Today we are exploring the DeFi ecosystem on Solana with Ben Sparango (Head of BD and DeFi at Solana Labs). We compare Solana DeFi today vs 1 year ago, see what QUIC, program specific fee markets and Saga as well as the Solana Mobile Stack can unlock for DeFi and adoption, understand why Solana has outperformed other L1 competitors and much more. This conversation is made possible thanks to Streamflow. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow....
Sep 26, 2022•35 min
Today we are talking about rethinking the Solana Explorer from the ground up with Nick co-founder at Solana FM. Solana transactions are notoriously difficult to parse, Solana FM is focused on making the data accessible. We chat about all things data on Solana, catering to specific users, his take on Solana Mobile, showing the true TPS of Solana and much more. This conversation is made possible thanks to Streamflow. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https:...
Sep 23, 2022•34 min
Today we are talking cross margining and a game changing vault on Solana brought to you by the team at marginfi. marginfi has been making waves lately with their much anticipated new vault so I had to have Anders from the team on to find out more details. Not to bury the lead, in their tests their vault was returning triple digit non incentivized returns. If that perks your ears up, listen on! This conversation is made possible thanks to Streamflow. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW |...
Sep 16, 2022•38 min
Today we are talking privacy technology with Nico from Elusiv. Given the recent news of Tornado Cash being sanctioned privacy tech has never been under more pressure so I wanted to speak with Nico to hear his take on what Elusiv is doing to be compliant and provide users with strong privacy as well as to see how he envisions the brewing privacy battle playing out moving forward. This conversation is made possible thanks to Streamflow. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBU...
Sep 13, 2022•49 min
I’ve got something a bit different for you today, I’m having a conversation with Phil from FRAKT. FRAKT is a unique project on Solana focused on borrowing and lending NFTs, making illiquid jpegs much more liquid. It was a pleasure to have Phil to dive into a world where I haven’t had the chance to look into much previously. This conversation is made possible thanks to Streamflow. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- FRAKT fra...
Sep 01, 2022•42 min
This week we are deploying into the AMM space with Durden from Lifinity. Lifinity is a DEX that takes a fresh approach almost at every step. In this episode, we go over the fundamentals of an automated market maker, the innovations that Lifinity brings to the table by owning their own liquidity, pricing based on an oracle and much more. If you’ve used an AMM or a Dex Aggregator like Jupiter before and want to go under the hood to understand better how it works, this is the episode for you. This ...
Aug 17, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 28
This week we are sliding into the world of Multisig management with Stepan, co-founder of Squads. Squads is a Multisig management protocol for web3 native teams. Squads is looking to provide secure multisig tooling, allowing teams to manage their treasury, secure their funds and much much more. We start from the basics of what a multisig is and then go further into the state of DAO tooling on Solana, the topic of program upgradeability, and Stepans take on the recently announced Solana Mobile St...
Jul 19, 2022•43 min
This week we dive into the jungle of liquid farming and staking with David Holt (@IDrawCharts) - who’s leading Jungle Defi - an exciting new project on Solana that is promising to split up tokens allowing you to, for example, sell your future yield while maintaining spot exposure - unlocking an additional level of capital efficiency. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- JUNGLE DEFI 🐦 @JungleDeFi 📄 jungledefi.io ----- Not fi...
Jul 11, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Today we have a conversation with Michael from Laine | Stakewiz around the Solana network issues and the solutions that are being worked on. If you've had trouble following along with the issues and found it a bit confusing, I hope this will be a definitive guide that's accessible for everyone! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- LAINE | STAKEWIZ 🐦 @laine_sa_ 📄 stakewiz.com ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast i...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Today I’m keen to learn about on-chain banking on Solana with Tempest from the Neptune project. We talk about what it means to be an on chain bank, how Neptune intends to build revenue sustainably and some key learnings that Tempest took away from the Luna collapse alongside much more. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- NEPTUNE 🐦 @nep_so 📄 nep.so ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Today we catch up with the Torab from Marinade. Marinade is a liquid staking solution on Solana. We dive deep on liquid staking, some details about the validator network, how Marinade is governed as well as some thoughts on the recent Luna crash. Was a real treat to catch up with Torab and head all things liquid staking! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- MARINADE 🐦 @MarinadeFinance 📄 marinade.finance ----- Not financial ...
May 27, 2022•41 min
Today we catch up with the guys from Kana, a team building a DeFi Super App on Solana and interestingly, Neon EVM. Kana is the first project we've had on building on Neon and it was fascinating to hear how their experience has been, the challenges of building a DeFi aggregator as well as developer interest for building on Solana in India and more! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- KANA 🐦 @kana99sol 📄 kanaswap.com ----- N...
May 26, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Today we map privacy on Solana with Swen from Light Protocol. Light Protocol is bringing shielded transactions to Solana using Zero Knowledge Proofs. We talk about whether we need privacy, the importance of opt-out privacy by default, the UX-Liquidity flywheel and much more! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- LIGHT PROTOCOL 🐦 @LightProtocol 📄 lightprotocol.com ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educ...
May 18, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Today we go deep with Jonathan from Aleph.im to learn about the cloud computing infrastructure that they're building to support DeFi and Web3 projects building across the ecosystem. Aleph.im works with many of the major L1s which gives them a unique perspective on the space. We wrap up by discussing what trends Jonathan sees from his unique vantage point! ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- ALEPH.IM 🐦 @aleph_im 📄 aleph.im ...
May 11, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 2
I’m super pumped to dive deep into the Shadows with Frank as we explore the Shadow Drive and Shadow Net, two fascinating new infrastructure pieces coming out of the GenesysGo team. Make sure you listen through till the end, the Shadow Net alpha Frank drops is very exciting stuff. ------ THE COVE SPONSOR TOOLS: 💸 STREAMFLOW | TOKEN DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM https://streamflow.finance ----- GENESYSGO 🐦 @GenesysGo 📄 www.genesysgo.com ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educatio...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Today we have Max from Unstoppable Finance on to chat about their new wallet, that's looking to be that easy to use, consumer friendly entry point into DeFi for the world. I really enjoyed hearing Max's take on why existing wallets have failed to crack into the main stream and hear Unstoppable Finance's solutions to those problems. Perhaps the true next step for DeFi is one of UX and approachability? Enjoy! 🔥 ------ 🐦 @UnstoppableDeFi ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely e...
Mar 08, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Today we have Alex Coffman from Saber on to chat about an emerging narrative which is being called #SaberWars - if you’re familiar with #CurveWars you might have an idea where this is going. We go deep on how Saber Wars will work, the role that Saber, Sunny and Tribeca will play and much much more. Make sure you listen in at the 35 minute mark to hear Alex tell you why you’re not bullish enough on Solana. 🔥 ------ 🐦 @AlexCoffmanSol ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educ...
Feb 18, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Welcome to another episode of Solana Cove I’m Lui your host. If you haven’t please subscribe and share Solana Cove with your friends. Today I’m chatting with pemulis who is drinking your milkshake at SinoGlobalCap and we are chatting about the bull case for Serum. Enjoy! ------ 🐦 @0xPemulis ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Speak to an acco...
Feb 04, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Today I’m chatting with Pencilflip from Mycoverse and Formfunction. Pencilflip is the builder behind Mycoverse an NFT project and Formfunction, a 1/1 NFT marketplace for independent creators. We have a fun chat about the state of Solana, what we’re excited about in 2022 and make some predictions at the end. Enjoy! ------ 🔗 formfunction.xyz 🐦 @pencilflip ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sel...
Jan 28, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Today I’m chatting with Rooter from Solend. Rooter and his team have built the largest borrow lend platform on Solana and they're looking to continue innovating with some exciting new features such as isolated lending pools. I really enjoyed catching up with Rooter to chat with him about how Solend started, his background, why they have medieval lithography art, his spicy memes and much more! ------ 🔗 https://solend.fi 🐦 @solendprotocol ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely...
Jan 24, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Today I have a conversation with Uddhav from the Friktion team about building a DeFi portfolio manager on Solana! Friktion has onboarded 96 million in TVL and is now the 3rd largest options protocol in all of DeFi by TVL. And it took them just 3 weeks to do it. Find out how they've built so effectively and what's coming next in this deep dive. ------ 🔗 https://app.friktion.fi/ 🐦 @friktion_labs ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not intended as investme...
Jan 11, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Today I’m chatting with Barrett from Cypher. Barrett and his team are building expiratory futures on Solana, looking to bring pre IPO and IDO tokens to the space so that we can trade the token before its live. I met Barrett at Breakpoint and it was such a pleasure to chat with him then and it was blast to hear from him again this time. If you’re a bit intimidated by DeFi don’t worry, we lay the financial foundation for you to understand Cypher. ------ 🔗 https://cypher.trade/ 🐦 @cypher_protocol...
Jan 04, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Today I’m chatting with Sam and Shimon from Ratio Finance who are on a mission to de-risk DeFi. We chat about how Ratio’s risk ratings will protect DeFi users, the challenge of gradually decentralizing governance, their experience building on Solana and what the teams rollout looks like in the next months. Both Sam and Shimon share a lazer focus and hunger that characterizes builders on Solana and our interview left me very eager to take Ratio Protocol for a test run. Enjoy! ------ 🔗 https://ra...
Dec 17, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Today I interview Ben from Jupiter. Jupiter is the first fully fledged DEX Aggregator on Solana. Jupiter has been live on Solana for about a month and recently did 78 million in swap value in just 24 hours. I chat with Ben about how Jupiter started, where the team wants to take the product, what features are around the corner, the benefits and challenges of building on Solana and much more. Note: Apologies for the audio in the beginning, not using normal equipment for introduction. ------ 🔗 htt...
Nov 23, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Today's episode is an interview with the team behind shatteredmarble, a fine art NFT project on Solana. We have a wide ranging chat about the artistic side of NFT art, how the pieces were created, the unique possibilities for showing NFT art and what the team is working on next. ------ 📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove ------ 🔗 www.shatteredmarble.com 🐦 @shatteredmarble ----- Not financial or tax advice. This podcast is purely educational and is not inte...
Oct 27, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode I chatted with Defi Governor, whose an Architect on “The Tower” NFT project. The Tower team have lofty ambitions for what “The Tower” can be, a stepping stone for millions entering the crypto world, a meta community and an engaging, accessible consumer product. Defi Governor has clearly spent a lot of time thinking about NFT’s and governance and it was a pleasure to pick his brain. I hope you enjoy this conversation. ------ 📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitte...
Oct 14, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Ori from Orca. Orca is the friendliest AMM on Solana and so much more. In this conversation we dive into how she got into crypto, how Orca got started and the team formed and then we chat about some big news she came on the show to share. Stick around and listen all the way through as Ori drops tons of news about what the Orca team has been up to and it’s safe to say they have been crazy busy. ------ 📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twit...
Sep 24, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Today we have a relaxed chat with Mike from Kaiju Cards. We chat about the how Mike got involved in Crypto, the Kaiju Card drops, whats coming next, the promise of NFTs, the challenges and benefits of building on a young and ambitious chain like Solana, why Solana is the perfect home for Kaiju and much more. Mike is all in on Kaiju and it was a really pleasure to chat with him and hear the passion him and the team have on delivering a great end product. Enjoy! ------ 📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR S...
Sep 14, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 5
I got the chance to chat with Dylan Macalinao co-founder of Saber. We cover how Saber started, what’s coming down the pipeline, how to prioritize and stay focused on what’s important, comparing building in high performance startups vs DeFi, what would Dylan build if he had more time, what grade would Dylan give to Solana currently and much more! ------ 📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove ------ 🔗 https://saber.so 🐦 @Saber_HQ 🐦 @DylanMacalinao ----- Not fi...
Sep 07, 2021•36 min
Today I’m chatting with Vito from SolSea. We talk about his journey into crypto, how Solsea was created, what’s coming with their launch, the pressure him and the team feel to move at a breakneck pace, the potential he sees for NFTs, how the game will change with AR, the struggle between entertainment and quality content and culture and much much more. It's a great chat and I hope you enjoy! ------ 📱IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPONSOR SOLANA COVE, REACH OUT twitter.com/@SolanaCove ------ 🔗 https://solsea...
Sep 02, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3
