# Decentralized Finance > DeFi **Published by:** [DrFaust](https://paragraph.com/@drfaust/) **Published on:** 2024-04-21 **Categories:** ether, eth, defi, ethereum **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@drfaust/decentralized-finance ## Content Ethereum has emerged as the leading platform for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, which seek to recreate traditional financial services such as lending, borrowing, and trading in a decentralized manner. DeFi protocols built on Ethereum have seen explosive growth, with billions of dollars in total value locked (TVL) within these protocols. ## Publication Information - [DrFaust](https://paragraph.com/@drfaust/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@drfaust/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@drfaust): Subscribe to updates ## Optional - [Collect as NFT](https://paragraph.com/@drfaust/decentralized-finance): Support the author by collecting this post - [View Collectors](https://paragraph.com/@drfaust/decentralized-finance/collectors): See who has collected this post