"We're In the Hype Cycle": A FIN Roundtable on DeFi

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"We're In the Hype Cycle": A FIN Roundtable on DeFi

On March 29th, FIN editor and publisher (and Observer executive editor) moderated a panel discussion around Observer’s DeFi Dozen compilation of the hottest companies and technologies in the decentralized finance space. Below is an edited transcript.

James: Good afternoon. My name is James Ledbetter. I'm the executive editor of the Observer. Thank you for joining us today for a terrific discussion based on our just-published DeFi Dozen list.  We produced it with the cooperation of CoinDesk, and it’s the 12 most important companies in the DeFi space.

Let me introduce our fabulous panelists. We have Lisa Carmen Wang, she is the founder of Bad Bitch Empire and a consultant to crypto CEOs. And also Joe Lautzenhiser, editorial researcher and strategist at CoinDesk.