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A Unified Framework and Comparative Study of Decentralized Finance Derivatives Protocols
Luca Pennella, Pietro Saggese, Fabio Pinelli +1
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications introduce novel financial instruments replicating and extending traditional ones through blockchain-based smart contracts. Among these app…
Slaying the Dragon: The Quest for Democracy in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
Stefano Balietti, Pietro Saggese, Stefan Kitzler +1
This chapter explores how Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), a novel institutional form based on blockchain technology, challenge traditional centralized governance str…
Towards Verifiability of Total Value Locked (TVL) in Decentralized Finance
Pietro Saggese, Michael Fröwis, Stefan Kitzler +2
Total Value Locked (TVL) aims to measure the aggregate value of cryptoassets deposited in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols. Although blockchain data is public, the way TVL is…