DeFi and TradFi must put aside their differences

Like early email protocols, DeFi remains complex and isolated. Bridging DeFi and TradFi through hybrid payment solutions could unlock crypto’s mainstream potential.

Opinion by: Mark Jones, founder of Hana Wallet

It’s often forgotten that the first emails were sent between US college professors looking to share files and work collaboratively in the early 1970s. The sending of emails between two professors initially involved using a closed system between two computers on the ARPANET that would enable messages to be sent over the File Transfer Protocol. 

The process was slow, complex, time-consuming and consequently didn’t gain any traction beyond Ivy League universities or government research facilities.

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