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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 4

Five Key Problems of Centralized Financial Systems

Implications

2 The Origins of Modern Decentralized Finance 6

A Brief History of Finance 6

Fintech 6

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency 7

Ethereum and DeFi 9

3 DeFi Infrastructure 9

Blockchain 10

Cryptocurrency 10

The Smart Contract Platform 11

Oracles 12

Stablecoins 13

Decentralized Applications 14

4 DeFi Primitives 14

Transactions 15

Fungible Tokens 16

Nonfungible Tokens 19

Custody 20

Supply Adjustment 20

Incentives 22

Swap 25

Collateralized Loans 27

Flash (Uncollateralized) Loans) 28

5 Problems DeFi Solves 28

Inefficiency 29

Limited Access 30

Opacity 31

Centralized Control 32

Lack of Inoperability

6 DeFi Deep Dive 34

Credit/Lending 34

Decentralized Exchange 49

Derivatives 55

Tokenization 65

7 Risks 68

Smart Contract Risk 68

Governance Risk 70

Oracle Risk 71

Scaling Risk 72

DEX Risk 73

Custodial Risk 74

Regulatory Risk 75

8 Conclusions: Losers and Winners 76

DeFi and the Future of Finance

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    A Hardback by Campbell R. Harvey, Ashwin Ramachandran, Joey Santoro

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 20/08/2021
      ISBN13: 9781119836018, 978-1119836018
      ISBN10: 1119836018

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      1 Introduction 4

      Five Key Problems of Centralized Financial Systems

      Implications

      2 The Origins of Modern Decentralized Finance 6

      A Brief History of Finance 6

      Fintech 6

      Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency 7

      Ethereum and DeFi 9

      3 DeFi Infrastructure 9

      Blockchain 10

      Cryptocurrency 10

      The Smart Contract Platform 11

      Oracles 12

      Stablecoins 13

      Decentralized Applications 14

      4 DeFi Primitives 14

      Transactions 15

      Fungible Tokens 16

      Nonfungible Tokens 19

      Custody 20

      Supply Adjustment 20

      Incentives 22

      Swap 25

      Collateralized Loans 27

      Flash (Uncollateralized) Loans) 28

      5 Problems DeFi Solves 28

      Inefficiency 29

      Limited Access 30

      Opacity 31

      Centralized Control 32

      Lack of Inoperability

      6 DeFi Deep Dive 34

      Credit/Lending 34

      Decentralized Exchange 49

      Derivatives 55

      Tokenization 65

      7 Risks 68

      Smart Contract Risk 68

      Governance Risk 70

      Oracle Risk 71

      Scaling Risk 72

      DEX Risk 73

      Custodial Risk 74

      Regulatory Risk 75

      8 Conclusions: Losers and Winners 76

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