# kaal:claim:3936876-043

**Claim.** Centralized custody solutions and decentralized non custodial deal platforms will run in parallel until both are more established, and existing DeFi trends suggest the decentralized non custodial deal platforms will produce more innovation and better deals.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** speculative

**Holds when.**

- based on trends in DeFi as of 2021
- author explicitly marks the outcome as uncertain

**Source quote.**

> The existing trends in DeFi seem to suggest that the decentralized non-custodial deal platforms will have more innovation and better deals.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Hayley Howe, *Custody of Digital Assets* (2021), IV. Conclusion, page 33

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Hayley Howe, Custody of Digital Assets (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3936876

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `9bc0903d01910460298e754c451f027df4324367359800a98ee8e638d94aff55` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20and%20Howe%20-%202021%20-%20Custody%20of%20Digital%20Assets.pdf

**Topics.** defi, innovation

**Keywords.** defi, non-custodial, innovation, prediction, parallel-trends

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