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Katherine Wu on DeFi and the Inevitability of the Digital Yuan

Katherine Wu on DeFi and the Inevitability of the Digital Yuan

Katherine Wu on DeFi and the Inevitability of the Digital Yuan

How DeFi found its footing in 2019 and what it means that 2020 will see the launch of a Chinese digital yuan.

How DeFi found its footing in 2019 and what it means that 2020 will see the launch of a Chinese digital yuan.

How DeFi found its footing in 2019 and what it means that 2020 will see the launch of a Chinese digital yuan.

AccessTimeIconDec 30, 2019, 8:00 PM
Updated Aug 19, 2021, 12:05 AM

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Katherine Wu was a founding team member at Messari before moving into a VC role at Notation Capital, but is perhaps best known in crypto for her epic annotations of key regulatory enforcement actions.

In this end-of-year interview with The Breakdown, Katherine argues that decentralized finance is the narrative of 2019, but also that when it comes to 2020, the emergence of a Chinese digital yuan is likely to have a huge impact on the crypto space. 

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