Robert Leshner — the mind behind Compound, and now the founder of Superstate — believes the next trillion-dollar shift will come from bringing the world’s assets on-chain.
In this episode, Cami sits down with one of DeFi’s earliest pioneers to unpack:
Why DeFi itself shouldn’t change — but assets will
How tokenized T-bills, basis strategies, and even equities are finally getting institutional traction
Why regulatory “tailwinds,” not new laws, unlocked the RWA boom
The two competing models of tokenized stocks — and why both will win
What happens when DeFi becomes the infrastructure powering TradFi
What he’d do differently after Compound’s messy transition to decentralized governance
Robert also gives us a candid breakdown of how Superstate is building “canonical tokenization” — letting public companies turn their actual stock into blockchain-native assets — and why the real breakthrough won’t come from issuance… but from DeFi use cases.
