🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: bankless.substack.com/ ✊ STARTING GUIDE BANKLESS: bit.ly/37Q17uI ❤️ JOIN PRIVATE DISCORD: bit.ly/2UVI10O 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: podcast.banklesshq.com/ 👕 BUY BANKLESS TEE: merch.banklesshq.com/ ----- GO BANKLESS WITH THESE SPONSOR TOOLS: 🌐 UNSTOPPABLE DOMAINS - HUMAN READABLE ETHEREUM & CRYPTO ADDRESSES bankless.cc/unstoppable 🌈 ZAPPER - ULTIMATE HUB FOR DEFI - ZAP INTO DEFI bankless.cc/zapper 💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS bankless.cc/monolith 💸 AMPLFORTH - MONETARY EXPERIMENT FOR BASE MONEY bankless.cc/AMPL-MINE ----- Aave to Billions | Stani Kulechov Stani Kulechov is the Founder of the Aave money market, a place for lending and borrowing assets in DeFi. Aave has marched up the DeFi leaderboard to become one of the top protocols with the most amount of value deposited into its contracts. Aave's token LEND has increased 3300% since its bear market low. What contributed to Aave's success? What did Aave do differently? Why did Aave's community thrive when others died? What's next for Aave and Aavenomics? We ask Stani these questions and many more, in order to get a glimpse of what is successful in this DeFi frontier! ------ WE COVER 1) Crypto-Native Founders 2) Early days of Aave -- ETHLend and the Aave pivot 3) Sticking it out through the bear market 4) Establishing the team-community relationship 5) Rising the Ranks of DeFi 6) VC investment vs ICO investment; pros and cons 7) Aave moves FAST! 8) Aavenomics and Aave Roadmap 9) Bull Market Predictions! ----- RESOURCES DISCUSSED: 1. David's article about MKR referenced by Stani bankless.substack.com/p/evaluating-mkrs-tokenomics ----- ACTIONS 1) Read delegated credit explainer article bankless.substack.com/p/unsecured-loans-are-coming-to-defi 2) Read about Aavenomics + Aave roadmap  docs.aave.com/aavenomics/ medium.com/aave/aave-v2-the-seamless-finance-d52075d97a70 3) Give us a 5 star review on iTunes! ------ Don't stop at the video! Subscribe to the Bankless newsletter program bankless.substack.com/ Visit the official Bankless website for resources banklesshq.com/ Follow Bankless on Twitter twitter.com/BanklessHQ Follow Ryan on Twitter twitter.com/ryansadams Follow David on Twitter twitter.com/TrustlessState Follow DeFi Dad on Twitter twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time we may add links in this channel to products we use. We may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. We'll always disclose when this is the case.