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Cryptocurrency News Articles
Pendle DeFi Platform Now Offers Bitcoin (BTC) Pools Yielding as High as 45%
Sep 12, 2024 at 05:12 pm
The floating yields on the bitcoin-based LBTC token are from pools that went live on Wednesday. There's also a fixed-yield option of an annualized 10%.
DeFi platform Pendle on Wednesday began offering pools with variable yields as high as 45% on a bitcoin (BTC)-backed token in a move that expands the product’s fundamentals.
The offering, which can also provide fixed yields of an annualized 10%, allows users to deposit LBTC, a liquid-staking token issued by restaking startup Lombard, in a Pendle pool made by Ethereum layer-2 network Corn. Data shows the pool has attracted over $13 million in user deposits since going live. It matures on Dec. 26.
“We've seen major use cases with fixed yield for ETH, and we're aiming to replicate the same success with BTC as well,” CEO TN Lee told CoinDesk in a Telegram message. “It's going to be a busy few weeks for us as we roll out new pools and launches.”
Pendle's approach is to split investments in a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, like Compound or Aave, into two – the principle put up by the investor and the yield that's expected to be earned on that position in the form of token rewards. This split into a principal token (PT) and a yield token (YT) that can be traded on the open market creates the high yields possible on Pendle's pools.
Users can buy YT with LBTC, giving them increased exposure to the underlying yield and points from LBTC and Corn until maturity, at which point the YT will be worth zero. If they forego those rewards, they can elect to receive either the fixed yield or the floating yield, which comprises the points that can be monetized and future tokens that will be airdropped to LBTC holders.
Lombard is a restaking service that converts wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) into a Lombard Bitcoin (LBTC) token that can be used in DeFi applications to capture yield. Corn is a network that uses bitcoin as the main token to pay usage fees.
Unpacking the jargon: Liquid staking is a service that allows users to stake their crypto assets and receive a new token in exchange. Layer 2s are blockchains focusing on a specific use case atop a broader service blockchain. DeFi refers to using automated smart contracts to provide financial services, like lending and borrowing to users. A pool can be considered a digital locker to store assets and earn returns, similar to bank accounts.
Pendle's PENDLE tokens are up 11% in the past 24 hours, CoinGecko data shows, beating a 2% rise in bitcoin.
The Block quick take: Pendle is expanding its product offering with new pools that offer floating yields as high as 45% on a bitcoin-backed token. Users can also opt for a fixed yield of an annualized 10%. These pools went live on Wednesday, and the first LBTC pool has already attracted over $13 million in user deposits.
CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which also owns asset management firm Grayscale, Genesis Trading, BlockFi, Brave Software, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Chain.
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