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In this episode we sit down with Colin Anderson and have a conversation around the gaming industry, game design, blockchain and a lot more!

Colin is COO of Reforged Studios, a videogame publisher set up to explore the opportunities of Play-To-Earn gaming. He is a 30-year veteran of the videogames industry who has worked on over 100 commercial releases across both the “triple-A” and “indie” scenes, with credits including international hit franchises such as Crackdown, Lemmings, and Grand Theft Auto as well as creatively innovative BAFTA-award winning indie games such as Autonauts, Denki Blocks and Quarrel. During his career he has worked with several of the most successful videogame businesses in the world, such as Rockstar Games and Epic Games, as well as founding and scaling two of his own videogame businesses to over $1M annual turnover.

Whether you're a gaming enthusiast, a blockchain aficionado, or simply curious about the future of gaming, this interview is a must-watch. Gain valuable insights from Colin Anderson as he sheds light on the exciting intersection of Web 3, blockchain, and the next phase of gaming innovation.

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Understanding Reserve Utility Token Mechanism

In this episode of Economics Design Podcast, Kiefer and Gio sit down to talk about Kiefer's newest research, that is Reserve Utility Token. We go down the motivation, mechanism and the functions of the Reserve Utility Token.

If you are a web 3 enthusiast, a game Developer or an Economy Designer, we are sure you'll find this episode insightful and intellectually rewarding.

This episode is from our Twitter Spaces we did for the month of May.

Keep an eye on our twitter to listen and participate in these live twitter spaces, we do one of these every month.

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Games Transitioning from Web 2 to Web 3 Ft. Michael Arnold | Mighty Bear Games

In this video we sit down and chat with Michael Arnold who is a Web 3 lead at Mighty Bear Games. We talk about Economic Sustainability, Faucets and Sinks and a lot more.

If you are into Gaming and Web 3, This video is just for you!

So sit back relax and enjoy the show.

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Maximising your Yield : A guide to staking and DeFi with Stader Labs

Welcome to our latest podcast episode where we explore the world of staking and decentralized finance (DeFi). If you're looking to maximize your returns on your crypto investments, this guide is for you. In this episode we sit down and talk to Amitej Gajjala and Antonio M from Stader labs and extensively cover Liquid Staking, the Journey for Stader Labs and the direction it is heading in.

Whether you're a seasoned crypto investor or just getting started, this guide is a must-listen for anyone looking to maximize their returns and take advantage of the exciting opportunities in the world of decentralized finance. Tune in now to learn all about staking and DeFi!

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Mechanics, Constraints, Innovation and AI in Game Economy Design

In this video, we explore the fascinating world of game economy design, where mechanics, constraints, innovation and AI intersect to create engaging and profitable experiences along with some challenges for players and developers alike. Join us as we dive deep into the principles and best practices of game economy design, covering topics such as virtual currencies, player engagement, data analysis, and more. Whether you're a seasoned game developer, a curious gamer, or simply interested in the future of AI and innovation, this video has something for you. So grab your controllers and get ready for a thrilling ride into the world of game economy design!

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All about Investments in the Web 3 Space! Ft. Edward Tan | Hashed

In this exciting episode, we dive into the world of Web 3 and its potential for investors with Edward Tan, from Hashed, a leading crypto venture fund based in South Korea. We'll explore what some of the most promising Web 3 projects and protocols, and how investors can approach this new and rapidly evolving space. We'll discuss the role of decentralization, community governance, and token economics in Web 3 projects, as well as the risks and opportunities involved. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just curious about the future of the internet and finance, you won't want to miss this insightful conversation!

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In this video, we dive deep into the world of Covalent, a cutting-edge blockchain data platform that's transforming the way we access and analyze blockchain data. Joining us is Ganesh Swami, the CEO of Covalent, who provides us with an in-depth overview of the platform, its key features, and its potential use cases.

Through this interview, we explore how Covalent simplifies blockchain data for developers, investors, and enterprises, making it easier to build and deploy decentralized applications. Ganesh also highlights some of the challenges that the Covalent team has faced and how they have overcome them to create a powerful blockchain data platform.

Whether you're a blockchain enthusiast, developer, or investor, this video will provide you with valuable insights into the world of Covalent and its potential to revolutionize the blockchain space. So, grab a cup of coffee and join us for this exciting conversation with Ganesh Swami, the CEO of Covalent.

As the field of cryptocurrency and token economics continues to grow, the role of token economists has become increasingly important. But with the advent of advanced AI models like CHAT GPT, some are wondering if these machines can replace human economists. In this video, we explore the limitations of AI and why it may not be able to fully replace the expertise of token economists.

We also discuss the importance of human interpretation and the need for human judgment in making decisions.

Overall, this video provides an in-depth analysis of the potential role of AI in the field of token economics and why it may not be able to fully replace the expertise of human economists.

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In this video, we sit down with Alex Wettermann, from Shima Capital. He has extensive experience in the world of tech investment. We interviewed him to get his view on the exciting new investment opportunities emerging in the metaverse, Web3, and DeFi. Join us as we delve into the cutting-edge technologies and trends shaping the future of investment and explore the potential risks and rewards of this rapidly evolving landscape. If you're an investor or simply curious about the latest developments in the world of finance and technology, this video is not to be missed!

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The Limitations of Web 3.0: An Honest Conversation

In this episode, we dive deep into the potential limitations of the much-talked-about Web 3.0. Author of the book Land Is a Big Deal: Why Rent Is Too High, Wages Too Low, and What We Can Do about It, Lars A. Doucet and Ari Kimelman share their insights and opinions on the practical challenges of this new era of the internet, such as issues of scalability, interoperability, and governance.

Join us for this honest and thought-provoking conversation, where we explore the potential of Web 3.0 and the critical questions that need to be addressed to make it a reality. Whether you're a blockchain enthusiast, a web developer, or just someone curious about the future of the internet, you won't want to miss this episode.

Subscribe to our channel to stay updated on future episodes and leave a comment below with your thoughts on the limitations of Web 3.0.

Link to the article Lars Talks about : https://www.raphkoster.com/2021/09/23/how-virtual-worlds-work-part-one/

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Welcome to "Cryptoconomics: Why Crypto is the Future", where we explore the exciting world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. In this episode, we sit down with Kris from Token Engineering Labs to discuss Crypto Economics as an academic study and why the future is Crypto.

Join us as we delve into the fundamentals of Crypto Economics, exploring how it works and why it is a promising solution for many of the world's current financial and social issues. Kris will share his insights and expertise, offering a unique perspective on the impact of Crypto Economics on the future of the global economy.

Whether you are a Crypto enthusiast, a curious observer or simply interested in the economics of the future, this podcast is for you. Tune in to gain a better understanding of why Crypto is the future and what it means for the world. Don't miss out on this exciting conversation - hit the play button and let's explore Cryptoconomics together!

Economics and Web 3 Gaming | Economics Design Podcast

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the intersection of Economics and Web 3 Gaming. Our panel of experts will delve into the impact of decentralized finance on the gaming industry and explore the potential for blockchain-based games to shape the future of economics. From in-game token economics to player-driven marketplaces, this discussion will give you a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between economics and the emerging world of Web 3 Gaming.

What game developers can learn from government policies? : https://economicsdesign.com/tools-at-the-developers-disposal-what-game-devs-can-learn-from-government-policies/

Role of government in gaming economics : https://economicsdesign.com/the-role-of-governments-in-gaming-economies/

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How does Angle Protocol Work? In Conversation with Pablo Veryat - Co Founder of Angle Protocol

In this video, we sit down with Pablo Veryat, Co-Founder of Angle Protocol, to discuss how the platform works. 

Angle protocol is a decentralized, capital efficient and over-collateralized stablecoin protocol.

We also dive deep into how it is different than other protocols, the Future of DeFi and a lot of other insightful stuff!

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The FTX Debacle.

In this episode of our podcast, we delve into the recent controversy surrounding the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. From the accusations of insider trading and market manipulation, to the platform's response and the impact on users, we cover all the ins and outs of the FTX debacle. Join us as we break down the complex issues and explore the implications for the future of the crypto industry.

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A Deep Dive Into The Economics Of The Blockchain Game Shrapnel | ft. Calvin Zhou & Francis Brankin

In this episode of our podcast, we sit down with blockchain experts Calvin Zhou and Francis Brankin to discuss the economics behind the popular blockchain game Shrapnel. They'll share their insights on how the game's unique token mechanics and explore the potential opportunities and challenges that this new model presents for the gaming industry as a whole. Whether you're a blockchain enthusiast or just a fan of the game, this is an episode you won't want to miss!

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"In this episode of our podcast, we sit down with Christopher Kaczmarczyk-Smith, game economist at the blockchain game Star Atlas, to explore the exciting world of cryptocurrency and gaming. Christopher shares his insights on how blockchain technology is revolutionizing the gaming industry and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the economics of Star Atlas. Don't miss this fascinating conversation with a true expert in the field!"

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EP 79 : The Economics of Blockchain Game Skyweaver! Ft. Salvatore Grosso

This week, we're talking about the economics of the blockchain game Skyweaver with Salvatore Grosso.

Salvatore is a meta-game designer, and in this event, he talked about how skyweaver functions, the NFT aspect of the blockchain space and much more

He also talks about his experience working on Skyweaver, a new blockchain-based TCG or trading card game. If you are interested in the blockchain space or game design, this is one of the most insightful conversations you can listen to!

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EP 78 : NFTs and Revenue Generation | NFT Royalties

If you are into NFTs and look at it as a source of generating revenue, this podcast is for you!

In this podcast the team at Economics Design discusses the new hot topic in the crypto space, NFT Royalties. The team dives deep into the concept of royalties, NFT revenue generation, and the context in which the model of NFT royalties makes the most sense. The team also talks about Open sea launching the first royalty reinforcement tool.

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EP 77 : A conversation with Howie Zhang - Game Economy Designer

Guild of Guardians is an upcoming blockchain game that has everyone excited. Ari dives deep into the economics of the game uncovering various topics like the selection of token model, the vision for interoperability and a lot more. 

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In conversation with Paul Frambot CEO  @Morpho Labs  

Paul Frambot CEO of Morpho Labs talks about how Morpho and Aave work together. He also gives some insights on the companies' plans, what inspired him and much more.

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Wondering what all the fuss on sandwich attacks is about? Find out everything you need to know - what it is, how it works, and how it impacts the DeFi space in this video. Our researchers Ari, Atharva and Alex deep dived into how they completed the research and what their process looked like.

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EP 74 | Archerswap : A Study

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EP 73 | Flowcarbon Case Study : Climate Solutions powered by Blockchain

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EP 72 : In Conversation with Jake Richards | dHEDGE

In this episode Lisa and Jake talk about the idea behind dHedge, how dHedge functions and what problems dHedge is trying to solve. 

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0:00 - Intro

03:25 - What problems are dHedge trying to solve?

05:00 - How does dHedge explain risks?

06:59 - How does dHedge define the market?

12:54 - What are the most commonly used strategies by managers?

14:54 - Risks of having everything on chain

18:44 - Risk of Strategies being public

20:49 - Manual Strategies at dHedge

22:57 - dHedge's Uniswap Integration

29:04 - The DHT Token

46:27 - Conclusion

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In this episode Lisa and Yunzhu talk about a new metric for Stablecoin.

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Lisa summarizes and explains the latest p2e report.

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What separates Polygon from the rest?

What is Polygon doing differently? Where is Polygon headed towards? Lisa and Aishwary discuss!  

Timestamps : Intro - 0:00
What is Polygon? - 1:51
Is Polygon only addressing scalability? - 3:54
How does Polygon compare to other layer 1s and layer 2s? - 6:00
What is a plasma layer? - 10:20Projects that are built on Polygon - 13:28
Brief comparison between different chains - 15:09
Plasma chain vs sidechain - 20:35
How decentralized is Polygon? - 28:48
What is ZK rollup ? - 34:57
Polygon's existing solutions  vs ZK rollup - 39:50
How does ZK rollup bring more value to Polygon's users? - 41:40
What happened with the sunflower game and how did it affect the Polygon network? - 46:59
What can we expect from Polygon in 2022? - 51:39
Outro : 56:43

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How can we create a purpose driven Economy?
What tools will we be needing? What will these tools look like?
Lisa and Griff discuss!

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Overview - 0:44
How does bottom up participatory economies play out in emerging economies with low literacy rate? - 10:32
Dashboard Introduction - 12:58
What is CV? - 16:05
The commons Stack Hatch - 22:59
Quick Summary : 32:58
How can one participate in TEC? - 42:19

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Valkyrie Protocol is an activation protocol. Lisa tells you more!

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00:56 Benefits Of Valkyrie Protocol

01:43 3 Highlights Of Valkyrie Protocol

02:46 Mechanism

03:33 Uses Of VKR

05:24 Functions Of Valkyrie Protocol

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How do we effectively create value in DeFi? How does Vesper move towards long-term value creation?

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01:10 Purpose Of A Market

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How do we protect our data? Can our data be traded? Can web3 be self-sovereign? Ocean Protocol might hold the answers!

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03:17 Architecture Of Ocean Protocol

05:12 The Ocean Token

06:29 The Ocean Marketplace

08:07 Ocean Token Value

10:39 Data Tokens

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13:39 Data Publisher Valuation & Data Token

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From a brand new AMM project with no initial funding, Trader Joe has gradually established himself as one of Avalanche's top AMMs. This video about Trader Joe and $JOE will give you all the information about:

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00:32 What is TraderJoe?

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04:45 Products of $JOE

07:23 Token Design and Considerations

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From the past to the future, how can we build the future of finance using lessons learnt from before? Josh and Lisa discusses!

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00:00 Introduction

02:45 What History Has Taught Us

14:54 How Tokens Can Coordinate Market Creation

20:52 Dealing With Governance & Those Lagging Behind

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Is Bitcoin a form of stored energy? Dave and Lisa discusses how universal basic income may be addressed using Bitcoin!

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00:00 Introduction

01:01 Interest In Bitcoin

02:54 Economy Is Energy

05:43 Traditional Energy Sources

07:58 Renewable Energy & Bitcoin

10:38 Bitcoin Mining & The Grid

18:37 Stored Energy & Distribution

22:28 Using Bitcoin As Energy Distribution

25.56 Energy As Universal Basic Income

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We take a look at how the Antimatter protocol can potentially simplify DeFi!

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00:00 Introduction

01:35 Conversation With Jack Lu

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We found a problem that crypto truly solves - public goods and #DAO!

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In the previous EP 58: Analysis of UST (TerraUSD) | Algo Stablecoin on Terra,, we mentioned that UST is 1% within the range but mostly outside of the $1±5% range. Turns out, we are wrong! This video is meant to correct the mistake.

EP 58: https://youtu.be/w_AdzPFM58g

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Another stablecoin? All weather stablecoin with Gyroscope. Always stable.

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00:00 Intro & Overview

03:58 Gyroscope Collaterals

09:16 Minting Gyro Dollar

10:42 Mechanisms To Maintain $1 Peg

11:58 Earning Yields

12:53 PAMM vs Underlying Assets

13:25 Gyroscope vs USDC

14:24 SAMM

16:06 Lines of Defence

14:55 Gyroscope vs FEI

21:45 PAMM vs SAMM

22:43 Designing Governance

26:23 Accruing Cashflow

27:16 Third Party Liquidity Providers

28:49 Is Gyro Dollar a Security?

29:18 Opinions

29:56 More Resources & How to Support Us!

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Many of you have been asking for an episode on UST, the algo stablecoin on the Terra network. So today, we take a dive into how UST works, how it is created, analyse its stability, and more.

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro & Overview

0:51 – UST vs LUNA

1:14 – Classifying Terra

1:50 – $LUNA

3:05 – UST Creation

4:34 – 3 factors affecting Stability of UST

8:37 – Analysing UST Stats

10:25 – Analysing the Terra Ecosystem

12:06 – 4 Opinions

17:10 – More resources & how to support us!

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Flashbots & Miner-Extractable Value are problems faced by decentralised exchanges (DEXs). In this episode, we explain what flashbots and MEV are all about and what solutions there are. We also explain in-depth the risks of ETH like front running, and several design flaws in DEXs.

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction to MEV & Flashbots

0:24 – Layer 1 infrastructure comparison: BTC vs ETH

1:36 – 51% Attack vs Front Running vs Forking

3:49 – Flashbots explained

7:06 – MEV (Miner Extractable Value)

8:12 – Other arbitrage opportunities

8:57 – Solutions to MEV

10:30 – 5 design flaws in DEXs

12:57 – Front Running & information Assymetry

14:55 – Impact of Economic Rent on DEXs

16:18 – Why Flashbots & MEV are a big problem

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Liquity presents a unique approach to decentralisation, without a governance token and several other notable features. In this episode, we dive deep into Liquity's mechanisms, economics, and what it means for the DeFi space.

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction to Liquity

0:53 – Stablecoin Classification of Liquity

3:31 – How LUSD is created

4:21 – Uses of LUSD token

7:49 – LQTY token

8:52 – How does Liquity maintain stability

11:06 – Liquidation Mechanism in-depth

13:56 – Redemption Mechanism in-depth

17:24 – Zero governance

18:28 – Importance of decentralisation

20:05 – Opinions

23:03 – More resources & how to support us!

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We have several recommendations to make, after all the research we have done recently on algo stable coins. To be specific, we have 3 recommendations regarding the secondary token, how to avoid economic exploitation, and the responsiveness to price action of the tokens.

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In our recent research on algo stablecoins, we found some imperfections in some of their mechanisms – namely economic misalignment and failure of coupons. In this episode, we analyze and discuss the impact of such failures.

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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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An algorithmic stablecoin that is not pegged to $1: How does OHM do it?

What exactly are the inner workings in the OHM ecosystem and how can you take part in it? We explain in this episode!

Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction to OHM

0:58 – Classifying $OHM stablecoin

1:30 – OHM's Reserve & Algo mechanism

2:06 – No Peg Stablecoin explained

2:59 – Partial Reserve with DAI

3:30 – Zeus: What is $OHM?

4:05 – Stablecoin Creation

4:43 – Stability Mechanism

5:48 – Zeus: OHM Mechanisms

10:09 – Bonding vs Staking

12:19 – What is (3, 3) ?

14:10 – Utility of $OHM Token

15:02 – $OHM vs $BTC

16:39 – Explaining the Premium in OHM and BTC prices

18:25 – Opinion

21:29 – More resources & how to support us!

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If you're Doing Your Own Research (DYOR) on stable crypto coins, this episode explains how to use quantitative and qualitative metrics to analyze them, the 3 types of risks to look at, and how Lisa & our research team applied these concepts to compare 8 different stablecoins in our research report of Apr/May 2021.

The report can be downloaded for free over at econteric.com :)

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In this week's episode, we talk about FRAX, a fractionalised algorithmic stablecoin. Using the token economics framework that we have explained in other videos, we will analyse the token economics of the $FRAX stablecoin, perform stability analysis on it, and give some opinions about FRAX.

Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction & Contents

0:36 – What is Frax?

2:38 – Dual-Token Mechanism explained

3:34 – Reserve Mechanism explained

4:36 – How to create $FRAX stablecoin

7:11 – How to Maintain Stability

11:10 – Stability Analysis of FRAX

16:32 – Opinion: Elasticity in Collateral

17:15 – Opinion: backing by USDC

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In line with our recent focus on stablecoins, today we're going to explore the OG onchain stablecoin: MakerDAO. We will dive deeper into the economics of Maker, and understand how the $DAI ecosystem works.

MakerDAO is a novel and innovative protocol that allows for on-chain collateralised borrowing, while also creating a reasonably effective stablecoin. This gives the crypto community an alternative to fiat-backed stablecoins like $USDT. Furthermore, $MKR holders continue to make continual improvements to the protocol, that make MakerDAO better.

MakerDAO is an alternative source of leverage. Because it is an alternative way to gain access to leverage for those who do not wish to custody assets with a centralised exchange. Borrowing from Maker could also be cheaper when stability fees are low.

Any losses incurred by $DAI holders are backstopped implicitly by $MKR holders, who will be diluted in case the system as a whole becomes under-collateralised. This is a major advantage that Maker has versus other lending platforms on the market, where any losses are borne by the lender.

0:00 – Intro & Contents

0:34 – Analysing Maker

2:01 – Maker's Dual-Token Mechanism

3:42 – Maker's Reserve Mechanism

4:35 – Creating $DAI: How it works

6:47 – Maintaining Stability

11:40 – How Maker deals with market crashes

13:07 – Opinion: Maker vs Lending/Borrowing

14:38 – Opinion: Transparency

15:45 – Opinion: Multi-collateral & Past performance

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Handshake (HNS) is a decentralised, permissionless naming protocol in which peers authenticate and are responsible for managing the root DNS naming zone to create an alternative to Existing naming systems and certification bodies.  

Handshake is a domain name system which is support Web3. Web3 is about rearranging existing Internet products and services so that they benefit people rather than entities.   

The data will still be used to drive decision-making but will not be used against consumers. Data rights will be protected instead of being trampled for profit. Incentive and marketable mechanisms will help ensure that information is reliable and verifiable.  

If Web3 is successful, it will positively affect projects solving related issues, including  Handshake.  

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In this episode we talk about rug pull with Emma Jane and Anna Vladi. Emma comes from an options trading background and now working on digital NFT, fashion, gaming and esports and Anna is building a new autonomous hedge fund in DeFi that is interoperable between chains and aggregates yield.   

Rug pull is a big a risk in crypto. The general category of risk is Tech risk, Economic Risk and Price volatility risk and Rug pull exists in all these risks.   

Rug pull also exists within NFTs especially when it's built on top of web2 systems with web3 architecture or rug pull by artists on Opensea and metadata on centralised servers.  

How to prevent rug pull from team's perspective:  

1. Use Multi sig wallet initially 

2. Audit 

3. Release dev in stages 

4. Reuse existing contracts that's trialed and tested instead of building from scratch  

How to prevent rug pull from investor's perspective:  

1. Risk management. Think about tail risk. Think about black swan event. the asymmetric convexity of risks.  

2. Careful where you put your money. anon vs non-anon teams 

3. Get legal opinions of projects

In this episode, we chat with Zia Word (Co-Founder of Matter Block) and Anna Vladi (Co-Founder at Metl) and talk about Women in DeFi.

This month is on #NFT. The hottest thing in NFT is how one can flip the NFT for insane profits. So today, we have Kiefer Zang, founder of NFT Flipping. Instead of talking about NFT flipping, we will focus on the economics of NFT flipping, the supply, demand and economics of why this is making sense.

Enjoy!   

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Opyn is an open decentralised insurance platform built on Ethereum that allows users to protect themselves from certain risks they face in DeFi. Opyn is built with the Convexity Protocol, a protocol that allows DeFi users to create call and put options. Anyone can buy options ($oTokens) to protect themselves against DeFi risk. Users can also deposit collateral into a vault to mint and sell $oTokens, receiving a premium from protecting others.  

Opyn's value is in creating an environment with many opportunities for value creation. One does not need to own the underlying asset and can simply trade the options contract in the secondary market.   

$oToken is tradable in Opyn platform, Uniswap (V1) and 0x (V2). One of its specialities is the ability to combine option contract on one wallet address which will appeal to users.

Opyn is an open decentralised insurance platform built on Ethereum that allows users to protect themselves from certain risks they face in DeFi. Opyn is built with the Convexity Protocol, a protocol that allows DeFi users to create call and put options. Anyone can buy options ($oTokens) to protect themselves against DeFi risk. Users can also deposit collateral into a vault to mint and sell $oTokens, receiving a premium from protecting others.  

Opyn's value is in creating an environment with many opportunities for value creation. One does not need to own the underlying asset and can simply trade the options contract in the secondary market.   

$oToken is tradable in Opyn platform, Uniswap (V1) and 0x (V2). One of its specialities is the ability to combine option contract on one wallet address which will appeal to users.

Responding to the twitter poll, you guys want more finance and #DeFi explanations. So instead of assuming you know how to use #option strategies to help with risk management, let's do it in this video.   

No overwhelm. Just simple basic strategies for now.   We cover 3 strategies today:  

1. Covered call — think of it as being LP on HEGIC's platform  

2. Married put — think of it as insurance for price falling  

3. Bull spread call — think of it as LP on #HEGIC and insurance for price falling   

Why am I covering this? Because next week's #OPYN's protocol has such strategies available. So it might be useful to understand them when we do the deep dive. It's better to explain to a few who don't know, than to assume everyone knows and skip this!

Back to our theme of February, we are covering a new protocol, #Potion.   

Potion is a decentralised protocol for creating price volatility insurance contracts that run on the Ethereum Blockchain. The protocol allows users to protect against discounts on any asset: $BTC, $MKR, $LINK, $ETH, $MKR, $BAT.  

User can create their own contract with custom Number of Contract, Strike Price and Expiry Date.  

The interesting part of this protocol is that it does NOT have a token!   

Potion Protocol is currently in the development phase, with simple product structures making it accessible to everyone.  

In particular, the calculation of the option fee is based on the actual volatility of the asset, or to internalise risk management for liquidity pools.

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Financial derivatives are an important component of the financial markets, as they enable risk management. The decentralised derivatives market is expected to grow exponentially with DeFi's growth and, as a result, a widespread and robust financial infrastructure is required.  

Opium is a financial protocol for decentralised financial derivative products. Opium Protocol is completely based on open-source software and smart contracts. In addition to conforming to values from the DeFi space and possibly incorporating DeFi currency market and protocols, the Opium Protocol is designed to also incorporate into the traditional financial sector and market participants.  

Opium allows the creation, settling and trading of decentralised derivative products on Ethereum. Opium combines any Oracle with any financial tool (e.g.  Dapps can interact with Opium). Every position represented by a token can be traded, sent or stored.  

Derivative instruments built on top of the Opium Exchange always have limited potential losses and gains. Through a $ OPIUM token and a DAO, the Opium Protocol and its ecosystem will, over time, be completely governed by everyone.

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In traditional finance, one of the most important pieces of derivative products can be mentioned is options. Continuing on with our #DeFi options series, we will be sharing about #HEGIC, the top #options protocol by market cap.  

A simple option is a contract that allows a holder to exercise a call or put option at a predetermined price in the future with the main purpose of minimising the risk (hedging) or speculation.  

Hegic is a peer-to-pool option trading protocol that allows users to trade in options in a decentralised way.  

Hegic works quite simply with the participation of two components, writers and buyers:  

Buyers: who need to call or put option on Hegic. Buyers can customise parameters of Options such as expiry date, strike price.  

Writers: Who sell call or put options to make a premium and to become a writer on Hegic users simply need to provide liquidity to the Hegic Pool.

DeFi and CeFi options are different. Especially since tokens are involved. Tokens are not involved equally; #HEGIC uses it for staking and governance, #OPIUM uses it as an ERC721 tradable options contract, #OPYN uses it as a collateral for underlying assets. The models and mechanisms are vastly different.   

Today, we will cover the general model of how tokens are created, the value being accrued and the how tokens are being used in these systems.

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What are options?  

Options are an agreement. Remember when you were young and you told your best friend "if we are both single by 40 years old, let's marry each other." It is an agreement to execute at that time.  

Similarly, you have that for financial products. Instead of marrying, you buy or sell financial products at a specific price.   

Why use options?  

There are a few reasons to use options, mainly because it is part of a trading strategy and it can be quite cost efficient with limited risks. It depends on how you use the option.   Another way is to see option as an insurance via a long put strategy. We discuss that in the video too.   

CeFi vs DeFi  

More importantly, this is to build up towards DeFi options. How are DeFi options different? DeFi options has a protocol (and maybe tokens) to manage transactions and trade within the ecosystem. And that is what we want to look at in the next few episodes.

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In 2021, we will switch it up. Instead of videos in bits and all over the place, we will create a monthly theme. This helps to divide the content out into sizable chunks and digest the information much better. Too much info in 1.5h is a bad thing!

In January and February, the theme is options. Specifically, DeFi options.

In this episode, we kickstart 2021 with an episode on volatility. Volatility is important to understand what options are. Then, we can understand more about defi options.

Options is not like AMMs. There is no "general" model to it, because options can be customised in so many ways. So, tokens relating to options are also very versatile. Hence, I will need 2 months to cover options, and for you to make sense of how we can apply tokens and economics to it.

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DEX, AMM and bonding curve. Again, on this topic. I swear there is a lot of other innovation in the space too, but this week, I want to share something interesting with DEXes and their mathematical mechanism. You can guess that because we're having another whiteboard session!

This week is a collaboration with block.science. And we will dive into Sifchain, a cross-chain DEX using Kosmos SDK that includes Layer 1 validation.

3 main things we will cover today:   

1. Sifchain's rebalancing model for validators and liquidity provider ecosystems  

2. How transaction fees are calculated. Specifically, we reference Uniswap's model (CMM, zero internal fee) and Thorchain (CLP, internal fees embedded) and learn about how it affects Sifchain's onchain transaction.  

3. Asymmetric addition of tokens into liquidity pool and how this is different from the other DEX out there

Specifically for fees, I want to stress that there are 2 types of fees — internal fees and external fees.

- External fees are basically zero fee swaps in Uniswap, with a fixed fee per transaction. This is good for traders. 

- Internal fees are fees embedded into the DEX swap. This is good for liquidity providers. Can you think why? Hint: because of impermanent loss!

Supplementary reading:   

1. More of the specific math models by Block.science https://sifchain.finance/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Token-Economics-of-Sifchain-edited-2.0.pdf    

2. Continuous liquidity pools by Thorchain (which I will do a video some day. It's in the list!) https://docs.thorchain.org/how-it-works/continuous-liquidity-pools

In this episode, we show the TRUE power of tokenisation. 

How? Interest  earned from derivatives market and tokenise that mechanism.   

The DeFi space is getting more complicated with the derivatives market  and bringing in elements of Repo into DeFi. Whilst this is really  extremely exciting, one problem is that it gets more complicated to  understand.   

This is what I have been talking about! DeFi is the experimental field and we find the various ways to tokenise value add and bring this new model to traditional finance.   I'm so excited. 

TLDR: CoinFlex uses Repo style mechanisms to earn the interest rates  from perp derivatives. The returns are real and is rewarded to FlexUSD  token holders. Thus, FlexUSD becomes an interest bearing USD on crypto.  Think of Aave, but instead of P2P, it's derivatives to spot.   

Next step:  

1) Start creating #FlexUSD here: https://coinflex.com/user-console/register?shareAccountId=1890  

2) Allow the bot to do its thing and earn interest via USDC   

Happy holidays 😉  

In this episode, we learn in an "Explain Like I'm High-School" style of 

As much as I want to say DeFi and crypto is easy to enter, it is not  easy to fully grasp and understand it. 

First you need to understand  technology. Then to understand math, finance and economics.   

This podcast is to help you bridge the learning gaps. A subscriber (shout out to Magnus) mentioned that a general ELI5 episode would be good  to run through the few common terms.    

Here, I've picked up 15 terms that are commonly used. Instead of giving  you the "just google what it means" term, this is an ELI5 explanation  with human explanation. That's the best way to learn, in my experience.    

15 terms we run through and explain:    

*General Classification*  1) Layer 1 2) Layer 2 3) Dapp    

*DeFi General Terms*   4) DeFi 5) Money Lego 6) Compostability   

*Scalability Problem + Solution*  7) Scalability 8) Sidechain  9) Roll-ups   

*More Technical Elaboration*   10) ZK roll-up  11) Optimistic roll-up 12) ZK-SNARKS   

*Other Terms*  13) Quadratic Funding 14) Flash loans 15) Front Running

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What are social tokens? What are community tokens? 

This episode, we  speak with Alex Masmejean to dive into the topic.    

Social tokens can be split into 2 categories: community tokens  (signalling reputation) and personal tokens (investing in a person).    

Topics we cover: 

*NOTE: The bonding curve mentioned by Alex for uniswap is misleading. The uniswap model is not exactly linear.    

You've listened to the episode on BarnBridge, how it works and suggestions to  be made.    

Here's the full interview with Tyler Ward, as he explains what they are doing,  what they can do in the future and how the tokens in Barnbridge works.    Enjoy!

The summary version with the product economics is the previous episode before this. 

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BarnBridge is a new defi product in the market. Unlike the existing defi  products, BarnBridge goes to a new level of mixing the various existing  protocols.    

This is unlike the usual episodes we cover. Usually, it's very economics  design focused. This time, it's more of financial design focus. This is  still relevant to economics, in terms of financial economics.    

 In this episode, we dive straight to:    

- 4 tokens in BarnBridge and comparing them  

- Governance structure in #BarnBridge

 - Comparing them with existing protocols like $YFI, $AAVE, $SNX  

- Understanding the products in BarnBridge 

- Sharing 3 suggestions for improvements     

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Today, we continue part 2 of the economics of insurance. This episode is  a deep dive into Nexus Mutual, $NXM. I'm not saying that DeFi is all  about bonding curve....... but I'm 100% going to talk about bonding  curve.    

**Note: This bonding curve is DIFFERENT from the AMM bonding curve!     

Watch the previous video if you have not done because this is part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97PVvQrcnc     

This episode, we cover the general workings of Nexus Mutual and how they  used token to align incentives of the various agents: risk assessors,  claim assessors and insurance cover buyers.    

More importantly, we also dive into the math of Nexus Mutual and answer  the questions about the monetary policy of $NXM. The why and how things  are affected in the curve.    

In general, we follow the economics design framework, looking at Market  Design, Mechanism Design and Token Design aspects of the token. Enjoy!    

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Crypto/DeFi is more than just the economics, mechanisms and code driving it. One of the other cool things is the innovation in business logic, systems and products. Being in the digital space opens up more opportunities to mitigate inefficiencies and create ways to increase value-add.

Today, we are joined by Victor Lee, the CEO of Bitcurate. In this episode, we will dive into flash loans and credit delegation, new innovations by Aave, made possible with the composability of DeFi dapps. Stacking one protocol on top of another, such innovative products can bring some real value-add to the system!

Topics we covered

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The insurance business is one of the oldest in the world. Today, it's  worth over US$5 trillion. 

Online insurance is only capturing US$31  billion. And in crypto, it's even smaller. That spells opportunities x1.    

The insurance industry is so inefficient. That spells opportunities x2.   

In this video, we dive into the economics of insurance. This helps us to  better understand Nexus Mutual, when we do a deep dive in the next  video!   In the economics of insurance, we cover the Economics of Signalling,  Economics of Moral Hazards, Principle-Agent Relationship and Law of  Large Numbers.   

Quick navigation: 

1. Inefficiencies in insurance: 02:55 

2. Economics of Insurance: 12:04 

3. Risks in DeFi/Crypto: 32:21 

4. Risk Sharing Model of DeFi: 48:54 

5. (High level) Economics of Nexus Mutual: 54:51   

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DEXes are eating up the trading volume of centralised exchange. We covered many areas of DEX, from understanding the mechanism behind to understanding the various math formulas. In the comments, people were asking how to calculate impermanent loss and the risks available.

So in this video, we cover 3 main things:

Apologies for the late upload. I'm a few days behind. Just being slightly busy right now. But I'll promise to continue uploading videos, content and explaining the math so it helps you to make informed decisions.

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We've talked about bonding curves so many times. You'd think I've  exhausted the content. HAH! Not a chance.   

Today, we have with us Jeff Emmett from the Common Stacks team, sharing  with us about augmented bonding curves, generalised bonding curves and  various "behind the scene" concepts of bonding curves.   

Absolutely follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/jeffemmett.   

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What is Ampleforth? What is supply elasticity? Why do I have more tokens and suddenly less tokens? Where does Ampleforth come in, in the #DeFi space? How does Ampleforth work?! I don't understand Ampleforth!

Fret not, let's start Season 2 with a deep dive and case study of Ampleforth, using the Economics Design framework for tokens.

Things covered:

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In the midst of #blacklivesmatter, protests in Hong Kong and protests  all around the world, this is one the beginning of change. The change is  governance, and how we govern in the future.     

Moving towards a digital landscape, we can now tap into new  opportunities like decentralised governance and decentralised  organisations. This episode, we explore DAO, the future of governance  and liberty.     DAO means decentralised autonomous organisations. It can exist on  blockchain and non-blockchain platforms.     

This episode, we will cover:   

We share about the various projects   

#PieDAO #MolochDAO #KyberDAO #MakerDAO #DASH #LAO   

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In this episode, we will unbox the economics design of Facebook's Libra network. Applying the token economics framework, we will analyse the economics design of Libra coin based on the new Libra Whitepaper 2.0.

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In EP 4, we covered behavioural economics, which is principle 1 in token economics. Today, we will come back to the basics of supply and demand. Why we need it, how to govern it and how can we apply to the token economics that you are building.

We can learn so much from biology and how it adapts to changes in the environment. Taking the lesson from Coronavirus, I'm keen to figure out the mechanisms in which viruses adapt and mutate as a result.

In this episode, we want to answer 3 fundamental things:

1. What drives evolution?

2. What role does the environment play in evolution?

3. How can we apply this to designing complex evolving economic systems?

This is the first episode to Economics Design 1. Think it is not relevant to you? If you have ever sold tickets to an event, collected points for a membership, or done management of a space or any sort - economics design is more than relevant to you! 

In this episode, Lisa tells us how to design a working economics system within a zoo. Tell us what do you want us to try next?