Tom Schmidt, junior associate at Dragonfly Capital, talks about how liquidators are being profitable in DeFi — on which protocols, how liquidations work, and the plot in which noteworthy money they’re making. He also discusses how liquidators discontinue their work, how easy it’s to kill a bot to hunt for liquidation alternatives, and the plot in which competitive the gap is. We also focus on the rising competitive pressures, every from diverse liquidators besides to savvier debtors.

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Episode links:

Tom Schmidt: https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt

Dragonfly Capital: https://www.dcp.capital

Tom’s put up on Liquidations in DeFi: https://medium.com/dragonfly-study/liquidators-the-secret-whales-helping-defi-characteristic-acf132fbea5e

Unchained interview on Compound: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-youll-plot-hobby-on-your-crypto-with-compound-ep-82/

Unchained interview on MakerDAO, pt. 1: https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-share-1-how-to-defend-a-crypto-collateralized-stablecoin-afloat/

Unchained interview on MakerDAO, pt. 2: https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-share-2-how-dai-stayed-at-1-whereas-eth-crashed-from-1400-to-85/

Unchained interview on dYdX: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-dydx-enables-you-to-take-a-quick-space-in-one-token-ep-86

The links from this week’s news recap:

https://unchainedpodcast.com/games-that-scrutinize-esteem-finance/