Aave and Balancer announce hybrid AMM liquidity pool & lending product
In what may become an industry standard, unused liquidity from Balancer will be deposited into Aave, significantly increasing depositor yield In the latest feat of decentralized finance (DeFi) money lego magic, lending platform Aave and automated market maker (AMM) Balancer have teamed up on a hybrid liquidity-and-lending feature that may significantly fatten depositor yields.In a blog post today, Balancer CEO Fernando Martinelli unveiled plans for the project, dubbed the Balancer V2 Asset Manager. In essence, the integration will allow users to earn two forms of return on their deposits:....
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