#30: TezDev: Beyond Crypto-Natives: The Next Era of Earn w/ Tezos, Meria, and Hanji

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of crypto yields and the challenges fintechs face in offering DeFi yield with insights from industry leaders.

Episode Description Today’s guests are Arthur Breitman (co-founder of Tezos), Owen (Hasheur) Simonin (CEO of Meria), and Dmitriy Kovalevskiy (founder of Hanji). Recorded live at TezDev 2026 in Cannes, the panel covers why crypto yields remain structurally higher than traditional markets, the real obstacles keeping fintechs from offering DeFi yield, and whether tokenized commodities or tokenized stocks will drive the next wave of adoption. Guest Links * Arthur Breitman: https://twitter.com/ArthurB * Tezos: https://tezos.com * Etherlink: https://etherlink.com * Owen Simonin (Hasheur): https://twitter.com/PowerHasheur * Meria: https://meria.com * Dmitriy Kovalevskiy: https://twitter.com/dmitrytez * Hanji: https://hanji.io Host Links * Ryan Rodenbaugh: https://twitter.com/ryanrodenbaugh * Vaults.fyi: https://vaults.fyi Subscribe and share with friends: * https://www.wallfacer.io/podcast ← Apple, YouTube, Spotify, and more! Timestamps * [00:00] Introductions * [00:33] What’s still holding fintechs back from offering DeFi yield * [02:02] Why crypto yields are structurally higher than traditional markets * [03:35] Two types of yield seekers: high yield chasers vs. reliability seekers *…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Rodenbaugh

Guests: Arthur Breitman, Owen Simonin, Dmitriy Kovalevskiy

Topics covered

• crypto yields
• DeFi yield
• fintech obstacles
• tokenized commodities
• tokenized stocks
• next wave of adoption

Keywords

• crypto
• fintech
• DeFi
• yields
• tokenization
• adoption
• commodities
• stocks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tezos, Etherlink, Celsius, Resolv, Vaults.fyi

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