# RWAs and Stablecoins in DeFi: Opportunities and Challenges

- Speakers: [Anthony Bassili](https://streameth.org/speakers/anthony-bassili), [Luca Prosperi](https://streameth.org/speakers/luca-prosperi), [Benjamin.lens](https://streameth.org/speakers/benjamin-lens), [Asad Khan](https://streameth.org/speakers/asad-khan), [Ivan Furtanov](https://streameth.org/speakers/ivan-furtanov)
- Event: [unStable Summit Denver](https://streameth.org/stable_summit/unstable_summit_denver), Denver
- Channel: [Stable Summit](https://streameth.org/stable_summit)
- Date: 2024-02-28
- Duration: 39:45
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/65de2117671a1cd7a2a7661f
- Download: https://vod-cdn.lp-playback.studio/raw/jxf4iblf6wlsyor6526t4tcmtmqa/catalyst-vod-com/hls/bc9fmgtszia03qtj/720p0.mp4

## Description

- New opportunities unlocked by RWAs
- Security concerns and the reintroduction of intermediaries
- Balancing the values of decentralization with compliance, trust and scalability.
- New narratives and strategies in the DeFi landscape

## About the speakers

### Anthony Bassili

I lead digital asset and tokenization investment solutions for Coinbase. We are enabling multi-asset portfolio construction in wallet for institutional investors.

### Luca Prosperi

Luca spent almost 20 years building, advising, studying, and investing in financial institutions and DeFi protocols. Luca is the CEO and co-founder of M^0 Labs, advisor to Cherry Ventures' crypto arm, and a researcher through his Substack at Dirt Roads

### Benjamin.lens

Core team at Qidao Protocol

### Asad Khan

Head of BD & Partnerships at Centrifuge

### Ivan Furtanov

Ivan has worked in crypto since 2018 and is mostly interested in onchain money markets, incentive design, and permission management. He is leading the Ecosystem at Aragon and investing through Hydra Ventures.