Michael Egorov: Yield Basis - Bringing Real Yield to Bitcoin

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Michael Egorov discusses his new protocol Yield Basis aimed at solving impermanent loss in DeFi and creating sustainable yield on Bitcoin.

Join José Macedo and Yan Liberman as they host Michael Egorov, co-founder of Curve Finance and one of DeFi's original pioneers. Michael introduces Yield Basis — his ambitious new protocol that aims to solve one of DeFi's biggest problems: impermanent loss. Learn how this innovation could finally unlock natural, sustainable yield on Bitcoin at scale, creating the long-sought "holy grail" of yield-bearing Bitcoin without the downsides of traditional AMM strategies. Curve Finance: www.curve.fi...

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Hosts: José Macedo, Yan Liberman

Guest: Michael Egorov

Topics covered

• DeFi
• Bitcoin
• yield-bearing assets
• impermanent loss
• Curve Finance
• blockchain innovation

Keywords

• Yield Basis
• impermanent loss
• DeFi
• Bitcoin
• Curve Finance
• yield
• AMM strategies

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Organizations: Curve Finance

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