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About the Course

DeFi and the Future of Finance is a set of four courses that focus on decentralized finance. The final course is called DeFi Opportunities and Risks. It is essential that you complete the first three courses: I. DeFi Infrastructure; II. DeFi Primitives; and III. DeFi Deep Dive before beginning the fourth course. The course starts with the premise that an analysis of any new technology must clearly gauge the risks and challenges. Given that DeFi is only a few years old there are plenty of risks. The course begins with the most obvious risk: smart contract risk. Smart contracts are foundational for DeFi. The code of these contracts is public - opening a clear attack vector for hackers. That is, in traditional finance, hackers need to break into a system to get access to the code and data. In DeFi, everything is open source.There are many other risks studied including: Governance risk; Oracle risk; Scaling risk; Decentralized Exchange or DEX risk; Custodial risk; Environmental risk; and Regulatory risk....

Top reviews

TW

Dec 29, 2021

Excellent overview of the opportunities and risks of DeFi as of the end of 2021. Look forward to helping define the future of DeFi based on the understanding gained from these courses.

MZ

Sep 23, 2024

Thank you Cam Harvey for filling in some gaps. Great Course! Recommend it to anyone since you are still early to the Finance revolution. As often - first comes first served.

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By Maria d R N C

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May 24, 2023

Me gusto mucho, los temas son muy interesantes y la forma en la que permiten trabajar me agrado y se acomodo a mis tiempos.

By Omkar H

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Jan 25, 2022

Got basis and keen information about the various opportunities and risk in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space.

By PUREUM W

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Feb 28, 2024

It was a very satisfying class, and it would be nice to have a more in-depth course as a master degree course.

By Nickolai S

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Sep 11, 2024

Love it. A little older of a class but it talks about some of the still leading defi protocols in use today.

By Valdas N

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Aug 7, 2022

Many thanks to professor Harvey for the excellent course and perfectly accurate explanations.

By Bharat K

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Oct 10, 2023

Even in 2023 (some of it is definitely dated), it is quite relevant and I learned a lot

By Nicholas R K

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Mar 15, 2023

Excellent course with a wealth of valuable information and insightful perspectives.

By Josep J S

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Mar 21, 2022

Great course! Very well structured and Cam makes it easy to understand.

By Eric S

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Nov 11, 2022

Great introduction to DeFi and a very motivated and engaging professor

By Laurel H

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Jul 7, 2022

Great course for getting an idea of the basics of the DeFi landscape

By Andres S S

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Jun 27, 2024

very good, the only problem is that is outdated as is from 2021

By John F

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May 19, 2022

Excellent introduction by a great name in finance.

By Anyely S L R

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Feb 15, 2022

Excelente formación, agradecida con la oportunidad.

By Beny

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Dec 15, 2022

Great course! Professor Harvey is a rock star!

By Lv S

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Aug 7, 2022

a very good course gives full picture of defi

By antonio b

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Mar 1, 2024

Very instructive and a good introduction!!!

By Prasannakarthik S

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Jan 6, 2022

Honest in detailing out the risks of DeFi

By Albert Y

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Dec 28, 2021

Excellent introduction to the DeFi Space!

By Jad B

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Jan 2, 2022

Simply excellent. Thank you very much!!

By Svarichevskiy R V

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Dec 5, 2021

Controled risk is first in investments

By Max Z

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Jun 30, 2022

Best foundational course in blockchain

By Yuli K

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Feb 3, 2023

What an amazing and deep course!

By Abdellah D

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Mar 19, 2023

Very nice very nice!

By Matthias R

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Jun 24, 2022

Great course!!

By Victor O

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May 13, 2022

We need more .