{"id":63883,"date":"2025-12-16T19:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=63883"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:46:34","slug":"does-anyone-still-remember-defi-nows-the-time-winners-are-built-cardano-exec-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=63883","title":{"rendered":"Does Anyone Still Remember DeFi? Now&#8217;s The Time &#8216;Winners Are Built&#8217;, Cardano Exec Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As investors chase AI headlines, <strong>Cardano<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ADA\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ADA-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ada\/usd\">ADA<\/a>) Foundation Chief Technological Officer <strong>Giorgio Zinetti<\/strong> says DeFi is entering the kind of quiet phase where long-term winners are usually built.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Everyone&#8217;s Talking About AI, Nobody&#8217;s Talking About DeFi<\/h3>\n<p>In a post on X on Tuesday, Zinetti <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/giozzi\/status\/2000896568925225319\">said<\/a> attention has shifted away from decentralized finance just as market conditions begin to favor builders over speculators.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that capital has become scarcer and narratives more selective, which historically creates space for teams focused on shipping rather than headlines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s usually when the next cycle&#8217;s winners are being built,&#8221; Zinetti wrote, adding that the strongest DeFi protocols of 2026 are likely being developed by founders operating outside the spotlight.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macro Signals Show Risk Appetite Is Thinning<\/h3>\n<p>The comments came alongside broader signs of fatigue across digital assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zinetti &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49432099\/does-anyone-still-remember-defi-nows-the-time-winners-are-built-cardano-exec-says?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Does\" anyone still remember defi now the time are built cardano exec says>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As investors chase AI headlines, Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) Foundation Chief Technological Officer Giorgio Zinetti says DeFi is entering the kind of quiet phase where long-term winners are usually built. Everyone&#8217;s Talking About AI, Nobody&#8217;s Talking About DeFi In a post on X on Tuesday, Zinetti said attention has shifted away from decentralized finance just as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-63883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}