In this episode, we dive into the concept of liquid staking and it's value to the DeFi ecosystem. The discussion is timely, as the innovative staking method is so popular it has considerable decentralization implications following the Ethereum Merge which should be broadly communicated.

This episode takes a step back to cover one of the most important concepts underpinning protocol design in DEFI, game therory. You will learn what game theory means, it's implications, types of games, and how game theory modeling can be used as a design blue print for DeFi platforms.  Lot's of important concepts are covered in this session and it is a must listen for anyone interested in tuning into future episodes surrounding DeFi 2.0.

This episode kicks off season 2 with a breif recap for new attendees before dedicating most of the conversation to the going over the case study that is DeFi 1.0 summer, or the summer of 2020.  We discuss one of the more notable events of the 6wk week period that birthed some of the biggest names in the DeFi space today, specifically the founding of Sushiswap and the Vampire Attack it waged against Uniswap.

In this episode we do a recap of core concepts previously covered and then dive into how APR is generated and what drives fluctuation in yield.

In this session we take an initial dive into stablecoins, their use cases, and importance within the ecosystem. The episode ends with a brief run through a strategy on the Avalanche chain that leverages the current incentive mechanisms that offer paid borrow positions to effectively short $ETH with near zero chance of liquidation and hedge downside risk without selling any underlying assets.