money markets

On this episode of Alpha Leak, David is joined by Euler Co-Founder, Michael Bentley. Euler is a non-custodial, permissionless lending protocol on Ethereum with some interesting features you should know about.

This episode was recorded in early July, but the alpha is still very timely.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
4:20 Euler Explained
5:30 Compound vs. Aave vs. Euler
6:10 Limited Assets on Compound & Aave
8:56 Euler’s Approach
10:00 Euler’s Collateral Risk Strategy
16:20 Cross Tier Differentiation
17:56 Tier Walk Through
22:08 Euler’s Features & DeFi Importance
30:11 Other Euler Features
30:48 Status Quo of Liquidations
36:27 Competition
38:08 Launch Turbulence
41:55 Interest Rate Mechanism
50:47 Euler DAO & $EUL
52:37 Euler Resources
53:15 Closing & Disclaimers

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Resources:

Euler Twitter
https://twitter.com/eulerfinance 

Euler Website
https://www.euler.finance/ 

Euler White Paper
https://docs.euler.finance/getting-started/white-paper 

Michael Bentley
https://twitter.com/euler_mab 

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