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- DeFi (decentralized finance): Blockchain-based financial services without traditional intermediaries, enabling lending, trading, and other activities directly between users.
- Total Value Locked (TVL): The total capital deposited in a blockchain's DeFi protocols, often used as a measure of ecosystem activity.
- Cardano: A blockchain platform founded by Charles Hoskinson, designed for scalability, interoperability, and sustainability.