There has been a lot of attention recently on shady vault curator practices. Lowering the barrier of entry for managing capital is double edged - it provides greater access to users but also empowers bad actors.
In my opinion, vault platforms / frontends have a responsibility to surface this information to users. Many users rely on the these brands for trust, and implicitly assume all vaults (regardless of curator) have similar risk profiles because they are all on the same platform.
There is also a deep misunderstanding of lending risk . People tend to view onchain lending as lowest risk DeFi activity, but lending against shitty collateral is almost as risky as holding that collateral.
All of this explains why @aave is so successful - at the end of the day, finance (even decentralized) has a deep trust component and brands that have user trust should work to maintain it
ITS ONLY BEEN 16 DAYS SINCE AN ALL TIME HIGH AND EVERYONE IS SO FKN BEARISH. Y’ALL ARE PATHETIC. GO BUY THE S&P 500 YOU FKN CRY BABIES. IM STILL BUYING BTC, MSTR AND METAPLANET AND IF WE GO DOWN 75% IM GOING TO KEEP BUYING THEM. GFY.
Our latest State of Crypto report is here.
The main theme for the year is the maturation of the crypto industry:
• Traditional financial institutions and fintechs launched crypto products
• DeFi and stablecoins went mainstream
• Blockchains got faster and cheaper
• The regulatory shift in the U.S. revived builder confidence
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@JamesWynnReal Hard to think that this is top given future interest cut, fed QE, DAT purchases… but also think that alteeason might have been memes and perp dapp coins
Last Friday really destroyed the sentiment I see on CT. Although we have talks of QE, projected lower interest rates and soaring stock prices, all I see is bear posts. DAT companies are still buying.