Fundamentals

Julian Koh, Co-Founder & CEO of Ribbon Finance joined us for another episode of 15-minute fundamentals to discuss the past 3 months at Ribbon.

In this episode, we dive into the current state of Ribbon and discuss recently launched products Ribbon Earn and Ribbon Lend, and the soon to be launched options exchange Aevo. 

Ribbon Finance is a suite of DeFi protocols that help users access crypto structured products. By combining derivatives, lending and a proprietary on-chain options exchange (Aevo), Ribbon aims to be the one-stop solution for users who want to improve a portfolio's risk-return profile.

Ribbon's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/ribbon-finance

Ribbon Finance:

Site: https://www.ribbon.finance/

Docs: https://docs.ribbon.finance/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ribbonfinance

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ribbon-fin...

Julian: https://twitter.com/juliankoh

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Timestamps:

00:00 Current vibes over at Ribbon

01:49 Ribbon Earn

05:36 Ribbon Lend 

07:20 Ribbon Lend's core value proposition 

09:31 How the new products affect Ribbon's revenues  

10:35 Aevo - what and why?

13:48 Core business focus areas 

15:03 What's next for Ribbon Finance?

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Jamie Holmes from Perpetual Protocol joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Perpetual Protocol is an on-chain perpetual futures DEX with deep liquidity and builder-ready composability.

Perpetual Protocol's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/perpetual-protocol

Perpetual Protocol: https://perp.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/perpprotocol

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Timestamps:

00:00 What is Perpetual Protocol?

01:15  Differences between Perpetual v1 & v2

02:11 Virtual Automated Market Maker (vAMM vs. AMM)

03:10 Business model

03:52 What is vePERP

04:35 Growth drivers and challenges

06:27 Competitive landscape

07:42 Partnerships & their role

08:30 Token incentives

11:10 User composition

12:40 Community activity

13:18 What's next for Perpetual Protocol?

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Lito, from Hop Protocol, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Hop is a scalable rollup-to-rollup general token bridge. It allows users to send tokens from one rollup to another almost immediately without having to wait for the rollup’s challenge period.

Hop's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/hop-protocol

Hop: https://hop.exchange/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HopProtocol

Lito's Twitter: https://twitter.com/litocoen

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Timestamps:

00:00 What is Hop?

01:32 What is a Bonder?

04:10 Business model

06:40 Growth drivers and challenges

07:36 Hop's core value proposition

10:04 Cross-Chain vs. Multi-Chain

11:17 Hop's user composition

13:15 $HOP token's airdrop

16:20 What's next for Hop?

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Adam Soffer, Product Engineering Lead at Livepeer, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Livepeer is a decentralized video streaming network built on the Ethereum blockchain.

Livepeer's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/livepeer

Livepeer: https://livepeer.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Livepeer

Adam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamSoffer

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Timestamps:

00:00 What is Livepeer?

01:26 Orchestrators & Delegators

04:00 Token & business model

08:08 Migration to Arbitrum

09:15 Growth drivers and challenges

10:49 Partnerships & their role

11:58 Centralized vs. Decentralized video streaming

13:33 What's next for Livepeer?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Teddy Woodward, Co-founder of Notional Finance, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. 

Tune in to the extended version of our interview with Teddy below, where we discuss the risks that lending protocols face during the Ethereum merge, give a detailed overview of Notional's tokenomics, and discuss the role community contributors have: https://youtu.be/4vXYQsRsFWw

Notional's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/notional-finance

Notional Finance: https://www.notional.finance/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotionalFinance

Teddy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/teddywoodward

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Timestamps:

00:00 What is Notional Finance?

01:15 How does Notional work (fCash)?

03:55 Business model

06:30 Growth drivers and challenges

10:30 Partnerships

12:30 What's next for Notional?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Teddy Woodward, Co-founder of Notional Finance, joined us for an interview to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this extended version of our interview with Teddy we discuss the risks that lending protocols face during the Ethereum merge, give a detailed overview of Notionals tokenomics, and describe the different roles that community contributors have.

Notional's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/notional-finance

Notional Finance: https://www.notional.finance/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotionalFinance

Teddy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/teddywoodward

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Timestamps:

00:00 What is Notional Finance?

01:15 How does Notional work (fCash)?

03:50 What are nTokens?

06:35 Business model

09:15 Growth drivers and challenges

13:18 Partnerships

15:09 Community contributors

16:40 The NOTE token and its role

19:18 Ethereum merge - a risk for lending protocols?

26:15 What's next for Notional?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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In 15-minute fundamentals, we interview core protocol contributors & together dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. In this episode, we dive into the current state of NFTX with Quag.  

A novel use case not mentioned in the interview but worth noting is that NFTX provides users the ability to DCA or “save up” for an NFT and earn interest while doing it by staking the vault token. We'll speak about this in more detail with Quag in a future episode.

You can tune in to the extended version of this interview with Quag here: https://youtu.be/Rj1V2AKr91Y 

NFTX's Dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/nftx 

NFTX: https://nftx.io/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NFTX_

Quag's Twitter: https://twitter.com/quagliero

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Timestamps:

00:00 What is NFTX?

00:38 How does NFTX work?

01:45 The innovations introduced by NFTX 

03:12 How are NFT floor prices determined?

04:40 NFTX vs. Sudoswap

06:05 Integration with 0x

07:52 Current fee model on NFTX

10:10 Drivers and challenges related to growth

11:30 Community contribution to protocol development

12:21 Creator royalties

15:16 What's next for NFTX?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of our website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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The extended version of our 15-minute fundamentals interview with Quag from NFTX. In this interview, we break down NFTX's operating model and learn about the drivers behind the data you see on Token Terminal's charts. We discuss NFT liquidity, different staking options, the current fee model, creator royalties, launching on Arbitrum, Pudgy Penguins, the NFTX token, etc. Tune in for the latest on NFTX and the plans for its future.  

A novel use case not mentioned in the interview but worth noting is that NFTX provides users the ability to DCA or “save up” for an NFT and earn interest while doing it by staking the vault token. We'll speak about this in more detail with Quag in a future episode.

NFTX's Dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/nftx 

NFTX: https://nftx.io/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NFTX_

Quag's Twitter: https://twitter.com/quagliero

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Timestamps:

00:00 What is NFTX?

00:38 How does NFTX work?

01:45 The innovations introduced by NFTX 

05:12 How are NFT floor prices determined?

07:11 NFTX vs. Sudoswap

09:26 Integration with 0x

12:28 Current fee model on NFTX

18:02 NFTX on Arbitrum

19:20 Drivers and challenges related to growth

20:53 Community contribution to protocol development

22:47 Creator royalties

27:56 What's next for NFTX?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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In our second episode with Michael Svoboda from Liquity we discuss the censorship of USD-linked stablecoins, how the Terra crash and broader market's stress test has affected Liquity, and how truly DeFi native stablecoins are positioned amidst these events.  

In 15-minute fundamentals, we break down the business of a crypto project and learn about the drivers behind the data you can see on Token Terminal's charts.   

Liquity's dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/liquity

Liquity: Site: https://www.liquity.org/

Docs: https://docs.liquity.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiquityProtocol

Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/svobodamichael

Timestamps: 

00:00 Recap of the last 5 months 

02:50 LUSD on Optimism 

04:08 How has Liquity managed the market's stress test? 

05:10 Thoughts on algorithmic stablecoins post Terra crash 

05:45 Stablecoin censorship & how Liquity is positioned 

07:28 Capitalizing on censorship concerns 

10:40 100% ETH-backed stablecoins 

12:00 Could LUSD replace centralized stablecoins as collateral? 

13:00 Business update & roadmap 

14:25 Liquity's community grant program 

15:00 What's next for Liquity?

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Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated. Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of our website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.