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In this episode, Thanos from Keyrock joins us to discuss the role of market makers in DeFi governance. Thanos is the Head of DeFi Ecosystems at Keyrock, a leading market maker and liquidity provider in the digital asset space. In our conversation, we cover Keyrock's engagement in governance across various DeFi ecosystems, the importance of liquidity providers having a voice in key decisions, and the challenges of navigating scrutiny as a governance participant.

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0:00 Show Introduction

0:54 Keyrock and their Mission

1:54 Thanos' Role as DeFi Ecosystem Lead

3:33 Motivations for Keyrock's Engagement in Governance

6:54 The Perspective of a Market Maker in Governance

10:25 The Slow Evolution of DAO Governance

11:28 Community's Receptiveness to Keyrock Governance

14:42 Improving Governance with High-Quality Participants

16:25 Navigating Scrutiny as a Market Maker

19:39 Impact of Governance Decisions on Liquidity Providers

21:30 Value of Market Makers in Governance

23:52 Keyrock's Approach to Governance

24:51 The Value Proposition of Keyrock Governance

30:36 Helping New DAOs Establish Governance

32:36 How Keyrock Structures its Governance Arm and its Future Plans

34:15 Governance Contributions and Strategy

39:41 Closing Remarks

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▸ https://keyrock.eu/
▸ https://linktr.ee/0xkeyrock.eth

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In this episode, Niklas Kunkel joins us to discuss Chronicle, a next-generation Oracle Protocol born out of MakerDAO. Nik is the Founder of Chronicle, a team on a mission to develop frictionless, decentralized, and verifiable infrastructure for all on-chain data transmission. In our conversation, we cover how to decentralize oracle protocols, the Oracle Core Unit's history, use cases beyond Price, and much more.

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0:00 Introduction
1:02 Key Lessons from MakerDAO
3:45 Advantages of the Core Unit Mode
5:49 The Oracle Core Unit
8:15 Decision to Spin off MakerDAO
12:32 Chronicle's History
16:05 Chronicle, the Brand
20:36 What Sets Chronicle Apart from Other Oracles
24:40 How Oracle Protocols Work
29:01 Oracle Decentralization
38:02 Oracle Governance
44:41 Use Cases for Oracles Beyond Price
56:12 What's Next for Chronicle

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▸ https://chroniclelabs.org/
▸ https://docs.chroniclelabs.org/

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▸ Chronicle ⁠ https://chroniclelabs.org/

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In this episode, Jeffrey “Jihoz” Zerlin joins us to discuss the evolution of the Ronin Ecosystem as the leading web3 gaming blockchain. Jihoz is the Co-founder of Axie Infinity, a team on a mission to create economic freedom for gamers by building games that are truly player owned. In our conversation, we cover Jihoz's continued success, decentralization of the Ronin Chain, where web3 gaming and DeFi collide, governance of gaming protocols, and much more.

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▸ https://roninchain.com/

▸ https://app.roninchain.com/validator/0x6e46924371d0e910769aabe0d867590deac20684

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In this episode, Marcelo joins us to discuss the future of Asset and Treasury Management across DeFi. Marcelo is the Co-founder of Karpatkey, a team providing financial services to the leading DAOs. In our conversation, we cover Karpatkey's founding story, DAO M&A, GIP-92, and the role Karpatkey looks to play in helping bank DeFi.
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▸ https://www.karpatkey.com/
▸ https://governance.aave.com/t/temp-check-financial-services-proposal-karpatkey-tokenlogic/15633
▸ https://forum.gnosis.io/t/gip-92-should-gnosis-dao-spin-off-karpatkey-dao-and-deploy-the-kpk-token/8115

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In this episode, Greg Di Prisco joins us to chat about all things DeFi Protocol Design. Greg is the former Head of Business Development at MakerDAO and is now Co-founder at Ajna Finance, an innovative oracle-free lending and borrowing protocol soon to be redeployed. In our conversation, we cover Ajna's recent griefing exploit, designing DeFi from first principles, and the future of Ajna's ecosystem growth and development.
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0:00 Intro
1:15 Greg's Journey and Source of Inspiration
3:27 How MakerDAO Influenced Greg
5:35 Maker's Focus on Governance
7:40 Greg's Push for Real-World Assets at Maker
11:13 What Influenced Ajna Finance
13:22 How Ajna Finance Innovates
14:48 Ajna UX Considerations

17:03 The Complexity Barrier

19:18 DeFi's New Direction

22:42 Protocol Upgradeability

25:23 How Ajna Scales

28:11 Lessons from Building Ajna

29:50 The Ajna Vulnerability

35:30 Ajna Multichain Strategy

38:07 Ajna Grants Program

40:53 Ajna Ecosystem and Growth

42:30 Why the D in DeFi is a Farce

47:15 Final Thoughts/Outro

✏️ SHOW NOTES
https://www.ajna.finance/
https://gdipri01.medium.com/building-defi-from-first-principles-537903e756eb
https://forum.ajna.finance/
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In this episode, we're joined by Justine, Governance Lead and Architect at the Optimism Foundation. Justine is a prolific builder busy experimenting with governance designs and mechanisms at Optimism, the Layer-2 scaling solution. We dive into how the Foundation has evolved in its short lifespan, her research on DAO policies and frameworks, how building complex governance structures enables exclusivity and much more.
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0:00 Intro
1:15 Key Takeaways from Justine's DAO Research
3:55 What is DAO legitimacy?
4:54 DAO Representatives vs Contributors
7:17 The Lack of DAO Frameworks and Policies
9:30 Governance Differences by Protocol Type
12:43 Ecosystem Knowledge Sharing
13:54 Evolution of the Optimism Foundation
16:47 The Foundation's Plan to Hand Over Power
21:03 Progressive Decentralization Frameworks and Strategies
23:26 Governance Complexity as a Barrier to Entry
25:54 Important Lessons from Season 4
30:19 Superchain and Law of Chains
32:15 Combatting Capture Resistance in Councils
34:45 Season 5 and 6 Initiatives
36:14 Final Thoughts/Outro

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https://www.optimism.io/
https://gov.optimism.io/
https://vote.optimism.io/
https://www.optimism.io/retropgf
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