Decentralized Finance Part 2: The Behavioral Science Perspective

Merle van den Akker
Nov 4 · 10 min read

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is making waves with several of its (crypto-)currencies, platforms and protocols becoming more and more prominent in the news and other forms of mainstream media. I was inspired by an article on “crypto-rebels” published on Bloomberg, that dives deeper into this topic. Within the first article, I laid out what DeFi is, wants and does, to the best of…

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Merle van den Akker

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Behavioural scientist, living the PhD life. Making behavioral & personal finance insights accessible to all. Read: moneyonthemind.org or Tweet: @MoneyMindMerle

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