DeFi & Stablecoins Year In Review | Kinji Steimetz, Sunny Shi & Andrew Dyer | Messari Theses 2025

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00:00 Pendle, Maker, RWA's and...Fartcoin?

12:42 How Successful Can DAOs Be?

17:46 The Star of H2 2024: DEXs

26:42 Hyperliquid

36:09 Centralized Exchanges

51:27 DeFi Renaissance Continues in 2025?

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