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Is Liquid Staking Winner Take All? | Hasu

2023/7/11
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Season 5 | Episode 2

In this episode of Bell Curve, we are joined by previous Bell Curve Host, Hasu. Serving as Strategic Advisor for Lido DAO Hasu shares his unique perspective on the current state of Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSDs), Lido Protocol's history & decentralization efforts, LSD winner-take-all market structure, and co-opetition & restaking risks.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro: Pre-Interview

(02:00) Interview Start

(02:39) The State of Liquid Staking

(09:09) The History of Lido

(19:58) The Evolution of LSD Market Structure

(42:17) Checks & Balances for Lidool

(53:14) The Current State of Lido Protocol

(1:02:37) Lido: The Winner Taking All

(1:10:18) Restaking & Co-opetition 

(1:27:09) Recap: Post-Interview

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Resources:

Dune Dashboard on LSD Market Structure

https://dune.com/maverick_cap/lsd-tracking)

Sasha - Cosmos Booklet for Governance Decisions

https://twitter.com/culturalobjects/status/1541934637907329029?s=20)

Vitalik - "The Bitcoin Maximalist" April 1st Publish

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