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As the crypto industry rides another bull cycle into 2025, there is renewed optimism that decentralized finance, or DeFi, will see a wave of mainstream adoption. ... DeFi protocols are ready to ...
DeFi promises to allow investors to “become the bank” by giving them opportunities to lend money peer-to-peer and earn higher yields than those available in traditional bank accounts.
The world of high frequency trading is characterized by heavy competition and short-term opportunities. Could DeFi be a new way to get ahead?
In December, Injective launched a Testnet for a DeFi trading platform built on top of its layer. [2] In April 2021, the platform raised $10 million in a "party" funding round with participation from billionaire Mark Cuban. [3] In July, Injective underwent a "CosmWasm mainnet" upgrade in order to bring scalable smart contracts to Injective. [4]
Communications on electronic trading platforms are based on a list of well-defined protocols. Although FIX protocol has grown significant market share, the exchange specific protocols (also called "Native" interfaces) have found a strong backing with people using low latency trading.
The person or entity behind a DeFi protocol may be unknown and may disappear with investors' money. [17] Investor Michael Novogratz has described some DeFi protocols as "Ponzi-like". [14] DeFi has been compared to the initial coin offering craze of 2017, part of a cryptocurrency bubble. Inexperienced investors are at particular risk of losing ...
Open protocols can help reform the financial system, says our columnist. But they need to come with safeguards consumers understand.
Uniswap is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange that uses a set of smart contracts to create liquidity pools for the execution of trades. It is an open source project and falls into the category of a DeFi product (Decentralized finance) because it uses smart contracts to facilitate trades instead of a centralized exchange.