Institutional decentralised finance at an inflection point

2026

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1) Institutional DeFi is at a critical juncture, moving from experimentation to a viable operating model for capital markets driven by economic necessity, regulatory clarity, and maturing infrastructure.
2) - Explores the evolution of DeFi from experiment to infrastructure, highlighting the impact of market events and maturation of protocols.
- Details the essential components of institutional on-chain finance: stablecoins, tokenization, and atomic settlement, and the economic benefits they unlock.
- Presents a framework for institutional adoption, emphasizing the need for a complete operating stack that integrates servicing, compliance, liquidity, and risk management, exemplified by the Apex Group and Aave Labs partnership.
3) DeFi, institutional finance, tokenization, blockchain, Aave

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