In this episode of Bell Curve, Jason and Mike are joined by Simon Jones (Voltz Labs) and Allan Niemerg (Yield Protocol) to explore the new use cases that fixed-rate lending and interest rate swaps bring to DeFi.

We also discuss how crypto is structurally variable, why financial markets need interest rate swaps, DeFi's base rate, DAO-to-DAO undercollateralized lending and much more!

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Timestamps

(00:00 ) Intro

(02:49 ) DeFi is structurally variable

(10:54 ) The ETH base rate & a DeFi native yield curve

(14:52 ) Interest rate swaps: 3 primary use cases

(19:17 ) DeFi use cases & undercollateralized lending

(30:24 ) Why are fixed rate markets in DeFi so small?

(42:36 ) A crypto-based sovereign debt market

(46:52 ) Will yield come from IRL assets or crypto-native sources?

(51:45 ) Fixed rates may catalyze the next bull cycle

(59:47 ) Post interview: takeaways

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Resources:

Yield Protocol

https://yieldprotocol.com/

Voltz Protocol

https://www.voltz.xyz/

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