Sam MacPherson

@hexonaut

Co-founder / CEO @sparkfinance⚡️ Previously Protocol Engineering MakerDAO (@Skyecosystem)

Toronto, Ontario

Joined July 2011

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Sam MacPherson
@hexonaut
4h
Spark now supports our partner @Morpho through the isolated markets page. Permissionless composibility is a beautiful thing!
Spark
@sparkfinance
5h
Official: A new home and experience for Spark is live! → New domain: spark.finance → An updated Spark App with a new Borrow experience → Isolated Markets now accessible directly through Spark → An updated website Spark Borrow now brings together two complementary
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Sam MacPherson
@hexonaut
Aug 26
Exciting stuff from Revolut! Stablecoins are going to be a huge market.
Revolut
@Revolut
Aug 26
We’re rolling out EURR, our first euro-backed stablecoin, in the Revolut app.
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Sam MacPherson
@hexonaut
Aug 21
Had fun joining @FINTECHTVglobal earlier today talking about stablecoins and the DeFi mullet.
FINTECH.TV
@FINTECHTVglobal
Aug 21
The "DeFi mullet" thesis says fintech stays in the front while DeFi runs the back end, and stablecoins are proving the point. @hexonaut, CEO and Co-Founder of @sparkfinance, tells @RemyBlaireNews Robinhood's new stablecoin Earn program already taps into deep on-chain liquidity,
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Sam MacPherson
@hexonaut
Aug 20
Spark is the largest holder of Lido wstETH at 28%.
Spark
@sparkfinance
Aug 20
wstETH accounts for over $3B of the +$6.8B supplied to SparkLend. ETH-linked assets are about 62% of the total and wstETH is held almost entirely as collateral rather than lent out. On SparkLend, the last 30 days of stablecoin borrow growth concentrated on the same collateral
Sam MacPherson
@hexonaut
Aug 19
Hayden is right. What @BrianInCrypto doesn't include is on-chain stablecoins such as USDS, where holding the balance sheet transparently on-chain benefits depositor confidence. This changes the economics of AMMs when USD liquidity is no longer scarce. You can do things like
Hayden Adams 🦄
@haydenzadams
Aug 18
Replying to @BrianInCrypto and @Uniswap
You're talking about AMM inefficiencies while ignoring glaring inefficiencies of the system in which you worked, all the ways AMMs will improve, and the broader point on cost of capital / changing the profile of who makes markets Answer these two questions: Why does Uniswap