13 - DeFi's Mainstream Wallet | Itamar Lesuisse

<p>Episode: #13<br /> May 25, 2020</p> <p>Argent is the closet thing we've seen to a mainstream ready bankless wallet. Is this crypto's Netscape moment?</p> <p>Ryan & David sit down with Itamar the co-founder of Argent to find out. Coming off a big week of releases, Itamar tells us how DeFi's almost reached parity with traditional finance, hasn't quite found product market fit in developed countries, but why he's incredibly bullish about the future.</p> <p><span class="s1">We cover:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The why:</span> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Itamar's here</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Argent's ethos</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What makes Argent Bankless</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The walled garden approach</span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The what:</span> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why typical wallets suck</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Superpowers with DeFi</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What's holding us back</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if Argent goes away?</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collecting an email address</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Argent in Argentina</span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The when:</span> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">1 billion users & </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Argent in 5 years</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finding the Netscape of crypto</span></li> <li>Two things he wants from the Bankless community</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>How soon until 1 billion users? Listen and decide for yourself.</p> <div><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span class="s1">Before the episode begins we also talk about:</span></span></div> <ul> <li><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Why i