29 - Aave to Billions | Stani Kulechov

<p>Episode: #29<br /> September 07, 2020</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Tools from our sponsors to go bankless:</p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">🌐 <a href="https://bankless.cc/unstoppable">UNSTOPPABLE DOMAINS</a> - <a href="https://bankless.cc/unstoppable">GET A HUMAN READABLE CRYPTO DOMAIN</a></span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">🌈 <a href="http://bankless.cc/zapper">ZAPPER - ULTIMATE HUB FOR DEFI</a> - ZAP INTO DEFI</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">💳 <a href="https://bankless.cc/monolith">MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS</a></span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">💸 <a href="https://bankless.cc/AMPL-MINE">AMPLFORTH - MONETARY EXPERIMENT FOR BASE MONEY</a></span></p> <p>----<br /> Stani Kulechov is the Founder of the Aave money market, a place for lending and borrowing assets in DeFi.</p> <p>Aave has marched up the DeFi leaderboard to become one of the top protocols with the most amount of value deposited into its contracts. Aave's token LEND has increased 3300% since its bear market low.</p> <p>What contributed to Aave's success? What did Aave do differently? Why did Aave's community thrive when others died? What's next for Aave and Aavenomics?</p> <p>We ask Stani these questions and many more, in order to get a glimpse of what is successful in this DeFi frontier!</p> <p>-----</p> <p>WE COVER</p> <p>1) Crypto-Native Founders<br /> 2) Early days of Aave -- ETHLend and the Aave pivot<br /> 3) Sticking it out through the bear market<br /> 4) Establishing the team-community relationship<br /> 5) Rising the Ranks of DeFi<br /> 6) VC investment vs ICO investment; pros and cons<br /> 7) Aave moves FAST!<br /> 8) Aavenomics and Aave Roadmap<br /> 9) Bull Market Predictions!</p> <p>-----<br /> Resources discussed:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://bankless.substack.com/p/evaluating-mkrs-tokenomics">David's article about MKR references by Stani</a></li> </ul> <p>-----<br /> Episode A