Vitalik’s New Perspective: Algorithmic Stablecoins Are True DeFi—Will They Reshape the Future of Stablecoins?Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin openly criticized the practice of depositing USDC into Aave to earn interest on social media. He argued that this approach does not represent true DeFi, emphasizing that algorithmic stablecoins are the real embodiment of decentralized finance.