#5: Getty Hill, GFX Labs - Building at the forefront of DeFi and governance
Wallfacer Podcast · Wallfacer Labs
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Show Notes
Getty Hill is the CEO and Co-Founder of GFX Labs, a blockchain research & development company.
[0:00] Introduction and Getty's time at Grapefruit Trading
[10:00] Starting GFX
[14:00] Breaking down the team and work at GFX
[19:20] Funds delegating to GFX
[20:30] The role of activist investors in DAOs
[22:00] The state of MakerDAO
[27:00] GFX's involvement at Uniswap
[31:40] The Uniswap Fee Switch
[39:00] Would the vote go differently today?
[40:00] Relationship between protocols and Labs co's
[43:00] The risk management space within DeFi
[47:30] Other exciting developments in borrow/lend
[48:20] Oku Trade
[1:02:00] Raising from VCs vs grant programs
[1:04:00] Metrics for success and next 12-months of Oku
[1:07:30] POINTS
[1:11:00] Retro on Optimism's RetroPGF 3
[1:16:00] The world of many chains
[1:18:00] What excited Getty about the future
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