The surge in decentralised finance: potential and challenges of cryptocurrency in reshaping financial services

TVL Data: Growth of DeFi TVL across Ethereum-based protocols (source: DappRadar)
Uniswap Metrics: Daily trading volume on the Uniswap decentralized exchange (source: Dune Analytics)
MakerDAO: Historical market capitalization of Dai stablecoin (source: CoinMarketCap, MakerDAO dashboard)
Aave Lending Trends: Loan activity over time on Aave lending protocol (source: Stelareum)
User & Capital Flow: Aggregated user activity data from Uniswap, Aave, and Compound project reports
Chart Source Notes: Documentation of data sources for figures included in the thesis