Guy Young is the Founder and CEO of Ethena Labs.

In this episode, we discuss Ethena launching one of the highest stablecoin real yields in DeFi and how it's built with staked ETH. Ethena aims to offer a permissionless dollar-denominated savings instrument in the form of a delta-neutral synthetic dollar, that's stable, value-accruing, and scalable--what they refer to as the “Internet Bond." We explore how users will soon be able to deposit decentralized collateral such as stETH to mint USDe, stake USDe, and earn an embedded yield that's netting beta users 25-30% APY.

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
4:35 - Guy's background
7:35 - Stablecoin landscape
14:06 - What is Ethena?
16:25 - Off-exchange custody accounts and how it works with Ethena
27:17 - Why a user might mint or redeem USDe?
31:23 - Which ETH LSTs are supported?
34:15 - Forecasted yield rates for USDe
40:15 - What else can I do with USDe?
43:35 - Why partner with Synthetix perps?
46:45 - Future plans for an Ethena native token
49:08 - Closing

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► Ethena Website: https://www.ethena.fi/
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► Guy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leptokurtic_

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