Staking vs lending: adoption trajectory

On Ep. 69 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Sunand Raghupathi, CEO & Co-Founder @ Veda to discuss Kraken and Coinbase DeFi earn products, the role of curators in DeFi vaults and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 05:07 Comparison of Kraken and Coinbase DeFi earn products and risks
• 07:31 Consumer redemption risk and vault liquidity management
• 10:50 Role of curators in DeFi vaults and risk allocation decisions
• 15:30 Distinction between staking and lending as different yield products
• 20:20 Explanation of curator role vs traditional asset manager in DeFi
• 24:48 CME exploring institutional tokenized collateral and 24/7 trading
• 30:14 Regulatory considerations for traditional institutions offering DeFi yield
• 34:15 Vitalik Buterin re-evaluating Ethereum's roll-up-centric roadmap and L2s

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