The Edge Podcast

Fredegar Christensen is a BD Contributor at GMX. In this episode, we cover what's new in GMX V2 for traders and liquidity providers. Given its reputation as the top decentralized leverage perps trading platform on Arbitrum, with over $140B in trading volume since 2022, we walk through a bit of DeFi history on GMX V1. Afterwards, we walk through a detailed guide on all the improvements made in V2 including isolated GM Pools, new collateral asset support, longing/shorting markets with the same token as collateral, lower fees, and faster execution times. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Subscribe on Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Subscribe on Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn about DeFi and Web3: http://defidad.com/ ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND KYBER AI TRADING ANALYTICS 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out: ------ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 4:57 - Reflecting on 2022 7:11 - Fred's background and why GMX 12:19 - GMX V1 and success 16:49 - GMX delivers what we want 20:07 - Designing for the long term 26:28 - Challenges / shortcomings in GMX V1 34:02 - What's new in GMX V2 35:09 - GM Pools 42:39 - Fee structure for V2 49:54 - Multiple collateral types 53:17 - Faster execution times and Chainlink 56:28 - Progress in V2 Beta Launch so far 59:14 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xFredChris ► GMX on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GMX_IO ► GMX website: https://gmx.io/ ► GMX V2: https://app.gmx.io/#/v2 ► GMX V2 Beta Blog Post: https://gmxio.substack.com/p/gmx-v2-beta-is-now-live ► GMX Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ymN38YefH9 ► Castle Capital thread on GMX V2: https://twitter.com/Castle__Cap/status/1687202320143237121 ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.

Ameeth Devadas is the CoFounder of Timeswap. In this episode, we cover how oracle-free lending and borrowing works with Timeswap. Similar to how Uniswap enabled the permissionless creation of trading pools, Timeswap is a fully decentralized money market protocol, aiming to make possible the permissionless creation of lending and borrowing markets, for any tokens, without the need for oracles. If Timeswap is successful, we could see tens of thousands of lending and borrowing markets emerge for long tail assets vs the top 20 or so assets that get support from the likes of Maker and Aave. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Subscribe on Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Subscribe on Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn about DeFi and Web3: http://defidad.com/ ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND KYBER AI TRADING ANALYTICS 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 4:25 - Ameeth's background 7:48 - What is Timeswap 12:13 - Permissionless creation of money markets 15:04 - Why oracle-free 18:28 - How to lend or borrow on Timeswap 22:19 - New use cases with non-liquidatable loans 24:38 - The role of LPs in Timeswap 26:49 - Money markets for exotic assets 31:56 - Plans for Timeswap token 34:23 - How create new markets on Timeswap 37:08 - Ameetha's alpha 39:26 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Ameeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0x42069x ► Timeswap on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimeswapLabs ► Timeswap website: http://timeswap.io/ ► Timeswap Linktree: https://link3.to/timeswap_labs ► Timeswap Intern on Twitter: https://twitter.com/timeswapintern ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.

Co-founder of Pendle Finance, TN Lee, discusses the motivation behind starting Pendle and the challenges of adopting fixed yield in DeFi. The podcast explores the Pendle yield trading protocol, the V-Pendal boosting mechanism, and upcoming features in DeFi yield trading strategies.

Seb Audet is the CoFounder of Zapper. In this episode, we discuss how can Zapper make the blockchain social. For years, Zapper has been a well known gateway to millions of users in DeFi and Web3. From DeFi Summer to now, Seb shares his experience and insights from the evolution of Zapper into a social web3 explorer, which allows users to follow the blockchain journey of other people in NFTs, DeFi and DAOs. While Seb sees the future of crypto in Web3 social networks, he explains his thesis for why we must first make the blockchain readable before we can ever build more social products in Web3. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Subscribe on your favorite podcast player: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Discover DeFi & Web3 blog posts, podcasts, and tutorials: http://defidad.com/ ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND KYBER AI TRADING ANALYTICS 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 05:29 - DeFi Summer memories 07:04 - Seb's background and origin of Zapper 13:10 - Zapper's mission as of 2023 15:47 - What's changed in DeFi/Web3? 21:22 - What's social in DeFi/Web3? 28:20 - Zapper's product suite 32:25 - Thoughts on Web3 messaging 37:12 - Leveraging Lens social graphs on Zapper 38:32 - What does Zapper data say about the bull cycle? 41:19 - Ways to use Zapper Activity Feed 42:46 - Why did Zapper retire Zaps 48:05 - Zapper Event Curation 53:09 - Ideas for incentivizing event curation 54:40 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Seb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sebaudet26 ► Zapper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zapper_fi ► Try Zapper: https://zapper.xyz/ ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad is a former employee of Zapper and remains an advisor to Zapper. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.

Dion Chu is the Founder and CEO of Term Finance. In this Quick Hit, we review a new fixed rate auctions protocol on Ethereum, launching today (August 1st) on Ethereum. DeFi is known for its volatile variable interest rates. Term offers a new non-custodial fixed rate lending and borrowing protocol for a maturing DeFi markets that demand more predictable fixed rates, like those we find in traditional finance. With Term Finance, borrowers and lenders are matched through a unique recurring auction process, poised to usher in enormous growth for DeFi this next bull run! ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzMl-Xdbc4YfQcYdy96wgTAWoMr-3b-j ► For DeFi & Web3 blog posts, podcasts, and tutorials: http://defidad.com/ ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND AI-POWERED TRADING ANALYTICS POWERED BY KYBER AI 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🥩 ETHER.FI | DECENTRALIZED AND NON-CUSTODIAL ETHEREUM STAKING PROTOCOL 🏢 PARCL | TRADE YOUR FAVORITE CITIES WITH REAL ESTATE SYNTHETICS 🚜 OETH BY ORIGIN DEFI | AN INNOVATIVE ETH YIELD TOKEN LEVERAGING LEADING LSTS AS COLLATERAL 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 07:52 - Background on Dion and origin of Term 15:14 - How Term Finance works 18:38 - Why fixed vs variable rates 22:38 - How auctions work 26:44 - Term repo tokens 27:47 - Guarded launch and results so far 30:18 - What's needed for multi-year term loans 33:31 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Dion Chu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dionchu ► Term Labs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/term_labs ► Learn about Term Finance: https://term.finance/ ► Links to Term Finance Discord, Telegram, and Medium: https://linktr.ee/term.finance ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.

Samee Siddiqui is the CoFounder and CEO of Atlas. In this Quick Hit, we review Atlas and their new ChatGPT tool for writing smart contracts. Atlas is self-described as the fastest way to build on Ethereum, L2s, and any EVM chain. Samee gives us a live demo and talks about why it's so crucial that we radically lower the barrier to building protocols and dApps with tooling like Atlas. ------ 📺 If you prefer video, watch episodes of The Edge Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzMl-Xdbc4YfQcYdy96wgTAWoMr-3b-j THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN(S) RELATED TO ANY PLATFORM(S) DISCUSSED. ------ 🌲 LINKTREE FOR THE EDGE PODCAST: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod 🔎 DISCOVER DEFI & WEB3 BLOG POSTS, PODCASTS, TUTORIALS: http://defidad.com/ ✅ FOLLOW DEFI DAD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ✅ FOLLOW NOMATIC ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND AI-POWERED TRADING ANALYTICS POWERED BY KYBER AI 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🥩 ETHER.FI | DECENTRALIZED AND NON-CUSTODIAL ETHEREUM STAKING PROTOCOL 🏢 PARCL | TRADE YOUR FAVORITE CITIES WITH REAL ESTATE SYNTHETICS 🚜 OETH BY ORIGIN DEFI | AN INNOVATIVE ETH YIELD TOKEN LEVERAGING LEADING LSTS AS COLLATERAL 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out: https://hl6pu9d99u5.typeform.com/to/E3NY5Mqn ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 07:08 - Background on Samee 08:48 - State of tooling for dApp developers 14:19 - Overview and demo of Atlas suite 19:06 - Feedback on Atlas tooling 22:18 - Productivity gain from Atlas 24:32 - Atlas for auditing code 26:32 - How to get started with Atlas 28:25 - Closing ------ Guest Links Samee on Twitter https://twitter.com/sameebuilds Atlas on Twitter https://twitter.com/atlas_zk Learn about Atlas https://www.atlaszk.com/ ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad was a seed investor in Atlas in 2022. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research.

Alex Cutler and TaoWatts are Core Contributors at Velodrome Finance. In this episode, we discover how Velodrome defied all odds in the bear market to become a DeFi darling and recently shipped Velodrome V2. Launched in June 2022, just weeks after the Terra UST collapse, Velodrome has managed to not only survive, but gone on to thrive as the most popular DEX to deposit liquidity on Optimism. The first half of the pod explores the remarkable story of how they built a popular DeFi product during the worst crypto bear market. The second half is a guide on everything you need to know to understand Velodrome V2, including their ve(3,3) mechanics and how to strategically approach being a liquidity provider or veVELO voter. ------ 📺 If you prefer a podcast player, subscribe and listen to The Edge Podcast here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgepod THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN(S) RELATED TO ANY PLATFORM(S) DISCUSSED. ------ 🌲 LINKTREE FOR THE EDGE PODCAST: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod 🔎 DISCOVER DEFI & WEB3 BLOG POSTS, PODCASTS, TUTORIALS: http://defidad.com/ ✅ FOLLOW DEFI DAD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ✅ FOLLOW NOMATIC ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND AI-POWERED TRADING ANALYTICS POWERED BY KYBER AI 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🥩 ETHER.FI | DECENTRALIZED AND NON-CUSTODIAL ETHEREUM STAKING PROTOCOL 🏢 PARCL | TRADE YOUR FAVORITE CITIES WITH REAL ESTATE SYNTHETICS 🚜 OETH BY ORIGIN DEFI | AN INNOVATIVE ETH YIELD TOKEN LEVERAGING LEADING LSTS AS COLLATERAL 🌊 LIQUITY | UNSTOPPABLE ETH-BACKED STABLECOINS AND LEVERAGE 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out. ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 06:58 - Background on Alex and Tao 14:29 - 2 theses that guided them through the bear 20:06 - A true community launch 25:49 - How less resources led to being resourceful 26:47 - Locking the Velodrome treasury for 4 years 28:53 - Why ve(3,3) AMMs incentivize action 34:51 - Velodrome explained 39:59 - How the weekly rebase yield works 42:02 - Locking up VELO 43:14 - Velodrome V1 vs V2 46:36 - Biggest updates in V2 52:21 - Velodrome Relay and LP voting 54:02 - Fees flipping bribes/incentives in V2 55:24 - Sustained high yields 58:58 - Emission rate updates in V2 1:01:37 - Alex's alpha 1:03:15 - Closing ------ Guest Links Velodrome Finance on Twitter https://twitter.com/VelodromeFi Learn about Velodrome Finance https://velodrome.finance/ Dune Analytics dashboards referenced https://dune.com/0xkhmer/velodrome Velodrome V2 Docs https://velodrome.finance/docs# ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. As disclosed in the interview, DeFi Dad shared he has been an active veVELO holder since summer 2022. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research.

Our guest today is the anonymous cofounder of Prisma Finance. In this Quick Hit, we spotlight a new LSTfi protocol called Prisma Finance. We discuss will Prisma ignite the LST Wars, referring to the Curve Wars among protocols competing to capture voting power to allocate Curve liquidity rewards and bootstrap early DeFi protocols. Self-described as "the end game for LSTs," Prisma will offer a highly anticipated non-custodial and decentralized Ethereum LST-backed stablecoin. Prisma's CoFounder discusses all you need to know about the upcoming launch and their stablecoin which will be incentivized on Curve and Convex Finance to create a capital-efficient flywheel where users can receive trading fees, CRV, CVX, and PRISMA on top of their Ethereum staking rewards. Will Prisma trigger a new DeFi Summer? Tune in before Prisma's summer launch date TBD (in late July / early August 2023)! ------ 📺 If you prefer video, watch episodes of The Edge Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzMl-Xdbc4YfQcYdy96wgTAWoMr-3b-j THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN(S) RELATED TO ANY PLATFORM(S) DISCUSSED. ------ 🌲 LINKTREE FOR THE EDGE PODCAST: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod 🔎 DISCOVER DEFI & WEB3 BLOG POSTS, PODCASTS, TUTORIALS: http://defidad.com/ ✅ FOLLOW DEFI DAD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ✅ FOLLOW NOMATIC ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND AI-POWERED TRADING ANALYTICS POWERED BY KYBER AI 🏢 PARCL | TRADE YOUR FAVORITE CITIES WITH REAL ESTATE SYNTHETICS 🚜 OETH BY ORIGIN DEFI | AN INNOVATIVE ETH YIELD TOKEN LEVERAGING LEADING LSTS AS COLLATERAL 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🚀 LIQUITY | UNSTOPPABLE ETH-BACKED STABLECOINS AND LEVERAGE 🥩 ETHER.FI | DECENTRALIZED AND NON-CUSTODIAL ETHEREUM STAKING PROTOCOL 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 06:58 - Background of anon cofounder 09:21 - Why LST-backed stablecoins 11:22 - What is Prisma Finance 13:10 - How we will use Prisma 14:35 - Bolting veTokenomics onto a CDP protocol 16:30 - Prisma fees 18:51 - Will Prisma compete with crvUSD? 21:55 - Supported LST collaterals 22:42 - How liquidations work 24:22 - Thoughts on Recovery Mode 27:42 - Likely Curve and Convex integrations 30:30 - Lessons from Frax 33:13 - Will Prisma be immutable? 34:20 - PRISMA token and its functions 35:12 - Token launch 35:47 - LSTfi onboarding new LST holders 38:15- Platform launch and L2s 40:19 - Closing ------ Guest Links Prisma Finance on Twitter https://twitter.com/PrismaFi Learn about Prisma Finance https://www.prismafinance.com/ Join Prisma Discord https://discord.gg/prismafinance Read the first ever Mirror post Prisma https://mirror.xyz/prismafinance.eth/wYAgS4n7aL4tNFdxSed_m_5nrNXg_3yNc18CwBdCyfU ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad and Nomatic are angels in Prisma Finance. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research.

Mike Silagadze is the Founder and CEO of EtherFi. In this Quick Hit, we review EtherFi's Ethereum staking loyalty program: Ether.fan. EtherFi is a newer ETH liquid staking protocol launched in 2023 with a novel twist called their Early Adopter Program, which led the protocol to quickly attract $40M in staked ETH within the first 2 months on Ethereum Mainnet. EtherFi is the only ETH liquid staking protocol where stakers retain control of their keys, which means that even if the protocol gets attacked or if the node operators get shut down, you can always get your ETH back. We talked with Mike about their hugely successful ETH staking loyalty program Ether.fan where you get rewarded the longer you stake, by minting a provably rare NFT to earn boosted staking rewards. ------ 📺 If you prefer video, watch episodes of The Edge Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzMl-Xdbc4YfQcYdy96wgTAWoMr-3b-j THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN(S) RELATED TO ANY PLATFORM(S) DISCUSSED. ------ 🌲 LINKTREE FOR THE EDGE PODCAST: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod 🔎 DISCOVER DEFI & WEB3 BLOG POSTS, PODCASTS, TUTORIALS: http://defidad.com/ ✅ FOLLOW DEFI DAD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ✅ FOLLOW NOMATIC ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND AI-POWERED TRADING ANALYTICS POWERED BY KYBER AI 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🏢 PARCL | TRADE YOUR FAVORITE CITIES WITH REAL ESTATE SYNTHETICS 🚜 OETH BY ORIGIN DEFI | AN INNOVATIVE ETH YIELD TOKEN LEVERAGING LEADING LSTS AS COLLATERAL 🚀 LIQUITY | UNSTOPPABLE ETH-BACKED STABLECOINS AND LEVERAGE 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 06:17 - Mike's background 11:13 - Why build on Ethereum 13:21 - Why build EtherFi 18:08 - EtherFi's successful launch 21:35 - What is Ether.fan and differentiating EtherFi 28:20 - Thoughts on early success of DeFi 32:07 - Other utility for Ether.fan NFTs 35:28 - EtherFi's future LST 37:54 - Future DeFi integrations 39:52 - Sustaining yields 42:56 - Mike's restaking alpha 44:12 - Closing ------ Guest Links Mike Silagadze on Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeSilagadze Learn about Ether.fan and the Series 2 Mint on July 13th https://ether.fan/edge Learn about Ether.fi https://ether.fi/ Follow EtherFi on Twitter https://twitter.com/ether_fi ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research.

Amit Gajjala is the CoFounder of Stader Labs. In this Quick Hit, we review ETHx, Stader's new Ethereum LST just in time for its official launch today. Since 2021, Stader has developed 6 liquid staking solutions for Proof of Stake networks, including Polygon, BSC, Hedera, Fantom, and Near and once held just under $1B in staked LUNA prior to the collapse of UST. As a multichain liquid staking protocol, Stader spent the crypto bear market developing their flagship Ethereum LST--ETHx. Given our previous coverage of Ethereum liquid staking such as Rocket Pool, we discuss and dissect why Stader opted for a hybrid design with both permissionless and permissioned node operators and why they believe it's the best model for scalable decentralized liquid staking. We also break down what we need to know as ETH LST holders who might hold ETHx vs potential node operators who can bond as little as 4 ETH (plus 0.4 ETH of SD tokens) to run an ETHx validator. ------ 📺 If you prefer video, watch episodes of The Edge Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzMl-Xdbc4YfQcYdy96wgTAWoMr-3b-j THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN(S) RELATED TO ANY PLATFORM(S) DISCUSSED. ------ 🌲 LINKTREE FOR THE EDGE PODCAST: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod 🔎 DISCOVER DEFI & WEB3 BLOG POSTS, PODCASTS, TUTORIALS: http://defidad.com/ ✅ FOLLOW DEFI DAD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ✅ FOLLOW NOMATIC ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND AI-POWERED TRADING ANALYTICS POWERED BY KYBER AI 🏢 PARCL | TRADE YOUR FAVORITE CITIES WITH REAL ESTATE SYNTHETICS 🚜 OETH BY ORIGIN DEFI | AN INNOVATIVE ETH YIELD TOKEN LEVERAGING LEADING LSTS AS COLLATERAL 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO SMART CONTRACT WALLET ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS 🚀 LIQUITY | UNSTOPPABLE ETH-BACKED STABLECOINS AND LEVERAGE 🥩 ETHER.FI | DECENTRALIZED AND NON-CUSTODIAL ETHEREUM STAKING PROTOCOL 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 05:06 - Amit's background 08:50 - Lessons from UST collapse 12:09 - How ETHx differs 16:58 - How to acquire ETHx, yield, fees 20:08 - Checklist for ETHx node operators 21:19 - Estimated yield for ETHx validators 23:05 - How SD token bond works 25:20 - Onboarding node operators 28:11 - DeFi integrations for ETHx 29:18 - Possibility for SD fee accrual 30:28 - Audits for ETHx 32:14 - ETHx Power Pledge 34:20 - Impact of EigenLayer on ETHx 35:14 - Closing ------ Guest Links Amit Gajjala on Twitter https://twitter.com/GAmitej Learn about Stader's ETHx LST https://www.staderlabs.com/eth/ Follow Stader Ethereum on Twitter https://twitter.com/staderlabs_eth Learn about Stader Labs https://staderlabs.com/ Follow Stader Labs on Twitter https://twitter.com/staderlabs ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. 4RC invested in the Series A for Stader and DeFi Dad holds the SD token. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research.