The End of Wrapped Tokens: THORChain's Native-Asset Edge | Chad Barraford

In today's episode we are joined by Chad Barraford, technical lead of THORChain, to chat about how the protocol works with layer-one assets, disrupting the traditional "island-like" view of blockchains as separate ecosystems. The protocol offers decentralized lending specifically for non-EVM chains like Bitcoin and Litecoin, aiming to always maintain liquidity. Key mechanisms are discussed to safeguard against vulnerabilities like price manipulation, ensuring that the protocol acts more like a 'bodyguard' to liquidity providers.

As always Sam and Dan are joined by 2 Blockworks Research analysts, Ren & Pibblez. The analysts explore the balancer exploit, Coinbase USDC deal, dYdX governance proposal, and Coinbase sharing revenue to Optimism.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:41) Hot-Seat Cool Throne
(27:02) Interview Start: Chad
(27:21) Headline Thorchain Offering
(43:54) “Hexens Ad”
(44:58) Virtual Pool Depth
(53:01) USDC or USD De-peg Scenario
(1:018) Streaming Swaps Explained
(1:09:00) Savers Adoption
(1:13:49) Product Roadmap
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Resources:
Lending on THORChain Explained
https://medium.com/thorchain/lending-on-thorchain-646bbf2e6e1b
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