DeFi For Normal People

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A cautionary, concrete account of onboarding non‑crypto users: a friend hits opaque exchange fees and a clumsy on‑ramp, pays two transactions costing ~$15 each to approve and deposit, and needs a spreadsheet and DeBank to track performance. Claim: DeFi must hide this context to scale. Built: ether.fi / ethery products — ethery stake, ethery liquid (automated restaking vault) and a coming MPC wallet with credit card called ethery cash. Result: 3.5 billion TVL so far, but UX still blocks mainstream adoption.

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1. 0:00DeFi introduction
2. 1:58Real DeFi struggles
3. 9:24Why DeFi remains inaccessible today
4. 10:29Ether.fi’s vision

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