Ava Labs x CBER Ep 15: Contagion in Decentralized Lending Protocols

2025-11-19

63 minutes

Ava Labs x CBER Ep 15: Contagion in Decentralized Lending Protocols

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About this episode

This episode examines Decentralized Lending Protocols (DLPs) and the contagion that can arise due to assets lent to one pool serving as collateral in a different pool. We discuss efficient design of DLPs and mitigations for managing risk.

Guest: Julien Prat (CNRS Researcher CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, IP Paris)

Paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5380164

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Guests

Julien Prat

CNRS Researcher (CREST, Ecole Polytechnique, IP Paris)

Stefania Marcassa

Assistant Professor at CY Cergy Paris Université

Fahad Saleh

Associate Professor at the University of Florida

Andreas Park

Professor of Finance, University of Toronto

Ava Labs x CBER

We're taking it up a notch with these episodes. They are longer and more technical. When a coffee chat is not enough to cover a subject, you need something to bring you back to your uni days. We are proud to partner with the Crypto and Blockchain Economic Research (CBER) Forum on this academic podcast series called Crafting the Crypto Economy podcast series. These feature deep dives into notable research subjects such as lending platform economics, DEX design, DAO governance, and much more.

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