Putting a cap on decentralization: How regulation impacts DeFi adoption

Putting a cap on decentralization: How regulation impacts DeFi adoption

As legislation threatens to allow centralization to creep into the DeFi space, regulation could have complex effects on the adoption. Decentralized finance (DeFi) is shaping up to be one of the most important sectors within the blockchain industry. In just the last two years, DeFi's total value locked (TVL) — the total value of assets locked into various DeFi platforms — has steadily increased from $21 billion at the start of the year to over $100 billion today.DeFi represents a wide range of financial products and services, including the all too popular decentralized exchanges (DEX).....


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