Flywheel DeFi – Bootstrapping a $150m Stablecoin with Richard from Prisma Finance – Flywheel #85

In this week’s episode we have on Richard from Prisma, we’ve been wanting him to come on the show for a couple of months now, as the LSD stablecoin protocol has been one of the fastest growing of Frax’s partners last year. We spoke with him on a variety of topics that included bootstrapping Prisma, navigating its launch, its wild growth, and plans for the future.

We cover topics such as the Prisma system and its use of liquid staking derivatives, the stability pool and redemption process, pain points for users and developers, the lockdrop and emission schedule, and the success factors behind Prisma’s launch.

We also explore the value accrual of the Prisma token, revenue distribution, and the upcoming smkUSD release.

Takeaways

Finding the right balance in the DeFi ecosystem is a challenge, but …