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