DeFi vs CeFi: What is the Difference?

DeFi, or decentralized finance, is the use of blockchain technology and smart contracts to build a transparent and open financial system. Replacing traditional trust based on people or third-party institutions with a decentralized protocol.

It is a type of finance built on the blockchain that does not rely on financial institutions such as brokers, exchanges or banks to provide financial instruments, but uses smart contracts on the blockchain (e.g. Ethereum) to conduct financial activities.

CeFi, or Centralized Finance, is the way most cryptocurrencies are currently traded and exchanged.

Within centralized finance, crypto investors will trade on a centralized exchange (CEX), where their cryptocurrency is stored in ‘hot wallets’ by the exchange themselves. They do not have complete ownership of their crypto assets.

What are the Main Differences?

The system is regulated in case of CeFi whereas exactly the opposite is the case with DeFi.

In CeFi, the responsibility of safeguarding the money of the users is with the exchanges. In Defi, the users are responsible for managing their own funds and activities.

In CeFi, it is possible to prevent trade and impose limitations on users, while the users are themselves responsible for managing their own funds and activities.

There are security risks such as exchange exit and asset loss in CeFi, and there are no security risks in this regard in DeFi.

What are the Application Areas?

DeFi: decentralized exchange(DEX), lending, derivatives, oracle, etc.

CeFi: centralized exchange(CEX), lending, margin trading, etc.

What are the Main Applications?

In both CeFi and DeFi models, exchanges are currently the main application through which users can trade digital currencies, perpetual contracts, spots, futures and other crypto assets.

Decentralized Exchange(DEX): Uniswap, MDEX, JustSwap, SushiSwap, Bancor Network, etc.

Centralized Exchange(CEX): OKCoin, OKX, Huobi, etc.

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