Lauren Kolodny talks Defi on Bloomberg

Founding Partner, Lauren Kolodny spoke with Emily Chang on Bloomberg LP this week about how FinTech and DeFi are converging and outlined many of the opportunities that are coming from that.

On the FinTech side, we’re seeing traditional FinTech companies adopt crypto and DeFi strategies by leveraging new enabling infrastructure — i.e. Conduit or Compound Treasury.

Similarly, DeFi projects must learn from FinTechs by productizing with better UI in order to enable the next 100m DeFi users. Today the onboarding and management processes are far too cumbersome. This is true across consumer and B2B. Companies like ​​Avantgarde Finance founded by Mona El Isa are leading the charge to make engaging with DeFi far more accessible for institutions. On the consumer side, companies like RabbitHole are embedding gamified education, guiding consumers through DeFi after simply connecting a MetaMask Wallet.

Shout-outs to: Chime, Gusto, Divvy, Conduit, Compound Labs, Coinbase, Uniswap, Avantgarde Finance, Mona El Isa, RabbitHole, MetaMask