How Aave's stablecoin GHO is core to its plan to 10X its revenue

The Block's Editor-in-Chief, Tim Copeland, was joined by Aave-Chan Initiative Founder Marc Zeller.

In this episode, Copeland and Zeller discussed Aave's decentralization, the Horizon Initiative, and the ACI's "most important proposal" of a six-month, $1 million dollar per week buyback program.

OUTLINE

00:00 - Introduction

05:15 - The most Important Proposal

07:32 - DeFi Isn't Dead — It's Maturing

10:43 - Buybacks

17:16 - Liquidity Incentives and Yield Optimization

25:23 - The Horizon Plan

32:49 - GHO and Stablecoin adoption

38:42 - Embracing Competition to Grow GHO

40:14 - Bitcoin-Backed Loans 

43:09 - Bullish Outlook on Ethereum

48:12 - Building on Mainnet vs. L2

51:31 - Fixing Ethereum

54:10 - Outro and Final Thoughts

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Guest links:

Marc Zeller - https://x.com/lemiscate

Aave-Chan Initiative - https://x.com/Aavechan

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