Flywheel DeFi

By DeFi Dave, kapital_k

Flywheel DeFi is the destination for Crypto, DeFi, & everything in between. We're here to help you harness the power of the Flywheel.

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The podcast currently has 152 episodes available.

Flywheel DeFi episodes:

December 11, 2024 The Fraxtal Vision Roadmap Revealed w/ Sam Kazemian - Flywheel #131
On this special episode, we welcome back Sam Kazemian, co-founder of Frax, to dive into the Fraxtal Vision Roadmap. A plan set in 3 phases, introducing token upgrades, AIVM, and becoming the microstrategy of ETH with Frax’s Crypto Strategic Reserve.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
03:05 State of Crypto Post-Elections
08:10 Convos w/ Legislators + Staffers in DC
11:48 Reflections on Fraxtal and the L2 Playbook
15:36 Running a Protocol vs an L2
17:23 The Vision Roadmap: Sovereign Assets and AI Integrations
18:37 Phase 1: Tokenomic upgrades, The Future of FRAX.
36:43 Proof of Inference and AI Agents Onchain
49:18 Retaking on Fraxtal Securing Different VMs
53:30 Frax: The MicroStrategy of ETH
1:01:55 The Crypto Strategic Reserve
1:04:37 Key Takeaways of The Vision Roadmap
1:06:31 Post-Game
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Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 8min
November 13, 2024 Yeet’s Big Plans For Berachain w/ Lord Pemberton Squigglebop - Flywheel #130
This week, we hosted Lord Pemberton Squigglebop, founder and chief Yeetard of Yeet, an innovative suite of products and games making DeFi more Yeetard-friendly.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
04:36 What is Yeet + Game Mechanics
08:20 Yeet Economics: Prize Pool and Taxes
13:45 Staking and Unstaking Mechanics
15:45 The Liquidity Trifecta: The Yeetwheel
23:20 Yeetard NFTs and Burning Culture
25:50 Making DeFi Yeetard Friendly + Yeet Bonds
28:40 Yeet’s Master Plan
34:10 Exploring Proof of Liquidity
36:50 Building Social Welfare and Resilience in DeFi
40:36 Yeeting on Berachain vs Other Chains
42:51 Building Community on Berachain
45:46 Yeet’s GTM Strategy
50:35 TG Bot & Group Yeeting
54:21 Post-Game Show
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X: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFi
Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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November 06, 2024 Cybernetics and Redefining Culture w/ Jani - Flywheel #129
This week, the legend himself Jani to dive into the role of Cybernetics in crypto and what it takes to create a meaningful, long-lasting cult(ure).
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
06:00 Understanding Cults in a Crypto Context
08:30 Maintaining Fresh Perspectives
15:50 Cybernetics, Feedback Loops, and its Role in Crypto
21:19 Improving Airdrops and Incentivizing High-Value Behaviour
24:08 Going All In and Leveraging Bong Bears
32:39 Building The Honey Jar
36:28 Honeycombs, Integrators and Community Engagement
40:00 Developing a Cybernetic Culture w/ Honeycombs
45:00 Cybernetic Culture of Berachain vs Other L1s/L2s
48:40 The Rise of Honeycomb and Community Dynamics
50:53 Personas and Social Interactions in Different Spheres
55:20 A New Definition for Cults
1:03:05 Sustainably Prioritizing Communities
1:08:30 Cults As Cybernetic Organizations
1:10:46 The Key to Long-Lasting Cults
1:25:42 Post-Game Show
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X: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFi
Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 30min
October 30, 2024 Redefining The Next Generation of Yield w/ Chunda McCain - Flywheel #128
This week, we brought on Chunda McCain to learn more about Nucleus which introduces “Yield by Default” and the financialization of infrastructure risk.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
03:44 What was Ion and its evolution into Nucleus
08:48 Financializing Infrastructure Risks
11:00 Yield by Default
15:23 Engaging User Incentives and Infra Revenue Sharing
19:37 App Chains and Ecosystem-Specific Rollups
26:09 Are AVS’s Bottlenecks in Restaking?
30:35 Scaling ETH vs The Rollup-Centric Roadmap
36:52 Ethereum's Identity and EIP-1559
39:23 Narratives from Precious Metals to Crypto
42:15 Nucleus Architecture and User Journey
46:08 Yield Generation Strategies and Risk Management
54:38 Default Yield in all Ecosystems
1:05:05 What Sets Nucleus Apart?
1:10:50 Post-Game Show
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Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 14min
October 23, 2024 Everything Election 2024 + Native Cross-Chain Bitcoin Swaps w/ Thad - Flywheel #127
This week, we hosted Thad, co-founder of El Dorado, to discuss the upcoming election and its implications on Crypto and DeFi.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
04:00 US Election: Candidates and Their Stance on Crypto
08:56 The Current Political Landscape
12:33 Economic Issues: Inflation, Immigration
18:30 Bull Case for Crypto and The US
30:00 Crypto Under Different Political Outcomes
34:00 Political Implications in The Worst-Case Scenario
43:03 The US Identity Crisis Post-Cold War
46:30 What is El Dorado and its Vision
50:00 The Membership Model and Dorito Utility
1:03:03 Understanding Thorchain and Its Innovations
1:10:00 Single-Sided Bitcoin Yield w/ El Dorado
1:14:45 Post-Game Show
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X: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFi
Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 15min
October 16, 2024 Everything You Need To Know About Exponents w/ Ryan Park - Flywheel #126
This week we hosted Ryan Park, co-founder of Exponents, the first liquidation-free, oracle-less perp dex and explored how Exponents is reimagining market efficiency with its novel mathematical mechanisms.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
10:48 Lessons from Anchor
13:50 What Lido Did Right
16:46 Distribution + Growth in Terra and Anchor
19:27 “The End User is Capital”
22:30 Transitioning from Anchor to Exponents
28:54 The Liquidation Free, Oracle-less Perp Dex
34:04 “Spot Arbitrage”, The Lifecycle of a Position
41:49 Synthetic Positions and Collateralization Mechanism
50:40 How Does Exponents Work
1:01:23 Institutional Perspectives on DeFi & Crypto
1:07:43 The Future of DeFi and Its Value Prop
1:13:34 Incentivizing Speculation in Crypto Markets
1:23:15 Building in the Bera Eco
1:29:29 Post-Game Show
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Follow Flywheel
X: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFi
Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 35min
October 10, 2024 Why Solana is Winning w/ Jordan Prince - Flywheel #125
This week, we had on Jordan Prince, an OG Solana dev and co-founder of Metaplex who shared his thoughts on the evolution of the Solana ecosystem and why he believes it could overtake Ethereum's position.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
15:25 How L2s have impacted Ethereum
25:37 The Future of Solana: Flipping ETH?
30:23 The Hacker House Phenomenon
41:58 The Birth of Metaplex and Solana NFT Standards
51:09 EIPs vs Solana Standards
55:30 The Flaws of DAOs and the Need for Representative Governance
1:03:35 B&J Studios and Its Role in Innovation
1:08:50 Memecoins & Market Dynamics
1:18:41 Solana PVP & Ethereum MEV
1:23:38 The Solution to L2s: A New Ethereum
1:26:44 Are New L1s A Threat to Solana?
1:34:09 The Real Threat to Crypto
1:42:48 Post-Game Show
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X: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFi
Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 44min
October 02, 2024 Everything You Need To Know About Usual Money (Stablecoin Alpha) w/ Pierre Person - Flywheel #124
This week, Pierre Person is a former French Politician and current founder of the stablecoin protocol Usual Money. He discusses Usual’s novel mechanisms and how it aims to be a fully on-chain Tether.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
06:19 Working In French Politics
9:24 From Politics to Stablecoins
14:14 What is Usual Money
20:00 Stablecoin Lifecycle in Usual (Minting USD0)
22:48 Usual Governance Token Model
28:12 GTM Strategy (0 to 100 Real Quick)
33:40 Bridging the Gap Between DeFi and CeFi
37:50 USD0++ and Speculative Yield
41:54 Usual’s Mechanism Against Dilution
44:11 Base Interest Guarantee
45:45 Withdrawing USD0 from USD0++
51:35 Token Emissions and Protocol Revenue
55:45 Regulation and MICA
1:06:07 Post-Game Show
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFi
Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 10min
September 25, 2024 The Art of Memecoins w/ Charlie Curran - Flywheel #123
This week, Charlie Curran dives into how Memecoins are an avant-garde art form and what his experiences in the trenches has been like since the launch of pump(dot)fun.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction & Background
07:19 From Fashion and Film to Crypto
10:40 Finding Pump(dot)fun
13:20 Memecoins vs Culture coins
15:35 $P*SSYINBIO Lore
20:55 Community and Cult Formation
24:00 Cultural Shifts and CT Blindspots
30:49 Avant-Garde Art and Crypto Culture
37:10 The Rise of Ball Up Top
42:46 Ball Up Top Community vs P*SSYINBIO
47:28 Trying To Fork Culture
50:30 Ethereum vs Solana
54:54 Future of Culturecoins & Memecoins
1:02:07 Celebrities & Memecoins
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YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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1h 13min
September 19, 2024 Filterworld: How Algorithms Rule Our Lives w/ Kyle Chayka - Flywheel #122
This week we hosted Kyle Chayka, author of Filterworld. We dive into his key findings on how algorithms flatten culture, impact the crypto industry and more.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction and Background
03:47 Writing Filterworld
05:55 Stuck Culture: The Rise of Mainstream Social Internet
08:00 Understanding How Algorithms Work
11:35 Different Flavours of Algorithms
14:47 Flattening
16:20 TikTok’s Optimized Algorithm
21:45 The Homogenization of Culture
22:40 Taste or Algorithmic Recommendations?
24:37 Platform-Based Cultures
30:45 Ineffable Taste vs Data-driven Recommendations
34:00 Sandcastle Platforms & Non-Algo Platforms
36:17 Better Regulation for Social Networks
45:00 AI Further Flattening Culture and Creativity
53:13 Balancing Novelty and Taste in Content Consumption
56:35 Post-Game Show
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Telegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFi
YouTube: @flywheeldefi
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864
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Connect
DeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22
Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_k
Sam: https://twitter.com/traders_insight
Lewy: https://x.com/lewquidity
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.
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FAQs about Flywheel DeFi:

How many episodes does Flywheel DeFi have?

The podcast currently has 152 episodes available.