Ep 16, Compound — Yield Opportunities in Crypto with Robert Leshner, Founder and CEO

Less is more - keep it simple. That's the elegance of the Compound protocol. Compound has created a liquid, on-chain lending market. By keeping loan terms identical and utilizing a cohesive rate interest model, Compound has created a deep liquidity in a floating rate money market. With a long-term vision for protocol-level governance and a native model for generating revenue, the roadmap for Compound's success seems much more visible than the average protocol level project.

Overview:

How money markets can create better price discovery for crypto assets.
How Compound can abstract away the need to own crypto and increase dApp usage
How Compound’s floating rate architecture lends itself to better UX.
Compound’s vision to become a DAO that organically creates value and incentives.
Market neutral arbitrage opportunities in Compound and other yielding crypto projects.
Compound’s position in the decentralized debt markets
Compound as a monetization mechanism for dApps and as a layer for constructing financial products.
How Compound’s architecture casts itself away from the regulatory spotlight.
The vision for go-to-market and product roadmap

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Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria

Michael Dunworth (co-host): @MichaelDunwort1