The DeFi Podcast

This week's episode of The DeFi Podcast features Brice Berdah of Monolith. Monolith is a decentralized banking alternative offering a non-custodial crypto debit card. In this episode, Brice explains how crypto debit cards make it easier to use cryptocurrency for payments, describes what makes Monolith's non-custodial solution unique, and shares his thoughts on the role of crypto debit cards in accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency.

This week's episode of The DeFi Podcast features Allison Lu of UMA Protocol. UMA is a decentralized financial contracts platform built to enable Universal Market Access. In this week's episode, Allison provides her take on what financial primitives are, explains their role in lowering the cost of innovation in the financial sector, and shares her insight into the development of decentralized financial.

This week's episode of The DeFi Podcast features Matthew Wright from Argent. Argent is a user-controlled wallet that provides free transactions as well as a free address using the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). In this episode, Kerman interviews Matthew on how digital wallets currently work, what a "smart contract wallet" is, and what Argent is doing to improve the user experience of digital wallets.

This week's episode of The DeFi Podcast features Soravis Srinawakoon from Band Protocol. Band Protocol makes real-world information available to smart contracts using community-curated oracles. In this episode, Kerman interviews Soravis on why smart contracts need oracles, how Band Protocol identifies and integrates oracles into their platform, and the implications of having a trusted protocol for oracles on the development of distributed ledger technology.

This week's episode of The DeFi Podcast features Tom Howard, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Mosendo. Mosendo makes it easy to send money to anyone, anywhere without the typical friction involved in obtaining and using cryptocurrency. Tom explains what state channels are, describes how Mosendo uses state channels to facilitate payments using Ethereum, and shares his insight on the state of scalability solutions for the Ethereum network.

Hey DeFi'ers, thanks for checking out the DeFi Podcast! This week's episode features Hugh Karp, founder and board member of Nexus Mutual. Nexus Mutual provides insurance against smart contract failure. During the interview, Hugh explains what smart contracts are, how Nexus Mutual automates the process of providing and obtaining coverage, and the role he sees Nexus playing in the Ethereum ecosystem.