The Positive-Sum World of Frax Finance | Sam Kazemian

Sam Kazemian is the Founder of Frax Finance.

In this episode, we go deep with one of DeFi's most accomplished builders. Sam launched Frax Finance in 2020, being one of the earliest stablecoins to launch in the new era following DeFi Summer. We talk with Sam about how Frax has managed to thrive in such a competitive sector of DeFi, while leveraging a positive-sum strategy to not only grow Frax stablecoins but also some of their fiercest competitors. We also discuss their newest stablecoin pegged to 1 ETH called frxETH, which as of this recording, is #4 in total staked ETH among LSTs just behind Rocket Pool (even though frxETH isn't intended as an LST)!

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

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Topics Covered  

00:00 - Intro

02:50 - Sam's background

06:30 - The origin of Frax Finance

10:40 - The Frax suite and The DeFi Trinity

16:25 - Stablecoin Maximalism

23:30 - Frax positive-sum strategy

33:45 - Why Sam and Frax bet on Curve and Convex

44:30 - How FRAX could be backed by Fed deposits

52:30 - Why the Frax Price Index (FPI) exists

53:30 - frxETH and backing it with other LSTs

57:45 - What's next for Frax 01:00:30 - frxETH as a WETH replacement

01:05:20 - Closing

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Guest Links  

Sam Kazemian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamKazemian

Frax Finance on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FraxFinance

Learn about Frax Finance: https://frax.finance/ 

Frax Facts: https://facts.frax.finance/ 

Frax Convex Booster: https://frax.convexfinance.com/ 

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