The Rollup

This might be hard to believe… but we are still early. Bitcoin has taken on the role of Digital Hard Money, however Ethereum has the potential to tap into the gigantic structured product layer of Traditional Finance. The Perp Fi team is bridging the transfer of wealth between Traditional Finance and DeFi. Its no secret — the derivatives market far outweighs the volume of capital stored in hard mon...

One of the long anticipated community led applications is hitting the Ethereum mainnet. Babylon is a protocol by the people and for the people. With Web3 solving for self-custody, community investing has quickly become one of the primary use cases of DeFi. dHEDGE, Enzyme, and now Babylon are each tackling community investing with a different approach. Babylon's community offer is unique in tha...

It's been a great week coming off Bitcoin Miami. The world is rallying around El Salvador as they become the first country to certify Bitcoin as legal tender. We are seeing steps towards global acceptance of the evolving digital economy. While the world watches Bitcoin surge in political approval, Ethereum continues to power a whirlwind of DeFi innovation. Eyes on Bitcoin means Ethereum is in...

Despite the wicked upgrades coming to Ethereum's mainchain, DeFi is a multichain world. Polygon and Binance Chain have shown that liquidity mining incentives and cheaper Tx fees are a formula for large inflows of liquidity. In this Episode we go through the thesis for a multichain approach to DeFi. George is Head of DeFi at YAP Global and founder of Step Finance on Solana. George is a true OG...

Its been a rollercoaster week. Clearly, there has been some market turbulence but what remains - believers are unbothered. DeFi is largely a bundle of web applications that are difficult to use in the first place and even more difficult on mobile phones. Argent is looking to change that. Argent is a smart contract mobile wallet providing self-custody for millions of dollars in crypto holdings. We’...

Yield farming on Ethereum main-chain is very expensive at the moment, especially if you’re looking to compound your LP positions or do any rapid farming: A few solutions that are present include L2s, sidechains, and aggregators. Were gonna go heavy into what Harvest Finance as an aggregator is, how they started, what it took to overcome a malicious exploit and how you can take advantage of their p...

The scaling revolution is upon us. Binance Smart Chain has been popping off. Matic/Polyogon has seen exponential growth in activity and users. Ethereum 2.0 is right around the corner. Here comes DeGate! Unlike BSC which is a side-chain, DeGate operates on Arbitrum which is a roll-up style L2 similar to Polygon Network. The tech is all behind-the-scenes. On the front-end you see exactly what trader...

The current state of DeFi is on the edge of a massive shift to layer 2 & available scaling solutions. We’re so so close. And its the most exciting time to be active in the Ethereum community that I can ever recall. In EP #31 we hosted Ben who recently took a leave of absence from Harvard to join the team of beasts over at Mechanism Capital led by Andrew Kang & Daryl Lau. Savages. Ben is ve...

Our friends at GYSR are at it again. This team embodies the ship ‘n drip philosophy. Tons of awesome upgrades coming with their new V2 release. The familiar liquidity mining incentives with triple digit APY’s are now complemented with a swarm of new features. To give y’all a taste - updates include a brand a new UI, modular smart contracts, and much more. Overall, GYSR is bringing flexibility and...

This podcast was a trip. It’s rare that we discuss the entire spectrum of consequences around crypto — economical, financial, political, and personal. The future is bright to say the least. Michael from Pocket Network is a wizard when it comes to data collection and psychological organization. We dove deep on how chains of centralization are still weighing down DeFi protocols. The ecosystem contin...

It may sound surprising, but investing in crypto is still far too risky for many investors and market participants. More specifically, the risk here is directional risk. Directional risk is a risk of loss which arises from exposure to the particular assets of a market. In this case, the risk of crypto dropping in price prevents people from using crypto. mStable is here to solve this issue. Remembe...

Insurance is a $1.3T+ market in the US alone. As more assets transition on-chain there is more and more value to protect. Just like insurance in traditional markets, members of DeFi markets can now pool risk to lower the threat to any one individual. In this episode, we talk to Hugh from Nexus Mutual — a trailblazer of on-chain insurance. Hugh dives into the must-knows of personal security along a...

The scaling focus has become so important, entire teams and projects have tossed out their roadmaps and now are dedicated to trying to help Ethereum become more usable. Exactly what we need right now. In this episode we spoke with Sandeep from Polygon, a leading force in the L2 side-chain race for adoption. Polygon offers extremely low gas prices and their own versions of some of the prominent DeF...

‘Alpha’ is tossed around as the extremely desirable and most sought after investment information.  Despite what you may think this podcast will not share CMS Holdings’ edge & alpha (well, ok maybe a little bit). Instead, CMS and the DeFi Slate team discuss how to build your edge from the ground up. So alpha is attainable for any investor, in a way that you - the investor - can understand. In a...

“Think about it. Everything is a rug” Welcome to the pure comedy gold (infotainment as I like to call it) episode that is Hardwood. Hardwood is a random degen on defi twitter who self-proclaims to be gay quite often. We brought him on because he has shared valuable info with us in the past via Twitter and he was down to join part of the character series. Unbiased, raw opinions. We at DeFi Slate be...

There are fewer noble quests in the crypto world than being an activist who builds products to bridge the gap between irl & bripto. Brippppptooooooo. Really, a challenge of regulatory pushback combined with internal fears and much more. As I was just speaking with a buddy from Europe, he reminded me of one of my favorite Little Debbie snacks and the only way to purchase them: “Oatmeal creme pi...

Martin Ploom, founder of Smartcredit.io , is one of the smartest & strongly opinionated men I’ve ever really spoken to. He was adamant on detailing the history of credit, money, lending and borrowing, gold standard, fiat and how we got to the fractional reserve system we have today. Absolutely booming with valuable info in the form of an open history lecture. Really, an insightful podcast. 𝗪𝗲...

Ocean Protocol has been BUIDLing for years now albeit a very niche’d operation, they have a grand vision to fulfill: Giving the power back to the people of the internet. Building a web 3, community owned, data economy. Giving you control over your data and the rights to sell it to advertisers and other purchasers alike. A bless. Because as of now, all your data including this article, is being shi...

Cover Protocol has had a helluva ride the last few months…with an epic launch and collaboration with Yearn to a major smart contract hack & drain. I mean. This has been insane. The team stood strong and supported themselves to do what is best for the defi ecosystem as a whole. They will rebuild better than ever. We recorded an entire podcast right before the hack (lol, the timing) and then ano...

While many will be overly excited about the bull run that we will see in 2021, so much of the activity and innovation will be happening in stablecoins. Yes, just plain ol’ stablecoins… …or, economically complex systems designed to reward liquidity providers using elastic supply mechanisms to keep incentives aligned so market participants naturally act to maintain stability of the token. A massive...

Happy friggen New Years, what a year we’ve had! Its been a week or so since we’ve posted any content here! I’ll tell ya its a good superpower to completely turn business ‘off’ for a week and do nothing. That’ll clear your brain out and get you focused. Anywho, today’s NYE and you know were about to get into some shenanigans this evening…lets first educate ourselves on a token distribution platform...

Whattttttta week we have had in crypto. DeFi has blossomed further and there are more innovations happening than ever. Thats exactly what Mona El Lisa (pretty dope name, eh?) is building at Enzyme Finance. What used to be Melon Protocol before the new rebrand and upcoming v2 release is now Enzyme Finance . Its lit. In this episode, we dive into the capabilities of on-chain asset management and wha...

Amidst a sea of new DeFi projects which have launched in the last 3 months, there have been a few notable standouts. We definitely think Alpha Finance fits that category as its launched a game changing product: Leveraged yield farming. (Like we weren’t already taking enough risks…lol) Seriously though, $ALPHA token has seen a 10x price appreciation since our explainer video 2 months ago. TVL in th...

DeFi TVL just crossed $15B TVL and is now above $17B. Seventeen billion dollars. And if the trend is any indicator of what’s to come $100B TVL is simply just a matter of time. However being in a nascent industry led by coding genius’ and TradFi traders, the risks are aplenty. So, we sat down with Roxana Danila , CTO of Nexus Mutual, to discuss securing the DeFi space with Nexus Mutual Insurance Co...

There is literally a whole new world being built on top of Ethereum right now, its nuts. Absolutely nuts. In today’s episode of the cast, Robbie had the chance to catch up with Henrik Andersson from dHedge , the decentralized fund management platform. Decentralized asset management is really an insane concept. Its non-custodial. Its trustless. Its permissionless. Its accessible to ANYONE in the wo...