Getting into the details of DeFi.
Welcome to the DeFi Download, the podcast about decentralised finance and all things crypto. Join us as we dive into the details on the projects and assets that are powering the DeFi revolution.
19th November 2020
Messari: Show me the token lockup!
In this episode of DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard interviews Jack Purdy, Research Analyst at Messari, which is a market intelligence platform aiming at being the Bloomberg of crypto. Messari is a full-service market intelligence platform that launched during the 2017 ICO boom. It provides reliable data and market intelligence for crypto investors and professionals. Messari’s […]
5th November 2020
Nexus Mutual: Cover me, I’m going in!
In this episode of DeFi Download, listen to Piers and Hugh Karp, the founder of Nexus Mutual, as they delve into insurance’s decentralised alternatives. They address risk-sharing and the use of mutuals in place of more conventional forms of insurance.
29th October 2020
Polymath: Regulated securities on public ledger – it’s happening!
In this episode of DeFi Download, join Piers and Trevor Koverko, founder of Polymath, as they explore the realm of digital securities on the blockchain. They discuss security tokens and their components, market infrastructure problems, cross-jurisdictional regulatory compliance, identity concerns and permissioned blockchains.
22nd October 2020
IDEX: Supercharging Decentralised Exchanges
In this episode of DeFi Download, Alex Wearn, co-founder and CEO of IDEX, joins our host and CEO of Radix, Piers Ridyard. Listen to their talk as they discuss centralised and decentralised exchanges, IDEX’s journey in becoming the world’s most advanced cryptocurrency exchange and topics such as yield farming and composability.
15th October 2020
Balancer: How to auto-balance your crypto portfolio.
In this DeFi Download episode Piers Ridyard talks with Fernando Martinelli, co-founder and CEO of Balancer, a protocol for programmable liquidity. Piers and Fernando discuss concepts such as portfolio rebalancing, smart pools, proof of liquidity, and the difference between yield farming and liquidity mining.
8th October 2020
0x: The world’s liquidity protocol
In this episode of DeFi Download, Piers Ridyard is joined by Clay Robbins, Head of Growth at 0x Labs. Their discussion focuses on decentralised exchange and the regulatory challenges of the blockchain.
24th September 2020
Ren Protocol: bringing Bitcoin and DeFi together with trustless crypto magic.
Join Piers Ridyard as he talks to Ren CEO, Loong Wang to uncover the magic behind integrating with DeFi protocols, wrapping-free!
10th September 2020
Aave: Decentralised Debt and the Ghost Protocol
On this episode of the DeFi Download, join Piers Ridyard and Stani Kulechov CEO and founder, Aave as they discuss decentralised debt and the ghost protocol.
27th August 2020
Solving crypto’s problem with people!
On this episode of The DeFi Download, Piers speaks with Matthew Wright of Argent about how Argent are seeking to make DeFi accessible to anyone, and bringing a user experience to the non-custodial wallet that was previously thought to be impossible.
13th August 2020
Debt IS money. Really.
Join Piers Ridyard on the DeFi Download talking to Greg Diprisco of MakerDAO about lending, debt and the future of both.
1st August 2020
DeFi Roundtable: The Path to Decentralisation
Our exclusive roundtable with leading members of the DeFi community, discussing various aspects down the path to decentralization.
16th July 2020
Bringing Funds to Cryptoland: DeFi edition.
In this episode of The Defi Download Piers Ridyard talks with Mona El Isa, co-founder of Melon Protocol and founder of Avantgarde Finance about the expansion of DeFi and asset management on chain
2nd July 2020
Vitalik Buterin walks into a room…
In this episode of Defi Download Piers Ridyard speaks with David Johnston, managing director of Yeoman’s Capital and the person who coined the term Dapp about the growth of the cryptocurrency and the blockchain space.
18th June 2020
Hashgraph vs Bitcoin: A battle of Governance & Decentralisation
In this episode of Defi Download, Piers Ridyard speaks with Tom Trowbridge, co-founder of the Fluence Project and former president of Hedera Hashgraph about governance models in decentralised systems – particularly BTC and HBAR
3rd June 2020
$72k Bitcoin with Willy Woo
#DefiDownload with Piers Ridyard and Willy Woo discussing different pricing models used to value #crypto and why #Bitcoin can see 72k USD at the top of the next cycle
