Sunand Raghupathi

Sunand Raghupathi, CEO and co‑founder of Veda, a builder of yield-bearing vaults and DeFi infrastructure. He compares Kraken and Coinbase earn approaches and explains vault liquidity and redemption risk. He outlines the curator role versus traditional asset managers. The conversation covers institutional on-chain yield strategies and privacy and regulatory challenges around DeFi yield products.

Sunand Raghupathi, Co-founder and CEO of VEDA, dives into the world of DeFi and its transformative potential for on-chain finance. He discusses his shift from academia to crypto and the creation of a user-friendly platform with a focus on transparency. Raghupathi explains how VEDA integrates cross-chain capabilities to uncover yield opportunities while ensuring safety through verifiable constraints. He shares insights on market dynamics in Solana, the untapped potential of Bitcoin in DeFi, and why he believes the space is more robust than ever.