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The Defiant Podcast delivers insightful discussions on decentralized finance, featuring interviews with DeFi's top innovators and analysis of the latest trends shaping the financial blockchain landscape.

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Dive Into Lending, Borrowing, and Real World Assets with Maple Finance: Sid Powell

In an insightful conversation, Camila Russo sat down with Maple Finance’s CEO, Sid Powell, to delve into the potential of real-world assets (RWAs) within DeFi, the evolving role of stablecoins in this ecosystem, and strategies to unlock new lending markets onchain. Their discussion highlights the rapid innovations taking place in the DeFi space and sheds light on the future of decentralized credit markets.

April 17, 2025

Bringing Intellectual Property Onchain with Story Protocol | Jason Zhao

Explore the future of intellectual property on the blockchain in this insightful interview with Jason Zhao. Discover how Story Protocol is revolutionizing the way creators protect, share, and license their work. By bringing IP and copyright onchain, the protocol streamlines the process, ensures compliance with state and national laws, and secures rights in an innovative, transparent manner. Perfect for Web3 creators and blockchain developers ready to push boundaries and unlock new possibilities.

April 02, 2025

Bringing Intellectual Property Onchain with Story Protocol | Jason Zhao

April 17, 2025

How Coinbase is Bridging Bitcoin to DeFi with New OnChain Lending | Will Robinson, VP of Engineering

April 17, 2025

Bill Barhydt: The Next Altcoin Season, $350K Bitcoin & The Future of DeFi Banking

April 17, 2025

Kain Warwick on Infinex, Synthetix, and the Future of DeFi UX and Stability

April 17, 2025

Videos

How Coinbase is Bridging Bitcoin to DeFi with New OnChain Lending | Will Robinson, VP of Engineering

Bill Barhydt: The Next Altcoin Season, $350K Bitcoin & The Future of DeFi Banking

Kain Warwick on Infinex, Synthetix, and the Future of DeFi UX and Stability

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April 17, 2025

Dive Into Lending, Borrowing, and Real World Assets with Maple Finance: Sid Powell

April 02, 2025

Bringing Intellectual Property Onchain with Story Protocol | Jason Zhao

February 24, 2025

How Coinbase is Bridging Bitcoin to DeFi with New OnChain Lending | Will Robinson, VP of Engineering

Will Robinson, VP of Engineering at Coinbase, explores the company’s expanding role in decentralized finance (DeFi), highlighting the launch of Bitcoin-backed USDC loans through Morpho and Coinbase’s broader efforts to integrate DeFi solutions.

February 17, 2025

Bill Barhydt: The Next Altcoin Season, $350K Bitcoin & The Future of DeFi Banking

Bill Barhydt, Founder and CEO of Abra, discusses the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency markets and investment strategies in this week's The Defiant Podcast.

February 10, 2025

Kain Warwick on Infinex, Synthetix, and the Future of DeFi UX and Stability

Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix and Infinex, discusses the evolution of DeFi and the trade-offs required to improve user experience while maintaining decentralization.

January 27, 2025

Court Overturns Tornado Cash Sanctions: What’s Next for Privacy? Preston Van Loon, Ethereum Core Dev

Preston Van Loon, an Ethereum core developer, joins The Defiant Podcast this week to discuss his role as a plaintiff in the high-profile Tornado Cash lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

January 20, 2025

Sam Kazemian on FraxUSD and the Future of Stablecoins in Decentralized Finance

Sam Kazemian, founder of Frax Finance, outlined the development and goals of FraxUSD, a decentralized stablecoin designed to integrate with both traditional finance and decentralized ecosystems.

January 13, 2025

Magic Eden’s Vision: On-Chain Trading, $ME Token, and the Next Airdrop | Zhuoxun Yin, Co-Founder

Zhouxun Yin, the Co-Founder of Magic Eden, joins The Defiant Podcast to discuss the evolution of one of the largest NFT marketplaces.

January 05, 2025

Scroll's Path Forward Amid Airdrop Controversy: Sandy Peng on the Scroll Open Initiative

Sandy Peng, co-founder of Scroll, tells us the journey of building one of the most anticipated Ethereum Layer 2s, their focus on ZK rollups for scalability, and the unique value proposition of high security, decentralization, and low costs.

December 16, 2024

Robinhood Crypto's Roadmap: Johann Kerbrat on Expansion, Staking, and Blockchain Integration

Johann Kerbrat is the Vice President and General Manager of Robinhood Crypto, leading the charge in bringing crypto to millions of retail investors