The Problem with Static DeFi Vaults - and What Veda Built Instead

🎙️ Guest: Stephanie Vaughan, Co-Founder & COO of Veda
 🕒 Duration: ~35 mins

Episode Overview

DeFi moves quickly. Narratives change.

Infrastructure is what holds it all together.

In this episode of Token for Your Thoughts, Lindsey McConaghy sits down with Stephanie Vaughan, Co-Founder & COO of Veda, to talk about what it takes to build vault infrastructure that can adapt to crypto’s constant evolution.

Stephanie’s background spans the Naval Academy, five years in the Marine Corps (including Operation Enduring Freedom), investment banking, fintech, and eventually crypto. That mix of discipline and financial experience shaped how she approached building Veda.

Today, Veda provides vault infrastructure for partners like EtherFi and other DeFi platforms, enabling dynamic yield strategies without users needing to actively manage multiple protocols themselves.

They get into:

• Stephanie’s transition from military service to crypto
 • Why Veda focused on infrastructure instead of going direct-to-consumer
 • The difference between static vaults and dynamic, rebalancing strategies
 • Scaling through partnerships
 • The realities of institutional adoption, compliance, and AML
 • Why founders should solve a real problem, not just improve something marginally

If you’re interested in how crypto infrastructure is built and scaled, this episode breaks it down clearly.

Where to Listen

🔹 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-problem-with-static-defi-vaults-and-what/id1799063494?i=1000750433814
🔹 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GBJB4KJQ2Rbm4QU5NHP2H?si=z5fRQKhMSQGrPJTqz4xuiQ
🔹 YouTube → https://youtu.be/Rep40Lkyro8

Connect with Veda & Stephanie

🌐 Website: https://veda.tech/
 🐦 X: @veda_labs, @GoodStephV

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