Decentralized finance (DeFi): a functional approach

M Aquilina, J Frost, A Schrimpf - Journal of Financial Regulation, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT 'Decentralized finance'(DeFi) refers to a range of applications in the crypto-asset
space that seek to disintermediate the provision of financial services through reliance on self …

[PDF][PDF] Decentralized finance

DA Zetzsche, DW Arner… - Journal of Financial …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT DeFi ('decentralized finance') has joined FinTech ('financial technology'),
RegTech ('regulatory technology'), cryptocurrencies, and digital assets as one of the most …

[HTML][HTML] DeFi risks and the decentralisation illusion

S Aramonte, W Huang, A Schrimpf - BIS Quarterly Review, 2021 - bis.org
Decentralised finance (DeFi) is touted as a new form of intermediation in crypto markets. The
key elements of this ecosystem are novel automated protocols on blockchains–to support …

Decentralized finance (DeFi): Transformative potential & associated risks

F Carapella, N Swem - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Decentralized finance (DeFi) refers to a set of newly emerging financial products and
services that operate on decentralized platforms using blockchains to record and share data …

Cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi)

I Makarov, A Schoar - Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2022 - muse.jhu.edu
The paper provides an overview of cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi). The
discussion lays out potential benefits and challenges of the new system and presents a …

Towards a theory of decentralized finance

M Bartoletti, JH Chiang, AL Lafuente - … , and WTSC, Virtual Event, March 5 …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has brought about decentralized applications which
allow untrusted users to lend, borrow and exchange crypto-assets. Many of such …

The technology of decentralized finance (DeFi)

R Auer, B Haslhofer, S Kitzler, P Saggese, F Victor - Digital Finance, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a new financial paradigm that leverages distributed
ledger technologies to offer services such as lending, investing, or exchanging cryptoassets …

[PDF][PDF] An introduction to decentralized finance (defi).

JR Jensen, V von Wachter… - … Systems Informatics & …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Decentralized financial applications (DeFi) are a new breed of consumer-facing financial
applications composed as smart contracts, deployed on permissionless blockchain …

Centralized and decentralized finance: Coexistence or convergence?

A Wieandt, L Heppding - The Fintech Disruption: How Financial Innovation …, 2023 - Springer
The financial crisis of 2007–2008 revealed that centralized finance (CeFi), which relies on
large, interconnected financial institutions, is easily destabilized. Since the crisis, significant …

A multivocal literature review of decentralized finance: Current knowledge and future research avenues

V Gramlich, T Guggenberger, M Principato… - Electronic Markets, 2023 - Springer
While decentralized finance (DeFi) has the potential to emulate and, indeed, outperform
existing financial systems, it remains a complex phenomenon yet to be extensively …