DeFi and the Future of Finance is a set of four courses that focus on decentralized finance. The third course is called DeFi Deep Dive. It is essential that you do the first two courses I. DeFi Infrastructure and II. DeFi Primitives before doing this course. It is the longest of the four courses and focuses on some of the leading protocols in the DeFi space. We will look at Credit and Lending (and feature MakerDAO, Compound and Aave), Decentralized Exchange with an analysis of how protocols like Uniswap and Balancer works, Derivatives (featuring Yield Protocol, dYdX and Synthetix) and Tokenization with an analysis of Set Protocol as well as wrapped bitcoin. For many of these leading protocols, we include detailed examples of how the mechanics work. For example, we show how to use a dYdX flash swap to execute an arbitrage transaction (take advantage of different prices on different exchanges for the same asset).
This course is part of the Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance Specialization
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About this Course
It is essential to complete Course I: Decentralized Finance: DeFi Infrastructure and Course II: Decentralized Finance: DeFi Primitives.
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Mechanics of credit and lending protocols; Decentralized exchange implementations; Derivatives and tokenization protocols.
Skills you will gain
- Set Protocol’s tokenization method
- Mechanics of Compound and Aave
- dYdX’s derivatives implementation
- Proficiency with MakerDAO
- Constant function Automated Market Makers
It is essential to complete Course I: Decentralized Finance: DeFi Infrastructure and Course II: Decentralized Finance: DeFi Primitives.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Credit and Lending
Decentralized Exchange
Derivatives
Tokenization
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- 5 stars92.07%
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TOP REVIEWS FROM DECENTRALIZED FINANCE (DEFI) DEEP DIVE
Very imformative. Very helpful. I am excited about the future of DeFi after taking this course.
This was really in depth and helped me understand many important protocols in an understandable and well explained way.
The most comprehensive overview of this vast and complex topic. Campbell Harvey manages to make this accessible and easy to follow.
Great introduction to DeFi and a very motivated and engaging professor
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