Decentralized finance (DeFi) has surged as a disruptive force, solving challenges facing traditional finance, and enabling novel opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation within the financial landscape.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has surged as a disruptive force, solving challenges facing traditional finance, and enabling novel opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation within the financial landscape. Through open and permissionless platforms, DeFi facilitates greater accessibility to financial services, empowering entrepreneurs globally to participate in funding, lending, innovative payment systems, smart contracts and asset management without traditional intermediaries. However, the nascent nature of DeFi brings challenges and risks such as regulatory uncertainties and smart contract vulnerabilities, potentially impeding its widespread adoption and raising concerns regarding security and stability. Despite these challenges and risks, DeFi's innovative infrastructure and potential to redefine financial systems underscore its transformative impact on entrepreneurial ventures, heralding a new era of decentralized and inclusive finance.
1. The assignment should be well-structured, and presentation should look professional. Your submission should include an executive summary, analyses, tables, charts, conclusions……etc. 2. The references should be written in APA style, including in-text citations and a reference list. 3. The word limit for the written report is between 4000-5000 words, not including appendices and list of references. 4. Please write the word count on the cover page of the assignment. Use your own words and do not copy and paste from any source. 5. The use of Generative AI is strictly forbidden. I attached three articles to try to use when solving in addition to other articles that are published Discuss the above arguments (in the summary section) in line with the literature with critical reflection on GCC and case studies discussed during the course.