Episode 280: An exploration of the DeFi world

Waters Wavelength

This week, Daniel Liebau, founding chairman of Lightbulb Capital, a research and advisory firm related to blockchain, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss decentralized finance technology, and also Dan’s DeFi 2034 paper, as well as some possible future scenarios for TradFi and DeFi. https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockchain-scholars-podcast/?viewAsMember=true https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42521-023-00088-8#:~:text=Decentralized%20Finance%20(DeFi)%20is%20a,relying%20on%20traditional%20centralized%20intermediaries. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-021-00539-9 2:30 – Dan joins the podcast and walks through his background and his company 6:30 – Dan gives a preview of the DeFi 2034 research paper he’s working on 9:30 – Common misunderstandings on how DeFi will impact TradFi 12:30 – Dan explains some of the tools he used to utilize the data for his paper 14:00 – Possible future scenarios for how DeFi will play out 22:30 – Sending analog signals into a digital world 31:00 – Changing mindsets on “better, faster, cheaper” 33:00 – Warming up to public blockchains 35:30 – Examples of DeFi experimentation in the capital markets