Founders' roundtable: 1inch, Chainlink, Aave on what's next

In this episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph, join host Gareth Jenkinson in an insightful discussion with 1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz, Aave founder Stani Kulechov and Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov as they explore the growing importance of DeFi in shaping the future of Web3 and mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies.

This episode was recorded during Cointelegraph’s exclusive event, Longitude, at Token2049 in Singapore.

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Time stamps: 
(00:00) - Introduction to the episode
(00:47) - How DeFi transforms traditional finance
(03:31) - How has DeFi evolved and where is it heading?
(07:06) - TradFi’s interest in DeFi
(10:37) - TradFi and DeFi collaboration and on-chain financial products
(14:55) - Counterparty risk and yield optimization
(19:44) - Cross-chain liquidity fragmentation, swaps and scaling solutions
(21:52) - CCIP’s vision and the future of blockchain interoperability

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