10 Years In, Here's Why Aave's Founder Isn’t Done Betting on Ethereum - Ep. 878
On Ethereum’s 10th anniversary, Aave founder Stani Kulechov says the “DeFi mullet” is the future of finance.
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Show Notes
Ethereum just turned 10, and Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave, one of the earliest and most influential lending protocols in DeFi, is more bullish on the OG layer 1 blockchain than ever.
In this wide-ranging interview, he reflects on Ethereum’s resilience, explains why Aave is still laser-focused on it despite the rise of competitors like Solana, and gives us a preview of Aave V4 and its institutional play, Horizon.
If you want to understand where DeFi is going, you’ll want to hear what Stani has to say.
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Guest:
- Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend
Links:
- Recent episode of Unchained with EF’s co-ED Tomasz: As Ethereum Turns 10, Where Is the Foundation Focused Next?
- Unchained: Aave Labs Unveils V4 Upgrade Proposal, Introducing a Unified Liquidity Layer and 'Fuzzy' Rates
- DefiLlama: Aave stats
- Reuters: JPMorgan considers offering loans backed by clients' cryptocurrency holdings
Timestamps:
🎬 0:00 Intro
🎉 4:58 What Ethereum’s 10-year milestone means to Stani
🏗️ 9:09 How Aave became the top lending protocol on Ethereum
🧐 13:02 Why Stani has been critical of the Ethereum Foundation
🏦 17:16 How TradFi institutions could quietly run on Aave infrastructure
💸 25:08 What Stani thinks about the complaints over Ethereum revenues and fees
🌉 30:27 Why Aave hasn’t launched on Solana
💼 35:32 How Ethereum treasury companies are putting Aave to work
🔧 41:15 What Aave V4 is bringing to the protocol and why it matters
🌍 48:18 How Horizon could bridge DeFi and real-world assets
🤝 50:43 Why DeFi might thrive even as TradFi and fintech move onchain
🗳️ 57:57 Whether DAO governance is fundamentally flawed
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