DeFi is Back on Robinhood Chain: Meridian Capital DAO Founder Shares What He's Building

Pemby joins DeFi Dave and Patrick to sat down with the founder of Meridian to discuss his ambition to become a liquidity hub on Robinhood Chain. They unpack the genesis farming, token conversions, vesting, and buyback mechanics, then explore how covered calls and governance incentives could give projects a new way to build liquidity. The conversation also covers Uniswap v4 fee hooks, standout Robinhood Chain projects, and the challenges facing onchain options, before taking a few detours.

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00:00 Intro

1:22 Meet Lord Pemby

2:08 From Berachain to Robinhood

4:21 Why Meridian?

6:20 Genesis farming

8:54 Token conversions & buybacks

10:40 Vesting & deposit options

15:34 Liquidity, revenue & fee hooks

17:28 Covered calls & governance incentives

22:10 Meridian vs. Shroom

23:25 The onchain options challenge

25:38 Favorite Robinhood Chain projects

29:08 Rialto & prop AMMs

32:27 Uranium, nuclear & tokenization

37:11 Wrap-up & launch details