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The Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 23: ARTH Valucoin and MahaDAO: the Next Gen Stablecoin?The ARTH value coin has completed the genesis of ARTH 2.0. ARTH is a novel concept trying to create an inflation-proof stablecoin. So far ARTH has not succeeded to realize this vision through two tries already. Is third time a charm?
ARTH 2.0 tries to build on the past failures of itself and other algorithmic stablecoins, and create an overcollateralized stablecoin with a unique peg which is 80% fiat, 15% gold, and 5% Bitcoin. How does $ARTH work? What is its value proposition? What are $ARTHX and $MAHA? Listen to this episode in order to find out!
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2021-07-0310 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 22: Lots of Innovation and High Yields on BSC: AutoFarm, Ellipsis, and BeltBinance Smart Chain has become the haven of DeFi innovation. This week we cover three innovative projects offering new mechanisms to increase yields and provide more utility.
AutoFarm has become my go to place to compare yields and stake. AutoFarm provides automatic compounding on Pancakeswap, Bakeryswap, Belt.fi, MDX, and many more, while adding their own $AUTO rewards.
Ellipsis is an authorized Curve-like project on BSC, providing high-liquidity swap on stablecoins. Ellipsis also has a unique lock-in mechanism and rewards that allows it to offer sustainable (so-far) high yields.
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2021-05-1412 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 21: Decentalized Launchpads Part 3: CSP DAO, a Best-Kept secret: How to Participate in Private SalesClosing and launchpad series (for now) is something a little different dealing with private sales. Many people (including me until a couple-of-months ago) think that private sales are only open to VCs, whales, and individuals connected to the project. Not so. In this episode we discuss how everybody could participate in private sales via CSP DAO and similar projects.
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2021-04-3012 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 20: It’s that ”Wonderful” Time of the Year: Taxes and DeFiWe all love to hate taxes, but we all have to deal with them. As if Crypto taxes were not challenging enough, DeFi offers many additional hurdles. In this episode I discuss many of my personal takeaways from having to deal with taxes and DeFi.
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2021-04-1614 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 19: Decentalized Launchpads Part 2: Polkastarter, DuckSTARTER, PAID Ignition, and more!Launching a new crypto project has taken many forms over the years. It started with Bitcoin forks; followed by the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of 2017 and 2018; and then Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs), which were followed by some infamous self-launches with Bounce and others, many resulting in rug pulls. Now the hottest trends is Initial DEX Offerings (IDOs); which leverage smart contracts and DeFi to offer a more fair, cost effective, and transparent launch.
In Episode 17 we covered TrustSwap ($SWAP), one of the pioneers of IDOs. In this second installment we cover newer launchpads which cater to smaller, quicker, but often not...
2021-04-0213 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 18: Curve Finance and Deep Chain LiquidityCurve Finance is another backbone of DeFi. It is so ubiquitous that some of its LP tokens have become stablecoins themselves, and many are composable into other services. Curve focuses on stablecoins and pools of coins pegged to the same value (such as wBTC/RenBTC/sBTC). It currently boasts over 30 pools, $3.6 billion TVL, and $500 million daily volume!
Curve is a place to know, both for its competitive rates for large transactions, and for its yield farming potential.
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2021-03-1914 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 17: Decentalized Launchpads Part 1: IDOs and TrustSwapLaunching a new crypto project has taken many forms over the years. It started with Bitcoin forks; followed by the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of 2017 and 2018; and then Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs), which were followed by some infamous self-launches with Bounce and others, many resulting in rug pulls. Now the hottest trends is Initial DEX Offerings (IDOs); which leverage smart contracts and DeFi to offer a more fair, cost effective, and transparent launch.
TrustSwap ($SWAP) has been one of the pioneers of IDOs. It offers a complete suite of services to make distributed token launches secure for the...
2021-03-0812 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 16: Synthetix - Deep Dive to the Inventor of Synthetic AssetsSome crypto projects are groundbreaking. UniSwap is defiantly on of them, Curve Finance another. Synthetix solidly falls into this category with everything it brings. Everything from collateralization, via its zero-slip exchange, through its tokenomics, was novel, and followed by many others.
In this episode we celebrate the first Synthetix stock (you guess right - Tesla) by deep-diving into the Synthetix system, which is challenging to understand but has its own beauty once mastered.
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2021-02-2714 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 15: Bitcoin $50K Special - (almost) All the Ways to Earn with your BitcoinJoin us for the special episode celebrating the remarkable milestone of Bitcoin hitting $50,000. In this episode we will discuss (almost) all the ways to earn passive income on your Bitcoin!
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2021-02-1713 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 14: Two Rising Stars on Binance Smart Chain: Spartan Protocol and JustLiquidityWith the rising costs of gas of Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is seeing an explosion in transactions and volume. This week BSC reached an incredible milestone, exceeding the daily number of transactions of the entire Ethereum blockchain. This time we cover two rising stars on BSC: Spartan Protocol (ticker $SPARTA) and JustLiquidity (tickers $JUL and $JULD.)
Spartan Protocol is an emerging distributed exchange (DEX) on Binance Smart Chain (BTC) with a current market cap of $70M and a TVL of $32M. Spartan had a unique approach to distributing its $SPARTA token and offers multiple liquidity pools bas...
2021-02-1210 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 13: DeFi Market Trends & NewsLet's take a break from our regular content in order to cover the extremely bullish trend for DeFi in this special news episode!
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2021-02-0610 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 12: A Twist on ״Ethereum Killers״: Binance Chain and Binance Smart ChainWith Ethereum gas and transaction prices sky-rocketing, many alternatives are popping-up. Today we will take a look at two interesting ones provided by the world-leading-exchange, Binance.
Binance Chain is the original blockchain developed by Binance. It provides fast transactions, token management, and some smart-contract functionality, but limited appeal. It's younger sister, Binance Smart Chain, is more interesting, with 100% Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility and a quickly-growing ecosystem.
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2021-02-0211 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 11: Putting your Crypto to Work Part 2: Yield FarmingYield Farming sounds like some kind of a holy grail of DeFi, and it can be. There are several definitions to yield farming and many ways to yield farm. Listen to this episode to learn how to get started, what the risks are, what rewards you can expect.
In this episode we focus on token yield farming and discuss several major projects including Sushiswap, Curve Finance, Badger Finance, and Pancakeswap.
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2021-01-2715 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 10: Synthetix ($SNX), Synthetic Assets, and Asset TokenizationSynthetix assets and asset tokanization are a growing trend in DeFi. The leader in synthetic assets, Synthetix (ticker $SNX), has just reach a new all-time-high, completing a 3x hike in the last month!
What are synthetic assets? Why are they needed? How are they created and managed? How does the Synthetix ecosystem work? Let's find out!
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2021-01-1911 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 9: Putting your Crypto to Work Part 1: Liquidity PoolsOne of the fastest growing projects in 2020 had been Uniswap. Unlike central exchanges that use an order book, Uniswap has implemented a novel concept of automatic market marker using liquidity pools. Sounds complicated? Listen and I promise to make it easy!
In this episode we discuss decentralized exchanged such as Uniswap and Balancer, liquidity pools, and impermanent loss.
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2021-01-1412 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 8: My Favorite Tools of the Trade (and crypto market cap hitting $1T!)Ethereum gas prices have gone up again, so let's learn about a few options to save gas, as well as some useful tools for monitoring our portfolio.
Also in the news: launch of FalconSwap, a Layer 2 solution aiming to reduce gas prices by aggregating transactions on Uniswap.
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2021-01-1011 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 7: All About Ethereum!Most DeFi runs on Ethereum. So let's learn how Ethereum works.
What is Ether? Is Ether mined? What is ERC-20? How about ERC-721? How is gas price calculated? What is Wrapped Ether and why is it needed? What are DAPPS? What is Ethereum 2.0? Let's find out!
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2021-01-0510 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 6: Stablecoins: You Thought it was Simple? Think again!Stablecoins of all kinds have become an essential part of Crypto in general and DeFi in particular. In this episode we discuss the many type of stablecoins, how they are built, and their various pros and cons.
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2021-01-0311 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 5: Bitcoin and Defi New Year’s SpecialWith Bitcoin reaching all-time-highs again it's a wonderful time to celebrate with a New Year's special!
Learn how you work around Bitcoin's limitations and put it to work using DeFi. WBTC, sBTC, renBTC, tBTC - what is the difference and how do they work? How can you move Bitcoin to the Ethereum blockchain?
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2020-12-3108 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 4: Smart Contracts: The Backbone of DeFiWithout smart contracts there is no DeFi. But do we really understand what smart contracts are and how they work? In this episode we try to shed some light on how smart contracts work on the Ethereum platform and and introduce several other platforms that are trying to compete.
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2020-12-2910 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 3: AMPL, RMPL, YMPL, and other animals (or, what are rebased coins?)Ampleforth ($AMPL) is a new kind of algorithmic stablecoin, based on new monetary theories. Ampleforth has taken the Ethereum blockchain capabilities to a new height and introduce the rebase mechanism. Like every successful project, it has many forks and copies like $RMPL and $YMPL, as well as a new kind of "seigniorage" coins.What is rebase? What is seigniorage? And why do we need it?Mentioned on this episode:Ampleforth ($AMPL): https://www.ampleforth.org/ RMPL: https://www.rmpl.io/YMPL: https://ymplprotocol.com/#what-isEmpty...
2020-12-2710 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisode 2: Wrapped Bitcoin and Badger DAOWrapped BTC (WBTC) and other types of “wrapped Bitcoin” ERC-20 tokens allow Bitcoin to exist on the Ethereum network and DeFi. BadgerDAO is a new yield farming service with phenomenal growth, a vibrant community, and some of the highest yields in DeFi.Mentioned on this episode:BadgerDAO: https://badger.finance/WBTC: https://wbtc.network/Yearn Finance (YFI): https://yearn.finance/Binance: https://www.binance.com/en1Inch exchange: https://1inch.exchange/Uniswap: https://uniswap.exchange/CoinGecko: https://www.coingecko.com/Music credit: "Sora No Iro No Kuruma" and “Five Passengers - No Smo...
2020-12-2609 minThe Real DeFi PodcastEpisose 1: The Huge 1Inch Airdrop1Inch has given the DeFi community a huge Christmas present in the form of a $150M airdrop of its shiny new 1INCH token!Mentioned on this episode:1Inch exchange: https://1inch.exchange/1Inch Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/1inchExchangeUniswap: https://uniswap.exchange/Music credit: "Sora No Iro No Kuruma" by Springtide from https://freemusicarchive.org/Art credit: https://pixy.orgAll content provided on this podcast is for your general information only. We make no warranties of any kind in relation to our content and...
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