Bridging is still crypto’s worst UX... and it’s one of the reasons “DeFi has potential” keeps not turning into “DeFi has users”. Tim’s not with us for this episode, so Marcus is joined by Josh from Natively to talk about a simple idea: make DeFi work like a normal transfer. Natively’s bet is that you shouldn’t have to: bridge → find gas → download a new wallet → click through a dozen approvals → still somehow be stuck. Instead: you send funds to a deposit address, and the address is the instruction. That deposit address encodes what you’re trying to do... and Natively handles the cross-chain plumbing to execute it. This episode includes:A concrete example: deposit ETH → use it as collateral → borrow USDC“Swift for DeFi”… or maybe “Plaid for DeFi”: rails that make it boringly easyRemittances as the killer use case: send USDC from Revolut → auto-convert to a PHP stablecoin for family back homeHow to think about bridge security (incl. threshold signatures vs multisig trade-offs) Subscribe for new episodes every week: ‪@TheLocalWMC‬Also on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get your fix. Follow us on X: https://x.com/TheLocalWMC