Beyond Yield,
the Podcast
Conversations with the leading builders, risk managers, and architects behind the protocols managing billions in on-chain capital.
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- Why RWAs Didn't Remove Risk
Luca argues that tokenizing real-world assets did not remove risk, it simply moved where that risk lives.
Luca Telos ConsiliumAug 2026 - Fixed Rate Lending Is How DeFi Talks to Institutions
Merlin explains why fixed rate lending, not floating rates, is how DeFi finally speaks a language institutions already understand.
Merlin Egalite MorphoAug 2026 - From $9M to $3.6B: How Maple Scaled On-Chain Lending
Martin traces Maple’s growth from $9M to $3.6B in on-chain lending and explains how it scaled institutional credit.
Martin de Rijke Maple FinanceJul 2026 - Why DeFi's Biggest Risk Isn't Smart Contracts
Lee argues that operational security, not smart contract bugs, is now the leading cause of loss in DeFi lending.
Lee McClelland Nexus MutualJun 2026 - Why Tokenized Assets Need On-Chain Risk Ratings
Carsten argues that tokenizing a real-world asset changes its risk profile, making redemption risk more important than default risk on-chain.
Carsten Hermann ParticulaJun 2026 - The RWA Boom and DeFi's Trust Reckoning
Graham argues that real-world assets are finally gaining traction after flopping in 2017, despite a wave of DeFi hacks.
Graham Nelson CentrifugeMay 2026 - Inside Pendle: Yield Engineering, the Kelp Hack Post-Mortem & the Boros Bet
Dan explains why the Kelp hack was a validator spoof, not a smart contract exploit, tracing Pendle's rise past $1B in TVL.
Dan PendleApr 2026 - Built In-House, Open by Default: How Yearn Actually Manages Risk
Corn details how Yearn built its own alerting and reallocation stack to move capital across Morpho, Aave, and Fluid.
Corn Yearn FinanceApr 2026 - You Cannot Outsource Risk
Aya unpacks how Upshift curates vaults, from risk selection to yield generation, to build institutional-grade strategies.
Aya Kantorovich Upshift FinanceApr 2026 - $1.7B in Vaults, Zero Bad Debt: How Steakhouse Actually Does Risk
Sébastien breaks down how DeFi vaults actually work, from ERC-4626 mechanics to curator risk frameworks, correcting common misconceptions.
Sébastien Derivaux Steakhouse FinancialMar 2026
About Beyond Yield
Beyond Yield is DIA's podcast on the infrastructure behind DeFi yield. Each episode is a conversation with the people running on-chain capital in practice: vault curators, protocol founders, and risk managers from teams like Maple, Morpho, Yearn, Pendle, Centrifuge and Nexus Mutual. The show covers how vaults are built and secured, how curators manage risk, what tokenized real-world assets change, and how DeFi lending is adapting to institutional capital. New episodes are published on the DIA YouTube channel, and every episode has a full transcript on this site.