66% of Wall Street is Already in DeFi | Paradigm’s 2025 Survey with Dan Robinson & Justin Slaughter
66% of Wall Street is Already in DeFi | Paradigm’s 2025 Survey with Dan Robinson & Justin Slaughter  
Podcast: Bankless
Published On: Thu Apr 24 2025
Description: In this episode, we unpack Paradigm’s groundbreaking 2025 report, “TradFi Tomorrow: DeFi and the Rise of Extensible Finance,” with Paradigm’s Dan Robinson and Justin Slaughter. We explore the stunning stat that 66% of traditional financial institutions are actively engaged with DeFi—and what that really means. From tokenization and stablecoins to regulatory clarity and decentralized exchanges, this conversation dives deep into how Wall Street is already integrating with crypto. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:10 What Constitutes a TradFi Firm 10:13 TradFi Firms with Defi 12:16 What's Exciting about this Report? 13:53 Stablecoins, Tokenization & More 18:54 Public Blockchains & TradFi? 21:05 “Tokenize The World” Moment? 27:47 TradFi’s Long-Term Outlook 33:19 The Formal Rejection of Private Blockchains 38:31 What’s Left for Regulation &Compliance 45:04 DeFi vs TradFi 48:07 User Value 50:55 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Paradigm Report https://www.paradigm.xyz/2025/03/tradfi-tomorrow-defi-and-the-rise-of-extensible-finance Dan Robinson https://x.com/danrobinson Justin Slaughter https://x.com/JBSDC Paradigm https://x.com/paradigm ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠