The Edge Podcast
Episodes
Akash: The Crypto-Powered Decentralized Supercloud
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Osuri is a CoFounder and Core Contributor at Akash Network. He is the Founder and CEO of Overclock Labs. In this episode, we spotlight Akash, the...
One Token For All LSTS | Liquid Restaking with Kelp's rsETH | Quick Hit
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amit Gajjala and Dheeraj Borra are Core Contributors at Kelp DAO. In this Quick Hit, we review one token for all ETH LSTs, Kelp's liquid restaking...
Synthetix V3 Explained with Kain Warwick
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kain Warwick is the Founder of Synthetix and Noah Litvin is a Core Contributor. In this episode, we explain Synthetix V3, including what's new vs ...
Restaking Mania: Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs) | Quick Hit
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Silagadze is the Founder and CEO at ether.fi. In this Quick Hit, we discuss the recent restaking mania on EigenLayer including how many of us are...
A Guide to Silo Finance’s Risk-Isolated Money Markets | Quick Hit
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AJ is a Founding Contributor at Silo Finance. In this Quick Hit, we guide you through Silo Finance's risk-isolated money markets. Silo is a DeFi p...
Bitwise: 10 Predictions for Crypto in 2024
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Rasmussen is the Senior Crypto Analyst at Bitwise. In this episode, we discuss 10 crypto predictions for 2024, recently published by the team at ...
Mantle: The Ethereum L2 for Top Native Yields
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jordi Alexander is the Chief Alchemist at Mantle and Chief Investment Officer at Selini Capital. In this episode, we explore Mantle, the Ethereum L2 d...
Is Ethena About To Create The Highest Stablecoin Real Yield in DeFi?
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Young is the Founder and CEO of Ethena Labs. In this episode, we discuss Ethena launching one of the highest stablecoin real yields in DeFi and ho...
Marinade Finance: Solana's Most Liquid Staking Protocol
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Tucker is a member of the Core Team at Marinade Finance. In this episode, we dive into Marinade Finance, Solana's most liquid staking prot...
io.net: The World's Largest GPU DePIN Built on Solana
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmad Shadid is the Founder/CEO of io.net and Tory Green is the COO/CFO. In this episode, we review into the world's largest GPU DePIN (decentrali...
Bull Run Alpha From A DeFi Degen | f(x) Protocol, Prisma Finance, Convex, and Frax
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cryptovestor is an anonymous DeFi investor. In this episode, we speak with an anonymous DeFi investor, to uncover the latest DeFi alpha on a family of...
Parcl: Trading Real Estate Perps on Solana | Quick Hit
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Bacon is the CoFounder and CEO of Parcl Labs. In this episode, we spotlight Parcl, a Solana DeFi app for trading real estate perps. Traders can...
Dopex V2: Scaling Onchain Options
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bosslmp is an anonymous advisor to Dopex. In this episode, we review the recently launched Dopex V2 for scaling onchain options in DeFi, including the...
Urbit Explained: A Beginner's Guide for Cryptonatives
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jake Brukhman is the Founder and Managing Partner at CoinFund. Evan Fisher is the Founder and Managing Partner at Portal Ventures. In this episode, we...
Morpho Blue: Unlocking A New Foundation for DeFi Lending
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Frambot is the CoFounder and CEO at Morpho Labs. In this episode, we discuss the soon to be released Morpho Blue protocol, which promises to unlo...
InfinityPools: DeFi Perps with 10X Improvements and 10,000X Leverage
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matthieu Gavaudan is the CoFounder and CEO at InfinityPools. In this episode, we review the up-and-coming DeFi perps protocol with 10X improvements an...
The Art, Science, and Business of Making Web3 Games with Jungle
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joao Beraldo is the CoFounder and CEO of Jungle. In this episode, we uncover the art, science, and business of making Web3 games with Jungle, a new st...
Levana: The Breakout Perps Trading App on Cosmos
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Caras is a core contributor at Levana Protocol. In this episode, we spotlight Levana, the breakout perps trading app on Cosmos. Since launchi...
zkLend: StarkNet's Native Money Market | Quick Hit
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Ma and Brian Fu are the CoFounders of zkLend. In this episode, we spotlight zkLend, StarkNet's native money market. zkLend is one of the new ...
Contango: A New Approach To Perps Built On Money Markets | Quick Hit
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kamel Aouane is the CoFounder of Contango. In this Quick Hit, we spotlight a new approach to perps built on money markets, including the benefits and ...
Fluid: Instadapp's Innovative Lending, Borrowing, and DEX Protocol
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Samyak Jain is the CoFounder of Instadapp. In this episode, we get a first look at Fluid, Instadapp's innovative, new lending, borrowing, and DEX ...
Futureverse: Where Storytelling, AI, and The Metaverse Collide
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron McDonald is the Founder and CEO of Futureverse. In this episode, we review Futureverse, where storytelling, AI, and the Metaverse collide! Futur...
The New Contender In The DeFi Perps Arena, Polynomial | Quick Hit
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gautham Santhosh is the CoFounder of Polynomial Protocol. In this episode, we review a rising contender in the DeFi perps trading sector--Polynomial P...
Can Liquity V2 Solve The Stablecoin Trilemma?
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Lauko is the Founder and Head of Research at Liquity. Michael Svoboda is CEO at Liquity. In this episode, we dive into what we anticipate to be...
Solving The Cold Start Problem For Blockchains with Movement | Quick Hit
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche are CoFounders at Movement Labs. In this episode, we discuss how Movement Labs is helping to solve the cold start prob...
The ETH Purist Stablecoin and Leverage Token by f(x) Protocol | Quick Hit
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Crouguer and Kmets are anonymous core contributors at AladdinDAO, which created f(x) Protocol. In this episode, we cover the newest ETH purist stablec...
PancakeSwap: The DeFi Super-App's Expansion to Ethereum L2s
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chef Mochi is the CoFounder and Head Chef of PancakeSwap. In this episode, we review PancakeSwap, the DeFi super-app and its expansion to Ethereum L2s...
Parallel: The Origin Story of Web3’s Breakout Game
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MrGone and Kalos are CoFounders of Parallel. In this episode, we dive into the origin story of Web3's breakout game--Parallel! Join us for a tour ...
DeFi Returns Automated For All with Spool V2 | Quick Hit
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Schaber is the Chief Commercial Officer of Spool DAO. In this episode, we cover how Spool V2 is automating DeFi returns all, including retail in...
GMX V2: A Guide for Traders and Liquidity Providers
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fredegar Christensen is a BD Contributor at GMX. In this episode, we cover what's new in GMX V2 for traders and liquidity providers. Given its rep...
Timeswap, Unlocking Oracle-Free Lending and Borrowing | Quick Hit
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ameeth Devadas is the CoFounder of Timeswap. In this episode, we cover how oracle-free lending and borrowing works with Timeswap. Similar to how Unisw...
Pendle Finance: A Guide to DeFi Yield Trading Strategies
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TN Lee is the CoFounder of Pendle Finance and a CoFounding member of Kyber Network. In this episode, we explain Pendle Finance and provide a rare guid...
Can Zapper Make The Blockchain Social?
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Seb Audet is the CoFounder of Zapper. In this episode, we discuss how can Zapper make the blockchain social. For years, Zapper has been a well known g...
Pioneering Fixed Rate Loan Auctions on Ethereum with Term Finance | Quick Hit
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dion Chu is the Founder and CEO of Term Finance. In this Quick Hit, we review a new fixed rate auctions protocol on Ethereum, launching today (August ...
Atlas, ChatGPT for Smart Contracts | Quick Hit
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Samee Siddiqui is the CoFounder and CEO of Atlas. In this Quick Hit, we review Atlas and their new ChatGPT tool for writing smart contracts. Atlas is ...
Velodrome Finance: How They DeFi'ed The Bear Market and Delivered V2
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Cutler and TaoWatts are Core Contributors at Velodrome Finance. In this episode, we discover how Velodrome defied all odds in the bear market to ...
Will Prisma Finance Ignite The LST Wars? | Quick Hit
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today is the anonymous cofounder of Prisma Finance. In this Quick Hit, we spotlight a new LSTfi protocol called Prisma Finance. We discuss w...
Ether.fi's ETH Staking Loyalty Program, Ether.fan | Quick Hit
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Silagadze is the Founder and CEO of EtherFi. In this Quick Hit, we review EtherFi's Ethereum staking loyalty program: Ether.fan. EtherFi is a...
Stader's New Ethereum LST, ETHx | Quick Hit
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amit Gajjala is the CoFounder of Stader Labs. In this Quick Hit, we review ETHx, Stader's new Ethereum LST just in time for its official launch to...
Can Stacks Scale Bitcoin?
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Muneeb Ali is the Co-Creator of Stacks. In this episode, we discuss whether Stacks can scale Bitcoin. Stacks can be thought of as a Bitcoin layer for ...
Unlocking LSTfi with Gravita Protocol | Quick Hit
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rhett Shipp is the Founder of Gravita. In this episode, we discuss how to get started with LSTfi using Gravita Protocol. Gravita is a friendly fork of...
Prepare For The Crypto Bull Run with Austin Barack
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Barack is a Partner in Venture & Liquid Investments at CoinFund. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we interview a crypto veteran and fu...
The Ethereum AMM for All Market Conditions with Maverick Protocol | Quick Hit
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Baxley is a Core Contributor at Maverick Protocol. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we cover a rising star among new AMMs on Ethereum Mainnet...
The Future of Cryptocurrency and AI with Emad Mostaque
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emad Mostaque is the Founder and CEO at Stability AI. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we interview one of the most sought after AI experts in th...
The Ultimate Guide to Trading Perps on Kwenta | Quick Hit
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Trudel is a Core Contributor at Kwenta. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we cover one of the top decentralized perps trading protocols in ...
KyberAI: A DeFi Trading Supertool | Quick Hit
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imran Mohamad is the Head of Marketing at KyberSwap. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we cover Kyber's newest supertool for DeFi traders, bui...
Scaling Web3 Social Media with Stani Kulechov
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stani Kulechov is the Founder of Aave and Lens protocols. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we interview this legendary DeFi founder. Having built...
Why India Is Poised For A Gaming Boom
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Roby John is the CoFounder and CEO of SuperGaming. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we interview the founder of the "Epic Games of India,&qu...
Instadapp's New Avocado Wallet
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Samyak Jain is the CoFounder of Instadapp. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we interview one of the earliest and most respected builders in DeFi....
Gaming Reimagined with NOR
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brooks Brown is the Founder and CEO of NOR. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we interview a creative with 18 years of experience working on some ...
Mastering The Crypto PR Playbook
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Yap is the Founder and CEO of YAP Global. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we speak with one of leading experts on PR (public relations)...
Can GammaSwap Save Passive LPs? | Quick Hit
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
DeFi Devin is CoFounder of GammaSwap. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we do our first Quick Hit! Quick Hits will often be shorter episodes to sp...
NeoSwap: Building The AI-Powered Cryptoeconomic Engine
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Ennis is the Founder and CEO of NeoSwap. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, we meet with one of the top founders building Web3 applications on...
Degen Decentralized Leverage Trading with Gains Network
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Seb is the anonymous Founder of Gains Network protocol and its decentralized leverage trading platform, gTrade. In this episode of The Edge Podcast, ...
The First zkEVM on Ethereum | zkSync Era
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marco Cora is the Head of Business Development at Matter Labs (zkSync). In this episode, we talk about the imminent launch of zkSync's zkEVM! Thi...
The Positive-Sum World of Frax Finance | Sam Kazemian
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Kazemian is the Founder of Frax Finance. In this episode, we go deep with one of DeFi's most accomplished builders. Sam launched Frax Finance ...
The Ultimate Guide to EigenLayer | Sreeram Kannan
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sreeram Kannan is the Founder of EigenLayer. He is also an associate professor at University of Washington Seattle, where he runs the UW Blockchain La...
Why Rocket Pool is Poised to Take Over in 2023
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jasper is a prominent member of the Rocket Pool community, as the former Treasurer of the Protocol DAO and currently known as the Community Advocate, ...