DeFi Protocols
topic on 4 shows · 7 statements across 7 episodes
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Armstrong: Coinbase lending features use DeFi protocols underneath
“You had mentioned earlier, people on Coinbase can actually choose to lend their money out and earn these yields and things. That's using a DeFi protocol underneath.”
Allaire: Trillions of dollars in loans have been issued via stablecoins in DeFi
“Well, so already today there have been trillions of dollars of loans made in stablecoins through DeFi protocols.”
Garg: Most DeFi protocols will fail to capture defensible value
“A lot of these protocols ultimately we think will not capture that much value despite there being very useful. It's just going to be really tough for them to actually capture significant value defensively over time.”
Jin: DeFi protocols remained resilient and operational throughout the crypto crash
“All of the DeFi protocols are still working, but they've been incredibly resilient during this period of broader turmoil. And I think it's really important to note that because in those instances and in the DeFi world, users know exactly what is happening with…”
Bozman: Superior technology cannot dislodge DeFi protocols with established narrative dominance
“We've seen a lot of More efficient versions of a lot of these DeFi protocols and very few of them have gone anywhere because once these teams have a narrative, once they have people talking about them on Twitter, it's just very hard to like come in and break o…”
Dixon: Compound and on-chain DeFi protocols performed well through market volatility
“And Compound, by the way, contrary to a lot of the news you'll read today, Compound and all of the other on-chain DeFi protocols have performed quite well in this volatile market.”
Ginns: DeFi governance token votes act as management decisions, not just proxy votes
“These voting rights, though, go beyond voting rights that you would see in a proxy statement for an equity. They're actually voting rights. You can propose changes to the way that the protocol operates and bring a vote on that. So they end up almost being mana…”