Episodes #17-18: Discussing the Defi Top 20 with Arthur0x, Su Zhu and Hasu

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Hasu

January 8, 2021

After our episode on the top 20 crypto coins (#15) by market cap, we got a lot of requests to do one for Defi as well. For that discussion, we brought in one of the foremost experts on Defi. Arthur0x went from being one of the earliest users and investors at Synthetix, Aave, and Kyber, to running the largest Defi-focused fund in all of Asia.

The conversation ran pretty long, so we are releasing it in two parts.

Listen to Part 1

Listen to Part 2

We don’t have a transcript yet, but if you feel like writing one, feel free to PM me on Twitter or email it to hasu@uncommoncore.co. Hope you enjoy the conversation!

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