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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) as the term sounds, is a type of financial innovation that makes traditional financial services - savings, loans, trading, investing, insurance and more - accessible to anyone worldwide. It was born out of the introduction of bitcoin in 2008 and many ensuing cryptocurrencies that brought along a non-traditional way of thinking and interacting with finance through new technology. Some benefits include: decentralization (cutting off middlemen from transactions), transparency, permission-less globally and inclusive, interoperability, and earning opportunities.

Though it is promising, DeFi is also full of risks. Yield farming is probably the buzzword behind DeFi's popularity because of the huge rewards, which play on human weaknesses and desires to get rich quickly and effortlessly.  

At the same time, people should consider how the pursuit of high yields can be incredibly complex, risky, and not suited for everyone.   

I think the most decentralized of all DeFi Projects / Protocols are as follows: 

1. Compound

2. Uniswap

3. Maker

4. Aave

5. Yearn Finance

6. Curve

7. Balancer

Some of the upcoming protocols from India are: 

- EasyFi

- OpenDeFi

As people will be looking at the CREBACO report as a resource to know which exchanges are high quality and safe and which are not, there is a big responsibility in this choice.  To be globally relevant, the list needs to include the exchanges that have ease of access for citizens of countries around the world.  Unless the list is going to be only "best of", there would be a value to the community in taking 3-5 of the top exchanges by volume and doing an analysis on them that includes any evidence of wash trading, price manipulation, evidence of pay to play, etc.    For the remaining slots, you could come up with categories like "best UX/UI", "best customer service", "best track record", "best for a beginner", "lowest fees" etc. to give the community a focus point when selecting an exchange... Just a few thoughts. Hope this is helpful.  

That's no small question. I'm partial to projects bringing down the barriers and making blockchain technologies more accessible. As the supply chain continues to become more global, people will want to know if the inputs to the products they buy are made ethically, and following sound labor and environmental standards so I also like seeing solutions that bring more transparency to supply chain and logistics.

One company specializing in blockchain supply chain and logistics is Block Knowhow. Block Knowhow offer users unfamiliar with blockchain a working hyperledger blockchain that the visitors can participate in - in a non threatening way - by just responding with their interests and experience in blockchain to see their results graphed in real time.

Block Knowhow also offers HyperledgerHosting - a GUI tool that empowers developers with the controls of Hyperledger Fabric functions from the Command Line Interface to management Hyperledger Fabric Clusters of Servers that support the commercial development of blockchain solutions on a distributed ledger platforms.

Long term, another area where I think blockchain will have a profound impact is in the area of education and credentialing.