Building the Factory for DeFi w/ Charles St. Louis (DELV)

In this episode, we're given a tour of the Factory for DeFi with Charles St. Louis, CEO at DELV. Charles walks us through the DELV rebrand, how he thinks governance should be architected, the possibilities with permissionless collateral onboarding, and much more. Also in our conversation, the former governance architect at MakerDAO highlights the tough lessons learned at the leading stablecoin protocol.
— ⏳ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:16 What is DELV? 2:12 Why Rebrand? 3:10 DELV's 2023 5:37 What DELV is Focused on 6:27 DELV Core Product Suite 17:45 How Should Governance Be Architected 21:31 Project-based vs Role-based Governance Contributions 23:58 The Bootstrap Phase in DAOs 27:18 How Element DAO Approaches Governance 32:15 Static vs Upgradeable DeFi Protocols 37:05 Permissionless Collateral Onboarding 41:48 Mitigating Protocol Attack Vectors 44:00 AMM vs Lending vs Yield-based Protocol Governance 45:46 DAO Constitutions as the Unified Vision 49:31 Tradeoffs for Actually Decentralizing 51:19 The Hard Lessons from MakerDAO Governance 55:12 Charles' Fondest MakerDAO & Element Protocol Memories 58:17 Final Thoughts/Outro ✏️ SHOW NOTES https://www.delv.tech/https://twitter.com/delv_techhttps://forum.element.fi/ https://www.element.fi/ — 👋 FOLLOW US StableLab https://twitter.com/StableLab Juan https://twitter.com/0xCadena Gustav https://twitter.com/GArentoft Charles https://twitter.com/CharlieStLouis Subscribe to our Weekly Newsletter https://stablelab.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube https://youtube.com/@StableLabxyz Subscribe on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/33O3eLPLJjgm7Htj28SOh1 Subscribe on Apple Music — ⚠️ DISCLAIMER The information in this video is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). Juan, Gustav, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.