The Rollup20 Jan 2025

America’s Crypto Golden Era with Stani Kulechov and Omer Goldberg

For today's episode, we discuss the rise of Aave and a new era of crypto in America.

Trump is President! Aave turns 5! We caught up with Aave founder Stani Kulechov and Chaos Labs' Omer Goldberg to talk about the Trump Effect on DeFi, what's new in Aave V4, and where DeFAI is headed.

World Liberty Finance, the Trump Family DeFi business set to launch later this year, will provide a white-labeled, Aave powered lending market to the newest cohort of Americans onchain. We cover the World Liberty Finance deal in detail and cover Aave’s “friendly forks” program for other projects to build their own lending markets using Aave's tech. These forks share revenue with the Aave DAO.

What else is new on Aave? V4's hub-and-spoke system. Think of it as a central pool of assets that powers multichain lending markets. Plus, they're rolling out smarter interest rates that adjust based on how risky the collateral is. This could mean lower rates, and higher LTV caps across the board.

Behind the scenes, Chaos Labs is crucial to Aave's risk management with advanced simulations and auto-adjusting parameters for the T1 lending market. This is vital as Aave grows across 20+ networks and prepares for potential regulatory shifts under a Trump administration, which could mean more institutional adoption and therefore high demand for global risk management.

Whether you're building on Aave, using it regularly, or just curious about crypto under the Trump admin, let's dive into what makes this lending protocol tick and the role it could play in finance over the next four years.

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