Onchain Media Ep #024 | DeFi for Good with Azos | Hosted by Rachel Onchain

About this episode

Rachel Onchain hosts a discussion with Joshua Lapidus and Penguin from Azos about integrating real-world assets into decentralized finance for sustainability.

In this episode of the Onchain Media Podcast, Rachel Onchain hosts Joshua Lapidus and Penguin from the Azos team. They discuss their backgrounds in crypto, the evolution of public goods, and the mission of Azos to bring real-world assets (RWAs) to decentralized finance (DeFi). The conversation covers their strategic decision to build on the Base platform, the partnerships they are forming, and how they are designing positive feedback loops to encourage sustainable practices. They also delve into their rewards program, SEEDS, and share their philosophical views on creating better money for a better planet. _____________________________________________________________________ Takeaways: - Joshua Lapidus and Penguin have extensive backgrounds in crypto and public goods. - Azos aims to solve the climate finance trilemma by integrating RWAs into DeFi. - The team emphasizes the importance of community and collaboration in the crypto space. - Building on Base provides a trusted environment for their project. Azos is focused on creating positive flywheels that reinforce good actions and sustainability. - The SEEDS program incentivizes user engagement and participation in the ecosystem…

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Onchain

Guests: Joshua Lapidus, Penguin

Topics covered

• DeFi
• public goods
• real-world assets
• sustainability
• climate finance
• community collaboration

Keywords

• DeFi
• Azos
• real-world assets
• sustainability
• SEEDS program
• climate finance
• crypto

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Azos, Base

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