Hashstack launches Open protocol testnet, offering under-collateralized loans

Hashstack launches Open protocol testnet, offering under-collateralized loans

Harmony's Ecosystem Fund financed Hashstack's solution to improving DeFi lending. The DeFi lending and borrowing market has grown significantly in volume as new lending protocols continue to attract capital and NFT-backed loans become more popular. According to Dune Analytics, the top three platforms in terms of market capitalization are Aave (AAVE), Maker (MKR) and Compound (COMP). These platforms, however, still are facing issues when it comes to collateral requirements and volatile digital assets.Hashstack Finance is a DeFi platform whose crypto-native lending protocol, called Open, is....


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