One of the bluechip DeFi projects and backbone of Ethereum liquidity markets, Aave has recently announced their V4 upgrade proposal, which aims (among others) to unify crosschain liquidity.

We were joined by Stani Kulechov, founder & CEO of Aave, to discuss the DeFi (r)evolution since ETH Lend to Aave V4, expanding to non-EVM chains and potentially even building a self-sovereign chain. 

Topics covered in this episode:

• The evolution of Aave
• Aave V3 risk management & MakerDAO feud
• Aave V4
• Unified liquidity layer & risk pricing
• GHO stablecoin
• How the unified liquidity layer improves UX
• RWA & liquidation strategies in Aave V4
• Expanding to non-EVM networks
• Building a self-sovereign chain
• Aave’s role in the future of DeFi
• How stablecoins will evolve
• DeFi institutional adoption
• Future roadmap

Episode links:

• Stani Kulechov on Twitter
• Aave on Twitter
• Lens Protocol on Twitter

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This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst.