Blockchain technology and its associated cryptocurrencies were designed to make tools of the financial industry available to anyone with an internet connection. Like traditional banks, cryptocurrency assets offer all of the same products, including borrowing and lending, only in a decentralized format to reduce fees and discrimination. Since decentralized finance (DeFi) eliminates intermediaries from the equation, equal opportunities are given to billion-dollar companies and regular humans, and higher interest rates also prevail. In practice, most decentralized loans today are conducted through a lending pool.
Traditionally, collateralized loans (also known as securities-based loans) use a valuable asset to help secure the loan amount,
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