Block by Block Ep. 7 – Building for the Next Stablecoin Yield Wave

Описание: Ryan Rodenbaugh has spent his entire career in crypto, from early RWA experiments at TrustToken to building TrueFi's on-chain credit protocol. Now as CEO of vaults.fyi, he's tackling the infrastructure problem every fintech hits after launching stablecoins: how do you actually offer yield without building integrations to 75+ protocols yourself? In this episode, we explore what it takes to maintain production-grade DeFi data infrastructure, why even sophisticated teams choose not to build it in-house, and how the next wave of crypto adoption will come from distribution platforms embedding yield rather than converting new native DeFi users.

Topics covered:
• Why on-chain maximalism matters — deriving APYs from hourly share price data instead of protocol-reported estimates
• The operational reality of indexing 1,000+ yield opportunities across 18 chains with minimal off-chain dependencies
• How reputation scoring based on TVL longevity (Lindy-ness) separates established protocols from new experiments
• What it actually takes to build transaction execution infrastructure that stays non-custodial across dozens of different protocol interfaces
• The 6-12 month enterprise sales cycle for fintechs and why most have crypto teams but move slowly on compliance
• Why 95% of new protocol integrations are customer-driven, not internal roadmap decisions
• Building for the future: AI agents, account abstraction batch transactions, and cross-chain deposit infrastructure

*Guest:*
Ryan Rodenbaugh — CEO & Co-founder, vaults.fyi (@ryanrodenbaugh, @vaultsfyi)

*Host:*
Dennis Verstappen (@ape_rture)


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