The Edge Podcast

TN Lee is the CoFounder of Pendle.

In this episode, we spotlight the story behind the DeFi kingmaker, Pendle. Learn how they found product-market fit resulting in $4.5B TVL today, their strategic selection of protocols to list for yield trading, and what’s next with EigenLayer live and Pendle V3 coming soon!

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
5:21 - Growing to over $4.5B TVL
12:22 - State of farming points
16:02 - DeFi Dad's elevator pitch for Pendle
19:41 - The 3 key use cases
21:43 - Selection criteria for listing on Pendle
28:55 - Which L1s/L2s will Pendle move to?
32:04 - What's the next big thing?
35:38 - Will there be a Season 2 for EigenLayer points?
39:41 - Pendle V3 and what's next
44:18 - Could Pendle enable permissionless listing?
46:43 - Context for 3 LPs requiring migration
49:58 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Pendle Website: https://pendle.finance/
► Pendle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pendle_fi
► TN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tn_pendle
► Pendle instructions to migrate select LPs: https://twitter.com/pendle_fi/status/1774790530192625752

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