The answers are complex, but essentially boil down to specific financial and technical design decisions. Some of these, such as systemic transparency, overcollateralized lending and automated liquidation of borrowers, are inherent to DeFi. Other features, including “tokenomics” and governance, can vary dramatically between systems – and go a long way to explaining why not all DeFi is created equal.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/07/22/why-defi-might-be-safer-than-traditional-finance/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines