Coinshares Outlines the Current State of DeFi

Defi, decentralized finance, is one of the hottest topics in crypto. Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, an digital asset investment firm, recently posted a full breakdown of DeFi at this point in time. These are a few of the key insights:

DeFi Lending and Borrowing Rates

Maker and Aave market share battle

On the day the article was posted, Maker (MKR / DAI) held over 30% market dominance via Defi Pulse:

However, this has shifted in favor of Aave (LEND):

Note that the amount locked in USD has almost doubled in the last month.

Companies with which to gain leverage

Coinshares - DGLD, Digital gold product
Figure - Digital home equity lines of credit
Shuttleone - Letters of Credit using Maker Dai
Centrifuge - Platform to turn any assets into tokens, including NFTs, non-fungible tokens

What we need for the Future

Black box credit score calculation
New credit scoring models
Progressive credit scoring
Credit scoring data network

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