Coming off the heels of Aave's huge v3 release a couple weeks ago, we wanted to bring on Founder and CEO, Stani Kulechov to unpack it for us. Stani is also the Founder of Lens Protocol, a permissionless, composable, & decentralized social graph that might just be the future of Web3 social platforms.

How are Aave and Lens Protocol bringing this inevitable future to reality sooner than expected? What is the current state of the DeFi landscape? Buckle up because Stani will unpack these questions and so much more.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
7:00 What's New With Stani
10:15 DeFi in 2021
14:13 Aave Portals
23:00 Maintaining Market Share
27:25 Forecasting the Future of Chains
32:57 Bridging & Security
37:38 Efficiency Mode
40:23 Isolation Mode
44:20 Stani's Thoughts on Rari
48:18 Future Aave Versions
54:30 Stani's PFP
57:15 Lens Protocol & Web3 Social
1:10:00 Lens Protocol All-Star Team & Roadmap
1:14:09 Rapid Fire Questions

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Resources:

Stani Kulechov:
https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov

Aave:
https://aave.com/

Lens Protocol:
https://lens.dev/

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The Return of Aave | Stani Kulechov

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