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DeFi offers a system replacing banks with smart contracts and permissionless protocols. From yield farming and lending to scalability and security challenges, we track the biggest innovations and key players in this financial revolution. Stay Bankless and take control of your future.

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MakerDAO vs. Aave | Sam MacPherson & Marc Zeller
MakerDAO vs. Aave | Sam MacPherson & Marc Zeller

Hashing out the DeFi drama

1 year ago

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The LRT Episode
The LRT Episode

The official Liquid Restaking episode.

1 year ago Ethereum Puffer Swell

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189 - Taking Treasury Bills Onchain with Martin Carrica
189 - Taking Treasury Bills Onchain with Martin Carrica

Today on the show Martin Carrica walks us through a world in which we can tokenize treasuries instead of just dollars.

2 years ago Circle

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Vance Spencer: The FAANG of DeFi (S.M.E.L.L)
Vance Spencer: The FAANG of DeFi (S.M.E.L.L)

The FAANG of Crypto? Introducing SMELL.

2 years ago Vance Spencer

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182 - Hasu Explains: Is Lido a Threat to Ethereum?
182 - Hasu Explains: Is Lido a Threat to Ethereum?

Lido has over 30% ETH staked. Should we be alarmed? Joining us is Hasu to shed some light on this question.

2 years ago Ethereum

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Will DeFi Survive This?
Will DeFi Survive This?

What happened to Curve, what's at risk, and what can we learn from all of this?

2 years ago

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176 - What is Money in the Digital Age? with Brendan Malone
176 - What is Money in the Digital Age? with Brendan Malone

Today’s guest is Brendan Malone. He currently works at Paradigm’s Policy Department.

2 years ago

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Announcing Uniswap V4 With Hayden Adams
Announcing Uniswap V4 With Hayden Adams

Hayden Adams joins us to announce the release of Uniswap V4!

2 years ago Uniswap

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Published in State of the Nation • 1 year ago MakerDAO vs. Aave | Sam MacPherson & Marc Zeller Hashing out the DeFi drama ... DeFi 4 0 MakerDAO vs. Aave | Sam MacPherson & Marc Zeller 00:52:16 Published in Listen • 1 year ago The LRT Episode The official Liquid Restaking episode.... DeFi 6 0 The LRT Episode 01:35:24 Published in Monday Podcast • 2 years ago 189 - Taking Treasury Bills Onchain with Martin Carrica Today on the show Martin Carrica walks us through a world in which we can tokenize treasuries instea... DeFi 3 0 189 - Taking Treasury Bills Onchain with Martin Carrica 01:17:21 Published in State of the Nation • 2 years ago Vance Spencer: The FAANG of DeFi (S.M.E.L.L) The FAANG of Crypto? Introducing SMELL.... DeFi 0 0 Vance Spencer: The FAANG of DeFi (S.M.E.L.L) 01:04:16 Published in Monday Podcast • 2 years ago 182 - Hasu Explains: Is Lido a Threat to Ethereum? Lido has over 30% ETH staked. Should we be alarmed? Joining us is Hasu to shed some light on this qu... DeFi 0 0 182 - Hasu Explains: Is Lido a Threat to Ethereum? 01:30:45 Published in Listen • 2 years ago Will DeFi Survive This? What happened to Curve, what's at risk, and what can we learn from all of this?... DeFi 0 0 Will DeFi Survive This? 01:02:56 Published in Monday Podcast • 2 years ago 176 - What is Money in the Digital Age? with Brendan Malone Today’s guest is Brendan Malone. He currently works at Paradigm’s Policy Department. ... DeFi 1 0 176 - What is Money in the Digital Age? with Brendan Malone 01:20:20 Published in Monday Podcast • 2 years ago Announcing Uniswap V4 With Hayden Adams Hayden Adams joins us to announce the release of Uniswap V4!... DeFi 1 0 Announcing Uniswap V4 With Hayden Adams 01:33:39 Published in State of the Nation • 2 years ago How to Fix DeFi with Dan Elitzer Back to basics with Dan who answers some fundamental questions about DeFi and what it means to actua... DeFi 0 0 How to Fix DeFi with Dan Elitzer 01:00:25 Published in State of the Nation • 2 years ago Bull Trap, or Bull Market? with Vance Spencer Vance Spencer is the Co-Founder of Framework Ventures, a VC firm that got its claim to fame by stick... DeFiEthereumInvesting 20 0 Bull Trap, or Bull Market? with Vance Spencer 00:52:49 Published in State of the Nation • 2 years ago How the FTX Meltdown Happened—explained by Castle Island's Matt Walsh Where were the adults? How did SBF manage to get away with so much (thus far)? We brought on Castle ... DeFiNewsRegulation 0 0 How the FTX Meltdown Happened—explained by Castle Island's Matt Walsh 01:05:05 Published in Monday Podcast • 2 years ago 143 - UNIChain is Inevitable with Dan Elitzer Dan Elitzer is the co-founder of Nascent, a VC firm working on the frontier of crypto Previously, he... DeFi 0 0 143 - UNIChain is Inevitable with Dan Elitzer 01:31:44 Published in Listen • 3 years ago What Happens Next in Crypto? with Fiskantes & Matti Fiskantes and Matti of Zee Prime Capital join us to share a glimpse of their collective crystal ball... DeFiEthereumInvesting 0 0 What Happens Next in Crypto? with Fiskantes & Matti 01:23:41 Published in Listen • 3 years ago Building A Better Ponzi with Ameen Soleimani | Layer Zero Ameen Soleimani is the Founder and CEO of SpankChain, the co-creator of MolochDAO, and the co-founde... DeFiEthereum 1 0 Building A Better Ponzi with Ameen Soleimani | Layer Zero 01:35:53 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago 15 Bad ETH Takes with Justin Drake Kicking off Merge Week with a livestream with Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, it's time to debunk ... DeFiEthereum 0 0 15 Bad ETH Takes with Justin Drake 01:34:26 Published in Listen • 3 years ago Debrief - Polynya's Crypto Thesis Debriefing the Episode with Polynya... Citizen-only DeFiEthereum 0 0 Debrief - Polynya's Crypto Thesis 00:26:30 Published in Monday Podcast • 3 years ago 130 - How to Fix DeFi Tokens | Hasu This is Hasu’s 5th appearance on Bankless and this might be his best one yet. If you’re unfamili... DeFi 0 0 130 - How to Fix DeFi Tokens | Hasu 01:41:59 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago DeFi Didn't Break with Dan Morehead & Joey Krug Many things have broken in the last few months during crypto's bear market. However, DeFi didn't bre... DeFi 0 0 DeFi Didn't Break with Dan Morehead & Joey Krug 00:59:30 Published in Listen • 3 years ago Bear Market War Stories with DCinvestor & Eric Conner On this episode of Bankless, we welcome back DCinvestor and Eric Conner to share their multicycle be... DeFiEthereumInvesting 0 0 Bear Market War Stories with DCinvestor & Eric Conner 01:26:50 Published in Listen • 3 years ago Resilient DeFi with Kirk Hutchison | Layer Zero Kirk Hutchison is the Co-Founder of Volt Protocol, an inflation hedged stablecoin built on Ethereum.... DeFi 0 0 Resilient DeFi with Kirk Hutchison | Layer Zero 01:22:08 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago Hayden Adams on Uniswap's Announcement?! | State of the Nation Founder Hayden Adams announces huge news out of Uniswap... DeFi 0 0 Hayden Adams on Uniswap's Announcement?! | State of the Nation 00:52:00 Published in Listen • 3 years ago Voltz Protocol | ALPHA LEAK with Simon Jones CEO & Co-founder Simon Jones joins this Alpha Leak to discuss the mechanics, roadmap, and token(?) f... DeFi 0 0 Voltz Protocol | ALPHA LEAK with Simon Jones 00:56:11 Published in Monday Podcast • 3 years ago 121 - The Bear Market Gift | Vance Spencer Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures returns to Bankless to walk us through a tremendous opportunity�... DeFiInvesting 0 0 121 - The Bear Market Gift | Vance Spencer 01:52:32 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago FRAX & the 4pool Curve Takeover | Sam Kazemian Taking the Frax-Pill... DeFi 0 0 FRAX & the 4pool Curve Takeover | Sam Kazemian 01:24:52 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago The Element Airdrop & DAO Launch | Will Villanueva & Jonny Rhea Voting Vaults, Council Governance, and ETH2 Staking... DeFiAirdrops 0 0 The Element Airdrop & DAO Launch | Will Villanueva & Jonny Rhea 01:20:11 Published in Listen • 3 years ago 📺 The Bullish Case for MKR | Sam MacPherson, Niklas Kunkel & monetsupply.eth Tapped by Tesla and the future of MakerDAO... DeFiEthereum 0 0 📺 The Bullish Case for MKR | Sam MacPherson, Niklas Kunkel & monetsupply.eth 01:34:01 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago 📺 The Return of Aave | Stani Kulechov Aave v3 and Lens Protocol... DeFi 0 0 📺 The Return of Aave | Stani Kulechov 01:21:36 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago 📺 The Curve Wars | CurveMarketCap Gerrit Hall Dives Into the 300 Year Curve War... DeFiEthereum 0 0 📺 The Curve Wars | CurveMarketCap 01:13:01 Published in State of the Nation • 3 years ago 📺 TribeDAO - The Biggest Protocol Merge Ever Joey Santoro of FEI and Jai Bhavnani of Rari are Changing the DAO Landscape... DeFiEthereum 0 0 📺 TribeDAO - The Biggest Protocol Merge Ever 00:59:16 Published in Listen • 3 years ago EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF: Crypto Payments and the DeFi Mullet | Visa's Cuy Sheffield and Anchorage's Diogo Mónica Debriefing the Episode with Cuy and Diogo... Citizen-only DeFi 0 0 EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF: Crypto Payments and the DeFi Mullet | Visa's Cuy Sheffield and Anchorage's Diogo Mónica 00:24:59 Published in Monday Podcast • 3 years ago 🎙 93 - Crypto Payments and the DeFi Mullet | Visa's Cuy Sheffield and Anchorage's Diogo Mónica Blurring the Lines Between Crypto and Fintech... DeFi 0 0 🎙 93 - Crypto Payments and the DeFi Mullet | Visa's Cuy Sheffield and Anchorage's Diogo Mónica 01:33:51 Published in Listen • 3 years ago 📺 DeFi 2.0 Summit | Rari, Olympus, Tokemak, TracerDAO, Alchemix A Meeting of the Minds Behind 2021's Hottest Protocols... DeFi 0 0 📺 DeFi 2.0 Summit | Rari, Olympus, Tokemak, TracerDAO, Alchemix 01:14:51 Published in State of the Nation • 4 years ago The Rise of Rari Capital | Jai Bhavnani Crossing $1B in TVL... DeFi 0 0 The Rise of Rari Capital | Jai Bhavnani 01:10:11 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 🎙87 - The Future of MakerDAO | Rune Christensen Exploring Environmentalism & Maximalism... DeFi 0 0 🎙87 - The Future of MakerDAO | Rune Christensen 02:14:20 Published in State of the Nation • 4 years ago The dYdX Boom | Antonio Juliano (10/6) The Layer 2 Exchange Doing More Volume Than Coinbase... DeFi 0 0 The dYdX Boom | Antonio Juliano (10/6) 01:18:35 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 🎙 Layer Zero | Eric Conner Exploring the Human Side of Ethereum... DeFiEthereum 0 0 🎙 Layer Zero | Eric Conner 01:20:45 Published in Listen • 4 years ago EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF: Institutional DeFi Infrastructure | Fireblocks' Michael Shaulov Debriefing the Episode with Michael... Citizen-only DeFi 0 0 EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF: Institutional DeFi Infrastructure | Fireblocks' Michael Shaulov 00:10:16 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 🎙 78 - Institutional DeFi Infrastructure | Fireblocks' Michael Shaulov Building Bridges to Unbank Businesses... DeFi 0 0 🎙 78 - Institutional DeFi Infrastructure | Fireblocks' Michael Shaulov 01:41:41 Published in Listen • 4 years ago EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF: Building a $500M DeFi Fund | Arthur0x Debriefing the Episode with Arthur0x... Citizen-only DeFi 0 0 EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF: Building a $500M DeFi Fund | Arthur0x 00:23:16 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 🎙️ 73 - Building a $500M DeFi Fund | Arthur0x Turning 6 Figures into 9 Figures... DeFiInvesting 0 0 🎙️ 73 - Building a $500M DeFi Fund | Arthur0x 01:36:27 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 📺 PANEL: The Current State of DeFi | Vance Spencer, Santiago Santos, Spencer Noon Giga-Brain Broad Strokes of the DeFi Space... DeFiInvesting 0 0 📺 PANEL: The Current State of DeFi | Vance Spencer, Santiago Santos, Spencer Noon 01:10:16 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 🎙️ 68 - Bull Case for DeFi II | Vance Spencer Vance from Framework Ventures Returns to Bankless... DeFiInvesting 0 0 🎙️ 68 - Bull Case for DeFi II | Vance Spencer 01:53:36 Published in Listen • 4 years ago EXCLUSIVE: Debrief | DeFi Verticals | Vance Spencer Debrief After the Vance Spencer Podcast... Citizen-only DeFi 0 0 EXCLUSIVE: Debrief | DeFi Verticals | Vance Spencer 00:30:01 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 📺 AMA with Robert Lauko of Liquity Ask Me Anything about Governance-Minimized Stablecoins... DeFi 0 0 📺 AMA with Robert Lauko of Liquity 01:01:54 Published in State of the Nation • 4 years ago 📺 SotN #47: Gitcoin DAO & $GTC Token with Kevin Owocki Decentralizing Gitcoin and Slaying Moloch... DeFiEthereum 0 0 📺 SotN #47: Gitcoin DAO & $GTC Token with Kevin Owocki 01:04:35 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 📺 AMA with Scoopy Trooples of Alchemix Ask Me Anything about Self-Paying Loans... DeFi 0 0 📺 AMA with Scoopy Trooples of Alchemix 01:17:31 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 📺 AMA with Stefan Ionescu of Reflexer Labs Stefan Ionescu is a Founder of Reflexer Labs, the team behind the RAI stablecoin (or is it fair to e... DeFi 0 0 📺 AMA with Stefan Ionescu of Reflexer Labs 01:00:47 Published in State of the Nation • 4 years ago SotN #42: Ethereum Devs Building DeFi | Preston Van Loon and Will Villanueva Both Preston Van Loon of Cryptex and Will Willanueva of Element Finance have helped build the Ethere... DeFi 0 0 SotN #42: Ethereum Devs Building DeFi | Preston Van Loon and Will Villanueva 01:26:05 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 60 - The SEC and DeFi | Hester Peirce Bankless Fan and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce comes on the podcast to discuss tokens, DeFi, 'self-... DeFiRegulation 0 0 60 - The SEC and DeFi | Hester Peirce 01:34:01 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 59 - Uniswap | Hayden Adams Hayden Adams is the inventor of Uniswap, the decentralized trading protocol. In this 2.5 hour episod... DeFi 0 0 59 - Uniswap | Hayden Adams 02:28:26 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 📺 AMA with Chris Spadafora of Badger DAO Chris Spadafora is the Founder of BadgerDAO, a decentralized protocol that promotes the use of token... DeFiBitcoin 0 0 📺 AMA with Chris Spadafora of Badger DAO 01:05:11 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 55 - Welcome To Bankless | 2021 Edition What Does It Mean To Go Bankless? What Is DeFi? How Do I Get started?... DeFiEthereumInvesting 0 0 55 - Welcome To Bankless | 2021 Edition 03:00:49 Published in Listen • 4 years ago Alpha Leak | Connext Founder & Project Lead Arjun Bhuptani Arjun is Founder & Project Lead at Connext. Since 2017, Arjun and the Connext Team have been working... DeFi 0 0 Alpha Leak | Connext Founder & Project Lead Arjun Bhuptani Published in State of the Nation • 4 years ago 📺 SotN #36: DeFi Crypto Index For Financial Advisors | Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise, joins Bankless for this week's State of the Nation. Founded in 2017, Bi... DeFi 0 0 📺 SotN #36: DeFi Crypto Index For Financial Advisors | Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan 01:08:57 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 54 - Why DeFi is the Future | Mark Cuban Mark Cuban comes on the Podcast to Discuss DeFi, NFTs, and the Future.... DeFiInvesting 0 0 54 - Why DeFi is the Future | Mark Cuban 01:31:20 Published in Listen • 4 years ago EXCLUSIVE: Balancer 🤝 Aave Partnership Chat | Stani Kulechov, Fernando Martenelli, and Dan Elitzer In this special episode, we host a fireside chat between Stani Kulechov of Aave and Fernando Martine... DeFi 0 0 EXCLUSIVE: Balancer 🤝 Aave Partnership Chat | Stani Kulechov, Fernando Martenelli, and Dan Elitzer 01:09:28 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 📺 AMA with Hart Lambur From UMA Protocol An AMA with the Co-Founder of UMA Protocol, a Decentralized Contracts Platform for Synthetic Assets... DeFi 0 0 📺 AMA with Hart Lambur From UMA Protocol 01:04:12 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 53 - Building DeFi on Layer 2 | Synthetix, Loopring, Immutable Leading Developers at Synthetix, Loopring, and Immutable Come on the Podcast to Discuss Layer 2 and ... DeFi 0 0 53 - Building DeFi on Layer 2 | Synthetix, Loopring, Immutable 01:39:42 Published in Listen • 4 years ago 📺 AMA with Tascha From Alpha Finance An AMA with the Project Lead at Alpha Finance Lab, an Ecosystem of DeFi Products... DeFi 0 0 📺 AMA with Tascha From Alpha Finance 01:08:15 Published in State of the Nation • 4 years ago 📺SotN #31: The Rise of SushiSwap with 0xMaki Sushi vs Uniswap, Differentiation, & the Future of Sushi... DeFi 0 0 📺SotN #31: The Rise of SushiSwap with 0xMaki 01:08:39 Published in State of the Nation • 4 years ago 📺 SotN #30: DeFi Season | Anthony Sassano In this episode, we chat with Ethereum community member Anthony Sassano on the state of DeFi markets... DeFi 0 0 📺 SotN #30: DeFi Season | Anthony Sassano 01:39:02 Published in Monday Podcast • 4 years ago 36 - The DeFi Blockspace Cycle | Nic Carter Exploring the cyclicality between blockspace and fees and the incentives it creates... DeFi 0 0 36 - The DeFi Blockspace Cycle | Nic Carter 01:24:58 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 31 - Nexus Mutual to Billions | Hugh Karp Talking with the Founder of the biggest insurance protocol in DeFi ... DeFi 0 0 31 - Nexus Mutual to Billions | Hugh Karp 01:42:14 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 28 - The Bull Case for DeFi | Vance Spencer Chatting with the co-founder of Framework ventures on DeFi cryptocurrency coins, composable communit... DeFiInvesting 0 0 28 - The Bull Case for DeFi | Vance Spencer 01:50:27 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 27 - DeFi in the Eth2 Metropolis | Haseeb Qureshi Discussing with former Airbnb developer & professional poker player on how he became a prominent inv... DeFi 0 0 27 - DeFi in the Eth2 Metropolis | Haseeb Qureshi 01:43:58 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 26 - Investing in DeFi Paradigms | Charlie Noyes A chat with one of the most thoughtful investors in crypto... DeFiInvesting 0 0 26 - Investing in DeFi Paradigms | Charlie Noyes 01:39:29 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 23 - Investing in DeFi | Joey Krug Joey Krug was doing DeFi before they called it DeFi. He's the co-founder of Augur, an investor at Pa... DeFiInvesting 0 0 23 - Investing in DeFi | Joey Krug 01:30:28 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 19 - DeFi vs. Banks | Hasu Hasu is a free-thinker. A truth seeker. A rare voice in crypto. ... DeFi 0 0 19 - DeFi vs. Banks | Hasu 01:26:48 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 18 - COMP Growth Hacking DeFi Talking about DeFi tokens, yield farming, and what's next... DeFi 0 0 18 - COMP Growth Hacking DeFi 01:28:01 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 13 - DeFi's Mainstream Wallet | Itamar Lesuisse Itamar Lesuisse on 1 billion users & crypto’s Netscape moment... DeFi 0 0 13 - DeFi's Mainstream Wallet | Itamar Lesuisse 01:26:30 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 12 - The Protocol Sink Thesis How DeFi protocols become the foundation for everything... DeFiEthereum 0 0 12 - The Protocol Sink Thesis 01:19:03 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago #10 - Going Bankless with Uniswap | Caleb Sheridan Why permissonless liquidity changes everything... DeFiEthereum 0 0 #10 - Going Bankless with Uniswap | Caleb Sheridan 01:27:51 Published in Monday Podcast • 5 years ago 🎙️ #6 - DeFi Trust Spectrum Two faces of Ethereum & why decentralized protocols win... DeFiEthereum 0 0 🎙️ #6 - DeFi Trust Spectrum 01:13:04
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