Brandon Arvanaghi and Bryce Crawford (Meow) on Bringing DeFi yields to Institutions (EP.291)

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 11 a.m.

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Meow CEO Brandon Arvanaghi and CTO Bryce Crawford join the show to cover crypto yields and how they make them accessible to corporate treasuries. In this episode:\\xa0

  • The origins of the name
  • Bryce and Brandon\\u2019s backgrounds
  • The purpose of getting access to crypto yields while staying in dollars
  • How Meow manages risks in DeFi protocols
  • Are crypto yields fundamentally mispriced?
  • Where crypto yields ultimately come from?
  • The risk free rate of crypto yields
  • The relationship between fragmented exchange environments and the cost of capital in crypto
  • Why smart contract risk differs between chains and its effect on yields
  • Why yields compressing will be a sign of the institutionalization of crypto
  • The emergence of undercollateralized lending on DeFi, and which protocols the Meow leadership is most excited about
  • Do DeFi yields face the risk from declining subsidies from token issuance
  • Why institutional tooling is still lacking in DeFi
  • The emergence of the crypto scene in Miami
  • Projections for the future of DeFi
  • Visions for the future of Meow

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