Teddy Woodward

Teddy Woodward

Co-Founder and CEO

Inaugural Yield Strategies Contest Recap

Inaugural Yield Strategies Contest Recap

The results are in — our inaugural yield strategies contest was a huge success! Notional community members from around the world contributed dozens of strategies for the chance to win the one and only contest NFT. The final winner identified a conservative, simple, and highly effective strategy. The winning strategy borrowed

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Why Notional is the Key to banking yourself on DeFi — Home Mortgages

Why Notional is the Key to banking yourself on DeFi — Home Mortgages

Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 and Ethereum in 2015, the crypto community has been dreaming about ways they can liberate themselves from the confines of traditional banking. Attending a local crypto meetup you might hear conversations of people talking about paying for their day to day expenses in

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Notional Launches Out of Beta

Notional Launches Out of Beta

We’re thrilled to announce that Notional is launching out of beta. We’ve refined our UI, attracted over $3M of initial liquidity, and received a full audit report [https://blog.openzeppelin.com/notional-audit/] from Open Zeppelin. Check it out at notional.finance [https://notional.finance/]. We learned a lot

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Why Fixed Rates Matter

Why Fixed Rates Matter

Originally published Nov 12, 2020 Fixed rates move DeFi forward. Today, DeFi can only serve a small segment of the crypto lending market because variable interest rates don’t provide the certainty that lenders and borrowers require. Capital allocators place an outsized value on stable, predictable returns. Borrowers value stability

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Notional Brings Fixed Rates to Ethereum

Notional Brings Fixed Rates to Ethereum

Backed by 1confirmation, IDEO, Parafi, Nascent, Coinbase, Polychain, and more, Notional launches Beta on Ethereum today TLDR We’re extremely proud to announce Notional, a protocol on Ethereum that lets you lend and borrow crypto at fixed rates. We believe that fixed rate debt markets are the natural evolution of

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward