Wallfacer Labs Podcast

#5: Getty Hill, GFX Labs - Building at the forefront of DeFi and governance

December 20, 2023 Wallfacer Labs Episode 5
#5: Getty Hill, GFX Labs - Building at the forefront of DeFi and governance
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Wallfacer Labs Podcast
#5: Getty Hill, GFX Labs - Building at the forefront of DeFi and governance
Dec 20, 2023 Episode 5
Wallfacer Labs

Getty Hill is the CEO and Co-Founder of GFX Labs, a blockchain research & development company.

[0:00] Introduction and Getty's time at Grapefruit Trading

[10:00] Starting GFX 

[14:00] Breaking down the team and work at GFX

[19:20] Funds delegating to GFX 

[20:30] The role of activist investors in DAOs

[22:00] The state of MakerDAO 

[27:00] GFX's involvement at Uniswap

[31:40] The Uniswap Fee Switch

[39:00] Would the vote go differently today?

[40:00] Relationship between protocols and Labs co's

[43:00] The risk management space within DeFi 

[47:30] Other exciting developments in borrow/lend

[48:20] Oku Trade

[1:02:00] Raising from VCs vs grant programs 

[1:04:00] Metrics for success and next 12-months of Oku

[1:07:30] POINTS 

[1:11:00] Retro on Optimism's RetroPGF 3

[1:16:00] The world of many chains 

[1:18:00] What excited Getty about the future






Show Notes

Getty Hill is the CEO and Co-Founder of GFX Labs, a blockchain research & development company.

[0:00] Introduction and Getty's time at Grapefruit Trading

[10:00] Starting GFX 

[14:00] Breaking down the team and work at GFX

[19:20] Funds delegating to GFX 

[20:30] The role of activist investors in DAOs

[22:00] The state of MakerDAO 

[27:00] GFX's involvement at Uniswap

[31:40] The Uniswap Fee Switch

[39:00] Would the vote go differently today?

[40:00] Relationship between protocols and Labs co's

[43:00] The risk management space within DeFi 

[47:30] Other exciting developments in borrow/lend

[48:20] Oku Trade

[1:02:00] Raising from VCs vs grant programs 

[1:04:00] Metrics for success and next 12-months of Oku

[1:07:30] POINTS 

[1:11:00] Retro on Optimism's RetroPGF 3

[1:16:00] The world of many chains 

[1:18:00] What excited Getty about the future