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In this weekly catchup, we focused on three growing DeFi trends: the emergence of new credibly trustless stablecoins, the arrival of BTC on Ethereum through tokenisation and the DeRisking of DeFi with guarded launches.
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Topic 1: Trustless Stablecoins, after DAI?
sUSD usage picked up (-> Curve Pool)
RAI (MetaCoin/Reflexer) & iDOL (Lien.Finance): no over-collateralization + governance minimised
Lien.Finance: 2 synthetic assets to "crystalise" inertia (SBT) and volatility (LBT)
MetaCoin - uses Reflex Bonds to deliver a "more stable" version of ETH then used as collateral for a stablecoin (RAI)
Topic 2: BTCs on Ethereum? - Dashboard
BTC on Ethereum dashboard - track them all!
wBTC picks up traction (1000 BTC eq minted by a whale) - usable as collateral in Maker since May 03.
wBTC picks up traction (1000 BTC eq minted by a whale)
RenBTC + Curve.fi Pool (with wBTC). BTC++ on Katana
Topic 3: DeRisking DeFi: Guarded Launches + Uniswap V2
Zapper Fi releases their interface to zap in/out of Uniswap Pool (v2)
Closing Thoughts
Special sponsorship announcement in the next episode 😊
We hope you enjoyed this edition - packed full of interesting topics as always, and we'll see you next week!
- Abel & Brice