Aave DAO Approves the Launch of a Collateral-Backed Stablecoin Called GHO
On Sunday, the non-custodial market protocol Aave announced that the Aave DAO has approved a new stablecoin for the ecosystem called “GHO.” Aave Companies proposed the stablecoin during the first week of July and the collateral-backed stablecoin will be pegged to the U.S. dollar’s value. A New collateral-Backed Stablecoin Crafted by Aave Companies Is Due to Launch After the Aave DAO Votes on Genesis Parameters Aave explained on Sunday that the Aave decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) approved a proposal to create a stablecoin token called....
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GHO would allow users to borrow the stablecoin while still learning yield on their locked assets on Aave, however the proposal is just seeking feedback at this stage. Decentralized finance (DeFi) giant Aave has unveiled plans to launch an overcollateralized stablecoin called GHO, subject to the community DAO’s approval. The announcement was made by Aave Companies — the centralized entity supporting the Aave protocol on its Twitter page on July 7, stating: "We have created an ARC for a new decentralized, collateral-backed stablecoin, native to the Aave ecosystem, known as GHO."According to....
Aave’s stablecoin approval drew wild reactions from the crypto community, with many comparing its fate to TerraUSD (UST); however, Aave proponents were quick to point toward the overcollateralized factor. Aave DAO, the governance body behind decentralized finance (DeFi) giant Aave (AAVE) protocol, has unanimously voted in favor of creating an overcollateralized stablecoin called GHO.The Aave company put up the GHO creation proposal on July 28, which received an overwhelming 99.9% community vote over the course of three days. The proposal ended on Jul 31 at 10:00 am GMT with 501,000 AAVE....
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....
Liquidity pool token-backed collateral could bolster DeFi's TVL, but can it be used securely? Multiple decentralized finance (DeFi) projects are moving forward with plans to allow liquidity provider tokens as collateral for stablecoin and lending services — though experts caution that the security considerations associated with using LP tokens in this manner can be complex. LP tokens are distributed to liquidity providers on automated market makers (AMMs) to represent a provider’s stake in a liquidity pool. Providers are incentivized with trading and protocol fees that are paid out upon....
As long as stablecoin “liquidity is growing proportionally with each other," there won’t ever be true competition between stablecoins, says Frax Finance's Sam Kazemian. Stablecoin projects need to take a more collaborative approach to grow each other’s liquidity and the ecosystem as a whole, says Sam Kazemian, the founder of Frax Finance.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Kazemian explained that as long as stablecoin “liquidity is growing proportionally with each other” through shared liquidity pools and collateral schemes, there won’t ever be true competition between stablecoins. Kazemian’s FRAX....