Masa 'Senshi' Kikuchi I Product announcement | Secured Finance I Pragma Tokyo 2023

Mon, Oct 2, 2023, 12:00 AM

Masa “Senshi” Kikuchi, founder of Secured Finance, unveils the launch of their institutional-grade DeFi platform live at Pragma Tokyo. Built to bridge the gap between traditional finance and crypto, Secured Finance brings interbank-grade, peer-to-peer capital markets to decentralized finance. In this talk, Masa shares the project’s origin story from ETHGlobal’s HackFS, outlines the problems with existing DeFi money markets, and demonstrates how Secured Finance enables fixed-term lending, real yield curve formation, and smart contract-based clearing for digital assets. Learn how they’re unlocking long-term investment tools, derivatives, FX forwards, and more—all while opening the door for institutional adoption through decentralized, composable infrastructure. If you're interested in the next evolution of DeFi, this is one you don’t want to miss. 00:00 Intro to Masa and Secured Finance 00:50 Building interbank-grade DeFi markets 01:27 Mission to bridge TradFi and crypto 02:12 Origin from HackFS and early milestones 03:41 Interbank markets are already decentralized 04:30 OTC derivatives market size breakdown 05:15 Capital markets vs DeFi money markets 05:59 Why TradFi can’t yet offer full crypto services 07:23 Building yield curves with ex-TradFi experts 08:06 Yield curves: order book vs AMM rates 08:49 Fixed-term lending and borrowing launch 09:30 Product is live: 32 fixed-term loan markets 10:21 Whitepaper, app, and documentation launch 11:06 Three-phase go-to-market strategy 11:47 Rapid community growth and user traction 12:41 7K+ unique wallet connections post-launch 13:22 Training program to become a top DeFi trader 14:02 Japan’s commitment to Web3 leadership 14:42 Closing applause and project recap _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇯🇵 *Pragma Tokyo* It’s always been about hackathons. Until now! Kicking off in Tokyo we announced the latest edition to the ETHGlobal family last week. Pragma will be one day summit, focusing on high quality talks in an intimate atmosphere that fuels reimagining the world and networking with like-minded individuals. Watch the full Pragma Tokyo 2023 playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh72VNBeeMzsvxnDdJH-vPhZ&si=z7enlsk30_DUjIoL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Masa 'Senshi' Kikuchi* X: https://x.com/masa_web3 ✅ *Follow Secured Finance* X: https://x.com/Secured_Fi ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship?_ 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _