Defi Podcast

In this episode we do a complete walk-around of the BTC.b token with Michelle Tian from Ava Labs. The BTC.b token could unlock a ton of utility for Bitcoin holders by providing access to a whole DeFi ecosystem and low-fee/fast transactions via the Avalanche blockchain.  Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast. Host Details JF S. Core Team Member at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/avalabsofficial https://twitter.com/coreapp https://twitter.com/avalancheavax #Avalanche #BTC.b #Bitcoin  0:00 Intro 0:44 Intro to BTC.b 1:10 BTC and the Core Wallet 3:26 Intel SGX and the Bridge 4:51 The Warden System 6:10 Avalanche Bridge Vs. Other Bridges 8:03 Avalanche Bridge Security 12:55 BTC.b Vs. Lightning Network 15:20 BTC.b Vs. WBTC 18:48 Bridge Fees 19:41 BTC.b Adoption 22:03 Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins 22:36 BTC.b Coming to a Subnet Near You 25:06 Final Words

In this episode we do a complete walk-around of the Yield Yak protocol, with Dylan. Yield Yak touches on many products and parts of the Avalanche ecosystem - hence an important episode for all users of this Avalanche. Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/ravageur77 https://https://twitter.com/yieldyak_ #Avalanche #AVAX #YieldYak #DeFi  0:00 Intro 0:44 YY Optimizer 3:34 Optimizing Yield Potential 4:52 Increasing Efficiency for Retail Users 5:37 Building and Running YY 8:41 The Competition 10:10 YY Yield Boosting 12:50 Yak Swap 14:44 Yak Swap Fees 15:49 Yak Swap Adoption 16:32 Building Yak Swap 18:01 YYAvax Liquid Staking 21:57 The Best YY products 22:44 Final Words

Last week we reviewed the state of AI in the Blockchain space with Dag from Moremoney Finance. This week, we continue that discussion specifically focused on AI Art, with Daniel Killeen from Ava Labs, and with Dag from Moremoney. Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Core Team Member at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod, Hosts, Guest https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey https://twitter.com/DanielxKilleen https://twitter.com/avalabsofficial https://twitter.com/DreamerGuildNFT https://twitter.com/DreamerDag #AI #Blockchain #Art #NFT #StableDiffusion #Avalanche #AVAX 0:00 Intro 1:07 The Avalanche NFT Scene 4:42 Avalanche, AKA Art Chain 5:49 Other Capabilities on Avalanche 7:10 Building an Art Community 9:00 What Kind of Art? 10:09 AI Art Has Entered the Building 11:17 Audience Integration in AI Art 12:52 The Challenges of AI 14:03 How to Train Your AI 14:57 Stable Diffusion Vs. Dall-E 2 17:40 Making it Work With Dreamer Space Guild 22:09 White Labelling DSG 23:26 Onboarding for DSG 26:18 How to Work With Stable Diffusion 28:57 The Real Potential of AI 30:51 The Community Reception to AIrt 34:00 The Next Targets For AI 37:05 Final Words

This week we review the state of AI in Blockchains, and guess at where this space is headed. We also discuss the coming launch of the Dreamer Space Guild, a group that will be focused on exploring the space.  Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Core Team Member at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod, Hosts, Guest https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey https://twitter.com/DreamerGuildNFT https://twitter.com/DreamerDag #AI #Blockchain #StableDiffusion  0:00 Intro 1:01 Alpha Go 2:05 GPT3 3:18 Alpha Fold 3:54 Stable Diffusion 8:22 Dreamer Space Guild 11:14 AI and Game-Fi 15:08 More Disruption Coming 19:04 Final Words

In this episode we discuss the current state of the Avalanche Ecosystem with Dylan from Yield Yak. Dylan is a long term DeFi participant, and Yield Yak touches on many products and parts of the Avalanche ecosystem, hence his outlook is particularly interesting. Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/ravageur77 #Avalanche #AVAX #YieldYak #DeFi  0:00 Intro 0:56 State of the Market 6:04 Builders on Avalanche 8:24 Avalanche DeFi vs. Alternate L1s 11:58 What's Next on Avalanche 15:11 Market Appetite for Derivatives 17:32 Degens Need Excitement 19:25 This is Good for Them 21:45 Final Words

In this episode we discuss the current state of the Lightning Network, as well as it's likelihood of becoming truly useful.  Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/RhettShip #BTC #Bitcoin #lightningnetwork #LN #crypto  0:00 Intro 0:40 Discussing the Lightning Network 3:00 The Advantages of the LN 3:51 State Channels 4:52 LN vs. Other Solutions 7:03 Chain Capacities 8:40 LN is Single Use Case 9:58 People are not Transacting On Blockchains 10:33 Winner of the L1 Race 11:11 Anything You Can Do I Can't Do Better 11:49 Potential LN Vulnerability 14:22 No One is Talking About This 16:45 No Stats On LN Usage 19:53 Final Words

In this episode we discuss the world of GameFi, and attempt to make it make sense for DeFi users.  Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/PirateMetaVerse #gamefi #subnet #avalanche #PirateVerse 0:00 Intro 1:45 State of GameFi 3:12 Taking Over GameFi 4:55 Best Types of Games for GameFi 5:31 Market Size 6:36 Avalanche vs. Other Chains 7:49 Plan for the Subnet 9:51 Games Set to Launch 10:55 Can We Expect More Games 13:20 Building On Chain Vs. Subnet 15:07 PirateVerse 16:55 Putting Game in GameFi 18:15 About the Team 19:48 Final Words

In this episode we discuss the GMX platform, as well as building a perpetual exchange on BNB, Arbitrum, and Avalanche. To learn more about the GLP and esGMX tokens, we recommend this Moremoney AMA with GMX and Yield Yak: https://youtu.be/1VNRMbgD_5w Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/GMX_IO https://twitter.com/coinflipcanada #BNB #Arbitrum #Avalanche #GMX #GLP

Avalanche is solving the 7 following problems, which need to be solved before we see mass adoption. We believe Avalanche is the only chain solving all of these problems: 1. Decentralization 2. Security 3. Reliability 4. Capacity to Scale 5. Time to Finality 6. Capacity to Define Parameters 7. UX  Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey #AVAX #Avalanche  #DeFi 0:00 Intro 0:58 The Trilemma 1:35 The Seven Points to Solve 3:20 Our Case for Avalanche 5:12 1. Decentralization 6:00 2. Security 7:22 3. Reliability 7:57 4. Capacity to Scale 11:20 5. Time to Finality 12:50 6. Capacity to Define Parameters 15:14 7. UX 17:18 Closing Thoughts

Subnets are a huge advancement in blockchain tech. In this episode we deep dive into this topic with FireStorm, CEO of FireStorm Capital, and Advisor to Dexalot. Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/FireStorlvl https://twitter.com/dexalotcom https://twitter.com/FireStormCap #AVAX #Avalanche  #DeFi #dexalot  0:00 intro 0:55 Why does Dexalot need a subnet  6:50 The end of AMMs 13:38 Uniswap V2 vs V3 vs Dexalot 19:26 Subnet vs mainnet efficiency 23:53 Avalanche Core wallet 26:17 Dexalot plus lending 32:37 Challenges Dexalot has faced so far 37:28 Dexalot bridging 42:06 How do subnets perform in this market 45:52 Firestorm on Gamefi 47:17 Firestorm on NFTs 50:47 Surprising developments 52:09 Fin

Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Ex-Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Ex-Founder/Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest https://twitter.com/RhettShipp 0:00 Intro 2:07 About Bancor 9:49 There's no free lunch 13:06 Why so much risk? 15:55 Sol and Solend 26:06 How is Wave playing this market? 28:37 More failures to come?

In this episode we discuss the state of the market with Raimonji from Echidna Finance, the Platypus ecosystem, ECD, voting gauges, and stablecoins. Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/echidna_finance https://twitter.com/raimonji12 0:00 intro 0:43 The state of the markets 2:47 How are the markets affecting Echidna? 5:42 The Echidna team 7:54 The allure of Avalanche 9:44 Why is Platypus important? 11:29 Platypus vs. Curve 14:13 Why is Echidna important? 16:59 PTP or ECD? 18:06 About voting gauges 20:19 How will gauges affect the players on platypus? 21:32 Convex-ification 23:59 Trouble in the Stablecoin markets

Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/AnthonyLeeZhang #AVAX #Avalanche

In this episode we talk about the different types of stablecoins, and the important features required for their maintenance of stability. We use Moremoney as an example of a protocol that has used the best set of features available to ensure the optimal case for the  stability of their MONEY token. Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/Moremoneyfi https://twitter.com/SirMoremoney (Second Moremoney Co-Founder) #AVAX #Avalanche #Moremoney #defi  0:00 Intro 0:35 Stablecoins 1:41 Dollar-backed stablecoins 3:47 Algo stables 5:33 Over-collateralized stables 6:26 How Moremoney works 8:19 Can crypto backed coins de-peg? 10:31 How to prevent a de-peg 14:42 Interest vs 0% interest 16:43 About forced redemptions 18:08 Money as an interest-bearing stable 18:52 Thoughts on crypto

Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/Moremoneyfi https://twitter.com/SirMoremoney (Second Moremoney Co-Founder) 0:00 Intro 1:45 Tether could go away 2:25 Tether's collateral 4:48 Could Tether de-peg? 6:45 Is Tether legit? 8:24 Is USDC better than Tether? 9:47 USDC's backing 11:08 How safe are Centralized entities? 13:13 Dollar backed - ish 13:49 What's the ideal stable? 15:01 On-Chain is best chain 16:06 Microstrategy margin call 17:28 Unstable-coin fallout 21:21 A grain of salt 22:09 There's no safety net 23:56 Bulish or Bearish? 24:47 How likely is this? 25:26 Is off-chain-on-chain possible?

Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M. Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/Moremoneyfi https://twitter.com/SirMoremoney (Second Moremoney Co-Founder)

Dag is a senior engineer with a background in machine learning and distributed systems from Silicon Valley. He Co-Founded Moremoney Finance to build innovative products in the DeFi space and to unleash “the power of the stablecoin.” In this episode, we discuss what Dag is currently most excited by related to Moremoney and to the MONEY stablecoin. Dag will likely make recurring appearances on the show. We will initially discuss Moremoney projects to provide context, but plan to move beyond this and discuss many topics in the DeFi/Crypto landscape. Dag’s background and excellence as a senior engineer makes him an ideal guest to the podcast - and we expect many deep insights to come from these conversations. Disclaimer: "This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment; all statements made by hosts or guests are strictly beliefs and points of view, and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any security; hosts or guests may hold certain securities discussed in this podcast." Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts https://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/Moremoneyfi https://twitter.com/SirMoremoney (Second Moremoney Co-Founder) #AVAX #Avalanche #Moremoney #DeFi 0:00 Intro 1:58 About Dag 2:46 About the team 3:48 Why stay anonymous? 4:18 How did we find Moremoney? 8:21 Finding More Liquidity 10:30 What is More liquidity? 12:50 Can AMMs stay competitive with ML? 14:51 The potential of stable coins 17:42 Tailored stablecoins 19:51 Dag's top-notch ideas 21:22 Leveraged/futures trading opportunities 22:51 Moremoney V2 24:42 Interest rate model 27:58 Forced position redemption 31:30 Money borrow rate change 33:45 Challenges facing Moremoney 35:21 Why avalanche?

This week we speak with CanuckLink to discuss his recent article 'The "VE" Fat Middle Thesis', as well as more on Platypus and protocols building on top of it, where does value accrue, and we go over the trend in popularity of 've' token models. Disclaimer: the contents of this show is for informational purposes only, nothing we discuss is financial advice. Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M.  Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod https://twitter.com/DefiPodcast  Follow the Hosts htps://twitter.com/JFSaine https://twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project https://twitter.com/CanuckLink https://canoecapital.substack.com/p/the-ve-fat-middle-thesis #blockchain #tech  #DefiPodcast #Defi #Podcast  #PTP #VTX 0:00 Intro 1:05 About the article 2:32 Platypus 3:44 Fat middle thesis 6:46 Vesting time bomb 7:44 VE tokens 9:04 PTP vs VTX model 10:47 The article's 5 points 11:12 1. Boosting 11:53 2. Deep liquidity 12:46 3. Asymmetric defense 13:14 4. Bribes 13:57 5. Tokenomics 14:10 PTP wars 17:45 How much PTP blackholed? 20:53 PTP scarcity 23:39 Why use PTP over VTX 26:55 Where does value accrue  29:52 VE tokens / other platforms 33:43 Ethereum vs. Avalanche

FireStorm advisor of Dexalot and CEO of FireStorm Capital discusses central limit order book and automated market makers. The CLOB vs. AMM discussion represents an important topic for DeFi, as these exchange models drive all swaps between securities, hence a basic building block for the space as a whole. Disclaimer: the contents of this show is for informational purposes only, nothing we discuss is financial advice. Host Details JF S. Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance Previous Founder, CFA Charterholder Jared M. Crypto/Equity Trader Previous Founder, Crypto Fund Manager Follow the Pod www.twitter.com/DefiPodcast Follow the Hosts www.twitter.com/JFSaine www.twitter.com/M0xrrissey Follow our guest/project www.twitter.com/FireStorlvl www.twitter.com/Dexalotcom #blockchain #tech #DefiPodcast #Defi #Podcast #Dexalot #AMM #CLOB

Disclaimer: the contents of this show is for informational purposes only, nothing here is financial advice.     Host Details  JF S.  Head of Growth at Moremoney Finance  Previous CEO, and MGMT Consultant  CFA Charterholder   Jared M.   Crypto/Equity Trader  Previous Crypto Fund Manager, and DeFi Founder  OG in the space, who once knowingly discarded of 300 Bitcoins   Follow the Pod  www.twitter.com/DefiPodcast     Follow the Hosts  www.twitter.com/JFSaine  www.twitter.com/M0xrrissey   Follow our guest/project  www.twitter.com/revol_space  www.twitter.com/vector_fi   #blockchain #tech  #DefiPodcast #Defi #Podcast  #VectorFinance #Vector #VTX 0:00 Intro 0:48 VTX price 2:07 Magnet DAO 4:39 Why Avalanche? 5:56 Platypus emergence 8:44 Curve 10:36 More on price 12:49 Vector and Joe 14:20 VTX governance 16:23 veJOE on Vector 19:47 Vector's next steps 21:58 Did Curve mess up? 25:12 VTX emissions 27:57 Rev's thoughts on Echidna 30:13 Echidna's PTP 34:38 How to get PTP users on Vector? 37:19 Magnet DAO plans 42:40 Magnet DAO, Building or incubating?