EP 56: Iron Finance vs FRAX | 3 Reasons why IRON failed in its economics design Economics Design
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How did IRON Finance crash 100% within a day? What went wrong with its mechanisms and economic design, and how is it different from FRAX, which we recently reported to be the best among 8 different stable coins? We dive into the tragedy of IRON in this episode.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro & Contents
0:32 – Iron Finance explained
1:13 – IRON vs FRAX
2:43 – Causes of failure: Uncontrolled Supply
4:07 – Causes of failure: TITAN & IRON relationship
4:44 – Causes of failure: TITAN Mechanism Design
7:31 – Three Opinions
9:31 – More resources & how to support us!
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How did IRON Finance crash 100% within a day? What went wrong with its mechanisms and economic design, and how is it different from FRAX, which we recently reported to be the best among 8 different stable coins? We dive into the tragedy of IRON in this episode.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro & Contents
0:32 – Iron Finance explained
1:13 – IRON vs FRAX
2:43 – Causes of failure: Uncontrolled Supply
4:07 – Causes of failure: TITAN & IRON relationship
4:44 – Causes of failure: TITAN Mechanism Design
7:31 – Three Opinions
9:31 – More resources & how to support us!
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Want more in-depth content?
1) Support us on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/economicsdesign
2) [Textbook] The Economics and Math of Token Engineering and DeFi https://book.economicsdesign.com/
3) Academy: https://academy.economicsdesign.com/
4) Check out our new research site & dashboard: https://econteric.com/
5) Newsletter: https://economicsdesign.substack.com/
_
Connect with us and the ED community:
Discord – https://economicsdesign.com/discord
Twitter – https://twitter.com/econsdesign
Reddit – https://reddit.com/u/economicsdesign
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