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Decentralised Finance (DeFi): A New Financial Ecosystem (Synchronous E-learning)

Training Provider: SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
Course Reference: TGS-2021005206
S$600
Original: S$2,000
Save S$1,400

About This Course

At the end of the 2-day course, participants will be able to:
• Learn about the origins of DeFi
• Understand functions of DeFi infrastructure including smart contracts/ decentralised applications, oracles and stablecoins
• Develop working knowledge of DeFi primitives, e.g., transactions, fungible and non-fungible tokens, custody, supply adjustment and incentives (staking/ slashing), swaps, collateralised and flash loans
• Gain an appreciation of the problems that DeFi solves (inefficiency, limited access, opacity, centralised control, lack of interoperability)
• Understand the different DeFi use-cases, e.g., Credit/ Lending, Decentralised Exchanges, Derivatives and Tokenisation
• Gain an awareness of DeFi related risks, including smart-contract risk, governance risk, oracle risk, scaling risk, DEX risk and regulatory risk

What You'll Learn

Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is an emerging financial ecosystem based on FinTech that is set to empower the investors regarding investment-making decisions without any intermediaries like bank, insurance, or NBFCs (Non-Banking Finacial Companies). This course will provide participants an introductory dive into DeFi, its potential applications, promises, limitations, and more.

Course Details

Duration 16 hours
Language English
Training Commitment Not specified
Total Enrolled 372 students
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