With $USDT not accepted as collateral, $USDC, $DAI, $WETH remain the most common borrowed and collateral assets on @AaveAave and @compoundfinance
Nothing new so far. Market conditions are irrelevant when it comes to demand for an extra push in purchasing power
Truth is that liquidity is draining as the bear market prolongs. Now more than ever, "stablecoins are king"
More specifically, this chart is one of the most accurate representations of what a PvP zero-sum game market looks like
There has been a clear shift momentum: from an "up only, free money" mode, to an absence of reasons that justify keeping value on stablecoins instead of a bank
Eventually, the bear will hibernate, and while I don't want to sell the bear's skin before hunting, I can confidently say that fixed rate and undercollateralized lending will prove to be actual use cases of what #DeFi has to offer
For most investors, predictability in money markets is a wanted condition
That's essential what fixed rate lending has to offer, the service by which one can borrow over a period of time at a pre specified annualized rate
The overlap seems so obvious, but yet most don't seem to realize the potential of fixed income protocols
The utility and capital efficiency that this new wave of protocols will unlock is massive and could potentially open up significant growth opportunities for DAOs
And no, I am not talking about stable rates
Those simply act as a fixed rate in the short-term. They are exposed to rebalances in the long-term as soon as market conditions change
Now, most of the liquidity that sits on money markets relies on a floating rate. This exposes the "economy" to unpredictable outcomes that complicate the inception of effective hedging strategies
Interest Rates Derivatives are a huge step forward towards achieving maturity in crypto
I bet most DAOs and fixed income funds would rather pay a slightly higher interest now to fix their rates and be certain that the amount they have to pay on interest will not change over time
I would even go further as to make the statement that fixed rates are a necessary condition for scaling decentralized economies and make of borrowing a productive activity
Not only that, but we can also standardize concepts and increase our expectations by enabling composability across protocols
After all, protocols that live in isolation have no influence beyond their own tiny market share
For credit to evolve, the industry demands more than just price discovery. It demands appetite for cash flow and active portfolio management
As simple as it sounds, a composite weighted index is the first step towards the development of a yield curve
This protects against liquidity fragmentation and will eventually lead to all rates converging to a true mid-market rate.
That's exactly what protocols like @ipor_io and @MorphoLabs facilitate, a better experience for both borrowers and lenders
So far, this is one of the most sophisticated expressions of capital efficiency that DeFi money markets have experienced so far
It might go unnoticed for now, but by the time you want to realize, it might be too late 😈
I wrote about this topic in the past, and I encourage you to give it a second read, specially after the liquidity crunch and contagion effect that we are currently going through
Protocols can't speak, but if you are in #Crypto you have probably experienced that feeling of attachment to a project.
It is not the token itself, you haven't even met the team in person either, but you know there is a strong foundation backing its building blocks 🧵👇
Yes, that's the soul of the project, embodied by its community
Independent of their profile picture, their country of origin, or any other indifferent attribute, the protocol notices those vibes as well, that's the foundation of its network effects
The value of a protocol is much more than the combined number of its token holders.
Its growth potential is not driven by "number goes up", but by the curiosity and engagement of the users who truly care about the decentralized future of that piece of technology
Navigating the volatile nature of the crypto markets is not easy, specially when the lights turn off and you are left holding the bags.
Not all investors are degens. Some of them even aspire to become the fixed income funds of #DeFi.
How solve? 🫡👇🧵
The bera 🐻 comes hunting your bags, and only then you start wondering what dollar value is backing your magic internet coins.
The passion of every builder is more than enough to withstand the crude reality of the markets, but what about the treasuries supporting such enthusiasm
Encouraging words don't work when costs starts exceeding revenue. Not only that, but there is nowhere to hide if there is no revenue in the first place.
It was October 6th 2021 when @TusharJain_ , Managing Partner of @multicoincap published a thesis about why interest rates are the catalyst for the next wave of innovation in #DeFi.