#postontradfi TradFi stands for Traditional Finance. It refers to the conventional financial system built around centralized institutions like banks, stock exchanges, brokers, insurance companies, and regulators.

Examples of TradFi:

* Commercial banks

* Stock markets

* Credit cards

* Loans and mortgages

* Insurance

* Asset management firms

* Forex and bond markets

In crypto discussions, TradFi is usually contrasted with DeFi (Decentralized Finance):

* TradFi → centralized, regulated, intermediary-based

* DeFi → blockchain-based, permissionless, smart-contract driven