Genshiro is Equilibrium’s Kusama-based interoperable DeFi conglomerate that can do all things that existing DeFi primitives do, but with less risk and in a cross-chain manner. Genshiro launches its crowdloan. Users will be able to vote for Genshiro to receive a parachain slot by staking their KSM — participating users will be able to get up to 1,500 GENS for each KSM they contribute plus a substantial bonus.
We propose a novel approach to the collateralized stablecoins and lending facility backed by a portfolio of crypto assets. The stablecoin will be a multiple-collateral stable unit of account pegged to USD.
Stability comes from overcollateralization of borrower positions. We utilize novel approaches to on-chain pricing (interest rate calculation) and risk calculations (determination of the health of the entire system), which distinguishes our approach in several ways from stablecoins like DAI:
- There are no arbitrary governance-set interest rates, they are determined by a borrower’s portfolio, borrower debt amount, overall system liquidity, and price risk.
- There are no arbitrary set LTV requirements. The system makes sure every position remains solvent at a 100% collateralization ratio.
- There are no arbitrary set liquidation penalties and no hidden fees when borrowers default. There is no need for keepers (those who participate in liquidation auctions.
- By design there are always two sides to the system: liquidity providers on one side and borrowers on the other side. Borrowers pay fees to liquidity providers when borrowing crypto assets/generating stablecoins. Liquidity providers in turn bear liquidation risk of borrowers.
- There is a generic assets module which supports double entry book keeping (separation of assets and liabilities) and tracks portfolios of user assets. There is no such thing as position with 1 collateral, we work with portfolios.
- System design allows for building a spot trading DEX with desired levels of leverage.