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RealFi CEO John O'Connor joins CoinDesk's Sam Ewen to explain how his platform is reimagining the stablecoin model, replacing reflexive DeFi yield with real-world fixed income assets, and giving holders of sUSDr the returns that issuers like Tether and Circle currently keep for themselves. He breaks down the portfolio construction behind USDr, why crypto treasurers are the ideal first customer, and what he learned from testnet ahead of a mainnet launch.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - RealFi's John O'Connor Joins CoinDesk
00:56 - What Makes USDr Different From USDC and USDT
05:22 - Cross-Chain Interoperability and the New Risk Surface
06:46 - How RealFi Manages Portfolio Risk and Liquidity
11:39 - Who Is RealFi's Ideal Customer?
12:42 - The Pitch to Crypto Treasurers
14:22 - Yield-Bearing Collateral and Looping Strategies
15:44 - How TradFi Is Adopting DeFi's Best Ideas
18:10 - Testnet Learnings: UX Debates and Community Excitement
19:41 - What Success Looks Like in 18 Months
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