53 - Building DeFi on Layer 2 | Synthetix, Loopring, Immutable

<p>Guests:<br /> Justin Moses - CTO of Synthetix<br /> Robbie Ferguson - Co-Founder & President of Immutable<br /> Matt Finestone - Head of Business Development at Loopring</p> <p>We discuss how these three voices in the crypto space have been integral in building successful DeFi products on the Ethereum mainnet. Listen in for a deep-dive into the different methods these protocols have taken to implement their apps on an Ethereum Layer 2.</p> <p>-----<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: http://bankless.substack.com/<br /> ✊ STARTING GUIDE BANKLESS: https://bit.ly/37Q17uI<br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/<br /> 👕 BUY BANKLESS TEE: https://merch.banklesshq.com/<br /> -----<br /> 💪BECOME A BANKLESS PREMIUM MEMBER: http://bankless.cc/membership<br /> ------<br /> AFTER THE SHOW DEBRIEF:<br /> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-building-layer<br /> -----<br /> GO BANKLESS WITH THESE SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⭐️ AAVE - BORROW OR LEND YOUR ASSETS<br /> https://bankless.cc/aave</p> <p>🚀 GEMINI - MOST TRUSTED EXCHANGE AND ONRAMP<br /> https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</p> <p>💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith</p> <p>📱 DHARMA - MOBILE ONRAMP DIRECTLY INTO DEFI<br /> https://bankless.cc/dharma</p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:<br /> 0:00 Intro<br /> 5:14 Loopring & ZK-Rollups<br /> 13:17 Immutable NFTs & ZK-Rollups<br /> 17:31 Synthetix & Optimistic Rollups<br /> 21:03 Why Ethereum? Why Rollups?<br /> 39:24 Layer 2 Efficacy/Roadmaps<br /> 1:01:25 Composability<br /> 1:18:22 L2 On-Ramps<br /> 1:27:52 Does L2 Compete w/ ETH?<br /> 1:34:47 Closing & Disclaimer</p> <p>------<br /> Relevant Links:</p> <p>Synthetix<br /> https://synthetix.io/</p> <p>Immutable<br /> https://www.immutable.com/</p> <p>Loopring<br /> https://loopring.org/#/</p> <p>An Incomplete Guide to Rollups (w/ Vitalik)<br /> https://youtu.be/wcCHlqgGSH4</p> <p>------<br /> Don't stop at the video!</p> <p>Follow Bankless on Twitter<br /> https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ</p> <p>Follow