10 - Going Bankless with Uniswap | Caleb Sheridan

Episode: #10
May 4, 2020

Uniswap isn't a bank, isn't a company, isn't a website. It's a liquidity robot, an unstoppable trading layer for the bankless money system, the first of its kind. Ryan & David talk with Caleb Sheridan about using Uniswap for trade & profit, its ability to serve as a public good for the Ethereum economy, and the coming liquidity robot wars.

We cover:

• An explanation of Uniswap in 10 sentences
• What you can do on Uniswap
  • Trading
  • Suppling liquidity (for profit!)
  • Listing assets
  • Bootrapping liquidity
  • Funding projects
• Why Uniswap succeeded where others failed
• If Uniswap is really unstoppable
• In what ways Uniswap is a 10x improvement
• The coming Liquidity Robot Wars
• Uniswap as an price Oracle
• The end game

• The Coinbase Oracle
• The UMA token sale on Uniswap

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Resources discussed:

• Uniswap Exchange
• Pools.fyi - check Uniswap returns
• Use Zap to one-click deposit to Uniswap Pool
• Read:
  • How to Make Money on Uniswap
  • Uniswap is Infrastructure - David Hoffman
  • Rise of the liquidity robots
  • Constant Function Market Makers

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Episode Actions:

1. Try a trade on Uniswap
2. Become a liquidity provider on Uniswap and earn ETH

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