Bitwise CEO: DeFi will not die. Not all treasuries are equally reliable

According to Coindesk, Bitwise co-founder and CEO Hunter Horsley said at the Consensus2026 conference in Miami,"I think DeFi is still living well." The specific recent incident is an operational security issue, not a smart contract being breached by hackers. He also believes that the encryption industry is rapidly entering the mainstream, and both DeFi and on-chain treasury need to respond to this moment; treasury has only been around for two years."Not all treasury treasury funds are equally reliable, and those who enter first need to do more homework." YoniAssia, co-founder and CEO of eToro, also said DeFi is "the inevitable future."<br /> During the roundtable discussion, several guests made predictions for DeFiTVL in the next five years: eToro CEO YoniAssia gave US$5 trillion; BitwiseCEO Hunter Horsley gave US$500 billion; a16zCrypto partner Guy Wuollet refused to give specific numbers, saying only that "my numbers are up and right."