DeFi stands for decentralised finance token. They are very complex but essentially aim to disrupt the finance world to enable people to follow and lend in peer-to-peer networks, without needing a bank.
Since the first digital currencies were devised after the financial crisis, $2.3tn has been invested in them. But how do they, and other assets transacted on blockchain technology, actually work? And what risks do they pose? Read our explainers

Over the last 24 hours, Ether (ETH), the currency for the Ethereum network, went from ₹3,86,457 to ₹3,80,498, with a market cap of ₹41.7T. In the same time, Litecoin (LTC) moved down from ₹23,859 to ₹21,497, a change of -9.90%, with a market cap of ₹1.4T. Ripple, or XRP, is another hugely popular token, with a market cap of ₹4.3T. In the last day, its value has changed -7.36%, moving from ₹105.61 to ₹97.85.
The funding was intended as the first step towards a future IPO, which Binance still claims is on the cards. Notably, Brooks lost out on the Coinbase IPO when he left to join the OCC. When he took on the OCC role in April 2020, he received $4.6 million for canceling his Coinbase options contract. Just a year later, the stock owned by Paul Grewal, his Coinbase replacement, was worth $300 million when Coinbase was listed.