Ep 16, Compound — Yield Opportunities in Crypto with Robert Leshner, Founder and CEO
In this Wyre Talks, we are excited to host Robert Leshner, Founder and CEO of Compound. Robert is a rare dangerous combination with a background in economics and product. For building a money market on the blockchain, it's clear he’s the man for the job. With a mind for designing effective protocol level incentives along with a clean UX for users, Compound has created the largest on chain debt marketplace.
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Show Notes
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
You can follow the hosts on Twitter!
Thomas Scaria (host): @tomscaria
Michael Dunworth (co-host): @MichaelDunwort1