Decentralized finance has been extremely popular in the past two years. Essentially, it involves using smart contracts to bring banking activities such as lending, trading, and wealth management onto the blockchain. No banks, no intermediaries are needed; users can directly collateralize their crypto assets to borrow or participate in liquidity mining to earn yields.
What is the biggest advantage of this model? Inclusivity and globalization. Wherever you are, as long as you have a wallet, you can participate, without being restricted by geographic location or traditional financial systems. Currently, the total value locked (TVL) in the DeFi market has exceeded one hundred billion dollars, which itself indicates the market's high level of activity.
ETH, as the mainstream choice in the DeFi ecosystem, along with tokens like BNB and XRP, also play important roles within their respective application ecosystems. The widespread adoption of these financial services has, to some extent, changed people's understanding of traditional finance.
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staking_gramps
· 14h ago
Hundreds of billions in locked assets sounds impressive, but how many actual users are able to make money?
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LiquidationTherapist
· 14h ago
Here we go again, DeFi is hot, but the speed of cutting leeks is unmatched.
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OneBlockAtATime
· 14h ago
It seems like once again the same rhetoric about promoting DeFi... but to be honest, the ones who really make money are still the early players and project teams.
Damn, smart contracts aren't that sacred either; there are plenty of hacks, and insurance can't cover them all.
Inclusivity? Laughable. Gas fees bankrupt people. Who's going to provide inclusivity for retail investors?
Just wait for layer2 to fully take over with ETH's mainstream status.
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WhaleStalker
· 14h ago
Hundreds of billions of dollars locked, to be honest, I'm still a bit worried about the risks. Liquidity mining looks good but has too many traps.
Decentralized finance has been extremely popular in the past two years. Essentially, it involves using smart contracts to bring banking activities such as lending, trading, and wealth management onto the blockchain. No banks, no intermediaries are needed; users can directly collateralize their crypto assets to borrow or participate in liquidity mining to earn yields.
What is the biggest advantage of this model? Inclusivity and globalization. Wherever you are, as long as you have a wallet, you can participate, without being restricted by geographic location or traditional financial systems. Currently, the total value locked (TVL) in the DeFi market has exceeded one hundred billion dollars, which itself indicates the market's high level of activity.
ETH, as the mainstream choice in the DeFi ecosystem, along with tokens like BNB and XRP, also play important roles within their respective application ecosystems. The widespread adoption of these financial services has, to some extent, changed people's understanding of traditional finance.