DeFi Dad ⟠ defidad.eth
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⟠ DeFi super-user, educator, angel 🎙️ Host/Producer of The @Edge_Pod 📰 FREE Newsletter: https://t.co/Pm9e0APe9B 📺 Watch on https://t.co/txxZZAhqsW 💫 Invests at @4RCapital
Joined May 2018
🎙️ New @edge_pod . 🚗 Can Newton Put Your Crypto Portfolio On Autopilot?. 0:00 - Intro.10:10 - Sean’s background.13:09 - Why build on Ethereum?.15:19 - Finding purpose.17:47 - Mission at Magic Labs.19:37 - Building the first social login for Web3.22:42 - What is Newton?.27:51 -
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The @term_labs team just dropped an easy way to earn fixed yields ⚖️—skip the auction and lock in rates lending USDC, DAI, USDT, or ETH instantly!. I’ll be sharing a full tutorial on [ later today but this 3-min video breaks down the essentials. 📺
⚡ Exciting news from Term! We're proud to unveil. 📘 Blue Sheets - fixed rates when you want them, without the auction wait. Early supporters get 🔥 2x Points (first 100K). Ready to Earn with Term? 👇. Let’s dive deeper 🧵
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Speaking of real yields I can earn passively, this is all I ever wanted from @term_labs—it’s finally live. Now I can skip participating directly in loan auctions and just toss USDC in the Term USDC Meta Vault while curators compete to maximize my yield.
It is tempting to chase the highest yields but I value the peace of mind earning real yields off of borrowers depositing blue chip collaterals. The @MoonwellDeFi Flagship Vaults on @base are great examples of such yields--no surprises here (see USDC vault breakdown below).
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🔥Here's my most comprehensive DeFi for Beginners playlist updated with 46 videos, starting with the basics of "what is DeFi" and "how to set up a wallet" through advanced yield farming opportunities. 🔗DeFi for Beginners:
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I bought ETH today. Who cares what Tesla does?. 🐂📈🚀.
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If you've been waiting to try @LensProtocol, it's time!. Download the @phaverapp iOS/Android mobile app with the EARLYBIRD code, even if you don't have a Lens handle.
Phaver just hit 100k downloads across App and Play Stores! And with 140% monthly growth, we're just getting started.🚀 As the gateway to Web3 social we welcome everyone to access all @LensProtocol content even if you don't have a Lens handle yet, just use EARLYBIRD to get in!😊
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⛳️ My 6-yr-old son has a growing obsession with @McIlroyRory and after seeing him this weekend at the @TravelersChamp he literally carved his name into his golf hat 😅
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Good gracious, Web3 social media is gonna be one helluva narrative driving the next bull run.
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Eight years ago, I had…. Less than $10k saved. $25k in student debt . $18k in credit card debt . 5 different jobs in 5 years . Was working my ass off but given 2 kids under 2, we made just enough to pay $3k per month for an apartment, $4000 in childcare, and basically did.
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Man, @coinbase still amazes me. Today, I deposited USD and it's instantly available. Swap USD x USDC 1:1, for 0 fees. Then transferred to a Solana wallet, for 0 fees in secs. If you've been around for years, there's so much to appreciate about this process! Crypto works. ✊.
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🎙️ New @edge_pod . 🤔 Ethereum Is Winning—So Why Is ETH Still Undervalued?. 0:00 - Intro.6:18 - Origin of Etherealize and Vivek’s background.9:51 - Danny’s background.13:22 - How Etherealize acts on behalf of Ethereum.22:58 - Funding Etherealize with EF grant.29:39 - EF's
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🤯 Wow. I opened a loan on @AaveAave's new @0xPolygon market in less than 2 mins for a few pennies in gas. 👻 @AaveAave on Polygon is easy. 👇 See for yourself.
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Can we stop saying today was the worst day in crypto history?. Crypto is so much bigger than FTX. Crypto is trustless . Crypto is permissionless. Crypto is decentralized . FTX and Alameda were none of this . So good riddance . Let’s get back to crypto. Onward and upward . 🚀.
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Given anyone can deploy on @zksync Era, quick reminder that you shouldn't assume any apps are safe to use just because they're listed at There's no vetting process. It's just an aggregate list. zkSync is permissionless to build on--like Ethereum L1.
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“KYC is fine if you have nothing to hide” is exactly what those in charge want us to think. Build permissionless, KYC-less, censorship-resistant Web3 or bust.
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If you get started today on @puffer_finance Quest, there's an option to choose a "Puffer Family.". TLDR: If you choose my family and we accrue more points together, we could get extra points during this campaign. And more importantly, I will be redirecting all my points earned to
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Congrats @VitalikButerin. I know you won’t celebrate yourself here but FWIW, it’s an exciting acknowledgement of our greater Ethereum community to see you on this list.
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Why isn't there more hype that @THORChain's swap is working? I just realized I can finally swap tokens cross-chain between:.⚡️ Ethereum.⚡️ Bitcoin.⚡️ BSC.⚡️ Thorchain. Am I missing something? 👉
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I don't understand hacking $600M. It's been proven time and time again, you'll never be able to use it off-chain without eventually being caught. Makes all the sense in the world to return it, be deemed a hero, and collect a healthy bounty.
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Someone just paid @NexusMutual for a $138,000 premium for $65,000,000 (15k ETH) in insurance cover for their assets in @compoundfinance for 1 year!. Imagine opening a $65M insurance policy without ever speaking to a human being, using only smart contracts. It just happened. 🤯.
🐢 New Cover Purchased! 🐢. 💳 Cover ID: 4227.💼 Project: Compound V2.💲 Cover Amount (USD): $64,984,200.00.💱 Cover Amount (ETH/DAI): 15,000.0 ETH.💰 Premium: $138,775.29.🕓 Start Date: 2021-05-12.⏰ Expiration Date: 2021-06-11. More info:
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I transact on Solana at least a few times a week. Works awesome 9/10 times. Idk what network you all were on for the shitshow around $TRUMP, but it was bad then, and now it's unusable--again. Let's just be honest Solana falls apart under these extraordinary stress tests.
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Convinced some of you must be color blind when I open twitter and you tell me Ethereum is dead 🥴
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Ethereum controls 56.8% of all cross-chain TVL, dwarfing Solana (5.38%) and BSC (5.26%). Yet ETH's FDV remains just 3-3.5x theirs. So how can we say some chains are "undervalued" while claiming ETH is "overvalued," when Ethereum commands so much more liquidity and activity?
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No, you didn't "reach the point in life where I have to prioritize other things.". You're only ~29 yrs old and worked a job for 3 years. You misused customer deposits from FTX, lost 11 figures, and then left before shit hit the fan. You're a liar and a f*cking terrible trader.
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$ETH is waking up.
$ETH the last 24 hours:. @worldlibertyfi increases $ETH holdings to $200M.@Etherealize_io launches.@ethereumfndn stakes $50M ETH, signals ramp up in strategy .US Strategic ETH reserve announced.Blackrock looking to tokenize RWA ASAP.Pectra upgrade coming in < 2 months.Wartime.
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DEFI STILL NOT DEAD, FOUNDERS TOO BUSY BUILDING TO GIVE A F*CK -Source.
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TLDR, @coinbase did the opposite of SBF and FTX—they passed on the opportunity to further enrich themselves via regulatory moats, and instead launched a full on assault on the bad faith actors in the government trying to squash the crypto industry. I am forever grateful to.
I am not sure the crypto industry understands how much they owe to @coinbase. This is a firm that has been tirelessly fighting to stop the SEC's rogue behavior and to expose Operation Chokepoint 2.0 (first reported on by @nic__carter, among others), despite the fact that.
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He’s gonna have to block a lot more if he’s bothered by pushback around his extremely poor approach to regulating crypto.
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👀 Meet the Founder behind @zerolendxyz, the top money market built on @zksync. @deadshotryker shares some of the secret sauce behind their meteoric growth. 0:00 - Launching ZeroLend.1:37 - How ZeroLend will grow more TVL.3:29 - Building in a bull run + why zkSync.4:50 - Get
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🤔 Whenever $SD by @staderlabs goes live, the no-brainer for me is stake SD for xSD and earn fees. 🌊 Then I will consider whether the LP rewards are worthwhile, pending the LPs announced.
. staking on their behalf. c. Liquidity Pools. By providing liquidity for $SD / $xSD with stables or native tokens, you earn. - LP fees and potentially $SD tokens. On to the final utility:.
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Bear markets can be devastating mentally. Some lost everything in UST, others have money locked in Celsius, some are down 90-99%, or even worse some have had to deal with all this while fighting for their lives in Ukraine. Be kind to each other. It matters. 1/.
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Wife’s about to give birth, fam. If you can avoid selling next few hours. So I can focus on this baby 👶🏼.
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🐖 My 2 yr old is getting a jumpstart on DeFi. 😜 I plan to empty this one night to teach her a lesson about rugpulls.
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Shoutout to @KenzieSigalos for authentic coverage of the fundamental advancements in Ethereum and DeFi being discussed at @ethcc. Love to see it!
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I can’t wait to tell my family about work at Thanksgiving 🥹
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Wall St gonna loved staked $ETH ETFs . Please like dis to save muh bags 🫡.
🚨JUST IN: ETHER EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS COULD SOON GET REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR STAKING, SAYS CONSENSYS FOUNDER JOE LUBIN.
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It’s 2040. DeFi is everywhere worldwide. Transacting “on-chain” sounds as silly as “going online.” It’s all DeFi. ETH is $1M. Your kids/grandkids ask “Did you ever have a chance to get in early?”. You: “Um well, it was such an uncertain time the summer of 2021.”. Kids:
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😬 I had UST earning in Anchor for at least 6+ months but recently had the good fortune to withdraw all of it because of taxes I owed. 😎 So I say this with 0 UST of my own at risk: I find it near impossible Terra won’t recover from this. 👏 Mainly because builders don’t quit.
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Nothing more cypherpunk than a few Bitcoin maxis rooting for the SEC 🤡.
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After raising $15M with a killer team at @zapper_fi, time to treat myself to only the finest my fridge has to offer. I know it seems a bit much. But it is a bull market. 😉
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Kinda amazed how trendy it got in a few months to be bearish ETH. To give up on Ethereum and its L2s now would be foolish. Nothing has changed. The last 2 years of teams building on Ethereum/L2s is so backlogged and will become increasingly obvious again as teams launch. My.
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Dear @RobinhoodApp,. Listing $ETC among only 7 cryptocurrencies in 2021 is tragic. It is like selling organic dogfood in the organic foods section of a grocery store. At first glance, it may appear to meet the minimum criteria but it is in fact, not good for humans!
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Much like Ethereum, @dannyryan appears friendly, unassuming, and open to collaboration… but beneath the surface, he’s stronger than ever, working to ruthlessly optimize, and ready to dominate. He’s been training his whole life for this moment—to accelerate Ethereum and
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Every time I watch this I'm reminded:. ☑️ Masterful marketers can't humanize him. ☑️ He doesn't believe a single word he says. ☑️ Even with billions, this guy has the worst haircut. We need to make sure the true Metaverse is open, permissionless, and decentralized, not Facebook.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains his “Metaverse” virtual world concept, which he says is about “connecting with people.”
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MATIC up 3% on news one of the largest companies in the world is adopting Polygon NFTs in-app for one of the largest social media apps in the world. This is a bear market 🤡.
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After many years in crypto, I still have almost no desire to buy myself anything. I honestly have to force myself to buy a pair of jeans or shoes. For example, my winter coat is 9 years old, and my car is prob worth $1000 resale value. However, l do have young kids I find.
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Next time someone says “crypto’s only good for speculation” send them this…. Vanguard Founder Jack Bogle sharing numbers to indicate “99.2% of our financial system is dedicated to speculation.”
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Translation: ETH will be a picks and shovel play in the rise of AI. Long ETH 🫡.
AGI is coming, but will it benefit everyone? . Ethereum infrastructure provides: trustless coordination, verifiable computation and open access. Only a decentralized protocol can ensure AGI serves humanity, not just a few. ETH is the economic foundation for our AI future.
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😩 Years ago I bought XLM cuz “it was really fast and 50 apps are building with Stellar.”. 🤦♂️ Then I bought DragonChain cuz “they work with Disney.”. 😬 I even bought TRX cuz. idk. 😳 Just saying, it’s never too late to realize “I was wrong about everything” and change course.
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Make no mistake. @SenWarren incited a bank run. What a precedent to set in American politics.
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Time to long $ETH (again) 🚀.
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining as a cofounder of @etherealize_io to help onboard the world to Ethereum. I’ll be at the helm of the ship alongside @vivekventures and the incredible team he is building.
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I have more confidence than ever in my ETH thesis finally playing out 📈 . There’s too many catalysts, too many apps launched/launching, and too many big buyers of ETH for price to not go up. 🔜🚀.
I know it's not popular to be bullish on ETH these days, but I still think that ETH is extremely undervalued. We've entered the 'Ethereum acceleration era' and I'm incredibly bullish on the future of the world computer and the worlds best decentralized programmable money.
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I got a feeling Shark Tank will change next season. @kevinolearytv: “I’ll invest $1M in exchange for 1% of the token supply.”. @mcuban: “I’ll do Kevin’s deal but commit my token allocation to provide liquidity in Uniswap for 12 months.”. Me: “Deal!”. #DeFi 👀
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ETH deserves to be a trillion-dollar asset. Ethereum 🫡.
If ETH becomes a digital store of value, it could reach 2T-20T like silver or gold. If ETH becomes oil, it could reach 4T like oil reserves held today. If ETH becomes money, it could reach 20T like USD M1 supply. If ETH becomes all these things at once, then who knows.
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Narratives in development for next bull run. 🐂. L2s.LSDs.DeFi perps.DeFi leverage for everything.DeFi fixed lending.DeFi x AI.NFT-backed borrowing markets.Web3 x AI.Web3 social media.Web3 gaming.Web3 entertainment. What else?.
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Thanks for all the extra time to accumulate $ETH and secure generational wealth for my bloodline . Daddy is ready now for $15k 🙋♂️.
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Trump team aping $ETH on Ethereum 🤩.
The literal leader of the free world (in 6 days) is selling his BTC for ETH and you still aren’t convinced he’s gonna pump the absolute sht out of this??. Nah man
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Friends don’t let friends confuse DeFi and CeFi. BlockFi is not DeFi. Celsius is not DeFi. Staking on exchanges is not DeFi . Holding/trading a DeFi token on a CEX is not DeFi. I also didn’t say non-DeFi apps are bad. But you should know the difference!.
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Say it back "Built on Ethereum".
BlackRock’s BUIDL just crossed $1B. Massive milestone for tokenization. We’ve been saying it. Everything that can be tokenized will be. RWAs are coming onchain fast. The rails are being built. Adoption is next.
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The true yield is the frens we make for the next bear market.
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Gm,. 🤯 My wife has reminded me I made it to 100k followers. 🦄 I am so lucky to have you magical Internet money frens to share my DeFi/NFT journey. 🙏 also to my wife for supporting me quitting my shitty job in 2017 to chase the future of finance / Web3.
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This is the necessary mindset $ETH
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Things my family has said about crypto . 2017: You’re a real Warren Buffet. 2018: You told me to buy X. This is a scam! I’m selling. 2019: [silence]. 2020: I would sell your crypto soon!. Jan 2021: Should I buy DOGE?. May 2021: If I hadn’t listened to you, I’d be rich on DOGE.
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Join us in a little over 1 hour!.
The next generation of DeFi is live on zkSync Era 🔥. On May 3rd at 11 a.m. ET, we’re hosting a panel featuring @DeFi_Dad, @mute_io, @mavprotocol & @liquityprotocol to discuss new use cases in the fast-growing DeFi ecosystem on zkSync Era. Set a reminder
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Whether markets go up or down, I focus on a few things. 1. Stay long crypto (ie ETH).2. Earn passive income on long term holds, with DeFi.3. Earn enough yield to never sell my long term holds.4. Never bet more than I'm willing to lose on a single token/protocol. Keep it simple.
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How’s this for messaging… “Everything’s f’n built on us, by a long shot.”. $ETH
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🎙️ New @edge_pod . 🔗 The RWA Opportunity: Why Chainlink’s Prepared to Support Trillions in Tokenized Value. 0:00 - Intro.4:40 - History of Chainlink.10:21 - The evolution of Chainlink's platform.20:10 - The significance of CCIP.32:35 - Tokenization and The RWA Opportunity.40:06
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Imagine if a stablecoin was only backed by ETH, if only a protocol were so bold…
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Don’t know how many more times I can read out of touch takes like “you don’t deserve free money” with airdrops. It’s not FREE!. Users risk their liquidity. Liquidity powers the protocol. It legitimizes protocols. It attracts users. Airdrops are the cost of doing business.
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I support the implementation of EIP-1559 to improve the user experience of #Ethereum network transactions. #supportEIP1559 #Ethereum.
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🌿 After 6 months of dogfooding Web3 social media, my team at @4RCapital and I just published an overview of what's working, what's next, and why we can build a better social network with Web3. 😎 The future of social media is Web3!.
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If you're a @coinbase user and hold BTC, you can now send BTC directly to Ethereum Mainnet or @base, without swapping/converting to cbBTC or wBTC. Coinbase will swap BTC 1:1 for cbBTC as you withdraw to an Eth Mainnet / Base wallet. I can't imagine $cbBTC doesn't grow to
cbBTC is onchain. cbBTC is an ERC20 token that is backed 1:1 by Bitcoin (BTC) held by Coinbase. This means millions of BTC holders can now securely access DeFi apps on @base and Ethereum ecosystems—with more chains coming soon. Here’s what you need to know ↓
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Bancor v3 is a dream for LPs. ⚫️ Unlimited space for single-sided LPs.⚫️ More gas-efficient trades.⚫️ 1-click migration from v2 to v3.⚫️ Instant IL protection, 7-day cooldown to withdraw.⚫️ Stake BNT in Omnipool for all LPs.⚫️ Rewards auto-compound.⚫️ L2 + multi-chain support.
In the meantime, tune into the Bancor V3 Unboxing Livestream on YouTube TONIGHT, Monday Nov. 29 at 8:30pm EST. Contributors will discuss the new version with the community and crypto industry leaders and answer questions.
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In case you didn’t know:. 179M LUSD are backed only by ETH. 110M sUSD are backed only by SNX. Coming soon: crvUSD by @CurveFinance and GHO by @AaveAave.
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🎙️ New @edge_pod is out featuring @hotdao_!. 🔥 We interview @p_volnov, CoFounder of HOT Labs about HOT Protocol, HOT Wallet, and how they scaled to 26 MILLION wallets thanks to a chain abstraction stack powered by @NEARProtocolchain.
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About to hit publish, but before we do, I wanna share @VivekVentures's pitch for ETH/Ethereum:. "Everyone knows at this point all assets are gonna be tokenized. when you pitch where's the most secure, safest blockchain that's public and global and decentralized that's never had
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The ETH dominance metric is what it is but it is NOT a metric to measure the dominance of innovation happening among DeFi builders on Ethereum Mainnet and L2s. Ethereum is the birthplace of:.@aave .@pendle_fi .@0xfluid .@Instadapp .@MorphoLabs .@ethena_labs .@Uniswap
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Important rule of thumb: if a network, app, or tool (ie website) can be shut off, that thing is not decentralized. In DeFi, we have decentralized protocols running on a decentralized Ethereum, not possible to shut off, but a related popular website may run on centralized infra.
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@Marsmensch @211lp Don't listen to this. First, thanks for sharing. Second, no employer will care because SBF was a tyrannical sociopath. If anything, I feel sorry for @211lp and it helps bring to light what an absolute snake SBF was. We need more insiders to expose SBF.
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@McIlroyRory @TravelersChamp @PGATOUR Thank you so much @McIlroyRory that’s very kind of you! My son is stoked. Glad our kids have a role model like you to look up to in the @PGATOUR . 🫡.
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Being wealthy is joy affording the same $13.99 champagne for NYE I would have drank when I was 22. Don’t get sucked into the grotesque “look how rich I am” posts in 2021. Stay grounded no matter how high numba go up in 2021!
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