# The Future of Wallets

- Speakers: [Stani Kulechov ](https://streameth.org/speakers/stani-kulechov)
- Event: [Wallet Unconference](https://streameth.org/devconnect/wallet_unconference), Istanbul, Türkiye
- Channel: [Devconnect](https://streameth.org/devconnect)
- Date: 2023-11-17
- Duration: 31:36
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/65b8f8d5a5b2d09b88ec18e7
- Download: https://vod-cdn.lp-playback.studio/raw/jxf4iblf6wlsyor6526t4tcmtmqa/catalyst-vod-com/hls/c29ds5075ixws317/1080p0.mp4

## Description

In a brief "fireside" followed by fishbowl-style Q&A, Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave Companies, will discuss the future of on-chain wallets, namely: portals to web3, identity, etc, versus purely financial, as well as pure EOA wallets versus account abstraction/MPC and the pros and cons of mobile wallets versus web based wallets/extensions. and risks.

## About the speakers

### Stani Kulechov 

Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave Companies. He is a recognized pioneer in decentralized finance, web3 social and blockchain technologies. An avid software programmer in his youth, he was driven by a passion to expand access to financial tools. While studying law and smart contracts, he built the Aave Protocol – an open-source, non-custodial liquidity protocol. With over $7B in total value locked, Aave is now one of the world’s largest and most successful decentralized markets. Under Stani’s leadership, the Company has continued to spearhead innovation in DeFi, including state-of-the-art upgrades to the protocol, and building the Aave-native, overcollateralized stablecoin GHO.