*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 1:37 Col-5 governance proposal now live 3:22 LUNA and UST now on Coinbase pro 5:15 White Wale arbitrage introduction 6:11 Loop Finance instigation with Pylon 7:10 Spacecamp application and opportunities *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to [email protected] or @TerraBitesPod on Telegram. Vote for the Terra Bites validator using Terra Station or https://stat...
Aug 14, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 60
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Special event: Columbus 5 release and governance proposal tomorrow! Plus, Cosmos SDK 0.43 adds two huge new features. What do they mean? Pete tells us and takes questions from chat. See the Cosmos release notes mentioning the new authz and feegrant features at https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/... 3:13 Cross-chain messaging capabilities with Wormhole Protocol 16:19 Do Kwon tweet reveal and col-5 upgrades 22:59 Future staking rewards under col-5 and lon...
Aug 10, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 57
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* More weekly news! Ethereum collateral is coming to Anchor Protocol very soon... and the many community teams on Terra continue to build DeFi, crypto, metaverse, and more projects on Terra and the broader Cosmos ecosystem. Find out the latest here, every week. Read the CoinGecko LUNA article "Yield Farming on Terra" at https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/yield-... Sign up for the Spacecamp Terra event at https://eventornado.com/event/terra-s... View the short W...
Aug 07, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 56
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 2:36 What is Spacecamp? 11:25 Future opportunities in hackathons 15:41 Community pool proposal on rapid grants and committee establishment 24:44 Col-5 integration timeline with Spacecamp 32:24 Spacecamp as a launchpad for future opportunities 40:00 Community project needs and networking options 49:45 NFT universes built on NFT IP 51:35 Pete and Evan decides to go anonymous *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explai...
Aug 05, 2021•56 min•Ep. 55
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 5:22 process of weighing stable coins on Solana 8:12 Exploring UST with Mercurial Finance 17:34 shifting culture in the DeFi community 24:00 Solana involvement in Ren BTC 35:44 road map for Mercurial Finance Check out Mercurial: https://mercurial.finance/pools/ust-3... See the latest update on Mercurial's proposal to make UST a core stablecoin on Solana: https://agora.terra.money/t/making-us... Take the quiz here to earn FREE MER: https://learning.mercuri...
Aug 02, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 54
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Again a news-packed week, as LUNA picks up more attention and many ecosystem DeFi projects come closer to going live! We talk at length about some topics this week, including some tips on staying safe, leveraged yield farming (on MARS soon!), and what “really” backs UST. Plus community bounties, a new metaverse project mentioned, and more! See the Mars Litepaper at https://mars-protocol.medium.com/mars... Listen to the Mighty Whale + White Whale interview...
Jul 31, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 53
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* StarTerra is fueling for launch! Factions swarm the launchpad, competing for the best rewards. Which will you join: the Lunatics, the Interstellars, or the Degens? Or will you build your own mighty Whalecraft? The CEO and CMO of StarTerra both join to answer our questions about the project's goals, tokenomics, airdrops, and game incentives. Don't miss this one! 3:45 Gamified DeFi, faction-based tiers 14:15 Learning from earlier platforms, Star Terra story...
Jul 27, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 52
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Terra LUNA's ecosystem, including the Mirror synthetic stocks platform and the Anchor Protocol stable savings platform, has a lot of news this week! Plus, new community projects have arrived like TerraDrops, Astral Money's Astral Payments, and White Whale. See the TechCrunch article on https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/16/cry... The Yahoo! Finance article is at https://finance.yahoo.com/news/terraf... Read the Pylon MINE staking article shown at https://medi...
Jul 22, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 51
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* This week was packed with Terra LUNA news! Including a big step forward in public stablecoin discourse, Columbus 5 reaching its first release candidate, Gravity DEX, Harmony and Solana interoperability, new Mirror assets and Anchor updates, and new project announcements! LINKS - Randal Quarles's speech on stablecoins is at https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsev... - Nic Carter's summary thread with commentary is at https://twitter.com/nic__carter/statu.. -...
Jul 15, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 51
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Correction: Harmony is not a Cosmos SDK chain. It does now bridge to Terra, though. 0:32 Terra stablecoins on Solana 5:04 Harmony Protocol, Nebula Launch ETFs (“initial clusters”) 10:56 Surprise guest: Midas (Esteban), Spectrum Protocol Autofarm vaults 13:24 Staying safe with DeFi projects 24:49 Content bounty program *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to he...
Jul 14, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 50
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Weekly news bites cover everything in the Terra ecosystem and beyond. Subscribe to stay up to date! Anchor Protocol's June update, including links to the proposed improvements, is at https://medium.com/anchor-protocol/an... The tweet on Anchor Protocol liquidation protection bots is at https://twitter.com/TerraBitesPod/sta... See Loop Finance tokenomics graphic at https://t.me/ocintelligence/464The Loop Finance long-term liquidity program signup form is a...
Jul 09, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 49
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 2:32 Nebula airdrop, validator costs, commissions, validator relations 18:00 Oracle price feeds, Stader, downtime slashing, double signing, Unslashed Finance 30:18 Redelgating, content bounty program, Do Kwon Prism introduction 38:20 Columbus 5, Osmosis, Valkyrie, Spar 44:07 How to start your own node, Andromeda Protocol, Do Kwon 48 hour reserve solution tweet, ball python reveal 49:48 Which upcoming project is most exciting? *** Stay up to date with Terr...
Jul 06, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 48
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Unbelievable number of projects springing up, launching alphas and betas, getting funding and partners, and deploying Terra LUNA apps, airdrops, and integrations! First up, Pylon Wave 2 is very soon... TONIGHT 8pm PDT/11pm EDT/03:00 UTC. In addition to the genesis airdrop, staking UST for 3/6/12 months to get MINE tokens will be available, up to a certain total limit. Plus, updates on so many projects... 42 mentioned in total! We could add so many links h...
Jul 02, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 47
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Mirror v2 is awesome... and now v3 roadmap has started! Plus a new announcement, the Osmosis airdrop, Anchor Reserves discussion, and more! 0:35 Start 3:15 Crypto.com debit card and application, Osmosis, Ledger Vault 14:22 Valkyrie Money, New York City Terra Bites meet up 21:54 Mirror V2 interface, collateral ratio, impermanent loss 32:24 Roadmap following V2, Biggie Smalls reveal 39:26 Anchor reserves, emergency funds 45:33 Tokenized mortgage, DeFi Saver...
Jun 29, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 46
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* The Sandclock team comes on Terra Bites to tell us about making DeFi and yield aggregation accessible for everyone! 1:05 Intro to Sandclock 13:18 Sandclock yield, Sandclock accessibility, what makes Sandclock different, incentivized giving 21:00 no loss donations, NFT receipts, tax exemption, community integration 28:32 Sandclock operating on Mirror Protocol, NFT specs on Terra, Terra community support 32:26 No loss donations, Quartz token, event plans 40...
Jun 28, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 45
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* This groundbreaking cross-community interview brings Tor Bair from Secret Foundation (SCRT) onto Terra Bites to talk about recent and upcoming integrations between the two communities and beyond. Don't miss this one! Note: IBC, frequently referenced in this video, stands for “Inter Blockchain Communication.” Featuring: 🌉 bridging UST and other Terra Money assets (plus assets from Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum, Monero, and more) to Secret DeFi (SeFi) ⚛️ t...
Jun 25, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 44
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* SJ Park's Presentation at DeFi Summit 2021: https://youtu.be/XAKlAaD2_k0?t=21309 Forex Money Market Article on Agora: https://agora.terra.money/t/a-principal-protected-terra-terra-forex-money-market-with-leveraged-anchor-deposits/1376 Mirror v2 Specs: https://docs.mirror.finance/whats-new-for-mirror-v2 Mirror v2 Testnet: https://terra-dev.mirror.finance/ 0:10 SJ Park DeFi summit presentation 2:23 Content bounty program 3:32 Orion Money logo contest 4:18 P...
Jun 18, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 43
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* In this interview, Evan caught up with Kado's Emery Andrew to talk about building the fiat off-ramp that everyone has been waiting for. Check out the Agora Forum post for Kado's community funds proposal here: https://agora.terra.money/t/terra-kad... 2:00 Terra Kado function, Prime Trust, USD to UST liquidity pool 8:35 community funding, Master Card integration, traditional finance connectivity to DeFi 16:30 Chai, TFL insight, Do Kwon advising Terra ecosys...
Jun 12, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 43
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 0:40-2:12 El Salvador adopting Bitcoin 2:13-6:44 Victor Tanev and Do Kwon interview, Pylon Protocol 6:45-8:45 Yotta savings 8:46-11:11 Andromeda NFT Protocol, quadratic rewards for validators 11:12-12:44 Bobby Ong on UST, Terra analytics dashboard 12:45-14:48 Saturn announcement, Astral Money, Angel Protocol *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to hello@terrab...
Jun 11, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 41
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Terra Bites sits down with the team from Angel Protocol, a winning team from the Delphi Digital hackathon who's building the world's first Decentralized Autonomous Non-Profit Organization (DANO). For more information about Angel protocol, check them out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/angelprotocol 2:17-9:07 Angel Protocol intro, putting Angel Protocol together 9:08-18:00 Angel Protocol values and functionality, Terra Charity Alliance, UN sustainable deve...
Jun 10, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 40
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 2:25-12:44 Bitcoin conference Miami, Luna meet up, Mars Protocol marketing, Red Rabbit 12:45-18:00 Angel Protocol interview drop, Future project interviews, Mars manifesto 18:01-31:51 Fintech app integrated with Anchor savings, Yotta gamified, lull in crypto 31:52-34:20 Peg Insurance, Nexus Insurance, Technical Insurance 34:21-40:24 South America’s interest in crypto, El Salvador use of bitcoin as legal tender, Jack Dorsey 40:25-44:16 Borrow rates on Anch...
Jun 08, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 40
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 0:00-0:56 Do Kwon Ark Invest interview clip (full episode available at https://ark-invest.com/podcast/ep98-terra) 0:57-2:20 Terra Ecosystem, Luna trending on CoinGecko, Celsius adding Luna and UST deposits 2:21-4:20 Miami crypto week, Mars Lite Paper 4:21-8:00 Terra Kado, Orion Money, Spar, ApolloDAO, Crypto Dolphin 8:01-10:20 Glow Savings, Rerun, Terra Ecosystem Terra Ecosystem Overview article by Everstake: https://medium.com/everstake/terra-ec... *** S...
Jun 04, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 39
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 0:36-4:04 Miami Crypto Week 4:05-6:20 Do Kwon interview, future interviews 6:21-10:21 Terra Kado Twitter, Alice function 10:22-12:00 Luna meet up in Miami 12:01-17:00 UST market cap, Mayday, debit projects 17:01-28:03 Mars Protocol Litepaper The Mars Litepaper shown is at https://mars-protocol.medium.com/mars... *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to hello@te...
Jun 03, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 37
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 0:27-7:24 UST and Anchor in the Crashening 7:25-13:21 Self repaying loans, liquidators bid on premium 13:22-18:48 UST Peg Stability 18:49-22:29 Luna staking, Swap Fees 22:30-25:36 Terraform Labs’s role 25:37-28:41 Challenges of managing a community 28:42-35:37 Mirror expanding in Thailand, Indonesia, Terraform organizational role 35:38-40:45 Wen Busan, Terra early investors 40:46-46:25 Cosmos and IBC, AMAs with Do Kwon Read about the details and plans men...
May 29, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 36
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 1:57 Anchor Protocol, Wallet Connect, Insurance for UST 6:21 Mike Novogratz & Laura Shin, Luna Loot 7:07 Columbus 5, seigniorage burned 9:50 StarTerra gamified launchpad 12:18 Orbital command intel report 13:37 Netflix in Korea partnering with Chai 14:12 Galaxy now an option on Mirror protocol, Dev Sessions Read about the details and plans mentioned in our summary of Do’s community AMA at https://link.medium.com/ME0iaQl9xgb *** Stay up to date with Te...
May 28, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 35
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* 0:36 Opening monologue - Anchor drop 6:07 Luna loans liquidation 17:08 Reducing Luna/bLuna pool and its impact 24:38 Chai as the foundation for Terra stablecoin value 35:29 Wen Columbus 5? 41:25 Send Off Read about the details and plans mentioned in our summary of Do’s community AMA at https://link.medium.com/ME0iaQl9xgb *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to...
May 26, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 34
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below.* May 19, the worst day in crypto markets in recent memory, by the numbers. Liquidations and congestion hit all platforms, from CeFi sites like Coinbase and Kraken to DeFi platforms to websites like CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. But also, the resilience of DeFi and stablecoins was demonstrated under extreme conditions. We talk about what happened, and in particular what Anchor Protocol experienced during this time and what is next in plans to harden the pro...
May 20, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 33
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below* Evan and Pete are back, taking questions and talking Rug Pulls, Scams, Hacks, and some things to watch out for! Join the new Terra Bites Pod Telegram channel for exclusive AMA insider chats every Friday! https://t.me/TheTerraBitesPod *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers on the Terra DeFi Crypto Ecosystem. Reach out to [email protected] or @TerraBitesPod on Telegram. Vote for the Terra Bites validator usin...
May 18, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 32
This special episode of Terra Bites is hosted by Evan Schindler aka @Panterra0x, and features UnionPay International's Director of US Financial Institutions, Jacob Gaddis. The pair start off by talking about their background together in the payments space before talking about UnionPay and cryptocurrency in a broad context. The conversation then moves into Chai, Terra's payment application currently being used in Korea, and how it compares to other mobile applications in the market. Nothing said ...
May 18, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 31
*Disclaimer: not advice. See more below.* Alice Finance early access signups are open! Go to https://alice.co to sign up. The Alice news came out after filming, so it isn't in the video. But there are plenty of other new projects, new listings, new Terra app features and details, and more. You can even spend UST on LunaLoot.com with Saturn.money's Atlas. And spend it to buy Amazon things soon with TerraKado! *** Stay up to date with Terra Bites, the place to get news, interviews, and explainers ...
May 13, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 30
