Maple financing MPL / USD CEO Sid Powell Monday highlighted Bitcoin BTC / USD Yield products and AI as key areas of innovation for the future of DEFI loans.
In an interview with Benzinga, Powell stressed that the current market lacks Robust Bitcoin performance offers, considering it an important opportunity.
He also identified AI as a powerful tool to improve the User Experience and Operational Effectiveness, as well as the emphasis on transversal solutions to treat the fragmentation of liquidity.
Powell has described Maple Finance’s “Lend + Lend” product, which offers investors a way to gain treasury yields while capturing the price of the BTC prices without lower risk.
By depositing in the secure pool with high performance of Maple, users generate a yield, with a part allocated to BTC call options.
He explained that “what we are trying to do is give you a product where you can get a part of the market increase without bringing the risk that Bitcoin decreases 10%.”
This structured approach allows investors to participate in BTC gains while maintaining a stable return, unlocking a new category of structured chain financial products for institutions.
Powell noted that this product structure arouses the interest of high value individuals, business treasury bills and chain asset managers, because it saves the time and complexity of the structuring of their own Trades.
Powell also recognized the strength of Defi in transparency.
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He highlighted the black box problems with Tradfi, noting: “You didn’t know what was going on under the hood.”
He also mentioned that the ease of use of DEFI platforms was a force. He highlighted prices, unplugged guarantees and the risks of intelligent contract such as key areas to improve.
When asked how Defi can improve transparency, he replied by declaring: “I think what he must do is have the least fragmentation of the guarantees. So, like active in other channels, very difficult to use around Defi. »»
Asked about his perspectives on innovation, Powell expressed his enthusiasm about the potential of Bitcoin products that give products, declaring: “In terms of products and general loans, I am the most interested at the moment in the products of Bitcoin yield. I think it’s a huge address market. There are no great products right now. “”
He also underlined the potential of the AI for Defi: “I think the AI will be powerful enough for Defi.” And finally, he has developed transversal solutions, noting that their main problem is “fragmented liquidity”.
He noted that they had an eye on “Solara SOL / USD And Base As potential areas ”to develop.
Powell said that a combination of regulations, an excess lending capital offer and tradfi rate discounts will all play a role in the more viable sub-collateralized loans in the near future.
He also talked about his long -term DEFI vision, quoting mortgages supported by crypto as a viable real case: “I mean in daily life that you might see, one of the big cases of Use that I keep an eye on mortgages supported the crypto. »»
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