Ep 27 - 25 October 2021 - I.O.W with Frax Finance Co-founder - Sam Kazemian

<p>Dropkickdarren and Mark11 sit down with the Frax Finance Co-founder, Sam Kazemian!</p><p>Fresh off the plane from Dubai, Sam sits down with us to talk about the synergies between FRAX, OHM, and TOKE, Frax v3, and why Bitcoin can never be a <strong><em>currency</em></strong>...</p><p><strong>What we touch on:</strong></p><p>Sam’s Crypto background (0:54)</p><p>Past stablecoins experiments (4:06)</p><p>How a partially collateralized stablecoin mimics Central Banks (4:50)</p><p>Frax origins (7:37)</p><p>Sam’s introduction to Olympus (9:16)</p><p>FRAX V3 and AMO’s - Automated Market Operators (10:57)</p><p>The synergy between TOKE, FRAX, and OHM (20:02)</p><p>FRAX balance sheet (26:28)</p><p>How does FRAX AMO's work? (31:26)</p><p>FRAX and Olympus PRO (32:56)</p><p>FRAX price index (FPI) (34:17)</p><p>Tracking off-chain CPI metrics (38:51)</p><p>Frax’s decentralization ratio (42:31)</p><p>How the FPI would be backed by OHM (47:30)</p><p>Collaborations with intellectuals on the FPI (49:35)</p><p>Why Bitcoin can’t be a currency (51:50)</p><p>Coase’s Theory of the Firm and how it applies to crypto (55:53)</p><p>FRAX partnership with GMX and zkSync (1:00:59)</p><p>Gamifying Governance (1:02:53)</p><p>Regulatory risks for stablecoins and protocol founders (1:06:01)</p><p>Crypto conferences (1:08:51)</p><p>Closing remarks (1:10:55)</p><p><strong>Useful links</strong>-</p><p><em>Great analysis on Frax Finance:</em></p><p><a href="https://www.mechanism.capital/frax/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.mechanism.capital/frax/</a></p><p><em>Coase's Theory of the Firm:</em></p><p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x</a></p><p>We touch on a lot in this one Ohmies, how did we do?</p><p><a href="https://forms.gle/cNUnz2TwEaBUHMCE7" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://forms.gle/cNUnz2TwEaBUHMCE7</a><a href="https://t.co/9OzWwvRf7N?amp=1" target="_blank"