Notional's Performance During Extreme Volatility

Notional's Performance During Extreme Volatility

In this post we’ll examine what risks Defi Lending Protocols Face, how Notional manages them, and how Notional’s risk mitigation measures performed in the recent market volatility.

Pierre-Yves Gendron
Pierre-Yves Gendron
Deep Dive
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: July 12 - July 19

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: July 12 - July 19

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)I recently spoke with an acquaintance who told me that he just borrowed ~30M USD from a large centralized lender for a 9 month term at a fixed rate of 11.5% on an overcollateralized basis. What a

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Introducing Wrapped fCash

Introducing Wrapped fCash

I’m excited to announce that Notional fCash is now available as both an ERC20 and ERC4626 token. This is a huge step towards making fixed income products a composable building block throughout DeFi, further strengthening Notional’s position as DeFi’s gold standard in fixed rate lending and borrowing.

Jeff Wu
Jeff Wu
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: July 5 - July 12

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: July 5 - July 12

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)Times are tough out there for DeFi lenders. Over the past week or so, Celsius has repaid stablecoin debts totaling $300M - $500M in value across Maker, Compound, and Aave. This unwinding has caused stablecoin interest rates to

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Notional Finance Quarterly Review: Q2 2022

Notional Finance Quarterly Review: Q2 2022

Notional had a challenging Q2, but proved the resiliency of its design in adverse market conditions and made substantial progress on its development initiatives. The protocol continued to lead the fixed-rate lending market, launched its NOTE staking module, and laid the groundwork for its next big product release with the

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward

Notional Monthly Update 🗓️ June 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of the Notional Monthly Update! You can also follow the latest news on Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/notionalfinance] or join the Notional community on Discord [https://discord.notional.finance/]. ‌‌‌ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🗒 Summary Notes ‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌‌‌ ‌‌‌-$500M in loan volume milestone hit in May - now up

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Monthly Updates
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: June 28 - July 5

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: June 28 - July 5

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)Peak fear has passed. Just a few weeks ago it felt like every new day brought fresh and shocking revelations of some insolvency, or some overlooked systemic risk that was in the process of imploding, or some other

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Weekly Interest Rate Review: June 21 - June 28

Weekly Interest Rate Review: June 21 - June 28

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)It's been a rough few weeks for crypto lenders. DeFi shows few signs of life, leading to a steady bleed in TVL and slumping revenue figures for all the major DeFi lenders. But hey, at least

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward