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Iron Finance is a decentralised finance (DeFi) project aimed at building a comprehensive suite of financial products and services across multiple blockchain networks, such as Polygon, Fantom, and Avalanche. It provides a multi-chain stableswap and lending ecosystem, focusing on stablecoin swaps and lending activities.
Iron Finance operates by leveraging multiple blockchain networks, including Polygon and Binance Smart Chain (BSC). It offers a partially collateralised stablecoin known as IRON, which is soft-pegged to the US dollar. IRON is backed by a combination of collateralised assets like USDC on Polygon and BUSD on BSC, as well as algorithmic tokens such as TITAN on Polygon and STEEL on BSC. The system maintains its peg through algorithmic adjustments of the collateral ratio (CR) based on the market price of IRON. Smart contracts manage the creation and redemption of IRON tokens, ensuring decentralised and automated operations.
Despite facing challenges, Iron Finance's concept offers several potential use cases:
Iron Finance aimed to create a partially collateralised stablecoin system. However, it encountered significant challenges, including a major bank run in June 2021, resulting in a loss of nearly $2 billion for investors. The collapse was primarily due to issues with the no-arbitrage mechanism and rapid price drops of its collateral tokens. Despite these challenges, Iron Finance has contributed to discussions on stablecoin mechanisms and DeFi risks .