DeFi or the decentralized finance industry has the potential to disrupt mainstream banks, as per experts. But the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) have deemed that the industry has a centralization issue and lawmakers should use that to regulate the sector. In a recent published quarterly review the bank highlighted the first of its five special features to discuss the decentralized and implications for financial stability. According to the report, the decentralized industry seeks to enhance the efficiency of financial transactions with automated contracts developed on blockchains. Notably, BIS revealed that there is a way from which lawmakers can enter in the industry.
DeFi requires centralized governance
According to the report of BIS, the DeFi industry has an unpreventable requirement for a centralized governance. According to Hyon Song Shin, BIS’ head of research, there is a limit to how far someone can run an entire financial system that is based on automated transactions. Hence, there would be events where the decentralized projects would need reorganization or judgment.
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