Ep. 636 Revolutionizing DeFi with Phoenix Labs & MakerDAO/SKY Update

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

00:00 Introduction to Crypto 2025 and DeFi Innovations

03:05 Sam McPherson's Journey in Crypto and MakerDAO

06:13 The Future of Finance: Public vs Private Blockchains

08:49 Spark and the Evolution of MakerDAO

12:09 Understanding Yield: Sources and Sustainability

15:03 Differentiating Lending Protocols in DeFi

17:56 The Role of SPK Token in the Ecosystem

21:02 Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) in Lending

23:55 Phoenix Labs and the Future of DeFi Projects

26:53 The Future of DeFi and Institutional Adoption

29:20 Phoenix Labs and Collaborative Dynamics

32:27 Exploring New Niches and Opportunities

34:06 Regulatory Landscape and Optimism for DeFi

38:02 The Impact of Regulatory Changes on Market Growth

39:49 AI's Role in the Future of Technology

42:36 Reflections on the Maker to Sky Transition

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0:00.0	All right, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Crypto 101 podcast.
0:14.0	I am your co-host, Bryce, as always joined by my good buddy across the good old country old country of ours brenden how you doing man
0:22.7	you know i'm doing good here we are 2025 another year in crypto has gone by and man i'm excited
0:31.0	in today's podcast we get to talk about two topics that we really like over here. And that is the DFI space.
0:38.7	We're excited to be able to present a whole lot of new information
0:41.5	from an expert in the industries.
0:44.3	Yeah, I couldn't agree more.
0:46.3	I am so excited to introduce our guest for the day.
0:49.6	Sam McPherson, who is the CEO at Phoenix Labs,
0:53.2	as well as a contributor to Spark. Sam, how are you doing?
0:57.1	And happy New Year. I'm doing great. Happy New Year. It's good to be here. Yeah, we're really excited
1:01.7	to kind of kick off the new year with really some discussion about a protocol that we're really
1:08.2	excited about, which is the Sky Protocol and everything you're
1:11.4	working on at Phoenix Labs, Sky formerly known as Maker.
1:15.2	We'll get into all that.
1:17.0	But Sam, real quick, let's just get acquainted with our audience here at Crypto 101.
1:21.1	Tell us a little bit about you and your background and what got you building a company in the
1:26.0	crypto space.
1:27.9	Yeah, so I've been involved with Maker for quite a while now. background and what got you building a company in the crypto space? Yeah.
1:28.2	So I've been involved with Maker for quite a while now.
1:32.3	I joined in first in, I came into crypto in the 2017 bull cycle, hobbyist investor.
1:41.7	I was working on video games at the time.
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