Citizen Web3 Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Defi”

Market Strategy, Liquid Staking and Startups with Valerie Tetu

serejandmyself — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Valerie Tetu Go-to-Market & Marketing Strategist at Lido Finance - DeFi's leading suite of Liquid Staking protocols and assets across multiple networks, including Cosmos and Ethereum.

Lido Finance enables users to earn Proof-of-Stake rewards without compromising access to the liquidity of their funds. The Lido protocol issues its native Liquid Staking Assets to stakers on a 1:1 basis that can be used in composable DeFi strategies to earn additional rewards.

We spoke to Valerie about Lido and:

Entrepreneurship and how to find and fill a need in the market
DeFi
Liquidity as a driving force for economics
How liquid staking works
Risks of liquid staking
The plans to allocate voting rights and dilute the power of validators
How to onboard new users using empathy and need
Personal Philosophy and aligning it with the projects that we are involved with
Public Good
Record Keeping stuck in the past for legal and medical businesses, where data storage, indexing and security are key
The semantics around pegged assets vs backed assets
Startups

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Adoption, Airdrops and Decentralization with Dan Edlebeck

serejandmyself — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Dan Edlebeck, CEO at Sei network. First sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain, specialized for trading to give exchanges an unfair advantage. Built with Cosmos-SDK.

A Decentralized NASDAQ Specialized for Exchanges. Sei is the first sector-specific Layer 1 blockchain, specialized for trading. Every aspect of the blockchain has been optimized to help exchanges run better and offer the best UX for their end users.

We spoke to Dan Edlebeck about Sei and:

DeFi's current situation and the challenges it faces
Centralized exchanges: how much longer people will use them and why?
Layer 1 blockchains
Argument on trends in decentralization
How do we change the industry and onboard more people to the ecosystem?
Fastest blockchain
How will ecosystems interact with each other in future?
dVPNs
Order books for bandwidth
Censorship and self-sovereignty
Connie Daddy
Airdrops
Motivation

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Bitcoin in School, Incintives and Governance with Spaydh

serejandmyself — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0100

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Spaydh – manager of Neutron, permissionless smart contract platform for Interchain DeFi built with Cosmos SDK & Tendermint.

Neutron is a permissionless platform that allows to deploy smart contracts to the market in a blaze. Smart contracts can query, transact and manage accounts in remote zones directly from Neutron. Neutron is the most secure CosmWasm platform as it secured by 190M+ staked ATOM.

We spoke to Spaydh about Neutron and:

Spaydh’s path to crypto
Bitcoin
School
Governance
Interchain security
Centralization of blockchain stack
CosmWasm
IBC gateway
Sustainability
Diversification
Neutron’s value
Incentives
Advice and precautions
Motivation

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DeFi, AMM & the future with Sunny Aggarwal

serejandmyself — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:00:00 +0100

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Sunny Aggarwal, founder of Osmosis, the first interchain DeFi platform and AMM.

Osmosis is an advanced AMM protocol built using the Cosmos-SDK that will allow developers to design, build, and deploy their own customized AMMs. It is the first interchain DeFi platform built using Tendermint and Cosmos-SDK.

We spoke to Sunny about Osmosis and:

Defi
What is Osmosis
UX in crosschain development
The UI behind Osmosis
Interchain DeFi vs Multichain DeFi
The beauty of open source
DAO's and their role in the ecosystem
Product strategy
How long did it take to build Osmosis and how
Should DAO's take the lead of the protocol management
ION
Yield tools of the future
Resources that inspire Sunny

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Institutional DeFi, borrowing and stable coins with Tushar Aggarwal

serejandmyself — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of the #citizenweb3 podcast features Tushar Aggarwal, the CEO of Persistence. A protocol, made with the help of Tendermint and Cosmos-SDK, powering Institutional Decentralized Finance. Persistence bridges DeFi and traditional finance by facilitating borrowing of crypto-assets using real-world assets as collateral.

We spoke to Tushar about the vision of Persistence, the power of DeFi and what role will institutions play in it. Bridging of crypto and traditional world finance. Stable coins and their value. Discussed what are aggregators of crypto-liquidity and their use. Ways to aggregate capital in a non-KYC fashion. Business, technology, community and the 3 ingredients required for a successful company. We also mention Decrypt Asia and what role does building strong business relationships can have on success.

Persistence bridges DeFi and traditional finance by facilitating borrowing of crypto-assets using real-world assets as collateral. The Persistence technology stack consists of products facilitating the end-to-end journey of the borrowing of cryptoassets using real-world assets as collateral. By removing all the complexities of using public blockchains, Persistence products enable seamless institutional adoption while catering to crypto-native users. Featuring Asset Tokenization, Asset Exchange and Liquidity Aggregation.

We spoke to Tushar Aggarwal about [Persistence]((https://persistence.one/) and:

The vision of Persistence
The power of DeFi
What role will institutions play in DeFi
Bridging crypto and traditional world finance
Stable coins and their value
Aggregators of crypto-liquidity and their use
Ways to aggregate capital in a non-KYC fashion
Business, technology, community
The 3 ingredients required for a successful company
Decrypt Asia
Building strong business relationships and success

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