Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

DeFi replaces traditional financial intermediaries — banks, brokers, clearinghouses — with self-executing smart contracts deployed on a blockchain. Lending, borrowing, trading, and yield generation all happen through open-source code rather than a central institution. On CryptoBeacon we cover how these protocols actually work, what the real risks are, and the practical steps involved in using DeFi safely — without investment advice or price speculation.