Edan Yago is the Co-Founder and CEO of BitcoinOS, and Francesca Conti is the Web 3 Accelerator Leader at Outlier Ventures.

In this episode, Yago and Conti discuss the current state and future potential of the Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem.

OUTLINE

00:00 INTRO

00:41 What is Bitcoin DeFi?

04:03 How does it work?

10:59 Developments in the space

14:29 Investment opportunities

20:11 Value flow back to Bitcoin

29:28 Does DeFi matter?

34:08 Bitcoin DeFi challenges

36:32 What’s next for Bitcoin DeFi

41:14 Conclusion

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GUEST LINKS

Francesca Conti - https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescajconti/

Outlier Ventures - https://outlierventures.io/

Edan Yago - https://x.com/edanyago

BitcoinOS - https://www.bitcoinos.build/

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