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Morning Edition · Friday, June 19, 2026
DeFi's Next Users May Never Know They Are Using It
A protocol chief executive argues the front-end application will control the customer relationship while decentralized systems operate out of sight underneath.
For years, decentralized finance (DeFi) tried to bring users on-chain. The next phase may hide the chain entirely. Matt Fisher, chief executive of the DeFi protocol Katana, told CryptoSlate that the next institutional wave could come from u…
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