Actually I agree here. But also this is partly the aftermath of the "hostile era" - not that much DeFi is US-based.
Yet, there are many more good US-originated DeFi projects than presented in the list

Not a great lineup for the DeFi side of things. Mostly people who make more money if DeFi can’t compete with them. x.com/chairmanselig/…

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