Ethereal Conference Features Open Finance Talk
- DeFi
- Ethereum

On May 7, 2020, The Block Research Analyst Matteo Leibowitz presented a deep dive into the Open Finance value proposition at the virtual Ethereal conference. His talk broke down how DeFi could reshape traditional finance, sparking early CT hype around yield farming and decentralized lending. This moment was a quiet but pivotal push for DeFi's mainstream narrative, long before the 2020 summer boom.