Liquidity staking in defi investing posted 26% gains in user deposits, with institutional desks experimenting on-chain for short-term treasury management. This cross-market integration mirrors prime brokerage strategies from equities. Finally, the analysts view Coinbase’s partnership with Circle Internet Group (NASDAQ: CRCL ) regarding USDC as a major, sustainable revenue generator (currently exceeding $1 billion annually), arguing that the mainstream adoption of stablecoins is still in its early days with a long runway for growth that will directly benefit Coinbase’s revenue share and platform engagement. One of the biggest claims of DeFi proponents is that this new financial technology will disrupt traditional banking. In the extreme case, they say DeFi would totally disintermediate — wipe out the middleman — in financial transactions, to be replaced by decentralized networks of peers. Defi investing correlation with gold prices has risen to 0.45, as investors treat top DeFi yield protocols as alternative safe havens during inflationary cycles — a trend echoed in precious metals trading.
