
Modular March EP 2: Are Shared Sequencers Just Another L1? With NodeKit
In todayโs Modular March presentation, weโre diving into a topic brought to light by Ethereum foundation researcher, Justin Drake. Interoperability has long been a stumbling block in the path to a uni...
23 Mar 202445min

Modular March EP 1: Unifying the Modular Ecosystem with Union Build
Welcome to the first episode of the series of Modular March Presentations. Today, we delve into the zk side of things with Karel, founder of Union Build, a project focused squarely on bringing togethe...
22 Mar 202447min

DeFi by Design EP129: Everything You Need to Know About Zircuit zkEVM
In todayโs podcast, weโre taking a closer look at Zircuit's zkEVM, an innovative L2 focused on going to market in 2024. Zircuitโs leverages zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), a groundbreaking approach that...
1 Mar 20241h 3min

DeFi by Design EP128: Cross-Chain Perps, Blast L2, And Deep Onchain Liquidity
This was a really fun episode. Alwin is a good character and has some very interesting takes. We talked about Blast a fair bit, as we are particularly interested in the total degen culture going on ov...
22 Feb 20241h 9min

DeFi By Design EP127: The State of Crypto Investing in 2024
If you have been here since day 1, you know we did a podcast with Qiao Wang in 2020 shortly after DeFi summer. What a time to be alive. In todays podcast, we cover a variety of topics, including cross...
20 Feb 202453min

DeFi By Design EP126: Restaking and Liquid Staking in the Cosmos Ecosystem Unpacked
Restaking has grown significantly in the EVM land mindshare, yet people don't realize Cosmos has had restaking for a very long time. Liquid staking has also grown significantly in Cosmos thanks to hel...
15 Feb 202459min

DeFi by Design EP125: Onchain MEV in DeFi Lending Markets Explained
There is > $100M of value being extracted every single year from lending markets by MEV. This value is shared with Ethereum validators, yet makes a small difference in the staking yield... In todayโs ...
13 Feb 20241h 8min

DeFi by Design EP 124: Where Fluent Fits in the Modular Thesis
The future is Modular. With the rise of specialized solutions in the blockchain development landscape, we will see more onboarding of devs and better UX for users. In today's podcast we talk with Dino...
8 Feb 20241h 6min






















