NFA Ep 6 | Friktion: Is automated portfolio management the future of DeFi?

What really is crypto? What does it mean? Is it an asset  class, a technology, a scammer paradise, or a way to overthrow governments around the world? Join Max and Karim to find out! 

FTX has gone under and officially filed for bankruptcy. FU Sam.  Welcome back to NFA; in this episode, Karim (Co-Founder) and Max (Head of Research) hopped on this episode to discuss how FTX reached this very unlikely scenario and how the market may move forward.

In this episode, Stan and our head of research Max speak with crypto investor Murad Mahmudov, who is now working on a DeFi/SocialFi initiative called STFX to speak about why crypto is so vital to our society.  Intro 00:00 - 02:00  The bear market 02:00 - 09:50  Mainstream adoption 09:50 - 17:22  Is Ethereum a danger to Bitcoin? - 17:22 - 22:41  Bitcoin as a store of value - 17:22 - 28:54  Crypto regulations 28:54 - 37:09  Trading & STFX 37:09 - 47:49  Outro 47:49 - 52:32

In this episode of the NFA podcast, Stan and Karim are joined by Kain Warwick, Founder of Synthetix, to discuss the Real Yields narrative and whether revenue will be what kickstarts the next bull market. They also discuss the most recent developments in the Synthetix ecosystem and the Layer 2 ecosystem. 02:00 - 06:45 a summary of Synthetix's recent developments 06:45 10:44 How do SNX stakers benefit from protocols building on top of Synthetix? 10:51 20:34 Will the intrinsic value of DeFi's fees fuel the next bull market? 20:34- 24:08 What is the best way to share revenue as a protocol? 24:08 - 29:24 How does one value a base layer if high fees mean poor UX? 29:24 - 35:22 Growth in TVL of Optimism 35:22 - 38:58 How high will the price of SNX go 38:58 - 39:14 Outro

In this episode of Non-Financial Advice, our podcast host Stan and researcher Max speak with Uddhav, Co-Founder of Friktion. about how the project offers an automated portfolio manager (APM) to generate profits over the market cycles. We learn about the different strategies and how it plans to offer treasury management for DAOs

In this episode of Non-Financial Advice, our podcast host Stan and researcher Eugene talk with Pranay Mohan, founder of Nomad, a security-first cross-chain messaging protocol, about developments in cross-chain communications and how Nomad seeks to build more secure and scalable bridges.

In this episode of Non-Financial Advice our podcast host Stan and researcher Eugene talk to the team at Thorswap to find out why the project has been performing so well in, recent weeks, how the launch of THORSynths has affected the protocol, and what we can expect from them in the coming months. Social Media Want to follow Cryptonary on Twitter? Click here Want to follow THORSwap on Twitter?  Click here

In this episode of Non-Financial Advice, our podcast host Stan and Solana researcher Bill speak with Durden the co-founder of the Lifinity Protocol about how the protocol has completely transformed the way a decentralized exchange performs and we dive into the NFTs they launched which offer some interesting utility. Social Media Want to follow Cryptonary on Twitter? Click here Want to follow Lifinity Protocol on Twitter?  Click here

In this podcast from Non Financial Advice, our podcast host Stan and researcher Karim interview Synthetix founder Kain Warwick. We want to find out why he's so optimistic about the Layer 2 ecosystem, whether he admits he was wrong about the development of alternative L1s, and of course, find out where Synthetix is headed in the coming years. Social Media Want to follow Cryptonary on Twitter? Click here Want to follow Kain on Twitter?  Click here

In this episode of the Cryptonary Podcast, our host Stan, along with Bill, talks with Walker, founder of Hello Moon, about how this new platform is designed to make on-chain activity on the Solana blockchain more readable and give you an edge in the DeFi and NFT market by allowing you to scan the prominent wallet address and view important data about NFT collections. Social Media Want to follow Cryptonary on Twitter? Click here Want to follow Hello Moon on Twitter? Click here