With crypto lending becoming a massive thing in the crypto space, many investors who like to avoid trading are looking for places to borrow and borrow their crypto. With this, crypto lending platforms have become more popular as a solution for hodlers to hold their crypto while still being interested in it or borrowing crypto.
Importance of TVL in loan protocols
According to a tweet from Ben GCrypto, when it comes to crypto lending protocols, TVL is the most important indicator to assess its scale of adoption. To add, this can be done by calculating the total value locked in a particular corresponding smart contract.
When investing in a crypto lending protocol, the loan provider must have enough TVL that can be used as capital to lend to borrowers. As with banks, crypto lending protocols make money by lending cryptocurrency.
Why having a large TVL helps
The larger the TVL, the more a certain encryption protocol is able to lend, resulting in higher profits. To add, a larger TVL also indicates high confidence in that particular protocol, minimizing the chances of it falling to the ground.
Here are the 10 best crypto lending protocols by TVL
AAVE
- Cryptocurrency Symbol: AAVE
- Total value blocked: USD 13.12 billion
- Blockchain used: Ethereum
Anchor protocol
- Cryptocurrency Symbol: ANC
- Total value blocked: USD 8.35 billion
- Blockchain used: Terra
Compound
- Cryptocurrency symbol: COMP
- Total value blocked: USD 8.19 billion
- Blockchain used: Ethereum
Abracadabra
- Uses MIM cryptocurrency
- Total value blocked: USD 6.03 billion
- Blockchain used: Ethereum
Finance Cream
- Cryptocurrency symbol: CREAM
- Total value blocked: $ 2.18 billion
- Blockchain used: Ethereum
Venus
- Cryptocurrency Symbol: XVS
- Total value blocked: $ 1.85 billion
- Blockchain used: Binance
Just lend
- Uses JST cryptocurrency
- Total value blocked: 1.69 billion
- Blockchain used: TRON
Benqi
- Cryptocurrency Symbol: QI
- Total value blocked: USD 1.57 billion
- Blockchain used: Avalanche
TrueFi
- Cryptocurrency Symbol: TRU
- Total value locked in: USD 887 million
- Blockchain used: Ethereum
Geist Finance
- Cryptocurrency Symbol: GEIST
- Total value locked in: $ 701 million
- Blockchain used: Fantom
Also read: Top Crypto Falls Dangerously Low to 15 on Fear and Greed Index | Market in a state of extreme fear at $ 42,868
Make sure you familiarize yourself with the network of loan protocols
When you invest in a project or participate in a loan protocol, it is also important to know which blockchain they are built on. Indeed, having assets from one blockchain and having to link them to another blockchain can be quite taxing.
While it is possible to link assets, for example, from Ethereum to Terra, if users don’t do this efficiently, users will end up spending too much money on gas costs, making the entire much more expensive process. Another important thing to note is that participants should also find the cheapest way to profit from the assets of each blockchain like Binance, Huobi or others.
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