We're thrilled to announce our first digital meetup on March 30, 14:00 (GMT).



The topic for this meetup will be the impacts of COVID-19 on DeFi & where our industry will go from here.



There will be four panels:



I/ COVID19 Pandemic: a trial by the fire for DeFi

--- The Crypto Black Thursday tested the resiliency of DeFi's ecosystem. What insights can we draw from this stress test?



- Gustav Arentoft (Maker Foundation - BD Europe)

- Kyle Kistner (bzX - co-founder)

- Mounir Benchemled (Paraswap - founder)

- Moderated by Valeria Kholostenko (Global Ecosystem and Strategic Partner Development)



II/ Exploring alternative approaches to design trustless stablecoins

--- In times of crisis - an unstoppable & stable currency is even more of a necessity: can we design a stablecoin able to withstand intense market activity?



- Allison Lu (UMA Protocol - co-founder)

- Stani Kulechov (Aave - CEO)

- Michael Egorov (Curve.fi - CEO)

- Moderator: Mel Gelderman (Monolith - co-founder)



III/ DeFi for good: hacking communities

--- Can the crypto-economics, game theory & other learning drawn from cryptocurrencies help design the framework for sustainable communities?



- Ana Adria (Akropolis.io - founder)

- Aaron Foster (Aragon - Community)

- Francesco Renzi (rDAI - founder)

- Moderated by Makoto Inoue (ENS & Kickback)



IV/ Can DeFi help shape up the new world economy?

--- How DeFi is used to help individuals and communities face the challenges of the current crisis.



- Mischa (Monolith - CTO)

- Griff.eth

- Deniz (Kyber - Ecosystem Growth)

- Moderated by Pascal Tallarida (Jarvis Network)



The meet up will be streamed on Twitter, and all questions will be fed from our twitter feed: https://twitter.com/monolith_web3



Ask your questions here - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/fosrcb/monolith_digital_defi_meetup_march_30_ask_your/



The video recording will be released shortly after the events conclusion.