Company Stats:

• Founding Year: 2019
• Pre-Seed Funding Raised: $1.4 million
• Employees: 11
• Community Members: 300,000-400,000 across various platforms
• Unique Website Visitors: ~250,000/month
• Newsletter Subscribers: ~90,000
• Podcast Listeners: 5,000-10,000 per episode

Episode Highlights:

• ✅ Camila Russo builds The Defiant, a key player in DeFi media, raising $1.4M and growing a vast community.
• ✅ The Defiant curates essential DeFi, Web3, and crypto news, distilling complex information into actionable insights.
• ✅ Staking and meme coins capture DeFi enthusiasts' attention, showcasing the spectrum from innovative financial strategies to speculative trends.

Episode Summary:

In this episode, Camila Russo, founder of The Defiant, shares her journey from Bloomberg News reporter to leading a media company at the forefront of decentralized finance (DeFi). Since its inception in 2019, The Defiant has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed funding and built a significant community with hundreds of thousands of followers across various platforms. Camila discusses the challenges and opportunities in the DeFi space, emphasizing the importance of independent journalism in navigating the rapidly evolving crypto landscape. The conversation delves into the complexities of Ethereum's transition to proof of stake, the emergence of meme coins, and the role of media in educating and guiding the DeFi community.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:07 Company Stats

01:13 DeFi and Ethereum

03:43 Staking, Restaking, and Meme Coins

06:15 The Defiant's Mission

07:15 How to Connect with The Defiant