For those who don’t know, DeFi is a set of technical solutions that do not have an identifiable person or body behind the service. Today’s episode was triggered by an announcement made by Shapeshift about their intention to completely decentralize their company and go all-in with DeFi because they felt stifled by increased regulatory scrutiny. There are a lot of companies who are taking a similar path, and although I have a lot of respect for DeFi, I am going to explain why I do not think it is going to turn out to be a successful strategy for avoiding regulations and what I predict the future of DeFi projects will look like. Tune in today to hear it all!

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Today’s episode:

• [00:45] An explanation of what DeFi is. 
• [01:25] The specific use case which inspired today’s episode.
• [03:10] Another project of mine which went into the DeFi space. 
• [03:21] Growth in the volume of DeFi projects over the past year. 
• [03:52] My thoughts on whether DeFi projects are going to work as companies are intending it to. 
• [05:13] Why I think regulators are likely to clamp down on DeFi projects. 
• [05:44] Examples of how regulators are going to clamp down on DeFi projects.
• [08:23] How stablecoins correlate with the tremendous growth of DeFi projects, and where the problem with this lies.
• [11:15] The mix of factors that DeFi projects consist of.
• [11:48] What I predict is going to happen to DeFi projects in the future. 

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