# DEFI

**Published by:** [Jymshelia](https://paragraph.com/@jymshelia/)
**Published on:** 2024-02-16
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@jymshelia/defi

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DeFi (or “decentralized finance”) is an umbrella term for financial services on public blockchains, primarily Ethereum. With DeFi, you can do most of the things that banks support — earn interest, borrow, lend, buy insurance, trade derivatives, trade assets, and more — but it’s faster and doesn’t require paperwork or a third party. As with crypto generally, DeFi is global, peer-to-peer (meaning directly between two people, not routed through a centralized system), pseudonymous, and open to all.

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