I'd rather say it was dlease that opened the first window towards Defi for STEEM & HIVE. That is more decentralized than wHIVE, imo.
But may be, RoI on Uniswap Liquidity Providers could be better than dLease for some pair and will attract investors. Today they have introduced a third pair wHIVE-USDT but with zero transactions so far in this pair. Let's see how it all turns up in the long run.