The Delphi Podcast

Delphi Podcast Host Tom Shaughnessy hosts Psykeeper, the founder of Saffron Finance. Psykeeper shared his incredible story as an anonymous founder and the benefits of being anon. He also dove into how Saffron tranches risk for users, tranche dynamics, token econ plans and use cases, what the future holds and so much more. 

This was our first episode where a founder used a voice changer to protect his identity, and we are more than happy to host founders, known or anon, to share their stories.

Saffron is a protocol for tokenizing on-chain assets, including contracts that otherwise impair access to utilized capital. Tokenized ownership of on-chain assets gives liquidity providers greater flexibility and uninterrupted access to their underlying collateral while enabling leveraged staking and bespoke risk management.

Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

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Show Notes:

(1:34) – Psykeeper’s background and how he founded Saffron Finance (SFI).

(3:03) – Major benefits for Psy for being anonymous.

(5:28) – Saffron’s elevator pitch.

(6:52) – Differences between Saffron and other DeFi platforms / Tranches / Earnings.

(9:47) – Saffron’s target market.

(13:18) – Thoughts on Saffron rates.

(15:43) – Saffron’s community.

(17:00) – Thoughts on Saffron’s token long term.

(20:21) – Concerns about the yields fall a lot once the SFI issuance falls.

(22:50) – Thoughts on Saffron being used within another DeFi protocols.

(23:54) – Saffron’s Team.

(25:41) – How does the external community get involved?

(28:25) – Learnings from Saffron’s token generation event.

(31:04) – How does Psy plan to decentralize?

(33:00) – Where to find Saffron Finance.

Music Attribution:

• Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic

Resources:

• Psy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/psykeeper

More

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start

Co-hosts Jose Maria Macedo and Yan Liberman sit down with Azeem and Robert from Armor Finance. Armor Finance is a new project building a smart insurance aggregator for DeFi. Armor seeks to make DeFi safer by streamlining the insurance UX, providing a ‘Pay as you Go’ and ‘Only pay what you owe’ coverage for users across various protocols, starting with the majors but expanding coverage over time. We see them as the insurance “distribution” layer on top of the “underwriting” layer provided by NXM, similar to insurance brokers in the real world. Armor just launched their first products and yield farming initiatives this weekend and Yan and Jose take this opportunity to dig into what Armor is and their future plans. We hope you enjoy this conversation.

Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as an audio interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

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Show Notes:

(2:03) – Azeem and Robert’s background and what brought them to crypto.

Resources:

• Azeem’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AzeemFi

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

Host Piers Kicks sits down for Episode 15 of Metaverse Musings with Miles Anthony the Founder of Decentral Games who are building casinos across virtual worlds. His project is the first to pioneer this concept and thus far there is little in the way of competition. We talk through the unique considerations when building in this strange space, replacing The House with a community-owned protocol, and the interesting observations he has made on stimulating engagement thus far.

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Resources:

• Guests' Twitter: https://twitter.com/miles1dg

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h

Chain Reaction Hosts Tom Shaughnessy  and Piers Kicks host Jess Sloss, of Seed Club, and Cooper Turley, of Audius, to discuss social tokens and their must read 2020 social tokens post. 

Social tokens are a nascent and budding opportunity in crypto and frankly, there are limited sources of information right now. To combat that and unveil the opportunity we had on two experts to help educate the Delphi Community on social tokens and their importance. The four talk numbers, use cases, key launches, what’s ahead, the differences between social and DeFi tokens, and much more.

Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

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Show Notes

(1:27) – (First Question) – What was the impetus to write a Social Token year in review?

(2:25) – The start of Social Tokens.

(3:44) – What’s the most prominent Social Token that’s launched?

(8:35) – The difference between a Social Token and a DeFi token.

(12:40) – The difference between launching a Social Token and Yield Farming a DeFi Token.

(15:42) – Using Social Tokens to reward people for automating tasks.

(17:29) – Thoughts on Gaming.

(19:45) – Thoughts about Social Tokens being used by the Traditional World.

(23:07) – Social Tokens, a new emergent type of culture and brand.

(26:28) – What was the biggest Social Token that you guys have aped into?

(30:06) – Concerns about Human Risk.

(32:54) – Thoughts about the Security around Social Tokens.

(34:11) – Is there anyone specific who would be a good fit in Crypto to launch a Token?

(36:08) – How to attribute value from other people to these tokens when a lot of the value is more qualitative than trackable metric-wise?

(37:45) – Specific examples.

(41:28) – Where Social Tokens fit in on a work level for Crypto people/ More Collaboration or More Competition.

(43:00) – Thoughts about the Synergy of DeFIs, NFTs and Social Tokens.

(46:10) – Jess / Seed Club.

(47:18) – Cooper / Audius.

Music Attribution:

• Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic

Resources:

• Jess’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thattallguy

More

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a so

Host Piers Kicks sits down for Episode 14 of Metaverse Musings with John the Founder and CEO of SuperRare. His project is one of the earliest crypto art platforms built on Ethereum, and leads the sector by on-chain volume. We talk through the unique considerations when building a crypto art platform, how to humanise the experience, how he thinks over $200M of art will be sold this year, and how intuitive content-oriented crypto such as NFTs could be the consumer-facing onboarding funnel the industry needs.

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Resources:

• Guests' Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperRareJohn

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h

Chain Reaction Host Tom Shaughnessy  hosts Teddy Woodward and Jeff Wu of Notional Finance.  

Notional is a protocol on Ethereum that facilitates fixed rate, fixed-term lending and borrowing of crypto-assets via a novel financial primitive called fCash. Fixed rate financing touches all corners of the modern financial markets. The majority of US debt is issued at fixed interest rates because they provide certainty and minimize risk for market participants. Notional brings this capability to the decentralized financial system on Ethereum and gives crypto users that same access to stable financing.

The full interview transcript is available below the video!

Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

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Show Notes:

(1:17) – (First Question) - Teddy’s Background.

Music Attribution:

• Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic

Resources:

• Teddy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/teddywoodward

More

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparenc

Chain Reaction Hosts Tom Shaughnessy  and Medio Demarco host Joey Santoro, the founder and architect of FEI protocol. This is the third episode in our algorithmic stablecoin series. Joey talks through the creation of FEI, direct incentives for reducing and increasing supply, protocol controlled value, direct incentives, and much more. 

Our other episodes in this series

• Empty Set Dollar

• FRAX Finance

Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

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Show Notes:

(1:19) – (First Question) - Joey’s Background and what brought him to Crypto.

The full interview transcript is available here. 

• Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic

• Do’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/d0h0k1

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be

Delphi Digital analyst Jonathan Erlich hosts Do Kwon, Co-Founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, to discuss all things Terra. The conversation dives into Terra’s vision and impressive 2020, as well as into Chai and some exciting recent developments such as Mirror and Anchor.

The full interview transcript is available here! 

Every Delphi Podcast is dropped first as a video interview for Delphi Digital Subscribers. Our members also have access to full interview transcripts. Join today to get our interviews, first.

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Show Notes:

(1:30) – (First Question) - Do Kwon’s Background and what brought him to Crypto.

(3:18) – How Do Kwon defines Terra?

(6:41) – Terra´s Stablecoins Walkthrough.

(9:01) – Peg Stability.

(11:06) – Thoughts about Chai / Chai´s Success.

(16:01) – UX from the Merchant Perspective.

(18:53) – How Terra benefits from Chai?

(23:01) – 3 Announcements around Chai.

(31:13) – Smart Contracts for Terra.

(37:50) – Mirror’s Competitive Advantages.

(40:34) – Thoughts about Value accrual in Mirror.

(43:47) – Mirror Regulation.

(46:33) – Mirror’s Sustainability / The liquidity mining campaign ends, What’s Next?

(50:45) – Anchor: A new Savings and Lending Protocol.

(56:48) – Thoughts about Anchor’s development.

(57:28) – What can we expect from Terra for 2021?

Music Attribution:

• Cosmos by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic

• Do’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/d0h0k1

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast, and our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product or service. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed here.

Chain Reaction Host Jose Maria Macedo sits down with Stani Kulechov - Founder & CEO of Aave. Aave is one of the leading DeFi protocols with nearly $3B in TVL and $4B in loans originated. Originally known as ETHLend, Aave launched its ICO in 2017 and unlike most, built through a brutal multi-year bear market that saw its price drop >90%. The team’s persistence was rewarded with a truly epic 2020 as TVL grew 1000x (from $300K to $3B) and market cap grow ~150x (from $10M to $1.5B). Most importantly, the team has continued to innovate at breakneck space, pioneering features such as flash loans, delegated credit lines, collateral swaps and entirely new governance structures.

In this conversation, we skip over much of the now well-covered Aave back story and focus on covering new ground. We discuss things like:

• What makes a good protocol founder & CEO,  

(3:35) – Stani’s background and what brought him to crypto

(9:45) – Angel investing: What does Stani look for in projects & founders?

(13:57) – Learnings from being a Protocol CEO

(19:31) – Biggest mistakes and learnings from 2020

(23:47) – Aave’s e-money license and what it will enable

(28:39) – Aave’s Protocol and Application Layers

(31:43) – Aave’s Application Layer as a DeFi Aggregator

(33:16) – Application value capture

(38:14) – The potential of the Safety Module as an Insurance Product.

(40:47) – Delegated Credit and unlocking yield aggregation

(52:24) – Competitive moats in DeFi

(58:42) – Thoughts on Compound Chain

(01:01:13) – Thoughts on Algorithmic Stablecoins

(01:03:34) – Thoughts on CREAM, the Yearn conglomerate and “Protocol M&A”?

(01:08:39) – Aave’s new Governance Standard

(01:15:14) – How does Stani see the future of Protocol Politicians?

(01:20:14) – Stani´s Expectations / Strategic Focuses for 2021.

Resources:

• Stani’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Yy99ZlQIX9-PdG_xHj43Q

Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host may personally own tokens that are mentioned on the podcast. Lets Talk Bitcoin is a distribution partner for the Chain Reaction Podcast,

Host Piers Kicks sits down for Episode 13 of Metaverse Musings with Dan and Gauthier, the founders of Nonfungible. Their company provides data tools for the emerging NFT landscape, and each year they author a comprehensive industry report. The pair suggest that their upcoming report is the most in-depth and broad to date, with a number of exciting takeaways...

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Resources:

• Guests' Twitter: https://twitter.com/dafky2000, https://twitter.com/Gauthier_Z 

• Our Video interviews Can Be Viewed Here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvsp75h