EP 56: Iron Finance vs FRAX | 3 Reasons why IRON failed in its economics design

How did IRON Finance crash 100% within a day? What went wrong
with its mechanisms and economic design, and how is it different
from FRAX, which we recently reported to be the best among 8
different stable coins? We dive into the tragedy of IRON in this
episode.


Timestamps:


0:00 – Intro & Contents


0:32 – Iron Finance explained


1:13 – IRON vs FRAX


2:43 – Causes of failure: Uncontrolled Supply


4:07 – Causes of failure: TITAN & IRON relationship


4:44 – Causes of failure: TITAN Mechanism Design


7:31 – Three Opinions


9:31 – More resources & how to support us!


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