Huang Yu | DeFi Knowledge Popularization: From Basics to Aave's Survival Rules ๐ ๐
Bro, since the DeFi circle has been unstable recently, especially with giants like Aave being affected, it's time to give those 'little leeks' a lesson. In SMC's logic, understanding the operation of underlying protocols is more important than looking at charts.
1. What is DeFi (Decentralized Finance)?๐ฎ
DeFi is short for Decentralized Finance. Simply put, it moves traditional banks, exchanges, and lending institutions onto the blockchain, operated by code (smart contracts) rather than managers.
No permission required: As long as you have a wallet, anyone can participate, unlike banks that check your transaction history.
Transparency: All fund flows, collateral ratios, and interest rates are clearly visible on-chain.
Composability (Money Lego): You can take the credentials from Protocol A to collateralize in Protocol B, just like playing with Lego blocks.
2. What does Aave do?๐
Aave is the 'central bank' in the DeFi world, primarily doing two things:
Depositing assets: You deposit cryptocurrency to earn interest.
Collateralized lending: You collateralize one currency (like BTC) to borrow another currency (like USDT) for operations.
3. Why has Aave been 'involved' in the turmoil?๐
Strictly speaking, the Aave protocol itself is very solid, but it faces external spillover effects:
Chain reaction of debt collection: If a protocol like KelpDAO has problems, users may panic and withdraw or repay from Aave, causing Aave's internal liquidity to tighten instantly.
Collateral liquidation risk: If the price of an asset used as collateral crashes (for example, due to a hacker attack that causes related tokens to drop to zero), Aave's liquidation engine will be activated. If the liquidation speed cannot keep up with the price drop, bad debts will occur.
Interest rates soaring: Just like how borrowing rates on Kamino can soar to 90-100%, once Aave's pool is depleted or funds are withdrawn, the remaining borrowers will have to pay exorbitant interest.
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