Head of Delphi Labs Jose Maria Macedo sits down with Hyperion, General Manager of PRISM, a protocol that “refracts” digital assets into yield and principal components, enabling the next level of DeFi composability. The two discuss the potential of interest rate derivatives in crypto, projections for principal and yield tokens, the composability of these refracted assets, and much more!

Show Notes: 

(00:00:00) – Introduction.

(00:01:27) – Hyperion’s background.

(00:05:42) – Deciding to build in crypto.

(00:07:27) – Interest rate derivatives in TradFi. 

(00:11:09) – Using interest rate derivatives as a hedge. 

(00:14:40) – The size of the interest rate derivatives market. 

(00:16:50) – The founding basis of PRISM.

(00:17:45) – Bonding / yield curves in crypto. 

(00:22:06) – The user journey on PRISM. 

(00:23:45) – Price expectations for pLuna and yLuna.  

(00:29:37) – Long/short strategies for pLuna and yLuna.

(00:32:10) – Perpetuals for pLuna.

(00:34:35) – Fixed maturity on the tokens.

(00:37:15) – The relationship between p tokens and y tokens. 

(00:38:57) – Tokens beyond pLuna and yLuna. 

(00:42:08) – The possibilities for aUST?

(00:44:48) – Additional functionalities on PRISM. 

(00:48:01) – The $PRISM token. 

(00:53:11) – Composability use-cases for PRISM. 

(00:55:24) – Why interest rate derivatives have not gained traction in crypto.

(00:59:41) – The core interest rates in crypto.

(01:03:52) – Closing thoughts. 

Social links: 

• Hyperion’s Twitter

Resources: 

• Delphi Podcast Summaries

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