Hey fam! If you're diving into DeFi and want to understand how Treehouse is building the foundation for fixed income in crypto, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a breakdown that’s easy to follow and real.
The Treehouse Learning Hub
1. Branching Out Series (Educational Blog Posts)
This blog lineup is laid out to walk you from the very basics all the way to advanced ideas in fixed income DeFi:
Branching Out 1: Fixed Income The Next Big Thing in Digital Assets (Jun 2024) Sets the stage. It explains why fixed income matters in crypto and teases Treehouse’s plan to unify fragmented interest rates.
Branching Out 2: The Digital Asset “Risk-Free” Rate (Jun 2024) Digs into what a risk-free rate means in digital assets, and why Ethereum might be key to defining one.
Branching Out 3: Solving a Fundamental Problem: Unifying Fragmented Rates (Jun 2024) Explains rate fragmentation across platforms and how tETH can drive convergence of rates.
Branching Out 4: tETH: Revolutionizing DeFi Yield with Liquid Staking 2.0… (Jun 2024) Explores how tETH works and its impact.
Branching Out 5: Opening the DO[o]R to Fixed Income (Jun 2024) Clears up how DOR (Decentralized Offered Rates) mechanisms make benchmarks more reliable.
Branching Out 6: Leveraging DOR: The Next Wave of Digital Assets Products (Jun 2024) Shares applications like interest rate swaps that DOR can enable.
Branching Out 7: Rooted in Safety: Shielding tETH from Market Storms (Oct 2024) Talks about strengthening tETH’s security and resilience.
The Rate Renaissance I & II (Jan 2025) Deepens the journey with focus on decentralized rates and future fixed income innovation.
2. One Rate To Rule Them All The eBook Thesis
This isn't just another whitepaper it’s a full built book (PDF + ePub) that lays out the philosophical, historical, and technical core of Treehouse’s vision. Expect deep dives into:
The absence of benchmark interest rates in DeFi
How tAssets (like tETH) and DOR form the backbone for crypto fixed income
Historical evolution of fixed income and crypto’s opportunity to reinvent it.
Why These Resources Matter?
For beginners, the Branching Out blogs start conversational and easy.
For deeper thinkers and builders, “One Rate To Rule Them All” offers a full theory-to-practice framework.
For curious explorers, these resources together form a roadmap into a world where DeFi fixed income is clear, efficient, and decentralized.
Bottom line?
If you’re serious about understanding Treehouse’s mission to build crypto’s fixed income layer where benchmarks make sense and tAssets earn real yield start with the Branching Out series and graduate into the eBook.
