Ask An Expert: Dhawal Shah on DeFi - ‘The Most Effective Use Case for Blockchain’

Emmet McGonagle

Jun 17, 2022

Dhawal Shah, co-founder of Web3 DeFi Wallet Frontier, has explained the nuances and benefits of DeFi decentralised finance) and GameFi on managing early-stage investments.


In an article written by Dhawal for
Coin Crunch, the Frontier co-founder - who has managed more than 70 early-stage investments across Web3, DeFi, Metaverse, and GameFi - hailed decentralised finance as “the most effective use case for blockchain”.


On the topic, he elaborated: “In the traditional finance world or Centralised Finance (CeFi), you are able to save capital, deposit and withdraw, invest, lend and borrow, send and r
eceive payments, maintain multiple accounts and so on.”


However, DeFi differs from its centralised counterpart as it “requires no regulator or intermediary” (such as a bank, which provides a service fee for its contributions), which Dhawl claims makes “financial services more accessible, more efficient, less expensive and globally linked”. 


The metaverse and Web3 (including DeFi) are set to be discussed at Valh
alla Private Capital’s Ask An Expert event on 1 March.


Moderated by
Mark Mitchell, Edmonton Chapter President at Valhalla Private Capital, the virtual event will feature Blockchain Founders Fund managing director Aly Madhavji, Frontier co-founder Dhawal Shah and Jeffrey Manner, general partner at Weave VC.


Do you have a question about angel investing? Get in touch with Valhalla Private Capital via our
contact page.

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