In this episode Rachel speaks with Rune Christensen, co-founder of MakerDAO. Rune goes in depth on stablecoins, explaining the differences between stablecoins and decentralized stablecoins, like DAI. Rune also discusses the importance of earning yield on stablecoins. He further elaborates on the upcoming rebrand with MakerDAO and the arrival of the Endgame app. 

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Rune Christensen is co-founder of MakerDAO, the longest-standing DeFi lending protocol. Having established MakerDAO as a true DeFi leader and laid the economic foundations of DAI, the original decentralized stablecoin, Rune proposed MakerDAO’s Endgame Plan - a new roadmap aimed at transforming the structure of the DAO. Endgame strives to improve the governance and tokenomics of the Maker ecosystem, leveraging advanced AI tooling to streamline and simplify governance for DAO members.

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