Hazel
Well-known member
As regulatory frameworks for DeFi evolve globally—especially in the EU with MiCA and in the U.S. via the SEC/CFPB clampdown—we must ask: is this the beginning of mainstream DeFi adoption or the end of permissionless innovation? Projects like Aave and Compound are already implementing KYC layers. With $94B+ currently locked in DeFi, the stakes are massive. Should we embrace transparency for scale, or resist for the sake of ethos?