What is DeFi?
Updated: 2026-10-07 · MarketRadar Whale
DeFi (decentralized finance) is a set of services such as lending, trading and saving that run on smart contracts without a bank.
Examples
- Decentralized exchanges
- Lending against collateral
- Liquidity pools
Risks
- Bugs in contracts
- Hacks
- Losing collateral in a sharp move
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Is DeFi safe?
Audited contracts are safer, but risk is never zero.
How does DeFi relate to a DEX?
A DEX is one part of DeFi.
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