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DeFi offers to replace banks and other trusted financial third parties with smart contracts on the blockchain

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Video. DeFi explained: What is it and will it replace banks?

Updated: 27/09/2022 - 14:21 GMT+2

Bitcoin was developed as a decentralised payment system but decentralised finance, or DeFi, proposes to do much more than that.

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