Just the word incites a reaction of either eye-rolls or intense enthusiasm. Eye-rolls tend to come from those that believe it is just another form of gambling: “it’s a volatile stock market equivalent, but highly unregulated. Invest at your own peril!” the eye-rollers would say. The enthusiasts are either those that bet big and won during the 2017 or 2021 crypto-craze, convinced that this is the future touting, “high risk, high rewards!”, and then there are those that are excited by the philosophy of decentralized finance and intrigued by the limitless opportunities that are presented by blockchain technology and its many derivatives, from cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the multitude of these applications in the metaverse.
