About this episode
The episode discusses the risks and mispricing of DeFi yields with industry experts.
DeFi is approaching a breaking point.After a wave of hacks and growing concerns around smart contract risk, liquidity risk, and hidden dependencies, the biggest question in crypto is no longer just how much yield you can earn, but whether that yield is actually worth the risk.In this debate, Camila Russo is joined by Santiago Roel Santos of Inversion, Daniele Ugolini of Rysk Finance, and Mauricio Di Bartolomeo of Ledn to break down why DeFi yields may be fundamentally mispriced, what TradFi still does better, where DeFi still wins, and what has to change before institutions can trust it at scale.They get into:🟢 why some of the best-known DeFi protocols may still not compensate users for risk🟢 whether trapped onchain liquidity is distorting the market🟢 why builders need stronger guardrails, better risk management, and more transparency🟢 and whether DeFi is on the verge of becoming mainstream infrastructure, or staying niche until it grows upIf you're allocating capital onchain, building in DeFi, or trying to understand where crypto goes from here, this is the debate to watch.
People in this episode
Host: Camila Russo
Guests: Santiago Roel Santos, Daniele Ugolini, Mauricio Di Bartolomeo
Topics covered
- DeFi yields
- smart contract risk
- liquidity risk
- risk management
- institutional trust
- crypto market
Keywords
- DeFi
- yields
- crypto
- smart contracts
- risk
- liquidity
- institutional investment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Inversion, Rysk Finance, Ledn
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