Stani Kulechov founded and leads Aave Labs, which developed the Aave decentralized lending protocol from its origins as ETHLend. He also founded Lens Protocol and has backed crypto startups as an angel investor.

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Stani Kulechov founded and leads Aave Labs, which developed the Aave decentralized lending protocol from its origins as ETHLend. He also founded Lens Protocol and has backed crypto startups as an angel investor.

Career

Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Aave until Present

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Rebuilding Securities Finance on Aave V4

Stani compares designs for bringing securities-backed borrowing, repo, and securities lending onto Aave V4, including the tradeoffs between shared liquidity and separate risk pools.

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The Financial Infrastructure Layer

Stani lays out a thesis for financing physical infrastructure with DeFi, comparing direct asset collateral with yield-bearing stablecoins and discussing borrowing demand and distribution.

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Fireside Chat With Stani Kulechov and Josh Constine | SmartCon 2022

Stani Kulechov explains Lens Protocol’s social graph, user ownership, content monetization, and the design of decentralized social applications.

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