Persistence provides staking, liquid staking, and now, restaking services for the Cosmos ecosystem. The protocol is comprised of two components, in pSTAKE, the liquid staked asset hub, and DEXTER, a DeFi application with LST and yield-bearing token use-cases.  The Cosmos ecosystem surprised some when the likes of Celestia were introduced last year, bringing attention back to the sector. Cosmos and Tendermint provide infrastructure that allows appchains to have more sovereignty, as seen with the migration of dYdX. In this podcast, our Founder and CEO, Nick Drakon, sits down with Mikhil Pa ..read more

Aperture is an Intents-based architecture that helps users manage their Uniswap V3 LP positions. The protocol contains an auto-rebalance feature, automated liquidity management strategies, as well as the Aperture swap DEX on Manta network. This is all made possible through the power of Intents... Aperture is a long ways in the making; the team is releasing their highly-anticipated Litepaper after 2.5 years of DeFi experience. Aperture is building out an Intents-based future with some innovative implementations being announced. In this video, our Founder & CEO, Nick Drakon, sits down with ..read more

Mantle may have the most opportunity of any chain currently. It is a L2 built on Ethereum and may benefit from $ETH's EIP-4844 upgrade. It also uses EigenLayer's DA, making it a potential candidate for airdrops. In this video, our CEO, Nick Drakon, sits down with Jordi Alexander, Chief Alchemist at Mantle, to discuss the chain's plans going forward, exciting initiatives, and more.  ? Useful Links ? Farm Airdrop on Mantle w Bonus points - https://app.init.capital/points?ref=1FE5F2 Access our 500+ Page Annual Intel FREE ? https://revelointel.com/free Join FREE Telegram channel "Daily Intel ..read more

Access to Revelo Intel  500+ Page Annual Intel FREE ? https://revelointel.com/free Join FREE Telegram channel "Daily Intel" ? https://t.me/dailyintelrevelo Sub to FREE newsletter "The Daily Bolt" ?https://revelointel.substack.com/ Revelo Intel Twitter ? https://twitter.com/ReveloIntel Nick Drakon Twitter ? https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Defi Sparks Podcast Twitter ? https://twitter.com/DefiSparks Pyth Network is gaining market share in the oracle infrastructure category of DeFi with a robust solution to the crypto oracle problem. Nick sits down with Mike Cahill (CEO) to discuss the appro ..read more

Monad is new Layer 1 blockchain built for speed and high performance by utilising parallel execution and pipelining. Keone Hon (CEO & Founder) & Nick Drakon discuss Monad's approach to solving for high performance problem sets and the infrastructure choices they have made. On today's agenda, we discuss: ?Monad's Overview ?Parallel Execution/Pipelining ?How is it different from Ethereum and Solana ?State Access being a bottleneck for executions ?Interoperability ?Use Cases ?Monad's Team and Operations ?Roadmap Access to Revelo Intel Platform FREE ? https://www.revelointel.com/ Join FR ..read more

Welcome to another episode of DeFi Sparks with @NickDrakon and @ChainLinkGod! On today's agenda, we discuss: ?Chainlink's Overview ?Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol ?Oracles ?Chainlink's Business Model & Revenue Streams ?Data Streams ?Automation ?Use Cases ?$LINK Token ?Chainlink's Market Dominance ?Future of Chainlink Revelo Intel is now LIVE! Join FREE - https://revelointel.com/FREE Join FREE Telegram channel "Daily Intel" ? https://t.me/dailyintelrevelo Sub to FREE newsletter"The Daily Bolt" ?https://revelointel.substack.com/ Revelo Intel Twitter ? https://twitter.com/ReveloIntel ..read more

Nick Drakon and Francesco Biviano discuss Arcton's overview, business model and pathways for potential adoption. Francesco also explains how advanced the Swiss regulatory framework is and if it is being talked about anywhere else in Europe. He also explains how will they facilitate high quality deal flows, and what are the reporting and disclosure requirements of the companies that are raising money through their platform. Revelo Intel is now LIVE! Join FREE - https://revelointel.com/FREE Nick Drakon Twitter ? https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Revelo Intel Twitter ? https://twitter.com/ReveloInt ..read more

Nick Drakon and TN Lee discuss Pendle's overview, design and feature improvements. TN explains how they think when it comes to expanding into different verticals and blockchains. TN discusses his view on current on-chain t-bills activity. TN shares a high-level looping strategy using Pendle's products in order to maximize yield. He also gives a teaser on what their future would look like! Revelo Intel is now LIVE! Join FREE - https://revelointel.com/FREE Nick Drakon Twitter ? https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Revelo Intel Twitter ? https://twitter.com/ReveloIntel ? Useful Tools ? Ledger Hardwa ..read more

Nick Drakon and TN Lee discuss Pendle's overview, design and feature improvements. TN explains how they think when it comes to expanding into different verticals and blockchains. TN discusses his view on current on-chain t-bills activity. TN shares a high-level looping strategy using Pendle's products in order to maximize yield. He also gives a teaser on what their future would look like! Revelo Intel is now LIVE! Join FREE - https://revelointel.com/FREE Nick Drakon Twitter ? https://twitter.com/NickDrakon Revelo Intel Twitter ? https://twitter.com/ReveloIntel ? Useful Tools ? Ledger Hardwa ..read more

With an uncertain regulatory environment and growing interest in DeFi solutions for trading after the collapse of multiple centralized exchanges, Founder of ZKX, Eduard, recognized a significant gap in the market. Eduard saw an emerging opportunity with the adopting of CEXs int eh global markets - where there was an ease of transferring funds from user bank accounts into their CEX and back. However, users don't have custody of their accounts, which became a problem when it comes to transparency and security. ZKX aims to be a decentralized trading venue for derivatives and perpetual futures, of ..read more