In this episode, we sit down with Chris Bradbury, CEO of Summer.Fi and former product lead at MakerDAO, to unpack the evolution of one of DeFi’s most user-friendly and yield-savvy protocols.
🔍 Topics we dive into:
- The early MakerDAO journey & SummerFi's spin-off
- How AI agents boost yield by 30% (yes, really)
- What “lazy DeFi” means — and why it matters
- Risk management with Block Analytica
- UX vs. security: how far can we go?
- Account abstraction: what it fixes and what it doesn’t
- TradFi x DeFi: Integration, evolution, or revolution?
- Advice for DeFi builders in a fast-changing ecosystem
💡 Whether you’re a DeFi builder, investor, or someone curious about where on-chain finance is headed, this episode is packed with gems and hard-won lessons. 👉 Try Summer.Fi: https://summer.fi
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