Sidney Powell is the CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance — a decentralized finance platform that facilitates loans.
In this episode, Powell discusses the evolution of crypto's decentralized lending market, the challenges faced by centralized exchanges, and the strategic vision behind Maple's new permissionless lending product, Syrup.
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00:53 Maple Overview
02:06 Permissionless DeFi
04:00 DeFi 2.0
06:12 Derisking DeFi
09:44 DeFi Creditworthiness
11:19 DeFi Lending Robustness
13:48 Crypto Lending Market
19:04 Maple's Strategy
21:12 Closing Thoughts
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