Collateral

Financial Derivatives and Stable-Value Currencies

...r and issue tokens pegged to a fiat currency, automatically adjusting supply or collateral requirements based on price feeds. Options contracts, futures, swaps, and other...

Introduction

...fell. Crypto-collateralized systems locked up volatile cryptocurrency assets as collateral to back stable tokens, requiring over-collateralization to absorb price fluctua...

Advantages

...for stable tokens, Tether achieves capital efficiency by using fiat currency as collateral. Crypto-collateralized systems require over-collateralization (typically 150% o...

Proof of Stake Consensus

...tees provided by Proof of History. In Tower BFT, validators stake SOL tokens as collateral and vote on the validity of blocks produced by leaders. Validators earn rewards...

Abstract

...ike stablecoins that rely on algorithmic supply adjustment mechanisms or opaque collateral arrangements, USDC maintains its dollar peg through the straightforward mechani...

Introduction

...ing as the primary medium of exchange on cryptocurrency exchanges, the dominant collateral type in decentralized lending protocols, and an increasingly significant channe...

Background

...ablecoins, exemplified by MakerDAO's DAI, use volatile cryptocurrency assets as collateral, requiring substantial over-collateralization (typically 150% or more) to absor...

Token Lifecycle

...unctions, trade USDC on centralized or decentralized exchanges, deposit USDC as collateral in lending protocols, provide USDC liquidity to automated market makers, use US...

Conclusion

...plications. In decentralized finance, USDC serves as the predominant stablecoin collateral for lending protocols, as a base trading pair on decentralized exchanges, and a...