Gm! This week we're joined by Kyle Samani & Chris Heaney to discuss the state of Solana DeFi today. Enjoy!

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:32) The State Of Solana DeFi

(5:34) Market Making Onchain

(10:06) Ledger Ad

(10:30) Solana Network Upgrades

(17:27) The Axiom Success Story

(21:02) Competing As A Perps DEX

(22:58) The Future Of Tokenization

(29:13) Ledger Ad

(29:54) Bitcoin

(33:53) Solana: The L1 vs Apps

(39:14) Why Does DeFi Matter?

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