Institutions Won't Adopt DeFi Until It Evolves to Meet Their Needs

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/institutions-wont-adopt-defi-until-it-evolves-to-meet-their-needs. DeFi needs more than regulatory clarity to attract institutions. Its infrastructure must evolve to support compliance, RWAs and regulated financial markets. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #defi, #tradfi-vs-defi, #institutional-defi, #real-world-assets, #rwa-tokenization, #erc-3643, #permissioned-tokens, #tokenized-securities, and more. This story was written by: @vtikhomirov. Learn more about this writer by checking @vtikhomirov's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. - Institutional adoption of DeFi depends on more than regulatory clarity — the underlying infrastructure also needs to evolve. - Regulated assets require features such as identity controls, transfer restrictions, trading hours, and asset-specific rules. - Adding compliance mechanisms does not have to undermine decentralization if they are built into programmable infrastructure. - DeFi should preserve its core advantages: non-custodial access, composability, transparency, and fewer intermediaries. - The next generation of financial infrastructure will combine TradFi's experience with regulated markets and DeFi's programmable, open architecture.