#13: Thomas Mattimore, Reserve Protocol | Index Products, Stablecoin Growth, & Wider User Adoption

🎙️ In our latest episode, @RyanRodenbaugh talks with @mattimost of @ReserveProtocol. 

They discuss the appeal of index products in DeFi, growing and governing a healthy stablecoin protocol, onboarding crypto-natives vs mainstream users, and more!

Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction
03:03 - Index products in DeFi
07:47 - Reserve’s user profiles
12:04 - Crypto-native vs mainstream product design
15:30 - What motivates Reserve’s governance community
18:11 - Active vs organic growth
20:20 - Catalysts for Reserve’s growth
21:41 - What makes a protocol healthy
25:08 - Onboarding users to stablecoins
30:40 - Learnings that challenged previous beliefs
33:50 - Integrating RWAs 
36:43 - Thomas’ background and path to Reserve
38:45 - Closing thoughts