Beta Finance is a permissionless money market protocol that operates on the Ethereum blockchain. It enables users to lend, borrow, and short crypto assets without needing a centralised exchange. The protocol permits automatic and permissionless listing of tokens, enhancing accessibility and scalability in decentralised finance.
Beta Finance utilises smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate its operations. Users can engage in lending, borrowing, and short selling of crypto assets. For lending, tokens are deposited into lending pools, earning interest. Borrowers can access these pools to gain assets, while short-sellers can sell borrowed assets to buy back later. It employs an isolated collateral model to safeguard users' assets, limiting risks associated with compromised assets.
Beta Finance serves multiple purposes in the decentralised finance sector:
Founded by Allen Lee, Beta Finance emerged as a decentralised money market solution with its operations rooted in the Ethereum blockchain. It introduced the BETA token, with a maximum supply of 1 billion, distributed for various strategic initiatives including liquidity mining and governance. The protocol focuses on enhancing security and accessibility in digital asset markets, employing multi-sig wallets for fund security and supporting diverse collateral types like DAI, USDT, USDC, and ETH. Over time, it aims to expand onto other blockchain ecosystems for broader adoption.