Moonwell: Normalizing Onchain Tools for Everyone
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Join us on the Pirate Pod for an exclusive deep dive with Luke Youngblood, founding contributor to Moonwell (https://moonwell.fi). In this episode, we explore the intricacies of Moonwell’s “lending made simple” approach that has propelled it to become one of the leading DeFi projects on Base, with a market size of nearly $400M.
Luke brings a unique perspective and wealth of experience from his tenure at Coinbase and involvement in the early days of DeFi. He shares insights into how Moonwell is building powerful onchain financial tools, making them accessible to everyone, regardless of their technical ability or geographic location.
With a vision to create a world where finance and governance are powered by Web3, Luke walks us through the Moonwell community’s mission to normalize being “onchain” and empower everyday individuals to do more with their digital assets. As one of the first applications on Base, and a day-one launch partner for Coinbase's new Smart Wallet, Luke also delves into the network’s robust infrastructure and the promising future he envisions for the Base ecosystem.
Topics covered:
- Benefits of isolated markets.
- Programmable smart contract wallets.
- Removing points of friction for borrow / lend.
- USDC and EURC adoption and use cases.
- Web2 and Web3 security measures for Web3 founders.
- The future of Base and what it means to bring $350 billion worth of crypto assets onchain.
Disclaimer: The views discussed in this conversation are the views of the individuals, and not of Arrington Capital. This podcast is provided solely for informational purposes and is not financial, legal, tax or investment advice.
The participants of this podcast are not recommending any particular security, protocol, token, financial instrument, or other tradable asset or any investment strategy and is not offering to sell or soliciting to buy any security or asset.
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