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Marko Zelman

Marko Zelman

Founder and CEO of Tapir Protocol, a DeFi risk-protection marketplace for yield-bearing stablecoins and RWAs, launching on Zircuit in July 2026. Previously co-founded Marinade Finance, the first liquid-staking protocol on Solana.

Jul 8, 2026

Web3 with Sam Kamani

Web3 with Sam Kamani

407: The Hidden Risks of Stablecoins , And How to Protect Yourself with guest speaker Marco Zelman

Jul 8 · 46m

Sam Kamani
Sam KamaniHOST
9:41
that's exactly what i was gonna ask yes to continue
Marko Zelman
Marko ZelmanGUEST
9:45
Yeah, so it's not out of the thin air.
Marko Zelman
Marko ZelmanGUEST
9:48
It's 100% capital efficient because it brings all the yield with itself, but obviously it costs something.
Marko Zelman
Marko ZelmanGUEST
9:56
So instead of 10%, you would get 9% or 8.5%.
Marko Zelman
Marko ZelmanGUEST
10:02
This is basically the cost, but this is purely the cost of the DPEC protection, right? Yes.
Marko Zelman
Marko ZelmanGUEST
10:10
So, and this 1.5% then goes to the yield boosted asset.
Marko Zelman
Marko ZelmanGUEST
10:18
So you have this DPAC protected version, you have the base version, and you have the yield boosted version.

21 MINS LATER

Sam Kamani
Sam KamaniHOST
31:04
Yes.

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