USDC

8/3/2022 - PoolTogether USD Lending has a 30d APY of 4.78%, a TVL of 2,829,607, and an Exponential Risk Rating of B. This pool crowdsources USDC deposits to earn yield by lending them to overcollateralized borrowers.

PoolTogether USD Lending on Optimism (USDC)

This pool crowdsources USDC deposits to earn yield by lending them to overcollateralized borrowers. The daily interest earned is randomly paid out to one of the depositors.

USDC is a centralized stablecoin backed by USD reserves held by a licensed custodian (Circle).

This pool serves as a yield-generating savings account for you to earn yield on your USD stablecoins

Investment Strategy

Fundamentals

Risk

Risk of losing your entire investment due to systemic issues. Based on chain, protocols and assets.

Reflects how much principal is at risk due to the nature of the pool`s economic design

PoolTogether USD Lending

Pool Design

Reflects how liquid the asset is, collateralization level, dependency risks, and reliance on centralized entities

Asset Strength

Reflects the economic design of the asset and convex relationships

Asset Tokenomics

Code quality of the underlying smart contracts

PoolTogether

Aave V3

Protocol Code Quality

Reflects how long the protocol has been around, the value of the assets deposited in the protocol and its level of decentralization

Protocol Maturity

Protocol’s systemic risks or ponzi like dynamics that can lead to loss of principal

Protocol Design

Reflects how long the blockchain has been running and the total value of assets on the network

Optimism

Chain Maturity

Reflects the blockchain’s fundamental risks, total value invested, and level of decentralization

Chain Design

Reliability of the underlying blockchain from network congestion or halts

Chain Reliability

Pool Fundamentals

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Yield Source

Your yield consists of interest earned for lending USDC on the Polygon blockchain

No short-term incentives to encourage deposits into the pool