What is DeFi

Decentralised Finance, or DeFi, is an umbrella term describing open financial products and services that aim to provide an alternative to those offered by centralised institutions like banks, credit unions, or insurance funds.

In practice, DeFi enables anyone with an internet connection to access financial services including borrowing, lending, and trading, without the restrictions they would experience using a trusted (centralised) institution.

DeFi not only provides an alternative to traditional finance, but it increasingly seeks to rethink the way people interact with money, offering lower-cost, faster, and more flexible products and services.

These services are typically accessible via applications built on top of decentralised protocols (blockchains), and are known as Dapps (decentralised apps).