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What I took from @eth_milano: - Stop calling it DeFi. On the "DeFi Trends: What's Ahead for Decentralised Finance?" panel, @0xAlbitrage was emphatic: it's onchain finance now. The word "decentralized" became a brand, not a description. @DanDeFiEd from @ryskfinance went deeper into where the line between centralized and decentralized actually sits today, and how onchain finance still operates fundamentally differently from CEX. The naming matters because it shapes how builders and institutions think about what they're working with. Nice thoughts from both sides! - TradFi wants to deploy onchain. But two things are killing the momentum. First, security is not where it needs to be, and institutions won't bridge serious capital until that changes. Second, the execution speed in EMEA is brutal. We're talking months just to get a single document signed. That gap between DeFi execution speed and TradFi bureaucracy is something everyone on stage acknowledged but nobody had a real answer for yet. - RWA and tokenization keep coming up in every conversation. More and more founders are trying to jump onto this narrative. Some are genuinely building infrastructure, some are just repositioning their pitch deck. - KOLs and influencers from completely different backgrounds and perspectives, not the usual echo chamber. Had real conversations, not just "gm" and badge scans. Also, almost everyone I spoke to has a serious motivation to grow their X presence. LFG! - @pear_protocol genuinely hyped for the product, big things coming. Now it’s time to test and try new @agent_pear who’s gonna assist you with your predictions on $HYPE for example:) @ryskfinance story hit different. 4 years of building, almost on the verge of closing down, and they're still here, still shipping, still growing. That kind of persistence doesn't get enough attention in this space. - @mbw_xyz 2027 just announced. Kudos to @DavideFi and the entire team for organizing @eth_milano. Was great meeting @not13ivan @OpenBitLab @francXBT @jeydReal @edoweb3 @0xedodm @mikhailtoh @parcifap @0xHvdes @mattdotfi & others (it’s hard to mention everyone xdd, no offence 😅). Catch up in the comments! See you at the next one 🇮🇹