Sidney Powell is the CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance — a decentralized finance platform that facilitates loans.

In this episode, Powell discusses the evolution of crypto's decentralized lending market, the challenges faced by centralized exchanges, and the strategic vision behind Maple's new permissionless lending product, Syrup.

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00:53 Maple Overview

02:06 Permissionless DeFi

04:00 DeFi 2.0

06:12 Derisking DeFi

09:44 DeFi Creditworthiness

11:19 DeFi Lending Robustness

13:48 Crypto Lending Market

19:04 Maple's Strategy

21:12 Closing Thoughts

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