EP20: DeFi and Yield Farming deep dive, with Kedric Van de Carr, serial entrepreneur, DeFi investor and co-founder of DeFi Masterclass

Paradigm Shift

Kedric is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded and teaches the DeFi Masterclass, a hands-on workshop that has helped 100s onboard into the world of DeFi, learn how to research crypto opportunities, and make a passive income.

Before DeFi masterclass Kedric was co-founder of Unblockable which builds crypto and NFT/sports prediction games. He also co-founded performance marketing agency Playbook Media, and was Chief Business Officer at Exitround, a marketplace for private company M&A.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The hook that got Kedric to go down the DeFi rabbit hole
   1. What was your first DeFi experience and aha moment?
   2. What led you from skepticism to curiosity to excitement?
   3. What DeFi is and how does it work?
   4. How to understand risk, returns and yields?
2. How DeFi yield farming works and generates passive income
   1. How does DeFi work in a decentralized way and eliminate middlemen?
   2. How do transactions between two assets or parties happen in DeFi?
   3. How does decentralized finance increase automation, lower costs, and increase access to yield/revenue from automated market making?
   4. What is driving yields and rates of return on assets in DeFi?
3. How to identify, research and evaluate yield opportunities/risks
   1. What are the different ways to invest and earn a return in DeFi?
   2. How do you research opportunities and filter signal from noise?
   3. How do you evaluate potential based on narrative/speculation, and cashflow/DCF?
   4. What are some examples of crypto projects with low DCF valuation right now?
   5. How do find information/data to analyze yield farming opportunities?
   6. What are the categories of risks a crypto investor should bear in mind?
   7. What is your framework for evaluating risk, returns and constructing portfolios?
   8. What are typical returns for low risk, med risk and high-risk opportunities?
   9. How to earn 32.9% ROI per year through a simple risk management portfolio framework?
   10. How do you think about counter-party risk for stable coins?
4. Outlook on future of DeFi and yields
   1. What are the biggest barriers to more trust and adoption of DeFi?
   2. What is your take on government oversight and the regulatory landscape?
   3. Whats your outlook on yield farming opportunities in the current crypto landscape?
5. Closing questions
   1. Who is the most talented person you have ever worked with?
   2. What is something you believe that would surprise most people?
   3. What superpowers do you like to lean on day to day?
   4. Who are some people that have helped you along the way?

Links

• Follow Kedric on Twitter
• Check out DeFi Masterclass and sign up for the hands-on workshop! We couldn’t recommend it more highly. We made our class fee back in just a few months.
• Learn more from Kedric on yield farming portfolio construction to earn best in industry returns while managing risk and how DeFi can reduce the wealth gap

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