Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverageEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said low-risk DeFi could become Ethereum’s main revenue engine, replacing its reliance on ”embarrassing” meme coins, and NFTs. “Low-risk DeFi, with a goal of enabling global permissionless access to payments and to the best savings opportunities, is a form of finance that is positively changing the world.”Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said “low-risk DeFi” could become Ethereum’s core application, similar to how search powers Google. “This disjointness created a lot of dissonance in the community,” Buterin said,Such a gap left the community waiting for something that could fit perfectly, and low-risk DeFi could just be it, Buterin said. Low-risk defi used to be constrained by regulatory barriers and smart contract safety risks. pic.twitter.com/ZC9NKF2DbA — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) September 21, 2025Ethereum Can Outperform GoogleEthereum even has the potential to outperform Google, Buterin said, not just financially, but ethically.