The issue of using Uniswap LP tokens more efficiently has been on DeFi investors’ radar for a long time. The standard method is yield farming — depositing LPs in a smart contract to earn tokens. However, it has discredited itself after too many farming tokens collapsed due to hyperinflation.
A much more sustainable way is to use LP tokens as collateral to get loans for them. Some lending protocols have already implemented this feature but in a limited way. For instance, Aave allows the use of only a few types of Uni V1 tokens, and the Loan-to-Value ratio is low. Other platforms require a higher collateralization ratio than offered on Freeliquid or still entail a risk of liquidation.
Freeliquid is a MakerDAO fork launched in December 2020, designed to maximize the capital efficiency of Uniswap LP tokens. The protocol has successfully passed an audit by Beosin Blockchain Security and has several major advantages over other lending protocols:
The most attractive feature of Freeliquid is the possibility of repeated locking and borrowing. Once a user borrows USDFL through Freeliquid Borrow, they can convert them into USDT or USDC and lock them on Uniswap again. This will result in increased income thanks to liquidity provider fees — and more Uniswap LP tokens. These LP tokens can be added as collateral on Freeliquid to get a new loan in USDFL, for example — as many times as the user wishes. Every iteration will increase their trading fee income on Uniswap.
In the spring of 2021, Freeliquid is planning to add support for Curve LP tokens, opening up the same opportunities for the liquidity providers on Curve Finance, which currently has over $4 billion locked in its pools.
Apart from the USDFL stablecoin, Freeliquid also has its own governance token, FL, with a total supply of 1 million. There has been no initial coin offering or private sales. The whole supply of FL is currently being distributed using a Fair Launch model to all the users who add liquidity to USDFL pools on Uniswap.
While Freeliquid is not the first to accept Uniswap LPs as collateral, it is the first to offer a 90% LTV on such loans together with zero risks of liquidation. The repeated locking and borrowing feature is also an important advantage, which allows Uniswap liquidity providers to increase their income from fees by several times. To join the protocol and to get a loan in USDFL, visit https://freeliquid.io
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