Crypto Contagion Spreads, DeFi Offers an Answer | Sid Powell

On today’s episode of “On the Margin” Sid Powell Co Founder of Maple Finance joins the show to discuss the recent credit contagion taking place in crypto.

With liquidity drying up, lenders have been undergoing a huge deleveraging. Sid joins the show to discuss the risk off sentiment many borrowers are taking and how this effects both CeFi and DeFi lending.
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Referenced In The Show:

Voyager Digital Issues 3AC Notice of Default on Loan Around $665M: https://blockworks.co/voyager-digital-issues-3ac-notice-of-default-on-ar...

Archegos Capital Blowup: What Investors Need to Know: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-03-30/archegos-capital-blowup...
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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
00:30 Credit In Crypto
03:20 What Really Happened to 3AC?
06:45 CeFi vs DeFi Lending
10:20 Do We Need A Lender Of Last Resort?
22:10 The Consolidation Of Banking, An Opportunity For DeFi?
25:20 A Roadmap For Crypto Lending
29:00 Fireblocks Ad
30:18 A Roadmap For Crypto Lending
36:25 On Chain Rating Agencies
40:30 Building In A Bull vs Bear Market
53:55 Sam Bankman-Fried Backstops Crypto Contagion
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