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

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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wallfacerlabs.substack.com