Fundamentals

Julian Koh, Co-Founder & CEO of Ribbon Finance joined us for another episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the past 3 months at Ribbon. In this episode, we dive into the current state of Ribbon and discuss recently launched products Ribbon Earn and Ribbon Lend, and the soon to be launched options exchange Aevo.  Ribbon Finance is a suite of DeFi protocols that help users access crypto structured products. By combining derivatives, lending and a proprietary on-chain options exchange (Aevo), Ribbon aims to be the one-stop solution for users who want to improve a portfolio's risk-return profile. Ribbon's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/ribbon-finance Ribbon Finance: Site: https://www.ribbon.finance/ Docs: https://docs.ribbon.finance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ribbonfinance Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ribbon-fin... Julian: https://twitter.com/juliankoh Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ----------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ----------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ----------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ----------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Current vibes over at Ribbon 01:49 Ribbon Earn 05:36 Ribbon Lend  07:20 Ribbon Lend's core value proposition  09:31 How the new products affect Ribbon's revenues   10:35 Aevo - what and why? 13:48 Core business focus areas  15:03 What's next for Ribbon Finance? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #RibbonFinance #TokenTerminal #Crypto #Investing

Miles Anthony from Decentral Games joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Decentral Games is a web3 gaming company building ICE Poker; a metaverse-native play-to-own poker game.  In this episode, we speak about the past 6 months at Decentral Games, dive into the current state of the business, new game modes for ICE Poker, the ICE Merge, and what effects the recent changes have had on the Decentral Games ecosystem.  Decentral Games' dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/decentral-games Decentral Games: Site: https://decentral.games/ Docs: https://docs.decentral.games/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DecentralGames Miles: https://twitter.com/0xMiles  Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ------------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Recap of the past 6 months at Decentral Games 04:36 Reasons for the big updates to ICE Poker 06:50 Is the large suite of different assets manageable for users? 08:32 Effect of these changes on the DG ecosystem 10:54 Current revenue streams and their use 13:53 What's next for Decentral Games? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #DecentralGames #ICEpoker #Crypto

Jamie Holmes from Perpetual Protocol joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Perpetual Protocol is an on-chain perpetual futures DEX with deep liquidity and builder-ready composability. Perpetual Protocol's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/perpetual-protocol Perpetual Protocol: https://perp.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/perpprotocol Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ------------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 What is Perpetual Protocol? 01:15  Differences between Perpetual v1 & v2 02:11 Virtual Automated Market Maker (vAMM vs. AMM) 03:10 Business model 03:52 What is vePERP 04:35 Growth drivers and challenges 06:27 Competitive landscape 07:42 Partnerships & their role 08:30 Token incentives 11:10 User composition 12:40 Community activity 13:18 What's next for Perpetual Protocol? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #PERP #crypto

Lito, from Hop Protocol, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Hop is a scalable rollup-to-rollup general token bridge. It allows users to send tokens from one rollup to another almost immediately without having to wait for the rollup’s challenge period. Hop's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/hop-protocol Hop: https://hop.exchange/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HopProtocol Lito's Twitter: https://twitter.com/litocoen Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ------------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 What is Hop? 01:32 What is a Bonder? 04:10 Business model 06:40 Growth drivers and challenges 07:36 Hop's core value proposition 10:04 Cross-Chain vs. Multi-Chain 11:17 Hop's user composition 13:15 $HOP token's airdrop 16:20 What's next for Hop? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #HOP #crypto

Adam Soffer, Product Engineering Lead at Livepeer, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Livepeer is a decentralized video streaming network built on the Ethereum blockchain. Livepeer's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/livepeer Livepeer: https://livepeer.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Livepeer Adam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamSoffer Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ------------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 What is Livepeer? 01:26 Orchestrators & Delegators 04:00 Token & business model 08:08 Migration to Arbitrum 09:15 Growth drivers and challenges 10:49 Partnerships & their role 11:58 Centralized vs. Decentralized video streaming 13:33 What's next for Livepeer? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #Livepeer #crypto

Teddy Woodward, Co-founder of Notional Finance, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal.  Tune in to the extended version of our interview with Teddy below, where we discuss the risks that lending protocols face during the Ethereum merge, give a detailed overview of Notional's tokenomics, and discuss the role community contributors have: https://youtu.be/4vXYQsRsFWw Notional's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/notional-finance Notional Finance: https://www.notional.finance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotionalFinance Teddy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/teddywoodward Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ------------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 What is Notional Finance? 01:15 How does Notional work (fCash)? 03:55 Business model 06:30 Growth drivers and challenges 10:30 Partnerships 12:30 What's next for Notional? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #NotionalFinance #crypto

Teddy Woodward, Co-founder of Notional Finance, joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this extended version of our interview with Teddy we discuss the risks that lending protocols face during the Ethereum merge, give a detailed overview of Notionals tokenomics, and describe the different roles that community contributors have. Notional's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/notional-finance Notional Finance: https://www.notional.finance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotionalFinance Teddy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/teddywoodward Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ------------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 What is Notional Finance? 01:15 How does Notional work (fCash)? 03:50 What are nTokens? 06:35 Business model 09:15 Growth drivers and challenges 13:18 Partnerships 15:09 Community contributors 16:40 The NOTE token and its role 19:18 Ethereum merge - a risk for lending protocols? 26:15 What's next for Notional? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #NotionalFinance #crypto

In 15-minute fundamentals, we interview core protocol contributors & together dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this episode, we dive into the current state of NFTX with Quag.   A novel use case not mentioned in the interview but worth noting is that NFTX provides users the ability to DCA or “save up” for an NFT and earn interest while doing it by staking the vault token. We'll speak about this in more detail with Quag in a future episode. You can tune in to the extended version of this interview with Quag here: https://youtu.be/Rj1V2AKr91Y  NFTX's Dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/nftx  NFTX: https://nftx.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NFTX_ Quag's Twitter: https://twitter.com/quagliero Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform: ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ ------------------------------------------- 💬 Join our Discord: ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal ------------------------------------------- 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ ------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 What is NFTX? 00:38 How does NFTX work? 01:45 The innovations introduced by NFTX  03:12 How are NFT floor prices determined? 04:40 NFTX vs. Sudoswap 06:05 Integration with 0x 07:52 Current fee model on NFTX 10:10 Drivers and challenges related to growth 11:30 Community contribution to protocol development 12:21 Creator royalties 15:16 What's next for NFTX? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of our website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #NFTX #crypto

The extended version of our 15-minute fundamentals interview with Quag from NFTX. In this interview, we break down NFTX's operating model and learn about the drivers behind the data you see on Token Terminal's charts. We discuss NFT liquidity, different staking options, the current fee model, creator royalties, launching on Arbitrum, Pudgy Penguins, the NFTX token, etc. Tune in for the latest on NFTX and the plans for its future.   A novel use case not mentioned in the interview but worth noting is that NFTX provides users the ability to DCA or “save up” for an NFT and earn interest while doing it by staking the vault token. We'll speak about this in more detail with Quag in a future episode. NFTX's Dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/nftx  NFTX: https://nftx.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NFTX_ Quag's Twitter: https://twitter.com/quagliero Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 What is NFTX? 00:38 How does NFTX work? 01:45 The innovations introduced by NFTX  05:12 How are NFT floor prices determined? 07:11 NFTX vs. Sudoswap 09:26 Integration with 0x 12:28 Current fee model on NFTX 18:02 NFTX on Arbitrum 19:20 Drivers and challenges related to growth 20:53 Community contribution to protocol development 22:47 Creator royalties 27:56 What's next for NFTX? Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. #TokenTerminal #NFTX #crypto

In our second episode with Michael Svoboda from Liquity we discuss the censorship of USD-linked stablecoins, how the Terra crash and broader market's stress test has affected Liquity, and how truly DeFi native stablecoins are positioned amidst these events.   In 15-minute fundamentals, we break down the business of a crypto project and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on Token Terminal's charts.    Liquity's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/liquity Liquity: Site: https://www.liquity.org/ Docs: https://docs.liquity.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/svobodamichael Timestamps:  00:00 Recap of the last 5 months  02:50 LUSD on Optimism  04:08 How has Liquity managed the market's stress test?  05:10 Thoughts on algorithmic stablecoins post Terra crash  05:45 Stablecoin censorship & how Liquity is positioned  07:28 Capitalizing on censorship concerns  10:40 100% ETH-backed stablecoins  12:00 Could LUSD replace centralized stablecoins as collateral?  13:00 Business update & roadmap  14:25 Liquity's community grant program  15:00 What's next for Liquity? Make sure to leave a comment if you have any questions 🙌 📊 Token Terminal platform:  ► https://www.tokenterminal.com/ 💬 Join our Discord:  ►  https://discord.com/invite/tokenterminal 📱 Follow us on Twitter: ► https://twitter.com/tokenterminal 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter: ► https://tokenterminal.substack.com/ Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects. The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of our website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.