{"id":9521,"date":"2021-09-08T20:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=9521"},"modified":"2021-09-08T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:23:51","slug":"chainalysis-report-shows-that-institutional-investors-dominated-the-defi-scene-in-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/chainalysis-report-shows-that-institutional-investors-dominated-the-defi-scene-in-q2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainalysis report shows that institutional investors dominated the DeFi scene in Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Retail actors alone do not dominate the decentralized finance (DeFi) system<\/a> any longer, institutional investors are also delving into the market according to Chainalysis' Q2 report. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Institutional investors played a big influence in De adoption in Q2 2021, according to blockchain research firm \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>Chainalysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chainalysis noted in its soon-to-be-released “Global DeFi Adoption Index” report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLarge institutional transactions, meaning those above $10 million in USD, accounted for over 60% of DeFi transactions in Q2 2021, compared to under 50% for all cryptocurrency transactions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, in recent years, DeFi has become a major lure for big-money players, with banks and financial institutions beginning to invest in the crypto market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development is likely due to a shift in focus from supplying Bitcoin-related investment products to large-cap investors wishing to participate in the rapidly growing DeFi market<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chainalysis preview report also revealed a growing divide between DeFi and the broader crypto ecosystem in terms of adoption metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Institutional actors in large economies are apparently driving DeFi activity while emerging regions continue to demonstrate higher adoption of classic crypto assets like Bitcoin (BTC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, regulators are increasingly focused on the DeFi market, with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States recently launching an investigation into Uniswap<\/a>, the ecosystem's largest decentralized exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stricter DeFi market monitoring measures have been a prominent debate point among authorities in major economies. Chairman Gary Gensler of the Securities and Exchange Agency (SEC) highlighted DeFi as one of seven crypto-related regulatory challenges for the commission back in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gensler has already argued against DeFi protocols' decentralized character, claiming that many platforms are “very centralized” and will require government authorization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DeFi market's recent price drops have tempered the market's ascent since July, with the market's nominal<\/a> total value locked dipping below $100 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Retail actors alone do not dominate the decentralized finance (DeFi) system any longer, institutional investors are also delving into the market according to Chainalysis’ Q2 report. Institutional investors played a big influence in De adoption in Q2 2021, according to blockchain research firm Chainalysis. Chainalysis noted in its soon-to-be-released “Global DeFi Adoption Index” report: \u201cLarge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[4092,197,4308],"class_list":["post-9521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defi-news","tag-chainalysis","tag-defi","tag-institutional-investors"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chainalysis-report-shows-that-institutional-investors-dominated-the-DeFi-scene-in-Q2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}