Meina Zhou, CEO and founder of Native, discusses her background in data science and her journey into the crypto space. She explains the liquidity issues in Web3, including pricing inaccuracy and liquidity fragmentation. Native aims to address these issues by building a unified liquidity layer for Web3. They have developed three core products: the RFQ routing system, NativeX (a DEX aggregator), and Native Lend (formerly Agua, a peer-to-PMM liquidity provisioning mechanism). Meina also discusses notable partnerships and collaborations. 

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Native is a liquidity protocol that aims to solve the liquidity problem in DeFi by providing capital-efficient liquidity. It is also focused on attracting more assets into its native liquidity pools. Native's sustainable yield is generated through traditional lending and borrowing rates and financing fees based on capital utilization. Native aims to contribute to the broader adoption of Web3 by providing better pricing and more yields and by being a fundamental financial infrastructure for the DeFi ecosystem.

00:00 Introduction and Background

05:01 AMMs and Inefficient Pricing Models

07:51 Liquidity Fragmentation and Native's Solution

14:16 The Three Core Products of Native

26:23 Building a Unified Liquidity Layer for Web3

31:24 Improving Liquidity with Partnerships

39:35 Opportunities to Earn and Grow with Native

44:58 Challenges and Lessons in Building the Product

49:37 The Difficulty of Marketing in Web3

54:08 Contributing to the Adoption of Web3

58:44 Upcoming Milestones and Developments

Guest Socials: 
- Twitter: https://x.com/CryptoMeina
- Company Website: https://native.org/

Host Socials: 
- Twitter: https://x.com/jaxxdwyer

Keywords

Native, data science, crypto space, liquidity issues, pricing inaccuracy, liquidity fragmentation, unified liquidity layer, RFQ routing system, NativeX, Native Land, Agua, peer-to-PMM liquidity provisioning, partnerships, collaborations, ZK-Link, Native, liquidity protocol, DeFi, market makers, yield aggregators, stablecoin issuer RWA protocols, partnerships, capital utilization, sustainable yield, Web3, better pricing, yields, financial infrastructure

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