Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a rapidly growing science that leverages distributed
ledger technology (DLT) to offer peer-to-peer financial services. The DeFi ecosystem
consists of decentralized applications that range from traditional financial services like
decentralized stock exchanges (DEX) and lending platforms to novel services like flash
loans. Despite the volatility of the crypto market, the trend of increasing adoption of DeFi
applications is evident and reflected in an increasing number of users, projects, market
capitalization of projects, and total value locked. Thus, DeFi is creating a decentralized
financial system in parallel with the traditional centralized system, depriving it of a
growing amount of resources.
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