Ep. #44: Stablecoin adoption through E-Commerce with Dan Shin (Terra)

Published: May 13, 2019, 7:42 a.m.

b'We speak to Dan Shin, Co-founder of Terra (https://terra.money/). Prior to Terra, Dan is most notably known for being the Founder and Chairman of TMON (http://www.tmon.co.kr). TMON or Ticket Monster is a Unicorn out of South Korea which was started in 2010 and had a mobile first approach to e-commerce.
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\\nNow Dan is launching a stable coin that aims to drive adoption through his experience and networks in the e-commerce industry.
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\\nTune in to hear about:
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\\n \\tGoing on the mainnet and what that\\u2019s like (funnily, we spoke a couple of hours after Terra hit mainnet)
\\n \\tDifferent kinds of stable coins why Terra took the algorithmic route
\\n \\tHow Terra is trying to drive REAL ADOPTION
\\n \\tHow Terra maintains price stability and the role that Luna token plays in that
\\n \\tWhat is Seigniorage and how Terra is benefiting from it
\\n \\tGo-to market strategy through Terra Alliance comprising Carousell (https://sg.carousell.com/), Qoo1o (https://www.qoo10.sg) etc. + incentives to use Terra
\\n \\tHow the user journey for using Terra token would look like on e-commerce platforms
\\n \\tTech aspects - Building on Tendermint (https://www.tendermint.com/), on boarding validators
\\n \\tDealing with Regulatory aspects including the failed Basis project (https://www.basis.io/)
\\n \\tPartnerships with Tomochain (https://tomochain.com/), Klaytn (https://www.klaytn.com/) etc'