Constraints: No markdown, so no bold, italics, code fences, etc. Use plain text. Table format with plain dashes: likely something like:

DeFi Lending | Bank Loans
--- | ---
Pros | Pros
Cons | Cons

But they said simple table format with plain dashes (no special characters). Could use vertical bars? That might be considered special characters. Safer to use plain dashes and spaces: maybe:

DeFi Lending - Bank Loans
Pros - Cons
... But they said simple table format with plain dashes. Could be:

DeFi Lending | Bank Loans
--- | ---
Pros | Pros
Cons | Cons

But vertical bars are special characters. They said plain dashes only. So maybe use dash-separated columns:

DeFi Lending - Bank Loans
Pros - Pros
Cons - Cons

But that may not be a table. Could do:

DeFi Lending Bank Loans
Pros Pros
Cons Cons

But that uses spaces, not dashes. They said "simple table format with plain dashes (no special characters)". Could be something like:

DeFi Lending - Bank Loans
--- - ---
Pros - Pros
Cons - Cons

But that includes multiple dashes. That might be okay.

Better to produce a table using dashes as separators between columns: e.g.,

DeFi Lending - Bank Loans
--------------- ---------------
Pros: ... Pros: ...
Cons: ... Cons: ...

But need to keep word count 180-220 words.

We need to count words. Let's aim for ~200 words.

We need to produce final line with hashtags.

We must not include any markdown formatting (like code fences). Just plain text