Agora Offsiders

Dropkickdarren and Mark11 sit down with the ever-elusive, honey suckling Bong Bera's!

Smokey The Bera and Papabear walk us through everything Bong Bear's in the lead up to their Halloween drop - Boo Bear's (which dropped last night).

What we touch on:

Crypto backgrounds (1:03)

Ohm’s unique community (3:08)

Olympus first impressions (5:27)

Bong bear’s backstory/inspiration (10:33)

Olympus core team x Bong bears? (13:15)

Bong Bera mechanics - epochs (17:01)

Bera plans post epoch 7? (22:38)

Wen Odyssey x Bong Bears? (26:20)

Closing thoughts (29:01)

Socials (32:19)

Bong Bears:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BongBearsNFT

- Discord: https://discord.gg/YZDjjmXKCv

Olympus Agora:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

- Medium: https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

- Dropkickdarren: https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

- Mark11: https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

https://discord.gg/f9s9YgWxVp

Dropkickdarren and Mark11 run you through the dispatch - audio style!

What we touch on:

Editorial

Olympus Pro - Cohort 2 launch (2:26)

More information on the V2 migration (4:12)

Lower LTV for sOHM on Rari Fuse pools (6:10)

OHM-wETH SLP bond goes live (7:45)

Scammers out in full force (8:45)

Klima Updates - BCT/USDC, BCT/KLIMA bonds are live! (10:16)

Proposal - Funding tOHM reactor and Liquity whitelisting (12:26)

Range Protocol - A new surprise from Zeus (13:43) (range discord in notes)

Twitter thread - Unbanksy on Growth (15:58)

Ohmie of the week -Zap (17:24)

Numbers at a glance (18:12)

Meme of the week (20:08)

Bits of the week (21:40)

Useful links:

Zap's dashboard: https://dune.xyz/CyJackX/OHM-Days-until-Supply-meets-RFV

Range discord: https://discord.gg/gCMq8eqBNW

Range docs: https://rngswp.fyi/docs

Klima ELI5 from Asfi: https://twitter.com/ishaheen10/status/1453593770532880389?s=12

Olympus Agora:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/OlympusAgora

- Medium: https://medium.com/@olympusagora

Hosts:

- Dropkickdarren: https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

- Mark11: https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

https://discord.gg/f9s9YgWxVp

Dropkickdarren and Mark11 sit down with the Frax Finance Co-founder, Sam Kazemian!

Fresh off the plane from Dubai, Sam sits down with us to talk about the synergies between FRAX, OHM, and TOKE, Frax v3, and why Bitcoin can never be a currency...

What we touch on:

Sam’s Crypto background (0:54)

Past stablecoins experiments (4:06)

How a partially collateralized stablecoin mimics Central Banks (4:50)

Frax origins (7:37)

Sam’s introduction to Olympus (9:16)

FRAX V3 and AMO’s - Automated Market Operators (10:57)

The synergy between TOKE, FRAX, and OHM (20:02)

FRAX balance sheet (26:28)

How does FRAX AMO's work? (31:26)

FRAX and Olympus PRO (32:56)

FRAX price index (FPI) (34:17)

Tracking off-chain CPI metrics (38:51)

Frax’s decentralization ratio (42:31)

How the FPI would be backed by OHM (47:30)

Collaborations with intellectuals on the FPI (49:35)

Why Bitcoin can’t be a currency (51:50)

Coase’s Theory of the Firm and how it applies to crypto (55:53)

FRAX partnership with GMX and zkSync (1:00:59)

Gamifying Governance (1:02:53)

Regulatory risks for stablecoins and protocol founders (1:06:01)

Crypto conferences (1:08:51)

Closing remarks (1:10:55)

Useful links-

Great analysis on Frax Finance:

https://www.mechanism.capital/frax/

Coase's Theory of the Firm:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x

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Sam Kazemian:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/samkazemian

- Frax Finance: https://twitter.com/fraxfinance

Olympus Agora:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

- Medium: https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

- Dropkickdarren: https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

- Mark11: https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

https://discord.gg/9BcV6DM8

Dropkickdarren and Mark11 take you through the dispatch- audio style.

Timestamps for the time-poor:

Editorial

Olympus V2: (2:52)

RFV backing vs. MV backing (4:59)

LP fees overload (6:29)

OTC BCT purchase (8:19)

Proposals- Launch OHM-ETH bonds, Liquity's stability pool deposit whitelist, and LQTY staking (10:14)

(Un)officially on Arbitrohm: (13:11)

Klima DAO launch and debacle (15:12)

Odyssey update: Mushrohms (17:05)

From the frontlines: with Sherpa DC 3, 3 (18:59)

Twitter thread: Asfi quells the Ponzi talk (19:52)

Ohmie of the week: Smarf (21:12)

Numbers at a glance (22:36)

Ohmie profile: Z (٣,٣)(درخت,درخت) (23:50)

Meme of the week: The OHM Bridgooooor (25:10)

Bitz of the week (26:03)

We touch on a lot in this one Ohmies, how did we do?

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Olympus Agora:

• Twitter- https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

• Medium- https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

• Dropkickdarren- https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

• Mark11- https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

https://discord.gg/9BcV6DM8

Dropkickdarren sits down with the OlympusDAO engineering Stratego, Girth Brooks!

Have you ever wondered what it was like to work on the front lines of an engineering department? Girth provides us with a refreshing yet humorous take on what it's like to work for one of the busiest protocols in the Defi space.

What we touch on:

• Crypto origins

• Traditional background: (10:17)

• Olympus origins (13:20)

• What’s a Stratego/DAO work structure (17:20)

• Roadblocks within departments? (20:04)

• Day-2-Day routine (27:37)

• Pool together 🏊‍♂️ (29:44)

• Alpha leaks (37:43)

• Stomaching volatility? (41:10)

• Index adjusted chart > regular chart (44:13)

• New Ohmies and what they don't grasp about Olympus? (47:27)

• Onboarding frens/family (53:11)

• How do you unwind? (57:05)

• What are you excited about in Defi/Olympus build upon (60:47)

• Closing thoughts (1:10:25)

Useful links-

Index-adjusted chart:

https://dune.xyz/prayagpatil/Index-Adjusted-OHM-Price

OWAD:

https://dune.xyz/0xrusowsky/Olympus-Wallet-History?1.%20Eth%20Address=0x7F3CB062F1D22E40Af9E9EFD2Fc7e9E59a6b7c00&3.%20End%20Date=2021-07-09

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Girth Brooks:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/loss_dot_jpg

Olympus Agora:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

- Medium: https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

- Dropkickdarren: https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

- Mark11: https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

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Dropkickdarren and Mark11 navigate you through the newsletter- audio style.

Timestamps:

Editorial- 3,3 Culture (0:59)

Events in the Agorasphere (2:50)

OHM-LUSD crucible bond program (4:01)

Let's 3, 3 together {pooltogether} (5:26)

Olympus Pro update (8:13)

Olympus playgrounds (10:33)

Forum discussions, X chain liquidity (12:11)

DAO DAO swap with Tokemak (14:42)

Klima launch (17:13)

Algar's flowchart (18:05)

Odyssey update- Mushrohms project (19:27)

From the Frontlines (20:27)

Fiskantes alpha drop (21:06)

Ohmie of the week (22:33)

Numbers at a glance (23:21)

Meme of the week (26:13)

State of the DAO (27:02)

Agora learning (27:47)

Bit of the week (28:02)

We touch on a lot in this one Ohmies, how did we do?

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Olympus Agora:

• Twitter- https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

• Medium- https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

• Dropkickdarren- https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

• Mark11- https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

https://discord.gg/9BcV6DM8

Dropkickdarren sits down with our Biz dev specialist, Tex!

With a background in computer engineering, and a desire to make a difference in the world- Tex has consistently proven to have Olympus' best interest at heart. It's always great to get to know someone who's really trying to make things happen for Olympus behind the scenes!

What we touch on:

- Crypto background (0:37)

- Study/work background (4:48)

- Onboarding friends and family (8:26)

- Olympus origins (12:19)

- What made you gravitate towards the ‘partnerships’ role? (23:07)

- What does your day-2-day look like? (27:13)

- Quitting meatspace to move into crypto full-time (29:43)

- What’s the next big thing in crypto (36:33)

- OP in detail- what it solves for? (43:17)

- The biggest misconception about Tex! (54:39)

- Chess game vs. Kain and Zeus (55:11)

- Olympus Endgame (58:36)

- Advice and Closing thoughts (1:00:22)

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0xTex:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xTex

Olympus Agora:

- Twitter- https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

- Medium- https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

- Dropkickdarren- https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

- Mark11- https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

https://discord.gg/9BcV6DM8

Dropkickdarren and Mark11 navigate you through the newsletter- audio style.

Timestamps:

• OP- OP index (1:40)

Olympus Pro - Bond marketplace for protocol owned liquidity.

• Bonjour- #Glohmal: (3:35)

• Tokemak C.O.R.E update (4:33)

• Agora TV with Church from Odyssey/Alchemist (6:45)

  OHM-LUSD pool and crucible minting info:

  https://www.liquity.org/blog/lusd-ohm-liquidity-mining-rewards

• Insane week for Ohmies (11:40)

• MakerDAO- wsOHM as collateral (12:23)

https://forum.makerdao.com/t/ohm-olympus-dao-collateral-onboarding-application-mip6/10709

• Twitter thread of the week (14:27)

https://twitter.com/wagmianon/status/1444714728962600972

• Ohmie of the week (16:26)

• Numbers at a glance (18:40)

• Ohmie profile re-run (20:30)

• Meme of the week (21:11)

• State of the DAO (23:24)

• Bit of the week (25:21)

• Closing thoughts

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Olympus Agora:

• Twitter- https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

• Medium- https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

• Dropkickdarren- https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

• Mark11- https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

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Dropkickdarren and Mark11 sit down with our resident provocateur, growth guru and seasoned ass eater- Jawz.

We walk through everything from pre-crypto/meatspace -> Olympus endgame and pseudo work.

Timestamps:

• Crypto origins, (1:30)

• Olympus origins, (7:36)

• Launch stores, (10:07)

• What would you do differently? (18:03)

• Was Olympus one of the earliest IDO's? (20:06)

• Growth hacks and ass eating, (21:20)

• Olympus Pro name origins, (25:15)

• Working in a DAO, ( 26:52)

• How has the role changed over time? (28:30)

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Guest:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/sayinshallah

Olympus Agora:

• Twitter- https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

• Medium- https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

• Dropkickdarren- https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

• Mark11- https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

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Dropkickdarren and Mark11 navigate through the newsletter- audio style.

Timestamps:

• Editorial, (0:39)

• First pilot partner launches- Pendle on OP, (2;03)

• "Tokemak Reactor Race', (4:21)

• Agora TV soft-launch, (6:30)

• Fohmo3 recap, (7:21)

• TAP [treasury-allocation-proposal] items, (8:50)

• Bot raids, (11:58)

• Treasury multi-sig upgrade- 4/7 signers, (14:05)

• *New* Reddit handle, (14:48)

• Twitter thread- Olympus Playground, (15:53)

• Ohmie of the week, (17:26)

• Numbers at a glance, (18:56)

• Ohmie profile [memetics archive], (21:34)

• Meme of the week, (22:29)

• State of the DAO, (23:29)

• Agora learning, (23:58)

• Funbits, (24:12)

• Closing thoughts, (29:01)

We touch on a lot in this one Ohmies, how did we do?

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Olympus Agora:

• Twitter- https://twitter.com/AgoraDispatch

• Medium- https://medium.com/@agoradispatch

Hosts:

• Dropkickdarren- https://twitter.com/dropkickdarren

• Mark11- https://twitter.com/Mark11ETH

If you're looking to contribute to the podcast- or think you can add something to our product quality, what are you waiting for Ohmie? Come and join us in the OlympusDAO discord!

https://discord.gg/9BcV6DM8