Makerdao Dev Insists Defi Protocol Should Leverage Real World Assets to Scale

Makerdao Dev Insists Defi Protocol Should Leverage Real World Assets to Scale

On March 16, the protocol engineer at Makerdao and co-founder of the software and design firm Bellwood Studios, Hexonaut, announced a proposal to use real world assets (RWAs) in order to scale the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Makerdao. Hexonaut insists the bull market was good, but “the time is passing” and he believes Makerdao needs “to take the next step and begin integrating with the real world at scale.” Makerdao Community Proposal Discusses Integrating Real World Assets Into the CDP Equation A software engineer from the Makerdao team has....


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