In the current bear market, many investors prefer to hold safer, more reliable stablecoins to minimize risks and make decent profits by staking a single currency. It is better to stock up in a bear market, so safety and stability have to be our top priority. Thus, we are here to analyze possible investment choices: AAVE, Compound, and TrueFi.
AAVE
A well-established lending protocol on Ethereum, AAVE is a decentralized system that allows users to borrow, lend, and earn interests on crypto assets without an intermediary. This flagship project in the Ethereum ecosystem tops the list among all DeFi projects in Total Value Locked (TVL), the number of users, and the value of tokens.
At present, TUSD on AAVE has reached $78.17 million, with a utilization rate of 30.94% and a supply APY of 0.49%.
TUSD can be used as collaterals on AAVE, which reflects the latter’s affirmation of TUSD’s safety and stability. There are 33 lending markets on the Ethereum version of AAVE, including 10 stablecoin projects. However, only 4 stablecoin projects, including TUSD and USDC, can be used as collateral assets, accounting for only 40%.
It should be emphasized that TUSD’s MAX LTV on AAVE is 80%, a high-ranking rate even among projects able to be used as collateral assets. This means users providing TUSD lending on AAVE can not only earn interests from their deposits but also use TUSD as collateral to borrow other assets, which further indicates TUSD’s safety and stability. (MAX LTV refers to the maximum borrowing capacity of a specific collateral. For example, the MAX LTV of TUSD is 80%, which means for every 1 TUSD deposited as collateral, users can borrow up to 0.8 TUSD worth of other encrypted assets.)Â
Developed by TrustToken, TrueFi is a fine example of non-collateral lending projects. The TureFi platform was launched in November 2020. The founder of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was the first TUSD borrower on the platform.
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