Mike Silagadze is the Founder and CEO of EtherFi.
In this Quick Hit, we review EtherFi's Ethereum staking loyalty program: Ether.fan. EtherFi is a newer ETH liquid staking protocol launched in 2023 with a novel twist called their Early Adopter Program, which led the protocol to quickly attract $40M in staked ETH within the first 2 months on Ethereum Mainnet.
EtherFi is the only ETH liquid staking protocol where stakers retain control of their keys, which means that even if the protocol gets attacked or if the node operators get shut down, you can always get your ETH back.
We talked with Mike about their hugely successful ETH staking loyalty program Ether.fan where you get rewarded the longer you stake, by minting a provably rare NFT to earn boosted staking rewards.
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Topics Covered
00:00 - Intro
06:17 - Mike's background
11:13 - Why build on Ethereum
13:21 - Why build EtherFi
18:08 - EtherFi's successful launch
21:35 - What is Ether.fan and differentiating EtherFi
28:20 - Thoughts on early success of DeFi
32:07 - Other utility for Ether.fan NFTs
35:28 - EtherFi's future LST
37:54 - Future DeFi integrations
39:52 - Sustaining yields
42:56 - Mike's restaking alpha
44:12 - Closing
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Guest Links
Mike Silagadze on Twitter
https://twitter.com/MikeSilagadze
Learn about Ether.fan and the Series 2 Mint on July 13th
https://ether.fan/edge
Learn about Ether.fi
https://ether.fi/
Follow EtherFi on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ether_fi
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