According to Lex Sokolin from Generative Ventures, institutional adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) is accelerating in 2025, with major financial firms integrating blockchain-based protocols to streamline settlement and liquidity management (source: x.com/i/article/1929, June 3, 2025). Sokolin notes that this trend is driving higher on-chain transaction volumes and increasing demand for blue-chip DeFi tokens, such as Uniswap and Aave. For traders, this signals growing institutional confidence and may lead to greater price stability and deeper liquidity in leading DeFi assets, directly impacting trading strategies and risk assessment.