the bridge market, what makes Across unique, current growth drivers and challenges, business model, the ACX token, plans for the future, and more. Across Protocol dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/termi...

DeFi Ted from Paragons DAO – an economic and social partner-DAO to promising blockchain-powered gaming ecosystems – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Paragons DAO, the Parallel Trading card game, current growth drivers and challenges, Paragon’s business model, the PDT token, upcoming developments, plans for the future, community activity, and more. Paragons DAOs dashboard: https://...

Amplice from Gearbox Protocol – a composable leverage protocol that connects passive liquidity providers to active borrowers – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Gearbox, current growth drivers and challenges, the protocol’s economic and business models, the GEAR token and the DAO, positioning within the leverage market, upcoming developments, and more! Gearbox Protocol’s dashboard:...

Seb, Founder of Gains Network which is the organization that is developing gTrade – a liquidity-efficient, decentralized leveraged trading platform – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of gTrade, the differences between Polygon and Arbitrum, drivers behind current traction, the GNS token, and more! Gains Network’s dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/gains-network GNS...

Anna George, Co-Founder of CoW Protocol – a meta-DEX aggregation protocol that acts as a batch settlement layer on top of all other AMMs & DEX aggregators – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of CoW Protocol, how its positioned within the market, how it came to be, the current economic model and plan for monetization, the challenges that need to be tackled, the COW token, and more!...

Anna George, Co-Founder of CoW Protocol – a meta-DEX aggregation protocol that acts as a batch settlement layer on top of all other AMMs & DEX aggregators – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of CoW Protocol, how its positioned within the market, how it came to be, the current economic model and plan for monetization, the challenges that need to be tackled, the COW token, and more!...

In this series, we interview core contributors within crypto and gain insights into their day-to-day operations. In this episode, I’m joined by Pacman – founder of Blur – the NFT marketplace for pro traders. Blur launched in October 2022 and quickly established itself as the market leader in terms of volume in the NFT space. Blur’s dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/pr...

In 15-minute fundamentals, we interview core protocol contributors & together dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this episode, we dive into the world of Axie Infinity with Co-founder Jeff (Jiho) Zirlin. We discuss the Ronin chain, Axie's two-token model, ensuring the long-term sustainability of Axie's economy, what the future has in store, and more! Axie In...

Michael Bentley, CEO & Co-Founder of Euler Labs – the team behind the non-custodial lending protocol Euler – joined us for an episode to discuss the latest market developments and how they’ve affected the DeFi lending market, the drivers behind Euler’s growth, what the team is currently working on, the Euler DAO, bad debt in DeFi, feeless flash loans, the Eulerswap AMM, and more. Euler's dashb...

Miller Whitehouse-Levine, Policy Director at DeFi Education Fund (DEF) – a non-profit organisation that explains decentralized finance to policymakers around the world and advocates for policies welcoming of decentralized financial infrastructure – joined us for an interview to walk through the basics of DEF and the important role that Policy work plays within crypto. DeFi Education Fund: https://...

Smit Vachhani, Head of DeFi at OP Labs, the team behind Optimism – a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum – joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this interview with Smit we discuss the basics of what Optimism is, how it works, how it's positioned within the Ethereum ecosystem and broader Layer 2 landscape, current growth drivers, ch...

JD Gagnon, Co-Founder & CEO of BENQI – a lending and liquid staking protocol on Avalanche – joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this interview with JD we discuss the basics of what BENQI is, how it works, how it's positioned within the market, growth drivers and challenges, and plans for the future. BENQI’s dashboard: https://to...