DeFi needs more tangible assets on-chain to see a successful future

DeFi needs more tangible assets on-chain to see a successful future

DeFi already offers innovative financial products, but what’s needed for it to go mainstream is to bring more real-world assets on-chain. In a business school lecture hall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a senior executive for Safaricom gave a prediction of decentralized finance and the future of commerce to a room of keen but confused MBA students. “You will be able to buy your first home on WhatsApp! Smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain will take care of everything and you won’t need a broker,” he said with conviction, pointing to a slide.“How will the house’s....


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