DeFi Dad

⟠ DeFi super-user, educator, angel, 🎙️ Host & Producer of The Edge Podcast, 💫 Investor at 4RC

Podcast

Why Katana Is Not An L2, It's A DeFi Super App

Apr 1, 2026

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6 min read

Why Katana Is Not An L2, It's A DeFi Super App

Matthew Fisher on vbTokens, Katana Perps, and big fintech liquidity coming onchain

DeFi Dad, +1

Yields Of The Week

Apr 1, 2026

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13 min read

Yields Of The Week: April 1 (No Fooling)

30 Day Yields, TVL Changes, Benchmarks, Altura Gold Trade, Rysk, mStable, Borrow Against Stocks, Quantum and More

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

Why Derive Survived The Graveyard of Onchain Options and Now Owns 90% Market Share

Mar 27, 2026

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5 min read

Why Derive Survived The Graveyard of Onchain Options and Now Owns 90% Market Share

Nick Forster on network effects, Yieldmageddon, and why their thesis finally paid off

DeFi Dad, +1

Yields Of The Week

Mar 25, 2026

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8 min read

Yields Of The Week: March 25th

The State of Yield, What I'm Doing and Resolv Exploit Aftermath

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

One Stablecoin Yield Outperforming DeFi's Biggest Names By 50-100%

Mar 23, 2026

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5 min read

One Stablecoin Yield Outperforming DeFi's Biggest Names By 50-100%

How Noon sUSN delivers 9.5% yield with institutional-grade security

DeFi Dad, +1

Yields Of The Week

Mar 18, 2026

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10 min read

Yields Of The Week: March 18

30 Day Yields, TVL Changes, Benchmarks, STRC Onchain, ETH Yields, HyperEVM Yields, DeFi Tools, Native Markets pmUSDH and More

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

Why The Bear Market for Tokens Is Ending

Mar 18, 2026

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4 min read

Why The Bear Market for Tokens Is Ending

Theia Founder Felipe Montealegre on cheap valuations, tokenholder rights, and why being contrarian and right beats just being right

DeFi Dad, +1

Podcast

Across Token Buyout: The First Proposal to Convert Back to a Private Company

Mar 12, 2026

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5 min read

Across Token Buyout: The First Proposal to Convert Back to a Private Company

Hart Lambur explains the reasoning behind DeFi's first major token buyout

DeFi Dad, +1

Yields Of The Week

Mar 11, 2026

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10 min read

Yields Of The Week: March 11

30 Day Yields, TVL Changes, Benchmarks, Reinsurance, RAAC, Yearn yvUSD, "RWA Looping Is Broken" + More

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

Mar 11, 2026

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4 min read

Which Blockchain Will AI Agents Choose?

Davide Crapis on building the railway for autonomous agent economies

DeFi Dad, +1

Podcast

Mar 5, 2026

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5 min read

The L2Beat of DeFi Risk: Inside Credora's Mission to Rate Every Vault

$10B rated, 80% Morpho coverage, and why institutions are already demanding credit ratings

DeFi Dad, +1

Yields Of The Week

Mar 4, 2026

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11 min read

Yields Of The Week: March 4th

Steakhouse Term + Turbo, Noon, Strata + Neutrl, D2 Finance, kpk + Gearbox + Beefy, Pendle PTs and "Bad Debt Isn't Bad"

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

Why No One Owns Their Stock and How We Unlock True Ownership for RWAs Onchain

Feb 28, 2026

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5 min read

Why No One Owns Their Stock and How We Unlock True Ownership for RWAs Onchain

Gabriel Shapiro on the existing centralized system for stock ownership, Ethereum's chance to change things, and building MetaLeX for onchain legal entities

DeFi Dad

Yields Of The Week

Feb 25, 2026

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9 min read

Yields Of The Week: February 25th

30 Day Yields, TVL Changes, Fixed PT Yields, Benchmarks, Re, Katana Real Yield And Much More

Nomatic, +1

Market Commentary

Feb 23, 2026

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7 min read

The Same Script, Every Time

Why the schadenfreude peak might be the most reliable signal in crypto

DeFi Dad

Podcast

160% Growth QoQ: How Ether.fi Is Building Crypto's Onchain Revolut

Feb 20, 2026

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5 min read

160% Growth QoQ: How Ether.fi Is Building Crypto's Onchain Revolut

Mike Silagadze on $50M revenue in 2025, zero liquidations on Oct 10th, and why 2026 is the year they go mainstream

DeFi Dad

Yields Of The Week

Feb 18, 2026

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9 min read

Yields Of The Week: February 18th

30 Day Yields, TVL Changes, Fixed PT Yields, Benchmarks, Accountable, Fluid, Aave + Mantle, Back to the Tranches

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

Why This Ethereum Bull Remains Steadfast While Markets Panic

Feb 17, 2026

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4 min read

Why This Ethereum Bull Remains Steadfast While Markets Panic

Leo Lanza on his $80K ETH thesis, the CLARITY Act, and why alt-L1s are collapsing

DeFi Dad

Podcast

"This Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint," Lighter's Post-TGE Reality

Feb 12, 2026

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4 min read

"This Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint," Lighter's Post-TGE Reality

After the hype fades, Lighter's Founder discusses what they're building next

DeFi Dad

Yields Of The Week

Feb 11, 2026

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8 min read

Yields Of The Week: February 11th

30 Day Yields, TVL Changes, Fixed PT Yields, Benchmarks, Mainstreet, Seamless, Strata adds Neutrl and More

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

Financing The AI Boom: How DeFi Is Filling A Trillion-Dollar Gap

Feb 9, 2026

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4 min read

Financing The AI Boom: How DeFi Is Filling A Trillion-Dollar Gap

GPU infrastructure can't get traditional financing but USDai solves it!

DeFi Dad

Podcast

Breaking The Token Playbook: Cap's $12M Stabledrop

Feb 4, 2026

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4 min read

Breaking The Token Playbook: Cap's $12M Stabledrop

Why it makes sense for Cap to airdrop stablecoins instead of CAP tokens

DeFi Dad

Yields Of The Week

Feb 4, 2026

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9 min read

Yields Of The Week: February 4th

30 Day Yields, TVL Changes, Benchmarks, Byreal Copy Strategies, Rocksolid, Early MegaETH Opportunities and More

Nomatic, +1

Podcast

Feb 3, 2026

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4 min read

Crypto Is Winning, Tokens Aren't

Navigating the fundamentals that matter in this market with Blocmates

DeFi Dad

Podcast

The DeFi Enterprise Era and How Vaults Are Bringing Onchain Yields to Millions

Jan 30, 2026

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4 min read

The DeFi Enterprise Era and How Vaults Are Bringing Onchain Yields to Millions

Plus details on Kraken's new DeFi Earn vaults powered by Veda

DeFi Dad

DeFi Dad

Why Katana Is Not An L2, It's A DeFi Super App

Yields Of The Week: April 1 (No Fooling)

Why Derive Survived The Graveyard of Onchain Options and Now Owns 90% Market Share

Yields Of The Week: March 25th

One Stablecoin Yield Outperforming DeFi's Biggest Names By 50-100%

Yields Of The Week: March 18

Why The Bear Market for Tokens Is Ending

Across Token Buyout: The First Proposal to Convert Back to a Private Company

Yields Of The Week: March 11

Which Blockchain Will AI Agents Choose?

The L2Beat of DeFi Risk: Inside Credora's Mission to Rate Every Vault

Yields Of The Week: March 4th

Why No One Owns Their Stock and How We Unlock True Ownership for RWAs Onchain

Yields Of The Week: February 25th

The Same Script, Every Time

160% Growth QoQ: How Ether.fi Is Building Crypto's Onchain Revolut

Yields Of The Week: February 18th

Why This Ethereum Bull Remains Steadfast While Markets Panic

"This Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint," Lighter's Post-TGE Reality

Yields Of The Week: February 11th

Financing The AI Boom: How DeFi Is Filling A Trillion-Dollar Gap

Breaking The Token Playbook: Cap's $12M Stabledrop

Yields Of The Week: February 4th

Crypto Is Winning, Tokens Aren't

The DeFi Enterprise Era and How Vaults Are Bringing Onchain Yields to Millions

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