The Blockcrunch Podcast - Alpha Leak: Raydium is building the fastest AMM - Ep. 142

Alpha Leak: Raydium is building the fastest AMM - Ep. 142

04/21/21 • 27 min

The Solana ecosystem has been receiving more attention lately. We cut through the hype and talk to Raydium, one of the projects building a decentralized exchange on Solana.

Is Raydium just a Uniswap fork on Solana, or more? - What Raydium can do that Ethereum DeFi dapps cannot - Raydium's controversial governance proposal to Sushiswap

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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The Solana ecosystem has been receiving more attention lately. We cut through the hype and talk to Raydium, one of the projects building a decentralized exchange on Solana.

Is Raydium just a Uniswap fork on Solana, or more? - What Raydium can do that Ethereum DeFi dapps cannot - Raydium's controversial governance proposal to Sushiswap

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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Alpha Leak: Saffron Wants to Bring Trillions to DeFi - Ep. 141

Risk-tranching protocols are coming to DeFi, and aiming to tap into the $100T fixed income market. Saffron Finance's developer (@psykeeper_) joins us in breaking down:

Why tranching is the next big trend in DeFi - The risk-tranching landscape in crypto - How the $SFI token works

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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Alpha Leak: Persistence is Targeting a Trillion Dollar Market - Ep. 143

Legacy finance and DeFi are slowly converging, with massive industries beginning to explore public blockchain networks for novel use cases.

Tushar Aggarwal (@Tushar307) joins me in discussing Persistence - one of the most anticipated projects in the Cosmos ecosystem, that's tapping into the trillion-dollar trade finance market.

Host: Jason Choi (@MrJasonChoi). This show is not financial advice; show host and guest may hold some of the assets discussed.

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