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The MarginFi vs Solend Debate: Lessons From mSOL's Depeg
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About this episode
Rooter (co-founder of Solend) and Edgar (co-founder of MarginFi) join us to debate last week's mSOL depeg and how to implement risk management. Last week's mSOL depeg led to liquidations throughout Solana DeFi and a heated debate between the Solend and MarginFi teams. In this episode, we discuss what happened, where Solend and MarginFi disagree, the oracle debate, why liquidator profitability matters, points systems vs token launches and more!
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(00:00) Introduction
(01:18) The mSOL depeg and Liquidation Debate
(32:15) Merinade Plug
(33:26) Two Risk Management Philosophies
(40:26) Why Liquidator Profitability Is So Important
(50:38) Addressing the Twitter Drama
(01:06:25) Professional vs Lazy LPs & Token Governance
(01:12:49) Solana Airdrops and Points
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Resources
Tarun's new article on risk management
https://www.gauntlet.xyz/resources/how-to-measure-risk-models-part-i
MarginFi
https://twitter.com/marginfi
https://app.marginfi.com/
Solend
https://twitter.com/solendprotocol
https://solend.fi/
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