The revolutionary world of decentralized finance comes with its own set of harsh realities. One of them being, the unpredictable nature of yields on lending platforms that are often reliant on real-time market demand and supply dynamics.
To offset the risk involved in permissionless lending, DeFi lending platforms typically require collateral that even exceeds the borrowed amount. Not only does this create an “artificial limit” on demand for loans, but it also leads to low yields that are exceeded by those offered on centralized platforms.
Moreover, while the premise of decentralized lending was meant to eliminate middlemen that benefit from arbitrage opportunities, the reality is that margin traders on centralized crypto exchanges determine
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