Financial services like lending, trading, and earning yield built on smart contracts instead of banks. Anyone with a wallet can use DeFi permissionlessly, and the code is public. It removes intermediaries but shifts risk onto users, since bugs and exploits can drain funds with no recourse.
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DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
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