Exploring DAO Governance and Token Mechanics in Euler

On this episode of Alpha Leak, David is joined by Euler Co-Founder, Michael Bentley. Euler is a non-custodial, permissionless lending protocol on Ethereum with some interesting features you should know about.

This episode was recorded in early July, but the alpha is still very timely.

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 4:20 Euler Explained 5:30 Compound vs. Aave vs. Euler 6:10 Limited Assets on Compound & Aave 8:56 Euler’s Approach 10:00 Euler’s Collateral Risk Strategy 16:20 Cross Tier Differentiation 17:56 Tier Walk Through 22:08 Euler’s Features & DeFi Importance 30:11 Other Euler Features 30:48 Status Quo of Liquidations 36:27 Competition 38:08 Launch Turbulence 41:55 Interest Rate Mechanism 50:47 Euler DAO & $EUL 52:37 Euler Resources 53:15 Closing & Disclaimers

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Euler Twitter https://twitter.com/eulerfinance 

Euler Website https://www.euler.finance/ 

Euler White Paper https://docs.euler.finance/getting-started/white-paper 

Michael Bentley https://twitter.com/euler_mab 

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