Decentralize Finance (Defi)
Decentralized finance (commonly referred to as DeFi)
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Decentralized finance (commonly referred to as DeFi) is a -based form of finance that does not rely on central financial such as , , or to offer traditional , and instead utilizes on blockchains, the most common being . DeFi platforms allow people to lend or borrow funds from others, speculate on price movements on a range of assets using derivatives, trade , insure against risks, and earn in savings-like accounts. DeFi uses a layered architecture and highly composable building blocks. Some DeFi applications promote high but are subject to high risk. By October 2020, over $11 billion (worth in cryptocurrency) was deposited in various decentralized finance protocols, which represented more than a tenfold growth during the course of 2020. As of January 2021, approximately $20.5 billion was invested in DeFi.