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DEFI - Decentralized Finance, the new financial system

Step into the future of finance and master the tools that are reshaping the global economy. Learn how to navigate DeFi platforms, use smart contracts, and unlock real-world applications like lending, borrowing, and decentralized trading — all without relying on traditional banks.
Advanced
In class training
Start date
Start date
Interest list
Member price
€575
Members €575
Non-members €675
BZB €575
CPD Hours General
Bank 6h
Insurances 6h
Consumer loans 6h
Mortgages 6h
Compliance bank and insurances 6h
  • For those who wish to go beyond the basics
  • Learn in a group, in a motivating and targeted way
  • Deepen your knowledge and obtain recognized continuing professional development hours
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Objective

A training with impact

Decentralized Finance, abbreviated DeFi, is a set of new financial applications based on the decentralized systems. The main goal of DeFi is to create a new financial system that is self-contained and independent of centralized institutions.

DeFi platforms allow savings, loans, insurance and many other financial transactions to be performed anywhere, anytime. All that is required is an internet connection that provides access to the decentralized applications.

These decentralized applications use the so-called smart contracts. This makes it possible to arrange all the above matters without the intervention of an intermediary.

The objective of the training is:

  • to understand the building blocks and ecosystem of DeFi;
  • to discover the uses cases of DeFi: lending, borrowing, stablecoins, decentralized exchanges, etc;
  • to teach how to use the DeFI applications.
Target audience

This training is for

The training course can be taken by various target groups which are active in the following functions, among others:

  • sales;
  • front office;
  • private bankers;
  • risk managers;
  • teammanagers;
  • non-tech employees of the financial industry.
Contents and practical information

Step by step through the training process

CONTENT

  • Introduction
    1. What is a blockchain and what are the building blocks of a typical Blockchain?
    2. Explain terminology as hot/cold wallet, cryptographic keys, smart contracts, nodes, protocols…
    3. Cryptography: Symmetric Ky and Asymmetric key
    4. The anatomy of a transaction
    5. The UTXO model and the account based model
    6. Ethereum vs Bitcoin
      Difference between a DApp and a traditional App
    8. How to value cryptocrrencies
  • DeFI
    1. Centralized vs decentralized Finance
    2. Major components
    3. What are centralized crypto exchanges and what are decentralized exchanges?
    4. Role of brokers and custodians
    5. Difference between: On-Chain order book, Off-chain order book and Automated market maker
    6. Uniswap, MakerDAO
  • Stablecoins
    1. What are stablecoins and where are they used
    2. Types van stablecoins: Fiat backed, Crypto Backed, Commodity Backed, Algorithmic backed
    3. Rebase and Seignorage model
  • CDBC
    1. Introduction
    2. Project Sela demonstrates that retail CBDC can support access, cybersecurity and competition, while retaining cash features
    3. Project Rosalind: an application to distribute retail CBDC
    4. Project Jura: cross-border settlement using wholesale CBDC
  • Borrowing and Lending
    1. How does borrowing and lending works?
    2. Importance of a pool and the collateral factor.
  • Blockchain in Asset Manangement
    1. impact cryptocurrency on a diversified portfolio
    2.  potential role that blockchain has in delivering asset management services
    3. Set protocol
  • Risks
    1. Risks – Smart Contract and Regulatory
      1. Smart Contract Risk
      2. Forks: Soft and Hard
      3. Regulatory Risk
    2. Risks – Governance, Oracle, and Custodial
      1. Governance Risk
      2. Oracle Risk
      3. DNS/DEX/Custodial/Environmental Risk

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

  • Duration: 1 day of training (6 class hours)
  • Hours: 09:00 to 17:00
  • Location: Febelfin Academy: Phoenix building, Koning Albert II-laan/Boulevard du Roi Albert II 19, 1210 Brussels
  • Language: This training will be given in English
Pricing

Rates and benefits

Member price
€575
Members €575
Non-members €675
BZB €575

* Are you entitled to compensation or subsidies?
* Price: service provided as part of continuing vocational training, VAT exempt

This training tailored to your company
Teachers

Learn from experienced experts

Bart Bours
Learning format

Our guidance throughout the learning process

You follow a ‘Classroom training’ in a group. You, the other participants and the teacher are all present in the same classroom at an agreed time. There is an opportunity for interaction and feedback, both from the participants to the teacher and vice versa. The teaching material consists as a basis of a presentation via the MyFA learning platform, supplemented with various other items (such as digital syllabus, presentation, audiovisual fragments, etc.).



Training material: PowerPoint presentation.

Advanced
In class training
Start date
Start date
Interest list
Member price
€575
Members €575
Non-members €675
BZB €575
CPD Hours General
Bank 6h
Insurances 6h
Consumer loans 6h
Mortgages 6h
Compliance bank and insurances 6h
  • For those who wish to go beyond the basics
  • Learn in a group, in a motivating and targeted way
  • Deepen your knowledge and obtain recognized continuing professional development hours
Toevoegen aan favorieten
Opleidingsfiche downloaden Mail course file

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