Crypto Biz: The biggest problem with DeFi isn’t what you think
Decentralized finance still has a way to go before it can attract institutional capital. Meanwhile, Fireblocks has become a 9-figure revenue-generating company. Cryptocurrency has converted another veteran of Wall Street after ex-Morgan Stanley executive Kevin Lepsoe launched a new platform for decentralized finance (DeFi). His new firm, Infinity Exchange, received a nice injection of seed funding in a bid to boost DeFi adoption among institutions. In his pledge to help build “DeFi 2.0,” Lepsoe described one of the biggest pain points of DeFi 1.0 — and it’s one you probably haven’t heard....
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