
Exploring Defi protocols with your IRA
As Centralized Crypto Finance is going through stress, Decentralized Finance is working transparently and orderly by comparison. “DeFi” investor protocols usually operate completely on automatic computer and blockchain code rather than human decisions, where the investment activity is transparently viewable by anyone who is interested in reviewing it.
IRA investors have been curious to explore DeFi protocols with their IRA, but have struggled with one major issue. Very few provide a KYC identity check to tie an investment to their IRA LLC. While blockchain records are easy to read for experienced crypto investors, most of the finance, regulatory, and tax reporting world operates with a standardized "Know Your Customer Check."
Alkemi Earn has been creating a KYC-approved investor pool that all invests in the two-sided market of Alkemi Earn. This means IRA LLC investors can directly register their LLC on the Alkemi Earn pool, and once approved, participate in the yield generation the protocol offers. As Rocket Dollar investors provide liquidity for other investors to take out loans, they can receive a yield on their investment, without ever having to sell assets.
You’ll learn:
- DeFi 101
- DAO 101 (Decentralized autonomous organization)
- Using Alkemi Earn
- How is the Alkemni Earn Protocol different than a Celsius, BlockFi, or Voyager centralized institution?
- KYC’d DeFi Alkemi Investor Pool
- Understanding yield rate demand
- How protocol interest rates fluctuate
- Security with retirement crypto
Meet the hosts:
Brian Mahoney
Brian Mahoney is co-founder of Alkemi Network. He has 10+ years of experience in capital markets and fintech and oversees strategy, growth, and investor relations for the Network. Before Alkemi, he led Corporate Development at AlphaPoint, a digital asset exchange infrastructure provider, and oversaw the company's capital raising and strategic growth initiatives. Prior to that, he held roles at ARC Capital, Reitler Advisory, and HSBC Bank where he sourced & executed a variety of growth equity and leveraged buyout transactions.
Peter Gray
Peter Gray is the Integrations and Partnerships manager and has ample experience working in networking, perimeter, and endpoint cyber security, AWS, Azure, GCP, private cloud, SDWAN, and crypto platforms, including Coinbase Pro, eToro, Dharma, Binance, Ember, Kraken, Crypto.com, Uniswap, Celsius Network, Nexo, Metamask, Trust Wallet, BSC, Polygon Network, LongFi, and Defi protocols.
Nick Gonzaga
Nick Gonzaga is Rocket Dollar's Senior Sales Representative. Has been securities registered since 2006, with 15 years of experience in the finance and investment industry. Most recently was with Arthur J Gallagher as a retirement consultant managing 500MM+ in institutional assets. Before that he was with Merrill Lynch, where he worked with Rocket Dollar CEO Henry Yoshida.
Brendan Walsh
Brendan Walsh is the Operations Manager for Rocket Dollar. He works on background processes to make it easier for internal Rocket Dollar teams to work together and investment issuers to work with Rocket Dollar customers. Before Rocket Dollar, he was a financial advisor assisting customers with their personal investments and business owners on their 401(k) retirement plan structure.