Insides Aave’s New Plan to Scale DeFi Beyond Billions

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For this week’s Tuesday episode, I’m sharing a fireside chat I moderated with Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Labs, while at the Avalanche Summit in London last week.

We discuss Aave V4, the latest architectural upgrade, for the largest DeFi protocol. Stani also explains how this new model can unlock more for lending protocols, his insights on the changing DeFi landscape and more.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Aave’s generational upgrade
4:34 - Aave V4 launch with new features
8:16 - Stablecoins role in DeFi
11:58 - Institutional and consumer adoption
15:04 - How to optimize for capital efficiency
17:32 - When does the next generation of DeFi look like?
19:56 - Opportunity for V4 and Avalanche
24:29 - Opportunity for V4 for RWA’s
27:17 - Q&A from the audience

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