Deus Ex DAO

In this episode, we are joined by Cyrille co-founder from Swaap Finance. Together with our hosts Ape and Kepler, the group talk all things Swaap Finance, starting with an overview of the company, then going through how Swaap works behind the scenes to finally how they see Swaap / DeFi in the future.

Our guest: @CyrillePastour (Twitter)

Swaap Website: https://www.swaap.finance/

Swaap Twitter: @SwaapFinance  

Deus Ex DAO Hosts: @ape_rture and @0xKepler (Twitter) 

Deus Ex DAO Twitter: @deusexdao 

Deus Ex DAO Website: www.deusexdao.com  

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.   

0:00:00 - Intro 

0:02:36 - Cyrille & Swap Introduction 

0:05:15 - What makes your AMM good? 

0:16:25 - Slippage 

0:22:30 - How do you research volatility and who helped? 

0:25:45 - Oracle  based pricing - benefits and disadvantages  

0:28:29 - Swap vs Orderbook 

0:33:35 - What type of LPer’s are you targeting 

0:30:25 - Why Polygon? 

0:38:40 - What yield could users expect? 

0:40:22 - Single sided LPing and the future of Swaap 

0:44:25 - Swaap team 

0:46:48 - Where do you see DeFi in the future?

0:51:20 - Outro

In this episode, we are joined by Nick Drakon, founder of Revelo Intel, content creator, and seasoned investor of 20 years. Together with our hosts Brucey and Cerberus, the group engage in a wide ranging discussion covering Nick's investment process, content creation and brand building, risk management through uncertainties, as well as Revelo Intel's research and content service.

You can find our guests and hosts on Twitter @NickDrakon, @cryptobrucey and @0xCerberus

Follow Revelo Intel on Twitter @ReveloIntel and https://www.revelointel.com/

Subscribe to Nick's YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/NickDrakon

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this episode, we are joined by Nish from Pocket Universe to discuss security in Web3. Together with our hosts Brucey and Kepler, the group discuss what Pocket Universe does to add an extra layer of security for users, how their business model reflects the philosophy that security should be free for everyone, and basic tips for users to verify contracts.

You can find our guests and hosts on Twitter @nishthenomad, @cryptobrucey and @0xKepler

Follow Pocket Universe on Twitter @PocketUniverse and https://www.pocketuniverse.app/

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this episode, we are joined by Steve from Metavault Trade a perpetuals trading platform on Polygon. Together with our hosts Brucey and Gilgamesh, the group discusses obtaining approval from GMX to fork their project, the adjustments the MVX team has made, and their vision of growing the pie between competitors in the DeFi perps and futures space.

You can find our guests and hosts on Twitter @0xMetavault, @cryptobrucey and @GilgameshODs

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this episode, we are joined by Ming from RabbitX to discuss their decentralised derivatives trading platform on Starknet. Together with our hosts Kepler and Mr Mittens, the trio discuss why Dexs like RabbitX are safer than Cexs, in context of the recent FTX fallout, without sacrificing on user experience. Ming also explains why the team chose to utilise zk technology vs optimistic rollups, the pros and cons of the orderbook vs AMM models, and alpha leaks on potential airdrops.

You can find our guests and hosts on Twitter @0x_Ming, @0xKepler and @BackTheBunny

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this episode, we are joined by Joshua from dAMM Finance to discuss decentralised lending to institutional borrowers. Together with our hosts Brucey and Cerberus, the group discusses crypto market making, the state of undercollateralised lending in DeFi, and the future of long-tail asset lending on the dAMM platform.

You can find our guests and hosts on Twitter @JoshuaPaulBaker, @cryptobrucey and @0xCerberus

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this episode, we are joined by Darren and Dimitar from IPOR Labs to breakdown the complex world of interest rate derivatives. Together with our hosts Kepler and Brucey, the group discusses DeFi's need for an interest rate index as a public good, how this is used in TradFi, and the opportunities for DeFi users.

0:00:00 - Opening

0:02:32 - Darren Camas (CEO) and Dimitar Dinev (CSO) introductions. 

0:07:46 - The vision of IPOR. 

0:15:56 - How will IPOR, as a public good, improve DeFi? 

0:18:41 - Why is a DeFi yield curve needed (esp. for institutions)? 

0:25:25 - How can traders and liquidity providers use the IPOR Protocol? 

0:31:15 - Why is leverage in interest rate swaps less risky than perpetuals? 

0:35:37 - Why increasing leverage in interest rate swaps does not increase risk? 

0:37:50 - The difference between interest rate swaps and perpetuals. 

0:40:45 - How is risk modelled for IPOR interest rate swaps? 

0:49:45 - Real yield and risks for IPOR liquidity providers (comparison with perpetuals)

 0:55:38 - Taking the best of DeFi and TradFi with IPOR. 

0:57:27 - Who are the first IPOR users and liquidity providers? 

1:02:48 - How are money markets added to the IPOR Protocol? 

1:05:10 - Covering basis risk with IPOR indices. 

1:05:45 - The IPOR benchmark as a bet on credit markets as a whole. 

1:07:27 - Will the IPOR exist on other chains? 

1:12:10 - What’s next for IPOR (collaborations with other projects).

You can find our guests and hosts on Twitter @DarrenCamas, @DimitarDinev7, @0xKepler and @cryptobrucey

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this episode, we are joined once again by Grant and Jedihornet from Blocmates for this free flowing discussion on the future of DeFi. Together with Ape/rture, they discuss the multichain and appchain theses, UX improvements to onboard the masses, and real world use cases.

You can find our guests and host on Twitter @blocmatesdotcom, @jedihornet and @ape_rture

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this episode, we are joined by AJ Warner from Offchain Labs. Offchain Labs is the developer of Arbitrum, a suite of fast, low cost and secure, Ethereum scaling solutions. Hosted by DED counselors Brucey and Kepler, they discuss the key distinctions between Arbitrum One and Nova, Offchain Labs' approach to business development, and key insights on what makes teams and projects successful.

You can find our guest and hosts on Twitter @ajwarner90, @cryptobrucey and @0xKepler

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.

In this second edition of the Deus Ex DAO Traders Round Table, resident traders Ape/rture and Syra are joined by special guest LiBZ42, to discuss the current state of the crypto markets.

Watch the video on YouTube here

Legal disclaimer: Nothing on our show constitutes financial advice. We only offer our opinions and thoughts on this brand new industry.