{"podcast":{"title":"Bankless","slug":"bankless-357756","podcast_index_feed_id":357756,"rss_url":"https://feeds.flightcast.com/p83fuj0y0u58o82l41xei7zo.xml","website_url":"http://podcast.banklesshq.com/","image_url":"https://assets.flightcast.com/workspaces/vzyepv1wunc8uo4au6e1tld4/podcasts/p83fuj0y0u58o82l41xei7zo/qytiwwt972ormowswu9ysv65.png","author":"Bankless","episode_count":1372,"summary":"The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Finance. DeFi, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Level up. Go bankless.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T00:20:29.695437+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756"},"episode":{"title":"EtherFi’s Next Act: Stocks, Loans, and Global Banking | Mike Silagadze","slug":"etherfi-s-next-act-stocks-loans-and-global-banking-mike-silagadze","published_at":"2026-08-14T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756/etherfi-s-next-act-stocks-loans-and-global-banking-mike-silagadze","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/episode.flightcast.com/01KZZMDT2PQRTK8FTCFA18MPPY.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/episode.flightcast.com/01KZZMDT2PQRTK8FTCFA18MPPY.mp3","summary":"EtherFi is expanding from a crypto-native neobank into a broader financial account built around DeFi. Mike Silagadze joins David to break down the next version of the product, including tokenized stocks and metals, Aave V4-powered credit, yield-bearing balances, global fiat rails, and a much more normie-friendly experience. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey ✈️COINBASE ONE CARD | EARN 5% BACK IN BITCOIN https://bankless.cc/coinbase-one-card 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 EtherFi’s Next Act 4:20 Stocks, Yield, and Credit 9:48 Building Beyond the Crypto Casino 16:05 Tokenized Assets and Aave V4 22:03 How EtherFi’s Lending Market Works 26:32 EtherFi Summer and What Comes Next 30:05 From Fiat Rails to Crypto Payments 37:05 ETHFI Buybacks, Privacy, and the Endgame --- RESOURCES Mike Silagadze https://x.com/MikeSilagadze --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures","meta_description":"EtherFi is expanding from a crypto-native neobank into a broader financial account built around DeFi. Mike Silagadze joins David to break down the next ve…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2554,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bankless-357756/episodes/etherfi-s-next-act-stocks-loans-and-global-banking-mike-silagadze/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756/etherfi-s-next-act-stocks-loans-and-global-banking-mike-silagadze.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}