"What We're Building is Very Big and We Should Have the Least Concentration Possible:" Aave's Stani Kulechov

Aave CEO and founder Stani Kulechov spoke to The Defiant about the protocols' milestones and his wish for a path to greater decentralization and safer launches.

This week’s episode is with Stani Kulechov the founder and CEO of Aave. When we spoke Aave was the second-largest DeFi protocol, but in the days after our conversation, it rose to overtake MakerDAO and become the DeFi platform with the most assets held in its smart contracts, at over $1B in digital assets.

It’s been an exponential rise for Aave, which la…