Jordan Kruger is CoFounder of Metronome and Vesper Finance. Zane Huffman is CoFounder of Metronome and CSO of Bloq. In this episode of The DeFi Podcast, we interview 2 crypto OGs who pivoted to building full time in DeFi back in 2020, which led to the launch of Vesper Finance, designed for easy single-deposit token vault strategies. During this interview, we focus on their latest protocol Metronome, which enables users to generate a variety of synthetics using cryptoassets as collateral. Their newest product Smart Farming is a degen's paradise with up to 4-5X looping to instantly create leveraged positions with like-assets, backed by interest-earning collateral like vaFRAX or vaSTETH deposited in Vesper vaults. This is a great interview and tutorial for those new to the concept of looping in DeFi and how it works. ------ THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN OR NFT RELATED TO ANY PLATFORMS DISCUSSED. ------ 🌲 CHECK OUT MY OTHER POD--THE EDGE PODCAST: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod 🔎 DISCOVER DEFI & WEB3 BLOG POSTS, PODCASTS, TUTORIALS: http://defidad.com/ ✅ FOLLOW DEFI DAD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ------ Podcast Sponsor Resources 🏗️ MANTLE | HIGH-PERFORMANCE ETHEREUM L2 WITH MODULAR DESIGN, LOW FEES, AND HIGH SECURITY https://linktr.ee/mantle.xyz ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR AND AMM https://kyberswap.com/?&utm_source=KOL&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=defidad&utm_content=overview 📈 GTRADE | DECENTRALIZED LEVERAGE TRADING https://gains.trade/

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https://avocado.instadapp.io/ ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS https://www.utopialabs.com/ 🌊 STADER | MULTICHAIN LIQUID STAKING https://staderlabs.com/ 🚀 LIQUITY | UNSTOPPABLE ETH-BACKED STABLECOINS AND LEVERAGE https://www.liquity.org/ ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 05:25 - Jordan's background 09:10 - Zane's background 11:20 - Lessons from this crypto bear market 16:30 - What is Metronome 19:35 - Smart Farming application 23:45 - The utility of synths 29:00 - Risks of Smart Farming 34:40 - Synth minting fee 38:20 - What's next for Metronome 40:23 - Closing ------ Guest Links Jordan on Twitter https://twitter.com/JordanJKruger Zane on Twitter https://twitter.com/jeffthedunker Metronome on Twitter https://twitter.com/MetronomeDAO Learn about Metronome https://metronome.io/ Learn about Vesper Finance https://vesper.finance/ ------ 🙏 If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact my team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests, DeFi Dad, and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research.

Isaac Prada is the Head of PR and Project Management at Radiant Capital, a DeFi omnichain lending and borrowing market. In this episode of The DeFi Podcast, Isaac shares all the lessons the Radiant Capital team has used to design some of the most forwarding thinking tokenomics in DeFi. He discusses how Radiant became one of most popular DeFi apps on the Ethereum L2 Arbitrum and how they designed Radiant V2 to reward long term contributors to Radiant and prevent mercenary farmers from farming their token to 0. 🎙️ If you prefer a podcast player, subscribe and listen to The DeFi Podcast here: https://anchor.fm/defidad THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN OR NFT RELATED TO ANY PLATFORMS DISCUSSED. ------ 🙏 If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact my team at 4RC: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ ------ 🌿 SUBSCRIBE TO DEFI DAD ON LENSTUBE: https://lenstube.xyz/defidad.lens ✅ FOLLOW DEFI DAD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad 🌲 DISCOVER DEFI AND WEB3 BLOG POSTS, INTERVIEWS, AND TUTORIALS: http://defidad.com/ ------ The DeFi Podcast Resources 📈 KYBERSWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR AND AMM 📊 PUSH PROTOCOL | WEB3 COMMS PROTOCOL 🌊 STADER | MULTICHAIN LIQUID STAKING 🌿 LENS | DECENTRALIZED SOCIAL GRAPH 📱ORB | IOS/ANDROID MOBILE APP FOR LENS SOCIAL MEDIA ⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS ------ Topics Covered 00:00 - Intro 03:25 - Isaac's background 06:39 - The mission behind Radiant 08:35 - How Radiant differentiates from competitors 14:50 - RDNT emissions and DLP 24:30 - Looping, Zapping, Locking 28:45 - RDNT Vesting 30:30 - Building DeFi 3.0 33:30 - Lock Length, Eligibility Status 36:30 - Bounty Program 42:10 - Why no solo RDNT staking 44:25 - Liquidations 46:00 - ARB airdrop to Radiant DAO 49:25 - Launching on BSC 52:18 - What's next for Radiant 55:45 - Closing ------ Guest Links Isaac Prada on Twitter https://twitter.com/IsaacRadiant Radiant Capital on Twitter https://twitter.com/RDNTCapital Learn about Radiant Capital https://radiant.capital/ Radiant Discord https://discord.com/invite/radiantcapital ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do your own research. All opinions expressed by DeFi Dad and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of his team at 4RC.

Arif Khan is the CEO and CoFounder of Alethea AI, a research and development studio building at the intersection of generative AI and blockchain.  

In this episode, Arif shares why he believes we can avoid a future of "AI colonialism" with decentralized, community-owned AI, powered by DeFi and Web3. Arif has been working with two transformative technologies for years: artificial intelligence and crypto. He shares a strong conviction for why we can ensure many, instead of a few elites, benefit from the impact of AI by leveraging the decentralized, permissionless infrastructure of Web3.  

THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN OR NFT RELATED TO ANY PLATFORMS DISCUSSED.  

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The DeFi Podcast Resources

📊 PUSH PROTOCOL | WEB3 COMMS PROTOCOL https://push.org/

🌊 STADER | MULTICHAIN LIQUID STAKING https://staderlabs.com/

🌿 LENS | DECENTRALIZED SOCIAL GRAPH https://lens.xyz/

📱ORB | IOS/ANDROID MOBILE APP FOR LENS SOCIAL MEDIA https://orb.ac/

🤖 UTILITI.AI | ALL-IN-ONE PLATFORM TO LAUNCH DAPPS AND GAMES https://www.utiliti.ai/

⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS https://www.utopialabs.com/

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Topics Covered  

00:00 - Intro 

03:25 - Thoughts on bank runs and synthetic media 

07:00 - Why Arif got into AI 

10:45 - Alethea tokenizing AI with iNFTs 

15:45 - Why there should be self-custodial AI 

19:45 - Reality of AI being centralized and easily censored today 

24:00 - Could a tokenized community govern AI resources?

27:00 - Why democratic governance is necessary to govern AI 

32:45 - Web3 infra benefits AI 

34:50 - Free will distinguishes humans from AI 

36:30 - Will AI achieve its own free will? 

38:15 - Web3 elements to benefit AI 

44:20 - The risk of AI colonialism 

50:30 - Permissionless access to AI is key 

53:00 - Use cases of AI built by Alethea 

1:00:20 - Alethea analogy to the movie Her 

1:01:45 - Generative abundance, scarcity, trust, provenance 

1:05:00 - Challenges of synthetic media solved by Web3 

1:06:45 - Closing  

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Guest Links  Arif Khan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/ArKhan 

Alethea AI on Twitter 

https://twitter.com/real_alethea 

Learn about Alethea AI 

https://alethea.ai/ 

Alethea AI Discord 

https://discord.gg/aletheaai 

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do your own research. All opinions expressed by DeFi Dad and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of his team at 4RC.  

DeFi Dad has participated in Alethea since 2021 and holds the ALI token as of this recording.