Julien Bouteloup is a serial entrepreneur, Ethereum developer and addict of crazy innovative ideas. He started his entrepreneurial career building websites and selling hardware technologies at age 14. Today he is involved with many projects including Stake Capital, Rekt, Curve Finance, and he advises several crypto companies.

Julien strives to bring to light the dark side of crypto. As DeFi grows, so do the number of questionable projects and ethical concerns around certain practices. Julien joins us to talk about the excesses in the DeFi space and how the ecosystem should cope with them.

Topics covered in this episode:

Julien's background, how he found crypto, and the various projects Julien is working on today
The Stake DAO - its purpose and vision
Julien's views on the state of DeFi today
Price arbitrage attacks in the ecosystem - Flashloans
Julien's involvement in Curve Finance and how this platform is pushing towards more resilient DeFi protocols
Julien's thoughts on NFT and Decentralized Monopoly
Curve's reaction to the launch of Saddle
The role of validators in the space

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Sponsors:

Stacker Ventures: A community-run protocol for initiating and managing pooled capital on the Ethereum blockchain. Structured as a DAO, it initiates decentralized funds, accelerates portfolio investments through an involved community, and provides checks and balances to fund management - https://epicenter.rocks/stacker

This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/381

Julien Bouteloup: Stake Capital/Rekt – Uncovering the Dark Side of DeFi