TN Lee is the CoFounder of Pendle.

In this episode, we spotlight the story behind the DeFi kingmaker, Pendle. Learn how they found product-market fit resulting in $ 4.5B TVL today, their strategic selection of protocols to list for yield trading, and what’s next with EigenLayer live and Pendle V3 coming soon!

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro 5:21 - Growing to over $ 4.5B TVL 12:22 - State of farming points 16:02 - DeFi Dad's elevator pitch for Pendle 19:41 - The 3 key use cases 21:43 - Selection criteria for listing on Pendle 28:55 - Which L1s/L2s will Pendle move to? 32:04 - What's the next big thing? 35:38 - Will there be a Season 2 for EigenLayer points? 39:41 - Pendle V3 and what's next 44:18 - Could Pendle enable permissionless listing? 46:43 - Context for 3 LPs requiring migration 49:58 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Pendle Website: pendle.finance/ ► Pendle on Twitter: twitter.com/pendle_fi ► TN on Twitter: twitter.com/tn_pendle ► Pendle instructions to migrate select LPs: twitter.com/pendle_fi/status/1774790530192625752

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