📊 Vitalik Buterin stated that #DeFi is essential to Ethereum’s value. The #Ethereum Foundation (EF) will focus on permissionless, open-source, privacy-first, and security-first finance that reduces intermediaries and enhances user asset control, rather than broadly supporting “onchain finance.” He emphasized that #DeFi should evolve beyond basic products like stablecoins to address deeper issues such as risk management and future expense hedging, with protocols that can pass the “walkaway test.” #stablecoin