The Rise of BTCFi
We produce this live recording weekly on Twitter/X, where we deep dive into the most promising DeFi yields and primitives. In this episode, we talk about the emergence of BTCFi with 4 key players who are building at the heart of it. What does it look like now, where can people find yield and where is this yield coming from? ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Edge Newsletter: https://the-edge.xyz/ ► Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources ☀️ SUMMER.FI | THE BEST PLACE TO BORROW AND EARN IN DEFI 🔥 FBTC | YOUR GATEWAY TO BITCOIN EARNINGS 🐡 PUFFER FINANCE | LIQUID RESTAKING FOR THE LITTLE FISH ------ Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - What is BTCFi and what is Merlin? 4:47 - How Merlin is building off BTC restaking mania 7:32 - What is Solv Staking Abstraction Layer (SAL)? 9:37 - How RedStone Oracles supports BTCFi 14:08 - Why Pendle launched BTC pools? 18:39 - Summer.fi mid-roll 19:16 - How big is BTCFi in Asia? 24:54 - Different communities embrace BTCFi differently 27:16 - FBTC mid-roll 28:39 - Is Coinbase cbBTC bullish or bearish for Bitcoin L2s? 33:08 - Is this just the start for more BTCFi yields? 37:33 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Pendle Finance: https://pendle.finance/ ► Dan on Twitter: https://x.com/ddangledan ► Merlin Chain: https://merlinchain.io/ ► Jeff on Twitter: https://x.com/bitmaptech ► Solv Finance: https://solv.finance/ ► Jing on Twitter: https://x.com/jx_solv ► RedStone Oracles: https://redstone.finance/ ► Marcin on Twitter: https://x.com/Marcin_Kaz13 ------ If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of the hosts. Podcast guests and hosts may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad and Nomatic are angel investors in RedStone and Solv. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.
Art, Music and Festival Culture with Refraction — Malcolm, Raf, Greg
Malcolm Levy, Raf Katigbak and Greg Liburd are co-founders of Refraction. An artist-owned community leading the next wave of digital art, music and culture — online, onchain and IRL. They all have extensive backgrounds in media, culture, festivals, films, brands. As artists, designers, writers, producers and creative people. Raf was early at VICE. Greg did a bunch with Jordan. Malcolm was the Director of the New Forms Festival 2001-16, and Curator of CODE Live during the 2010 Olympics Games. Today we reveal that Refraction and UFO are teaming up via our radio station. And exclusive alpha is shared for the future of Refraction for the first time on this show. Sponsors: Your crypto wallet for everything onchain — zerion.io Create, distribute and monetize on your own terms — paragraph.xyz Higher is a lifestyle — aimhigher.net Home of onchain ticketing — onopen.xyz Where group chats make more money — lore.xyz
How To Leverage Social Media Data In Crypto
Mint Season 6 episode 17 welcomed a dear friend and mentor Joe Vezzani. He’s the CEO and Co-founder of LunarCrush, a social media analytics platform empowering traders with top-tier insights and sentiment on your favorite crypto projects. In this episode, we discussed key strategies for navigating through a bear market, the evolution of the web3 social landscape, onchain data vs. offchain data, how traders and creators can best leverage data, common pitfalls analytics fall trap too, and what Joe is focused on in the bear market, and so much more. I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.
