Bringing DeFi to Bitcoin with BitcoinOS and Outlier Ventures

Episode 11 of The Crypto Beat was recorded with The Block's Editor-In-Chief, Tim Copeland, BitcoinOS Co-Founder and CEO Edan Yago and Web 3 Accelerator at Outlier Ventures, Francesca Conti.

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Edan Yago is the Co-Founder and CEO of BitcoinOS, and Francesca Conti is the Web 3 Accelerator Leader at Outlier Ventures.

In this episode, Yago and Conti discuss the current state and future potential of the Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem.

Outline

00:00 Introduction
00:41 What is Bitcoin DeFi?
04:03 How does it work?
10:59 Developments in the space
14:29 Investment opportunities
20:11 Value flow back to Bitcoin
29:28 Does DeFi matter?
34:08 Bitcoin DeFi challenges
36:32 What’s next for Bitcoin DeFi
41:14 Conclusion

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GUEST LINKS

Francesca Conti - https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescajconti/
Outlier Ventures - https://outlierventures.io/

Edan Yago - https://x.com/edanyago
BitcoinOS - https://www.bitcoinos.build/

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