The Story | A Lending Renaissance with Kinji Steimetz

Decentralized lending protocols like Aave and Compound drove explosive growth in DeFi. But as Kinji Steimetz explains, new entrants are ready to take the next step.

• (00:00) - Hire with Hirechain
• (00:40) - Intro
• (03:01) - Messari Mainnet is Coming!
• (04:01) - The Next Wave of DeFi

Hosted by Ryan Selkis (https://twitter.com/twobitidiot)
Written and Produced by Steve Bichimer
Based on "A Lending Renaissance" (Messari Enterprise, 2024), by Kinji Steimetz (https://twitter.com/SteimetzKinji)

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