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Podcast: The Interop
Episode: PERPETUAL SWAPS with Jonathan Caras of Levana
Description: Consider staking with Interop Ventures https://interop.ventures
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This week I sat down with Jonathan Caras, Head of Communications for Levana Protocol, a perpetual swap protocol deployed in the Cosmos ecosystem. We discuss the launch and future of Levana and dissected the ins-and-outs of DeFi yield, perpetual swap fees, and user strategies deployed on Levana. We also break down aspects of Levana's white paper, and discuss Jonathan's take on how the appchain thesis has failed.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:20 Jonathan's background
00:05:48 Best Non-Finance User Products
00:12:15 Why has the Appchain Thesis Failed?
00:17:16 Sovereignty as an Appchain
00:24:00 Levana Background and Deployment
00:26:38 What is...