J.P. Morgan’s Aave Trade Explained | Matthew Blumberg, Byron Gilliam

In this episode of Empire's Weekly Roundup, we bring on Matthew Blumberg and Byron Gilliam to discuss how J.P. Morgan - the largest bank in the US - just made history.

What happened? J.P. Morgan executed their first trade on a public blockchain (sup Polygon) using an Aave Arc clone. Tune in to find out what happened, why J.P. Morgan chose Polygon, how enterprise crypto adoption will likely play out and more!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:42) JP Morgan’s Aave Trade, What Happened?

(10:53) Permissioned DeFi, Why Do This On-Chain?

(25:09) The Aave Mafia

(26:08) Will Polygon Remain "Loyal" To Ethereum?

(31:50) Why J.P. Morgan Chose Polygon

(37:51) Social Media Is Adopting Web3

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Resources

Decent Crypto Podcast (hosted by Matt)

https://spoti.fi/3FKxBJW

Ty Lobban's tweet thread on the J.P. Morgan trade

https://twitter.com/TyLobban/status/1587679344792829954

Erik Voorhees & SBF on Bankless

https://spoti.fi/3FIPw3M

Sandeep's tweet on Polygon "bringing the world to Ethereum"

https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal/status/1587949120031006721

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