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Decentralized Finance, DeFi for short, is a term used to describe the decentralized services and products made possible with the help of decentralized technology. Example of DeFi includes lending services, decentralized exchanges, marketplaces, stablecoins, derivative platforms and much more. Other entities in the ecosystem include infrastructure platforms, payment providers and custodians.
Decentralized finance is an upgrade of traditional financial systems, which are centralized and as a result of this centralization, prevents a lot of individuals from accessing financial services and contributing to the global economy. The primary advantage of DeFi products is its ability to cater to the unbanked and undocumented, which form the majority of the world’s population. Many Defi entities describe this as being the most salient feature of decentralized systems.
These open source financial initiatives is a key part in the growth of the crypto ecosystem, as several projects have built their services and products on reducing the trust involved in financial services. This is in contrast to “fintech”, which primarily focuses on new emerging systems that are beneficial, but centralized.
The DeFi ecosystem has been steadily growing since the launch of projects during the boom of 2017, and current statistics show the total value locked in the ecosystem to be roughly $471 million. Examples of platforms include the MakerDAO ecosystem, Augur, Bancor and the Kyber Network.
Given that decentralized finance tools is at its optimum with a greater number of users, multiple scaling solutions, such as second layer protocols, are being worked on - including the Lightning Network, which has been growing in usage over the past year.
In this tag, read more about decentralized finance (DeFi) news, price predictions, opinions and analyses created by users.
38 minutes ago 4 minute read 0 comments ☑️0🆇D̺͈͙͕̿ͧ̑ͣ🅰🆅🅸🅳eͤ $0.01
On September 2nd, my main DeFi wallet was drained. There were no suspicious approvals or phishing sites. To be honest, I don't understand how it happened, especially since the drain occurred on all the chains where I had assets. You know, if you appr...
16 hours ago 3 minute read 0 comments Parity $0.09
Hyperliquid just dropped some news that's worth a slow read. On September 3, the team behind Hyperliquid shared an update about a new feature they're testing. It's called HIP-3*, and it's all about who gets to trade on certain markets and who doesn't...
17 hours ago 1 minute read 0 comments nsigo1 $0.04
While formal education remains important and it's importance cannot be over emphasized, it is also important for one to be able to create, innovate and repair with his or her hands. At times learning a tech skill is very important. Especially in a w...
18 hours ago 7 minute read 0 comments Era Wallet $0.09
How did ~4,000 BTC leave Liquid Network? A clear breakdown of the Elements vulnerability, L-BTC peg-out and what happened to the 11-of-15 multisig. On September 6, approximately 4,000 BTC worth around $320 million left the Liquid Network’s federatio...
6 Sep 2026 2 minute read 0 comments FreedomBuilder $0.09
CFTC moves to dismiss CME lawsuit: The CFTC filed to toss CME’s suit over crypto perpetual futures, calling it “much ado about nothing” and arguing CME lacks standing any registered DCM (including CME) can list similar contracts, so alleged harm is “...
6 Sep 2026 1 minute read 1 comment PVM $0.54
There's always some alpha! Rally has consistently focused on helping creators participate in the onchain economy without unnecessary complexity. No pumped leaderboards full of AI generated content! I became obsessed with understanding this industry,...
6 Sep 2026 1 minute read 0 comments nsigo1 $0.02
At times we feel we can't do certain things because of fear. Fear is one thing that has deprived us of a lot of things, because we have always failed to give it a trail, and as such we can't fully utilize the talent that we have instead we pa...
6 Sep 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Dan Ikigai $0.05
Maximizing Your Mining Yield When you’re working with modest capital, and really trying to test the waters before jumping off the deep end, every single satoshi and every little bitty electron building up to a watt matters. Whether holding for the lo...
4 Sep 2026 2 minute read 1 comment Parity $0.05
Bitcoin broke past $80,000 in the last day. That's a big number and it's got people talking again. But before you get too excited or too scared, let's look at what's really going on under the hood. Because here's the thing. Price going up is one sto...
4 Sep 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Omar Kamran $0.13
Here's a question that keeps crypto builders up at night: What happens when the majority of on-chain transactions aren't initiated by people? It's not a thought experiment anymore. Between May 2025 and April 2026, AI agents processed roughly 176 mill...
