How Aave's stablecoin GHO is core to its plan to 10X its revenue

The Block’s Editor-in-Chief, Tim Copeland, was joined by Aave-Chan Initiative Founder Marc Zeller.

In this episode, Copeland and Zeller discussed Aave’s decentralization, the Horizon Initiative, and the ACI’s “most important proposal” of of a six-month, $1 million dollar per week buyback program.

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00:00 – Introduction
05:15 – The most Important Proposal
07:32 – DeFi Isn’t Dead — It’s Maturing
10:43 – Buybacks
17:16 – Liquidity Incentives and Yield Optimization
25:23 – The Horizon Plan
32:49 – GHO and Stablecoin adoption
38:42 – Embracing Competition to Grow GHO
40:14 – Bitcoin-Backed Loans
43:09 – Bullish Outlook on Ethereum
48:12 – Building on Mainnet vs. L2
51:31 – Fixing Ethereum
54:10 – Outro and Final Thoughts

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Guest links:
Marc Zeller – https://x.com/lemiscate
Aave-Chan Initiative – https://x.com/Aavechan

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