Decentralized finance (DeFi) was built to remove intermediaries, but new research argues it has instead created a fresh layer of middlemen—one that is increasingly concentrated. A report from CEPR and a University of Turin-linked research group warns that the market structure emerging around Ethereum (ETH) and on-chain trading is pulling DeFi back toward ‘recentralization’, undermining one of the sector’s core narratives.
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