The Defiant - DeFi Podcast
1) Will Aave’s New Plan Change DeFi Forever? | Stani Kulechov Explains
New Podcast with Aave founder Stani Kulechov just dropped: Aave is at a turning point - will the Aave Will Win proposal lead to innovation or chaos? Aave is navigating a pivotal moment with the recent...Show More
2) Optimism Is Done With “Ethereum Alignment” — Users Come First
In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Camila Russo sits down with Jing Wang to discuss how Optimism is evolving and why the debate over what counts as a “real” Ethereum L2 might be missing the point...Show More
3) Did L2 Fragment Ethereum? - With Yuval Rooz, CEO of Digital Asset, Co-Founder of Canton
Layer 2 was supposed to scale Ethereum.But what if it fragmented it instead?In this episode, we break down:• Why public chains are “expensive databases”• Why composability is Ethereum’s real value• Wh...Show More
4) The Bitcoin Renaissance Legacy : Beyond Digital Gold Ep. 2
Bitcoin Renaissance or JPEG Hype?In 2023, Bitcoin had what many called a renaissance.NFTs on Bitcoin.BRC-20 tokens.Runes.10x transaction spikes.Fee revenue surging to levels not seen since 2017.And th...Show More
5) Why DAO Governance Always Turns Political
"In a decentralized governance system, it's unavoidable to develop politics."Rune Christensen explains why DAO governance becomes a struggle for resources, how the "iron law of bureaucracy" emerges, a...Show More
6) Robinhood’s Crypto Head Johann Kerbrat on Why Public Blockchains Will Win
Robinhood is opening the testnet for its Arbitrum-based Ethereum Layer 2. In this episode, we sit down with the fintech’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to discuss the strategic move to build on Ethe...Show More
7) Rebuilding Global Payments with Stablecoins | Circle & USDC with Nikhil Chandhok
Stablecoins have quietly become the most successful use case in crypto.In this episode, Nikhil Chandhok, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Circle, explains why USDC is more than a digital dollar —...Show More
8) Crypto’s Point of No Return: Institutions are Finally Here, with Brett Tejpaul
2025 marked a turning point for crypto.In this episode, Brett Tejpaul, head of Coinbase Institutional, sits down with Camila Russo to explain why institutional adoption accelerated last year. From ETF...Show More
9) Why OG DeFi Failed | Kain Warwick, Founder of Synthetix
Kain Warwick—DeFi OG and founder of Synthetix and Infinex—is back on The Defiant Podcast with Camila Russo for a no-BS conversation at a pivotal moment: Infinex just ran its INX token sale and is head...Show More
10) Ethereum is for Institutions: Danny Ryan Says Tokenization Isn't Enough
In this interview, Camila Russo sits down with Danny Ryan — former Ethereum Foundation researcher and a key leader behind Ethereum’s shift to proof of stake — now Co-Founder & President at Etherealize...Show More