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Leviathan News is your go-to source for breaking news and insights in the DeFi space.
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Oct 18, 2023 • 50min
Reddit Rugs Their NFTs,
TopicsReddit Rugs their NFTsBitmain MinersInfinity Hedge dupes the marketDonate to Leviathan News: https://arbiscan.io/address/0x110d68F5DFA414E943181Dec3346D4CA0d6DE37F
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Oct 17, 2023 • 1h 50min
Eurodollar Showdown w/ Noah Seidman & Patrick Dugan
Guests:Noah Seidman: https://twitter.com/noahseidmanPatrick Dugan: https://twitter.com/duganist
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Oct 16, 2023 • 49min
Blackrock Bitcoin ETF FAKEOUT
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0:00 Intro
0:20 Discussion about ETF approved fake headline
3:24 How the market reacted
5:37 Gerrit’s tweet
6:45 Market discussion
9:38 Market Catalysts
12:29 Regulators and the feds
15:08 How fed tries to regulate crypto
18:52 Generated letter
20:05 The treasury guidelines
21:28 Sam’s article on “regulatory crackdown”
23:36 Will legislative overreach be smacked down by the courts
27:00 How might fraxv3 be affected by these regulatory systems
31:48 Curve discussion about crvUSD-STBT
35:47 What narratives will take us out of the bear
38:25 Uniswap KYC story
40:56 Cypherpunks are still around
41:30 Libertarian ethos in crypto
44:00 More commentary on the KYC pools
46:00 Austin Campbell tweet
47:45 What do you guys want to see in the future
49:25 Closing

Oct 13, 2023 • 55min
Winners Lounge: Camelot Tops the Arbitrum STIP Vote w/ IronBoots
Camelot topped the Arbitrum STIP vote process with 201m votes. WenMoon also joins the show to interview Iron Boots.Guests: Iron Boots: https://twitter.com/SirBootsOfIronWenMoon: https://twitter.com/0xWenMoon
Hosts: Gerrit: https://twitter.com/CurveCapDeFi Advisoor: https://twitter.com/DAdvisoorSam: https://twitter.com/traders_insightDonate to Leviathan News: https://arbiscan.io/address/0x110d68F5DFA414E943181Dec3346D4CA0d6DE37F
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0:00 Intro
0:21 Ironboots introduced
0:45 CamelotDex proposal
2:04 How Camelot got to the top
5:18 Camelot's proposal
7:56 What KPI's does Camelot have for their grant
11:04 How would you advise protocols that did not have their proposals pass
15:01 Protocols can take advantage of these grants even if their proposals didn't pass
18:55 Wenmoon comes on
20:34 What are the next steps for the STIP
29:48 Looking at the STIP votes
33:30 Protocols who are cut off
39:23 Discussion about the Lido proposal
46:30 Games that didn't make the cut
49:06 More thoughts about the grant process
53:50 Wrapping up

Oct 12, 2023 • 54min
How Tangible's USDR Failure Was Predicted With Wormhole from Llama Risk & Arbitrum STIP w/ Atomist (Castle Cap)
We look at Tangible USDR's failure, Arbitrum STIP voting with 11 hours left and sFRAX.
Guests:
Wormhole: https://twitter.com/wormholeoracle
Atomist: https://twitter.com/0xAtomist
Hosts:
Gerrit: https://twitter.com/CurveCap
DeFi Advisoor: https://twitter.com/DAdvisoor
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
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Oct 12, 2023 • 47min
Arbitrum STIP with WenMoon (Umami) + 0xSaitama (Dopex) + Krunal (Unidex)
Guests:
Wenmoon: https://twitter.com/0xwenmoon
0xSaitama: https://twitter.com/0xSaitama
Krunal:
Hosts:
Gerrit: https://twitter.com/CurveCap
DeFi Advisoor: https://twitter.com/DAdvisoor
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
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0:00 Intro
0:56 Saitama on Dopex receiving the most support
2:00 Where does the Dopex political will come from
3:20 Wenmoon collaboration post
5:29 The good effects of the STIP program
7:35 Saitama on the Dopex STIP proposal
10:55 Krunal on the STIP process
12:43 Where does Arbitrum grow from here
15:46 Discussion about the Lido proposal
23:05 Krunal on the Unixdex proposal draft
24:56 Wenmoon on their grant strategy
31:00 Discussion about votes
33:00 Quadratic Voting
36:12 Why is there not more criticism about ARB sell pressure from STIP
38:38 Tangible protocol stablecoin depeg
40:40 Thoughts on the STIP round finishing
43:32 Wrapping Up
44:00 Gerrit voted to top 3 FX protocol booster program
46:00 Closing

Oct 10, 2023 • 49min
Arbitrum's STIP Winners: Pendle & Dolomite
Guests:
Pendle' Anton: https://twitter.com/ayobuenavista
Dolemite's Corey Caplan: https://twitter.com/CoreyCaplan3
Hosts:
Gerrit: https://twitter.com/CurveCap
DeFi Advisoor: https://twitter.com/DAdvisoor
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Show Links:
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Introducing guests
2:36 What each protocol is trying to achieve with the STIP grant
5:35 Dolomite’s use case for Pendle
9:00 Should you have asked for more?
12:50 How will protocols optimize user stickiness through the STIP
16:02 PT YT tokens on Redacted
16:40 What was the delegation process like?
19:54 Honest feedback on the grant process
21:42 The distribution of ARB to pendle pools
23:14 Looking at the Pendle pools
24:43 Any worries about lido having trouble reaching quorum?
26:12 Pendle Campaign Strategy
29:25 Pendle ecosystem integrations
30:20 What's happening with the Dolomite grant distribution?
33:10 Dolomite Vesting system
35:46 Knockoff effects + what happens to unclaimed oARB?
37:27 Will they stay focused on ARB or explore other chains?
39:25 Discussion about STIP analytics + impact
41:39 Anton on protocols building on top of Pendle
43:20 On the Total amount of ARB passed + AAVE missed voting round
45:55 Changes for STIP round 2
46:50 Wrapping up
48:10 Closing

Oct 9, 2023 • 49min
Redacated's newest LSD Pirex ETH with 0xSami
0xSami Joins the livestream to introduce Redacted's latest product release, Pirex ETH, the newest LSD on the market.
Guests:
0xSami: https://twitter.com/0xSami_
Redacted: https://twitter.com/redactedcartel
Wajahat: https://twitter.com/0xMughal/status/1644032602356215808
Hosts:
Gerrit: https://twitter.com/CurveCap
DeFi Advisoor: https://twitter.com/DAdvisoor
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
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Oct 6, 2023 • 50min
StaderLabs Interview with GoneMultichain
Gone Multichain joins the show to talk about StaderLab's growth on Ethereum and their forthcoming Liquid Restaked ETH token.Donate to Leviathan News: https://arbiscan.io/address/0x110d68F5DFA414E943181Dec3346D4CA0d6DE37F
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0:00 Intro
0:18 Gone Multichain intro
0:57 About Stader Labs
3:16 Development and success of ETHx
6:06 Looking at ETHx statistics
6:30 Competition in the staking
10:00 How do we improve what Lido does
12:53 Gwart Tweet
16:43 ETHx architecture
18:10 Large ETHx pools
20:50 Process of integrating ETHx with other protocols
23:41 Growth on Polygon
26:16 Why would someone switch from Lido to Stader
31:30 Talking about LRTs (Liquid Restake Tokens)
34:35 How would protocols manage the risk profiles for slashing
37:00 About the Eigenlayer system
37:40 Update on Lybra situation
41:20 THORSwap shutting down
44:20 Galxe frontend exploited
45:35 STIP proposal voting
49:52 Closing

Oct 5, 2023 • 54min
Doubleheader: Jean makes MUX STIP case + Millie on Maker's rETH dump & Lybra migration
Millie and Jean are our guests today to discuss MakerDAO, Arbitrum STIP grants and Lybra migration
Guests:
Millie: https://twitter.com/0xmillie_eth
Jean (MUX Protocol): https://twitter.com/0x_jeanm
Hosts:
Gerrit: https://twitter.com/CurveCap
DeFi Advisoor: https://twitter.com/DAdvisoor
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
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