DeFi (or “decentralized finance”) is the umbrella term used to denote the financial services offered on the public blockchains, particularly Ethereum.  There are several other altcoin blockchains offering DeFi these days.

With DeFi, you will be able to do many things with your cryptocurrency.  Investors will be able to earn interest by depositing their crypto.  Investors will be able to borrow, lend, buy insurance, trade derivatives, trade assets, and more.  The good news is that it is faster; however, does not need paperwork or a third party as an intermediary.

As with crypto generally, DeFi is global and peer-to-peer, which means the transactions are direct between two people who are peers.  The transactions are not routed through a centralized system, it is pseudonymous, and it is open to all.

Avalanche (AVAX)

Avalanche is the fastest smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry, in terms of time-to-finality.

Avalanche (AVAX) is a smart contract enabled blockchain platform, which places great emphasis on transaction speed, low costs, and eco-friendliness. Avalanche is working to continually sustain a highly scalable blockchain which does not sacrifice decentralization or security.

DeFi, covers several sectors. There are more than 58 apps classified as providing for DeFi in the Avalanche Ecosystem and it includes a combination of home-grown applications and integrations of existing solutions like Aave and Curve.

Several Leading DeFi applications are there in the Avalanche network. Many of them are an answer to the question, “What would [insert name of well-known dApp] look like if it was faster and cheaper to use?” Naturally, there are also genuine innovations that add to the existing DeFi universe.

Terra (LUNA)

Terra (LUNA) is a decentralized financial infrastructure and blockchain protocol which has introduced some unique concepts and theories into the market. Terra DeFi Creates Algorithmic stable coins.

The network leverages the process by making use of native token, stablecoin protocol, oracle system, and smart contracts to bring to users with programmable money on the internet.  Terra network provides users with competitive programmable payments, logistics, and an infrastructure designed to simplify Dapp and stablecoin development.

Wrapped BTC

Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) is a modified version of Bitcoin.  It was mainly created to permit Bitcoin holders to participate in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) apps, which are popular on Ethereum.  The important improvement in the process is that wrapped bitcoin transactions clear faster than bitcoin transactions.

There are several other DeFi Networks in the cryptocurrency space.