#357: Evan Weiss, COO at Alluvial, on Liquid Staking, the ETH ETF, and the Future of DeFi & Staking

Evan Weiss, Chief Operating Officer at Alluvial, is a seasoned expert in the crypto industry.  Prior to Alluvial, he served as the Business Development Lead for Coinbase Cloud at Coinbase, where played a crucial role in leading business teams for the launch of Coinbase's Wallet-as-a-Service. Prior to this, he served as the Head of Business Operations at Bison Trails, where he successfully managed sales, business operations, and customer success teams. Under Evan's leadership, these teams built the largest staking provider in the industry, overseeing assets staked totaling over $30 billion by November 2021.

Evan is also the founder of the Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), a nonprofit industry alliance established in 2019. POSA has been a driving force in advocating for forward-thinking public policies to foster innovation in proof-of-stake ecosystems. Evan's work with POSA includes contributions to legal frameworks for staking, industry principles for staking-as-a-service, and fair taxation of staking rewards. His efforts have resulted in the publication of the first legal research addressing staking regulation and tax considerations, particularly in the context of liquid staking in the United States.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- ETH ETF
- What is “liquid staking”
- The difference between staking, liquid staking, and re-staking?
- The future of DeFi
- What is Alluvial and Liquid Collective?
- Future of ETH ecosystem and staking industry
- The current staking narrative for institutions and normies
- What will be the killer consumer crypto app?

Alluvial
Website: alluvial.finance
X: @alluvialfinance

Evan Weiss
X: @evweiss1
LinkedIn: Evan Weiss

 
 
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