This week’s episode of Cointelegraph market talk Welcomes Alvin Xu, Co-Founder and CEO of Maverick Protocol, a platform that is taking a fresh approach to building decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure. Xu has been in the crypto space since 2018, and prior to co-founding Maverick, he led products and ecosystems at MetaMask, Abra Wallet, BitTorrent, and the Tron Foundation.

The show begins with a discussion about the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris, where Xu was a guest. He gives information about all the latest updates and developments of the conference.

Capital transfer is an issue in DeFi, with money constantly moving across different protocols and blockchains. How can protocols create real products that are sustainable when users only run after produce and airdrops? Xu explains how his protocol plans to address this issue.

Ahead, the episode explores where yield in DeFi really comes from. Xu gives his take on the Ethereum Liquid Staking derivatives market, what the actual yield is and how it differs from previous bull markets.

Xu talks about Maverick Protocol and how it differs from others in the space in three key ways. He also explains the difference between DeFi and centralized finance.

Finally, we get Xu’s comprehensive opinion on the crypto market in 2023 and if he thinks the bull market is already here.

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