20% Yield on Stablecoins Is Just the Beginning | Vikram Arun, Superform CEO
The Defiant27 Kesä 2025

20% Yield on Stablecoins Is Just the Beginning | Vikram Arun, Superform CEO

Looking to understand stablecoins, onchain yields, and the future of DeFi?

Join us as Vikram Arun, CEO of Superform, shares expert insights on stablecoin yield strategies, the role of Web3 technology in automation, and whether 20% onchain yields are truly sustainable in today’s crypto economy.

Plus, we explore the impact of the GENIUS Act on the crypto industry and discuss the intersection of innovation and regulation in shaping the future of digital assets.

Topics Included:

  • The evolution of stablecoins as a financial tool

  • Why automation is critical for DeFi growth

  • The long-term potential of yield-generating assets

  • The fading stigma of crypto and its real-world financial integration

Chapters:

00:00 Defiant Info

00:41 Introduction to Vikram Arun, Founder and CEO of Superform

01:31 Crypto is a better form of money

03:30 Early AMMs as an entry into crypto

05:44 Stablecoins and yield

07:35 20% onchain yield on Superform: is it sustainable?

11:03 Web3 tech with Web2 functionality

13:23 Automation in stablecoin yield

15:51 The GENIUS Act’s effects on the crypto ecosystem

17:30 GENIUS and decentralization

21:20 The importance of demand in ideating crypto products

22:55 Circle, Stripe, Paypal, and public sentiment towards stablecoins

24:27 Interest rates hold steady, what’s the impact on crypto?

26:40 Speculation and the memecoin resurgence

30:00 Yield-generating assets and age demographics

32:05 Integrating wealth building into people’s mindsets with DeFi

33:45 The next phase of onchain yield

36:25 Will this innovation be enough to defeat crypto’s bad reputation?

37:48 Crypto’s rising tide into TradFi and daily life

39:55 NFTs in the next DeFi summer

41:48 Advice for people who want to start earning yield

43:00 Lightning round!

43:55 Closing remarks

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