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According to Boris Alergant, head of DeFi markets at Ripple Lab, a killer app for consumers is what will be required to advance the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry to a point where it attracts a wide audience. The statements by Alergant were made on Tuesday at the Blockchain Futurist Conference during a panel discussion titled “The Future of Decentralized Finance.”
In addition to Alergant, additional panellists included CEO and co-founder of Teller Finance Ryan Berkin, CEO and co-founder of FLUIDEFI Lisa Loud, and CEO of Aventus Ventures Kevin Hobbs. The panelists’ consensus was that centralized financial institutions will eventually drive DeFi adoption into the mainstream. According to Alergant, expansion will probably result from a user-friendly CeFi software that promotes DeFi services.
For a typical user, explaining to your mother how to go out and stake on Ave or ETH is a process. She wants to produce that yield but doesn’t know how to make use of MetaMask. She wants to conduct business but she is unsure how. Alergant says the they think institutional adoption is where it’s heading, and the institutions are what will make it possible for consumers to use that killer app to really elevate crypto and DeFi to the next level.
The Explaination by Ripple CEO
Similar sentiments were shared by Loud, co-founder and CEO of FLUIDEFI, who said that despite not being familiar with TCP/IP or the internet protocol suite, the average individual finally embraced the web. We’re all online, right? For us, the internet represented a paradigm change, yet we had little knowledge of TCP/IP. Since everyone who already uses DeFi is familiar with the protocols, the current setup is neither sustainable nor a suitable one for adoption.
She said that if we are ahead by just two years, she sees institutions spending more in DeFi and businesses creating user experiences that are easier. The Ripple CEO also explained how the DeFi and CeFi sectors will soon collaborate to offer users banking services. DeFi will eventually support and enhance CeFi. In the end, it doesn’t matter if a deal takes place on a centralized exchange or a decentralized exchange. He simply demands the best execution.
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