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Decentralized finance (DeFi) is an umbrella term for a set of smart-contract-based applications where smart contracts replace many roles of classic financial intermediaries. Token transfers, tokenized credit and lending services, and other financial services are automatically executed by a public blockchain infrastructure based on the conditions formalized in smart contracts. A growing body of tokenized asset classes are becoming accepted as collateral in DeFi applications, including real-world assets, which in turn could potentially convert many assets or access rights of the real world into so-called “bankable funds.” This chapter will outline how the tokenization of more and more asset classes, combined with a growing body of composable plug-and-play financial products, might challenge our current definition of what constitutes money, finance, and the real economy.
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Intro
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History of Finance & Potentials of DeFi
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DeFi vs. CeFi
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Composability & Money Legos
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Challenges of DeFi
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ReFi, MachineFi & DeSci
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Bankable Funds & the Future of Finance
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Chapter Summary
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Footnotes
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References & Further Reading
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@book{title={Token Economy: Money, NFTs & DeFi}, author={Voshmgir, Shermin}, year={2023}, publisher={Token Kitchen} }