Michael Egorov is the Founder of Curve and yieldbasis.

In this episode, the legendary DeFi founder walks us through his newly launched protocol called yieldbasis on Ethereum, designed to deliver the best Bitcoin yield yet. We explore how it works, its synergy with Curve, and how it aims to deliver a competitive yield-bearing version of BTC onchain in nearly any market conditions.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
5:43 - Building Curve Finance since 2020
8:36 - Why build yieldbasis?
11:53 - The challenge to productize BTC yield
19:13 - How does yieldbasis work?
25:27 - Sponsor break
26:29 - Current BTC yields and performance
28:20 - Synergy between Curve and yieldbasis
32:10 - Earning BTC yield vs YB emissions
34:19 - Why another protocol, why another token?
36:19 - What’s new with YB tokenomics?
38:50 - Why will users lock veYB?
42:41 - Sponsor break
44:00 - Potential for yieldbasis to work with BTC DATs
44:49 - Understanding risks in yieldbasis
48:55 - Performance during the recent Oct 10 crash
51:25 - How big can yieldbasis scale to?
53:22 - Exploring future assets for yieldbasis
55:47 - Current TVL campaign, plus future caps raise
1:02:47 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► yieldbasis website: https://yieldbasis.com/
► yieldbasis on X: https://x.com/yieldbasis
► Michael Egorov on X: https://x.com/newmichwill

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