Today we are joined by Pacman to discuss Blend, Blur's new perpetual NFT lending platform. Blend is peer-to-peer, doesn't require oracles and offers non-expiring loans. Pacman explains how these mechanics work, why Blend focuses on institutional liquidity provision, borrower liquidation risk and more! Blend could be the NFT primitive that ignites the next NFT run - you don't want to miss this one.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:10) Blend: A Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform

(07:30) How Refinancing Auctions Work

(22:27) Institutional Liquidity Provision

(30:15) Strategies, Market Inefficiencies & Adding New Collections

(38:09) The Yield Curve and User Preferences

(45:28) Catering to Consumers vs Professionals

(52:44) Liquidation Coordination Risk

(55:36) Lending Incentives

(58:46) Blur’s Roadmap

(1:06:01) Infrastructure Unlocks Economic Value

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Resources:

Blur

https://blur.io/

https://twitter.com/blur_io

Blur Dune Dashboard

https://dune.com/beetle/blur-loans

Empire's first Blur episode

https://spoti.fi/3HxWgkK

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