Decentralized finance (DeFi) has reshaped the face of the cryptocurrency market over the past year, attracting the attention of both institutional investors and retail traders alike as the traditional financial sector continues to warm up to blockchain technology.
While the majority of largest DeFi protocols that have a significant amount of volume and value locked in the platform operate on the Ethereum (ETH) network, high fees and slower transaction times have allowed projects like Serum (SRM), a decentralized exchange (DEX) that operates on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, to rise in popularity and gain market share.