Khan Academy
FreeDeFi - Business of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
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This course sets aside protocol mechanics and looks at how decentralized finance platforms generate cash flow and create value. The focus is on structure, incentives and the strategies that keep a project funded until it can sustain itself, with case studies showing how specific protocols put the concepts into practice.
Readers who understand finance or economics but have not worked with blockchain systems will find a clear bridge. The course says plainly that it is not technical, so developers looking for code-level detail will need other sources.
A later section covers risks and sustainability, which makes the case studies a useful place to test your own assumptions.
Course Update 1st August 2022
30 minutes of new video content that includes -
A completely new section on risks and sustainability in DeFi.
Many case-studies covering specific use cases of the concepts discussed.
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Reading material - DeFi Case Studies - 70 pages (with Lecture 7)
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Much more graphics - complete new recording
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First of all, let be clear that - this is not a technical course - this is a business course. This course does not delve into specific DeFi protocols but talks about the broad structure of DeFi platforms with some case studies on how specific protocols implement the concepts discussed.
Decentralized Finance or DeFi platforms are disrupting the financial sector and many want to join the movement. The challenge they face is that building and evaluating these platforms need a deep understanding of economics, finance, and business. Decentralized Finance is fundamentally multidisciplinary. You do not need to master all the subjects but need some basic understanding of various disciplines to get into DeFi.
Apart from that, building these platforms is a time-consuming and resource-intensive process. Until these DeFi platforms become self-sustaining, there has to be some mechanism to create economic incentives for the stakeholders so that the project is not abandoned. Creating those economic incentives involves balancing out the short-term cash flows with long-term wealth creation. For that, we need to know how DeFi platforms generate cash-flows and create value. Creating cash-flows and creating value need various approaches and involve different kinds of strategies.
Unfortunately, the learning sources for DeFi are often scattered and/or primarily focused on the technical side of DeFi. There is a need for learning sources that deal with the finance and business side of DeFi in a well-structured manner.
This is what this course is trying to achieve.
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