The DeFi revolution is transforming our financial landscape and empowering everyday people to take back control over their assets. However, the skill level necessary to practice DeFi successfully remains an obstacle to mass adoption. To overcome this roadblock and help grow decentralized finance, we need more DeFi aggregation services.
What is DeFi aggregation?
DeFi made simple
Aggregators are platforms that combine several different DeFi protocols to create a more efficient and complete service for end users. For example, 1inch aggregates multiple DEXs to find the best routes with minimal gas and slippage costs. Yearn Earn, on the other hand, aggregates several different loan, insurance and yield protocols. Other aggregators like Open Ocean help users capitalize on a range of opportunities via both DeFi and CeFi.
In each example, aggregation improves the user experience by increasing efficiency and reducing complexity. Instead of needing to jump between a variety of different protocols, DeFi investors can simply select what they want to accomplish and let the aggregator do the rest.
Amplifying communities
A key strength of Web3 is the community. The number of active users is what makes a protocol successful by generating trading volume and locked…
