Flywheel DeFi

In this episode, DeFi Dave explores the concept of on-chain reputation and its potential in the world of Web3. He interviews David Phelps, the founder of Joke Race, to discuss the power of social Legos and the unique opportunities that Web3 offers. They also explore the importance of leveraging data in Web3 and the challenges and opportunities of monetization and UX in the space.~~~~Subscribe to the Flywheel mailing list: https://flywheeldefi.com~~~~Have ETH but don't know what to do with it? Swap it to FrxETH for the highest staking yields in crypto.https://app.frax.finance/frxeth/mint~~~~Calling all threadoors, researchers, and dashboard creators 📢 Earn rewards for your original Frax content. Learn more: https://flywheeldefi.com/p/announcing-the-frax-educational-incentives~~~~Follow FlywheelTwitter: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFiTelegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFiYouTube: @flywheeldefiSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO2...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...~~~~ConnectDeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_kSam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight~~~~Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.Timeline00:00 Introduction to On-Chain Reputation03:06 Exploring Joke Race and Web309:13 David Phelps' Journey into Crypto12:06 The Concept of Joke Races and Social Legos19:36 Leveraging Data in Web324:36 Monetization and UX in Web326:01 The Biggest Blind Spots for Builders in Web332:16 Building in Web3 vs Web237:00 The Importance of Composability in Web341:31 The Future of Web3 and L1s43:22 The Rise of Rollups and Differentiation44:19 Exploring the Technical Side of Roll-Ups45:15 The Importance of Tokenomics, Brand, and Ideology46:41 The Potential of Fractal Points48:33 Incentives and Reputation in On-Chain Systems50:00 The Flywheel Effect of Airdrops and Reputation51:27 The Impact of SushiSwap on Uniswap52:44 The Challenge of Airdrop Farmers and Incentivizing Meaningful Actions54:07 Using Points to Incentivize Retention Behavior55:05 The Vision for Frax and Algorithmic Stablecoins58:57 The Aggregated Base and Reputation in Blockchain01:00:21 Lightning Round: First Time Touching a Chain, Alternative Career, and Guest Recommendation01:02:46 Summary and Closing Remarks

In this episode the Flywheel team DeFi Dave and Kiet interview Sam Kazemian, the founder of Frax, to discuss the launch of Fraxtal, a modular L2 blockchain. We grill Sam Kazemian on what we should expect from Fraxtal, how it will function with Flox, boosting, and blockspace incentives. We also discussed the long-term view of Frax and their goal of becoming the largest issuer of important units, including USD, ETH, and BTC.Read: https://flywheeldefi.com/article/7-new-things-we-learned-about-fraxtal-from-our-interview-with-frax-founder-sam-kazemianChapters00:00 Introduction03:09 The Launch of Fraxtal and the Fraxtal Era05:05 Understanding Fraxtal as a Modular L2 Blockchain08:23 The Difference Between Monolithic and Modular Blockchains11:32 The Benefits of Modularity in Fraxtal13:52 Why FXS is King in the Fraxtal Ecosystem16:40 The FLOX Mechanism and Block Space Incentives20:56 Boosters and the Role of veFXS26:43 The Importance of Mechanism Design in Frax37:05 Frax's Long-Term View and Building for the Future40:18 Frax's Track Record in Mechanism Design43:39 The Significance of frxBTC50:53 Frax's Approach to Building and Collaboration54:06 Frax's Long-Term Vision and Commitment57:48 Conversion of Fractal Points to veFXS58:44 Scenarios for Fractal Points Conversion01:03:54 Fraxtal's End Game: Interoperability and Global State01:12:23 Upcoming Speaking Engagements and Fraxtal Launch01:16:26 Summary and Takeaways~~~~Subscribe to the Flywheel mailing list: https://flywheeldefi.com~~~~Have ETH but don't know what to do with it? Swap it to FrxETH for the highest staking yields in crypto.https://app.frax.finance/frxeth/mint~~~~Calling all threadoors, researchers, and dashboard creators 📢 Earn rewards for your original Frax content. Learn more: https://flywheeldefi.com/p/announcing-the-frax-educational-incentives~~~~Follow FlywheelTwitter: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFiTelegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFiYouTube: @flywheeldefiSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO2...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...~~~~ConnectDeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_kSam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight~~~~Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.Timeline

In this episode of Cryptovestor's Alpha Corner, Sam and Cryptovestor discuss the concept of data availability and its importance for Fraxtal. They explore how Fraxtal, a modular roll-up using the OP stack, breaks down the properties of a blockchain and allows different functions to be handled by different parts. They also discuss the incentives for chains to connect to Fraxtal and how this opens up opportunities for various networks. The conversation highlights the potential applications and benefits of using Fraxtal's data availability layer, as well as the long-term design and differentiation of the Frax system.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Overview00:36 Data Availability and Fraxtal03:03 Incentives for Chains Connecting to Fraxtal04:03 Fraxtal as a Data Availability Layer05:21 Expanding the Network with Different Chains06:26 Potential Applications and Incentivization08:36 Future Developments and Expansion09:09 Fraxtal as an Expansion of the VE System10:16 Long-Term Design and Differentiation11:37 Conclusion and Excitement for the Future

@kmets_ & @cryptocrouguer walked us through how their new stablecoin is designed & what they plan for future incentives to drive the flywheel of growth

Summary In this conversation, DeFi Dave and Benjamin discuss QiDAO’s integration with Fraxtal and the benefits it brings to stablecoin users. They cover topics such as creating CDPs on Fraxtal, lowering the cost of capital, distributing Frax points, and the first mover advantage. They also highlight the security and isolation features of QiDAO and provide information on where to find them on social media.~~~~Subscribe to the Flywheel mailing list: https://flywheeldefi.com~~~~Have ETH but don't know what to do with it? Swap it to FrxETH for the highest staking yields in crypto.https://app.frax.finance/frxeth/mint~~~~Calling all threadoors, researchers, and dashboard creators 📢 Earn rewards for your original Frax content. Learn more: https://flywheeldefi.com/p/announcing-the-frax-educational-incentives~~~~Follow FlywheelTwitter: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFiTelegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFiYouTube: @flywheeldefiSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO2...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...~~~~ConnectDeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_kSam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight~~~~Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.Timeline

Seraphim, the BD god of the biggest DeFi protocols in the world, talks about his journey and his current role at Ethena. They discuss crypto projects, hacks, disciplined lifestyle choices, a $200 million hack, restaking options, Thina stablecoin, custody solutions, mitigating risks, and the importance of business development in the crypto industry.

Get 20% extra Kelp DAO Points: https://www.kelpdao.xyz/?utm_source=flywheeldefi In this week's episode we have on Fiskantes, one of the Partners at Zee Prime VC Fund and overall crypto degenerate. Fisky started like many in crypto as a poker player and then transitioned into allocating capital. We talked to him about his current market views, what narratives he thinks are undervalued and overvalued and how he's positioning for 2024.~~~~Subscribe to the Flywheel mailing list: https://flywheeldefi.com~~~~Have ETH but don't know what to do with it? Swap it to FrxETH for the highest staking yields in crypto.https://app.frax.finance/frxeth/mint~~~~Calling all threadoors, researchers, and dashboard creators 📢 Earn rewards for your original Frax content. Learn more: https://flywheeldefi.com/p/announcing-the-frax-educational-incentives~~~~Follow FlywheelTwitter: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFiTelegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFiYouTube: @flywheeldefiSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO2...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...~~~~ConnectDeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_kSam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight~~~~Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Guest Smokey the Bera talks about the upcoming launch of Berachain, Bear's origins, Proof of Liquidity mechanics, and meme-ing the world into a better future.

In this week's episode Slater Heil from Blueberry joins the show to talk about Blueberry and Bloom, two DeFi protocols which are brining undercollateralized leverage and RWA yields to DeFi. DeFi Dave and Kiet interviewed Slater about his goal to be a prime brokerage, T-Bill yields, the Blueberry Token and TBY'sI~~~~Subscribe to the Flywheel mailing list: https://flywheeldefi.com~~~~Have ETH but don't know what to do with it? Swap it to FrxETH for the highest staking yields in crypto.https://app.frax.finance/frxeth/mint~~~~Calling all threadoors, researchers, and dashboard creators 📢 Earn rewards for your original Frax content. Learn more: https://flywheeldefi.com/p/announcing-the-frax-educational-incentives~~~~Follow FlywheelTwitter: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFiTelegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFiYouTube: @flywheeldefiSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO2...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...~~~~ConnectDeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_kSam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight~~~~Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

In this week's episode, we have on Anthony DeMartino and Mason Vollum from Trident Digital. We were introduced to them, as they are facilitating stablecoin growth for Paypal's PYUSD, issued by Paxos. We wanted to bring them on the episode because of PYUSD's budding relationship with Frax. We learned a lot about the opportunities and difficulties of stablecoins in DeFi, the role of Trident, how they are planning to use stablecoins in Central and South America, and also how they think banks will have an "aha" moment about this new type of digital money in the next few years.Chapters00:00 Introduction03:09 Anthony and Mason's Background and Experience11:45 Their Transition to Crypto and DeFi20:26 Trident's Lending Conduit and Stablecoin Advocacy23:49 Trident's Relationship with Paxos and PayPal27:45 PayPal's DeFi Strategy and Curve as Stablecoin Pricing Center36:31 Frax's Place in the DeFi Stablecoin Ecosystem43:24 Permissioned DeFi vs. DarkFi48:03 CBDCs and the US Dollar49:30 The Impact of CBDCs on Banking and Lending50:29 CBDCs as a Standard for Stablecoins52:21 The Evolution of Payment Systems57:31 The Benefits of CBDCs and Standardization58:27 The Impact of a Bitcoin ETF01:09:10 Advice to Younger Self01:10:04 Recommended Guest for Flywheel1:12:02 Post Game