About this episode
Sun Raghupathi is CoFounder and CEO of Veda.DeFi is living through interesting times: record adoption, proven infrastructure, institutional interest—but low sentiment and struggling token prices. Sun calls this "the enterprise era for DeFi," where protocols that don't have a B2B strategy for the largest financial institutions may not survive. But here's the opportunity: for the first time, DeFi is actually ready for mainstream users. In fact, Kraken just launched new DeFi Earn vaults powered by Veda, giving millions of users instant access to onchain yields without leaving the Kraken app.In this episode, we cover:+ DeFi's enormous future in enterprise partnerships and distribution+ How Veda vaults work: custody, risk management, and yield strategies+ Breaking down Kraken's new DeFi Earn vaults+ Veda's business model and path to profitability------💎 THIS EPISODE'S PARTNERS♉︎ TOROS | Exponential gains with leveraged tokens🌅 NEUTRL | The next generation of crypto-native yield🛡️ ACCOUNTABLE | Real-time financial verification🕛 NOON | The highest and safest stablecoin yield, built for the long term⚔️ KATANA | Deep liquidity & real yield🔊 DECIBEL | The new sound of trading🥞 SYRUPUSDC BY MAPLE | DeFi's premium yield asset🏦 MANTLE | Innovating the future of onchain finance🐡 PUFFER INSTITUTIONAL | ETH staking solutions for scale⚙️ GEARBOX PROTOCOL | Onchain lending reimagined------⏱️ TIMESTAMPS0:00 - Intro1:52 - DeFi’s identity crisis, record adoption vs sentiment5:35 - The value capture question, DeFi protocols or institutions?6:47 - Will businesses build or partner?12:15 - Enterprise DeFi predictions for 202615:05 - What are vaults and why does DeFi need them?17:35 - Not all vaults are created equally21:36 - Veda's evolution from ether.fi to enterprise vaults27:16 - Breaking down Kraken DeFi Earn, powered by Veda29:33 - Kraken DeFi Earn vault details38:21 - Human vs. AI curation for D
