"Decentralized Finance" TAG

In late 2019, Smith + Crown published a report on issues of fairness related to token distribution mechanisms. A key takeaway identified in this research was the significant extent to which a project’s choice of token distribution mechanism reflected its priorities regarding incentivizing certain initial contributions and ongoing user behaviors. In the two years since,...

Key Takeaways The growth of the Ethereum DeFi space was a key blockchain industry trend in 2019, with applications include stablecoins, lending, decentralized exchange, and synthetic asset issuance. Despite growth in Total Value Locked and number of users, DeFi-related tokens, including ETH, saw mixed returns. A variety of key challenges animate the ongoing development of...