Research

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a newly developed financial invention that transcends national boundaries and traditional banking to establish a new internet-based global financial ecosystem.

Aave is a decentralized liquidity protocol where users can participate as depositors or borrowers. Depositors provide liquidity to the market to earn an interest rate paid by borrowers who are able to borrow in an overcollateralized way.

Synthetix mints and exchanges synthetic assets to provide a liquidity solution for almost any asset. These synthetic assets, called synths, are typically 1:1 token representations of an asset, traders can use synthetic assets to, for example, hedge their risks and speculate on price movements.

SushiSwap is a decentralized exchange built on Ethereum that utilizes an automated market making system (AMM) rather than a traditional order-book. Instead of matching individual buy and sell orders, users can pool together two assets that are then traded against, with the price determined based on the ratio between the two.