Monolith Digital #DeFi Meetup

We're thrilled to announce our first digital meetup on March 30, 14:00 (GMT).

The topic for this meetup will be the impacts of COVID-19 on DeFi & where our industry will go from here.

There will be four panels:

I/ COVID19 Pandemic: a trial by the fire for DeFi
--- The Crypto Black Thursday tested the resiliency of DeFi's ecosystem. What insights can we draw from this stress test?

• Gustav Arentoft (Maker Foundation - BD Europe)
• Kyle Kistner (bzX - co-founder)
• Mounir Benchemled (Paraswap - founder)
• Moderated by Valeria Kholostenko (Global Ecosystem and Strategic Partner Development)

II/ Exploring alternative approaches to design trustless stablecoins
--- In times of crisis - an unstoppable & stable currency is even more of a necessity: can we design a stablecoin able to withstand intense market activity?

• Allison Lu (UMA Protocol - co-founder)
• Stani Kulechov (Aave - CEO)
• Michael Egorov (Curve.fi - CEO)
• Moderator: Mel Gelderman (Monolith - co-founder)

III/ DeFi for good: hacking communities
--- Can the crypto-economics, game theory & other learning drawn from cryptocurrencies help design the framework for sustainable communities?

• Ana Adria (Akropolis.io - founder)
• Aaron Foster (Aragon - Community)
• Francesco Renzi (rDAI - founder)
• Moderated by Makoto Inoue (ENS & Kickback)

IV/ Can DeFi help shape up the new world economy?
--- How DeFi is used to help individuals and communities face the challenges of the current crisis.

• Mischa (Monolith - CTO)
• Griff.eth
• Deniz (Kyber - Ecosystem Growth)
• Moderated by Pascal Tallarida (Jarvis Network)

The meet up will be streamed on Twitter, and all questions will be fed from our twitter feed: https://twitter.com/monolith_web3

Ask your questions here - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/fosrcb/monolith_digital_defi_meetup_march_30_ask_your/

The video recording will be released shortly after the events conclusion.