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Home » Low-Cost DeFi Lending Protocol Algofi to Go Live in 4Q21

Low-Cost DeFi Lending Protocol Algofi to Go Live in 4Q21

Kelly Cromley by Kelly Cromley
Aug 27, 2021
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Algofi today announced the impending debut of its Algorand blockchain-based rapid, low-cost decentralized loan market. The protocol is presently operational on Algorand’s TestNet, with intentions to deploy on MainNet during the fourth quarter of this year.

Every user, from crypto-native traders to those who are less technologically aware, may benefit from the easy-to-use platform and earn a high rate of return on their bitcoin investments. Algofi will also provide frictionless on-ramps for fiat money into crypto on Algorand, enabling customers to start generating yield on Algofi virtually immediately.

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Founders John Clarke and Owen Colegrove come from conventional financial backgrounds, having served on Citadel’s fixed income team before departing to devise a unique decentralized finance platform, which took form during Y Combinator’s summer 2021 accelerator and debuted as Algofi in August 2021.

Algofi’s developers chose Algorand as a tech partner because of the Algorand blockchain’s power to create smart contracts quickly. Additionally, the Algorand blockchain has a loyal community supporting it and a demonstrated history of success. Points of friction such as excessive transaction costs and perplexing bridging procedures are unsustainable in order to build a platform that is user-friendly on a large scale:

“Building on Algorand allows $0.01 transactions vs $15 or on certain other legacy networks,” Algofi cofounder John Clarke said. “Decentralized loan markets are unavailable to the majority of prospective customers due to high transaction fees and sluggish transactions, thus using a Layer-1 proof of stake system like Algorand made complete sense. We’re also thrilled to be a portion of Algorand’s growing DeFi environment, where we now visualize a multitude of synergies with Yieldly, Tinyman, and Algodex.”

“Insightful and affordable DeFi solutions are being built on Algorand by creative minds like Algofi,” stated David Markley, Director of Business Solutions at Algorand. “Algorand’s safe, decentralized platform enables the creation of innovative financial products simple and fast, and we are excited to see Algofi join the growing ecosystem of DeFi services built on Algorand’s open source technology.”

Algofi aspires to be the foremost crypto-native bank to fully bridge the conventional and decentralized financial divide. The first loan protocol will be available to all users in Q4 of 2021, with further fiat on- and off-ramp approaches and other features to follow. “Utilizing Algorand will enable us to accomplish things that you couldn’t even think of achieving on, say, Ethereum,” Algofi creator Owen Colegrove told Monty Allen of KryptoNurd.

“It is possible to imagine, as you begin to conceive of things, rapid exchanges made in real-world funds from one of your [Algofi] balances and just draw credit against your [Algofi] holdings, allowing you to simply engage smoothly with others on the platform.” On the Algorand blockchain, Algofi is creating a quick, low-cost crypto lending market. Building on Algorand allows transactions for pennies as opposed to $15 on the current Ethereum network. Earlier decentralized lending markets were unavailable to the bulk of prospective customers because to high fees and sluggish transactions.

Algofi may be used by traders to go short or trade with leverage. Furthermore, customers may begin collecting income on their cryptos by using the easy fiat on-ramp. Algofi intends to provide conventional banking services like as savings accounts and credit cards, which will be powered by Algorand’s expanding DeFi network. Algorand is developing the technology to enable FutureFi, which will include decentralized models that have been integrated with conventional systems to provide a more open, seamless, and safe system.

Algorand, founded by Turing Award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali, created a blockchain framework with the compatibility and scalability to manage the number of transactions required for defi, financial institutions, and governments to move seamlessly into FutureFi. Algorand, the platform of choice for over 700 worldwide companies, enables the easy development of forthcoming generation financial products, covenants, and value exchange.

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