Rune Christensen, founder of MakerDao, discusses how his company's cryptocurrency is different from the rest because it's less volatile. MakerDao locks collateral with "maker," a decentralized platform on the ethereum blockchain. The Dai's external reference point is the dollar--one dai equals one dollar.
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