Liquity Strategy

Liquity strategy allows users to borrow LUSD, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, using ETH as collateral. This strategy is beneficial for users who want to leverage their assets without selling them. If ETH value goes up while the loan is active, repaying it becomes more profitable as users get back their ETH, now more valuable. On top of this, participating in this strategy now comes with a bonus: a ~11 APR in STRK tokens, provided by the Starknet Foundation as a part of the DeFi Spring 2.0 that are claimable every two weeks.

Understanding the Borrow Section

There's a card (trove) with a CR ratio. TCR is the percentage of assets you need to lock up as collateral when borrowing. If you want to borrow $100 and the TCR is 627%, you must provide $627 worth of assets as collateral.

CR is not fixed, as its value is pegged to the ETH price. That is why the screenshot below might not match the current numbers you will see once you open the troves.

Higher CR allows it to withstand a more significant drop in ETH price before facing liquidation.

Once the collateral is deposited and locked, users can borrow against it according to the platform's loan-to-value ratio. If the value of the collateral falls below certain thresholds, the system may automatically liquidate the assets to repay the loan.

How to borrow

Enter the amount you want to supply or click on the buttons to set a desired percentage of your balance you want to deposit. You can also directly enter the amount of LUSD you want to borrow, both fields can be used.

Finally, when you've selected the amount, click on "borrow" and follow the prompts on your wallet (Argent or Braavos) to complete the transaction.

And that's it, your borrow request has been sent, you can see it in pending orders section.

Borrow should be processed within a day, LUSD will be directly sent to your wallet.

Repay the Loan

First, you need to decide on the amount you want to repay. This could be all of your debt or only a portion of it.

Once you've made up your mind, locate and click on the 'repay' button and follow the prompts on your wallet (Argent or Braavos) to complete the transaction.

And that's it, your repay request has been sent, you can see it in pending orders section.

Repay should be processed within a day, ETH will be directly sent to your wallet.

What is Liquity?

-Liquity is an interest-free borrowing protocol on Ethereum. Liquity offers decentralized, interest-free loans in LUSD against Ether collateral, requiring a minimum 110% collateral ratio.

• Loan security is enhanced by a Stability Pool with LUSD and collective backing from borrowers as ultimate guarantors.

• The protocol is non-custodial, immutable, and operates without governance.

• It is highly secure, has several audits, and tops Defi Safety’s security list.

• Additional resources about Liquity:

  • Website
  • Docs
  • Analytics
  • Liquity on Twittter

What is LUSD

• LUSD is a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar. It serves as the payment medium for loans in the Liquity protocol, offering redemption against collateral at face value.

  • LUSD can be only minted against ETH, making it very resilient and independent of any centralized parties. Due to this it is a very popular treasury asset, but also across protocols and LP pools on mainnet and many L2’s.

  • Additional resources about LUSD

What is the LUSD contract on Starknet

• LUSD contract on Starknet is: 0x070a76fd48ca0ef910631754d77dd822147fe98a569b826ec85e3c33fde586ac

  • All official Liquity contracts can be found here.

How frequently are borrows processed?

• Borrow takes a day to be processed.

Do I really pay no interests on Liquity?

• Yes, really! Liquity charges no interest, ever.

• You pay only a one-off fee when opening the loan. This fee is almost always 0.50% but can go slightly higher at times. Read more about it here.

I don’t have enough LUSD to pay my debt, what can I do?

• If you don’t have enough LUSD in your account you can use the Starkgate bridge to bridge the LUSD amount required to pay your debt and get back your collateral.

Understanding Risks Associated with Liquity

1. Smart Contract Risk:

• Liquity, like any other DeFi protocol, is vulnerable to smart contract exploits. Despite efforts to audit and secure the smart contracts, there remains a risk of undiscovered vulnerabilities. Exploits can lead to loss of funds or manipulation of the protocol.

2. Liquidation Risk:

• When users create a trove in Liquity, they must maintain a collateral ratio of at least 110%. Troves that fall below this threshold are subject to liquidation.

Process:

1. Stability Pool Usage: The system uses funds from the Stability Pool to cancel the debt of undercollateralized troves.
2. Redistribution Mechanism: If the Stability Pool lacks sufficient funds, a redistribution mechanism is activated, spreading the debt and collateral of liquidated troves among all trove holders.

Penalty: Users facing liquidation may incur a penalty of up to 10%, which incentivizes them to maintain a safe collateral ratio.

3. Redemption Risk:

• Liquity allows direct redemption of LUSD stablecoins for the underlying collateral, Ether. This process carries certain risks for borrowers.

Process:

1. Debt Cancellation: Redeeming LUSD cancels debt from the riskiest trove in the system, i.e., the trove with the lowest collateral ratio.
2. Collateral Transfer: The redeemer receives a corresponding amount of Ether from the trove used for debt cancellation.

Impact: Redemptions reduce the borrower's leverage and increase the overall collateral ratio of the system. While there's no additional penalty for borrowers, redemptions can lead to collateral loss and deleveraging of positions.

Vigilant Surveillance:

In the realm of Nimbora, your trove's collateralization ratio is closely monitored by the protocol itself. While you can't directly alter this ratio, rest assured that Nimbora diligently adjusts the risk levels to safeguard against potential liquidations or redemptions.