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DeFi Toronto

                                        
                        $1,782.00 crowdfunded from 126 people
                    
                        $1,406.45 received from matching pools

https://www.meetup.com/defi-toronto/

DeFiToronto

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A global community focusing on education and networking in decentralized finance, offering monthly events for learning, collaboration, and insight exchange among DeFi enthusiasts and startups.

This is a group for anyone interested in learning about decentralized finance (DeFi) applications built on public permissionless blockchains like Ethereum. DeFi applications include decentralized (peer-to-peer) payments, exchanges, lending, insurance, derivatives, and asset management.

With 2,500+ members globally, we're moving past the idea of just a "meetup". We're a community focused on DeFi education and a platform for emerging DeFi startups to showcase their protocols, dapps, and research. Our monthly virtual and in-person events allow members to create important connections and learn from one another. Founders can find cofounders, raise capital, exchange insights, and find early adopters. Our community events promote learning, networking, and intellectual discourse.

We've hosted speakers that include founders and leaders from some of the top projects in DeFi and web3 infra: Aave, MakerDAO, dYdX, Element Finance, Gitcoin, Polygon, Rocket Pool, Berachain, Goldfinch, Maple Finance, The Graph, Pods Finance, Entropy, HOPR, DXDao, Developer DAO, Axie Infinity, Covalent, Zapper, Set Protocol, Conflux, Augur, Volmex, MetisDAO, New Order DAO, PoolTogether, Chainlink, Radicle, Melon Protocol, Loopring, Opyn, Pods Finance, Cypherock and many more.

Feel free to check out the video recordings from our past few virtual meetups on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@defitoronto

DeFi app developers, if you want to demo a DeFi app, please email us at DeFiToronto@gmail.com or DM any of our organizers via Meetup messaging.

Disclaimer: Any discussion and information shared in this group is for educational purposes only, not financial advice.

DeFi Toronto History

accepted into Web3 Community and Education 7 months ago. 58 people contributed $672 to the project, and $269 of match funding was provided.
accepted into Web3 Community and Education 10 months ago. 65 people contributed $102 to the project, and $241 of match funding was provided.
accepted into Web3 Community and Education 1 year ago. 3 people contributed $1,008 to the project, and $897 of match funding was provided.

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