Fundamentals

Justin Trollip, CEO of Pangolin Exchange – a multi-chain decentralized exchange – joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this interview with Justin, we discuss the basics of what Pangolin is, how it works, how it's positioned within the exchange market, growth drivers and challenges, and plans for the future. Pangolin’s dashboard: http...

Paul Frambot, Founder & CEO of Morpho Labs – the company behind the lending pool optimization protocol Morpho – joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this interview with Paul we discuss the basics of what Morpho is, how it works, how it's positioned within the lending market, growth drivers and challenges, and plans for the future...

Krunal Amin, Founder & CEO of UniDex - a non-custodial exchange and aggregator for perpetual contracts - joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this interview with Krunal we discuss the basics of what UniDex is and how it's positioned within the exchange market, current products and their features, growth drivers and challenges, an...

Kirill Kutakov, Co-founder of StakeWise - an Ethereum liquid staking protocol - joined us for an an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the basics of; what StakeWise is and how it's positioned within the liquid staking market, onboarding institutions,plans for the future, and more. You can also tune in to the extended version of our interview with Kirill here: https://youtu.be/BMXdfci9geA...

Kirill Kutakov, Co-founder of StakeWise - an Ethereum liquid staking protocol - joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this extended version of our interview with Kirill we discuss the basics of what StakeWise is and how it's positioned within the liquid staking market, current and previous products, onboarding institutions, addressing...

Julian Koh, Co-Founder & CEO of Ribbon Finance joined us for another episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the past 3 months at Ribbon. In this episode, we dive into the current state of Ribbon and discuss recently launched products Ribbon Earn and Ribbon Lend, and the soon to be launched options exchange Aevo.  Ribbon Finance is a suite of DeFi protocols that help users access cry...

Miles Anthony from Decentral Games joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Decentral Games is a web3 gaming company building ICE Poker; a metaverse-native play-to-own poker game.  In this episode, we speak about the past 6 months at Decentral Games, dive into the current state of the business, new game modes for ICE...

Jamie Holmes from Perpetual Protocol joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Perpetual Protocol is an on-chain perpetual futures DEX with deep liquidity and builder-ready composability. Perpetual Protocol's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/perpetual-protocol Perpetual Protocol: https://perp.com...

Lito, from Hop Protocol, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Hop is a scalable rollup-to-rollup general token bridge. It allows users to send tokens from one rollup to another almost immediately without having to wait for the rollup’s challenge period. Hop's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects...

Adam Soffer, Product Engineering Lead at Livepeer, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Livepeer is a decentralized video streaming network built on the Ethereum blockchain. Livepeer's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/livepeer Livepeer: https://livepeer.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Live...

Teddy Woodward, Co-founder of Notional Finance, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal.  Tune in to the extended version of our interview with Teddy below, where we discuss the risks that lending protocols face during the Ethereum merge, give a detailed overview of Notional's tokenomics, and discuss the role co...

Teddy Woodward, Co-founder of Notional Finance, joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this extended version of our interview with Teddy we discuss the risks that lending protocols face during the Ethereum merge, give a detailed overview of Notionals tokenomics, and describe the different roles that community contributors have. Notiona...

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 current state of NFTX with Quag.   A novel use case not mentioned in the interview but worth noting is that NFTX provides users the ability to DCA or “save up” for an NFT and earn interest while doing it by sta...

The extended version of our 15-minute fundamentals interview with Quag from NFTX. In this interview, we break down NFTX's operating model and learn about the drivers behind the data you see on Token Terminal's charts. We discuss NFT liquidity, different staking options, the current fee model, creator royalties, launching on Arbitrum, Pudgy Penguins, the NFTX token, etc. Tune in for the latest on N...

In our second episode with Michael Svoboda from Liquity we discuss the censorship of USD-linked stablecoins, how the Terra crash and broader market's stress test has affected Liquity, and how truly DeFi native stablecoins are positioned amidst these events.   In 15-minute fundamentals, we break down the business of a crypto project and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on To...

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 current state of Connext with Founder & CTO Rahul Sethuram.   Connext's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/connext  Site: https://www.connext.network/ Docs: https://docs.connext.net...

The extended version of our 15-minute fundamentals interview with Hazard from Rook. In this interview, we break down Rook's operating model and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on Token Terminal's charts. We discuss MEV, Keepers, business model, tokenomics, treasury, etc. Tune in for the latest on Rook and the plans for its future with the project's CEO Hazard. Rook's Dashboard:...

In 15-minute fundamentals, we break down the business of a crypto project and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on Token Terminal's charts. In this episode, we dive into the current state of Rook with CEO hazard.    This is a summary of our full discussion with hazard. If you want to learn more about: Keepers, Rook's user composition, protocol revenue, and tokenomics, y...

The extended version of our 15-minute fundamentals interview with Joe Flanagan from Maple Finance. In this interview, we discuss everything that has happened over the last three months including launching xMPL staking, and expanding to Solana. Tune in for the latest on Maple Finance and the plans for its future. Maple's Dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/pr... Maple Finance: https://www...

In 15-minute fundamentals, we break down the business of a crypto project and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on Token Terminal's charts. In our second episode with Maple Finance, we discuss everything that has happened over the last three months, including launching xMPL staking and expanding to Solana. Tune in for the latest on Maple Finance and the plans for its future with...

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 current state of DeFi Saver with Co-founder Nenad Palinkasevic.    DeFi Saver's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/defi-saver  Site: https://defisaver.com/ Docs: https://docs.defis...

In 15-minute fundamentals, we interview core protocol contributors and together dive into the details behind the charts available on TokenTerminal. In this episode, we dive into the current state of Polygon with Aishwary Gupta.    Polygon's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/pr...   Polygon: Site: https://polygon.technology/ Docs: https://docs.polygon.technology/ witter:...

The extended version of our 15-minute fundamentals interview with Jacob Blish from Lido Finance. In this episode, we discuss the current state of Lido's business, growth drivers, bottlenecks, future roadmap, and the complex topic of whether certain liquid staking protocols are becoming centralizing forces. Lido's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/lido-finance Site: https://lid...

In 15-minute fundamentals, we break down the business of a crypto project and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on Token Terminal's charts. In this episode, we dive into the current state of Lido Finance with Head of Business Development Jacob Blish.    Lido's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/lido-finance  Site: https://lido.fi/ Docs: https://...

In 15-minute fundamentals, we break down the business of a crypto project and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on Token Terminal's charts. In this episode, we dive into the current state of dYdX with Corey Miller.    dYdX's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/dydx   Site: https://dydx.exchange/  Docs: https://docs.dydx.exchange/#general&nbs...