23 - Investing in DeFi | Joey Krug

<p>Episode: #23<br /> July 27, 2020</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Tools from our sponsors to go bankless:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://bankless.cc/2C57MVW">Rocket Dollar</a> - tax shelter your crypto ($50 w/ "<a href= "https://bankless.cc/2C57MVW">BANKLESS</a>")<br /> <em>(Read <a href= "https://bankless.substack.com/p/tax-shelter-your-crypto-in-an-ira"> this on IRAs</a> and <a href= "https://bankless.substack.com/p/how-to-setup-a-crypto-401k-for-your"> 401ks</a>)</em></li> <li><a href="https://bankless.cc/2ZDJQRU">Ramp</a> - the fiat onramp for DeFi (<em>mention Bankless!</em>)</li> <li><a href="https://bankless.cc/3e2TG4E">Monolith</a> - holy grail of bankless Visa cards</li> <li><a href="https://bankless.cc/aave">Aave</a> - money lego for lending & borrowing</li> </ul> <p>----</p> <p>Joey Krug was doing DeFi before they called it DeFi. He's the co-founder of Augur, an investor at Pantera, an early supporter of Ethereum. </p> <p>What did we cover? Ethereum, Oracles, DeFi, Bitcoin, Chainlink, Ampleforth, Memes, Risk, Triple Point Asset, YFI, Scaling...what didn't we cover!</p> <p>After the convo, Joey said we asked the best questions of any podcast he's been on. Maybe it felt that way because we we're speaking the same language: this DeFi is eating the world. </p> <p>This is Investing in DeFi with Joey Krug. </p> <p>We cover:</p> <ul> <li>Joey's investment thesis for crypto</li> <li>How to invest in DeFi</li> <li>Yield farming a gimmick?</li> <li>Is AMPL for real?</li> <li>DeFi oracles (and ChainLink!)</li> <li>Excited about Augur v2?</li> <li>A 100 Gwei world</li> <li>Is ETH a triple point asset?</li> <li>BTC or ETH?</li> <li>The next DeFi hack</li> </ul> <p>Join us next Monday for a fresh episode!</p> <p>-----<br /> Resources discussed:</p> <ul> <li>(Listen) <a href= "https://bankless.substack.com/p/-4-ether-the-triple-point-asset">ETH as a triple point asset</a> - ep 4</li> <li>(Link) <a href="https://bankless.cc/AMPL-MINE">Ampleforth geyser</a></li> <li>(Link) <a href= "https://www.augur.net/blog/v2-launch/#:~:text=A