TradFi Eyes DeFi: Citi Frames Aave as Decentralized Prime Brokerage
New Citi research positions Aave as a potential 'Decentralized Prime Brokerage,' a framing that signals serious institutional attention to onchain lending markets.
What we know
An account on X calls it a 'major' development that banks are paying real attention to the onchain economy, quoting another account on X's summary of Citi research that specifically names Aave in the prime brokerage context. This follows a broader trend of TradFi research desks publishing DeFi-native theses and maps onto the ongoing narrative around institutional DeFi adoption.
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