Marinade Finance: Solana's Most Liquid Staking Protocol

Brandon Tucker is a member of the Core Team at Marinade Finance. In this episode, we dive into Marinade Finance, Solana's most liquid staking protocol and most popular dApp ranked by liquidity. Founded in a Solana hackathon in 2021, Marinade's flagship mSOL can be found in countless DeFi integrations and strategies, which has led Marinade to become the top liquid staking protocol on Solana with over 10M SOL staked, equal to over $800M in value as of today, across 75k unique wallets. ------ 🔗 Essential Show Links 🔗 ► Subscribe on Youtube: https://youtube.com/@defidad ► Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/edgepod ► Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/edgepodspotify ► Subscribe on Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edge_pod ► Follow DeFi Dad: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad ► Follow Nomatic: https://twitter.com/Nomaticcap ► Learn about DeFi and Web3: http://defidad.com/ ------ The Edge Podcast Sponsor Resources 🥩 ETHER.FI | LIQUID STAKING AND RESTAKING ALL-IN-ONE 🥑 INSTADAPP | THE NEW AVOCADO WALLET AND MULTISIG 🦊 METAMASK PORTFOLIO | TRACK AND MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⚖️ KYBERSWAP | DEX AGGREGATOR, AMM, AND KYBER AI TRADING ANALYTICS 🙋‍♀️ Interested to sponsor The Edge Podcast? Fill this out! ------ Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 4:55 - Brandon's background and founding Marinade 8:06 - Why build on Solana 13:26 - What is Marinade Finance? 15:37 - Marinade Native Staking 21:34 - Impact of Jito airdrop 23:42 - Lido leaving Solana 26:54 - MEV markets on Solana 28:26 - Impact of Firedancer 30:17 - Growth plan with MNDE already live 33:58 - Will Marinade ever expand beyond Solana? 35:37 - Closing ------ 🔗 Guest Links 🔗 ► Marinade Website: https://marinade.finance/ ► Marinade on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarinadeFinance ► Brandon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonTucker ------ 🙏 The Edge Podcast is produced by 4RC Labs. If you're a DeFi/Web3 builder, contact our team at: https://fourthrevolution.capital/ All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.