CoinDesk Indices, Sentora Unveil Stablecoin Overnight Rate to Mirror Money Market Tools
CoinDesk indices and Decentralized Finance (Defi) Expert Sentora introduces a benchmark tied to overnight stablecoin lending rates, bringing on-chain markets a step closer to the major currency markets.
The CoinDesk overnight rates (CDOR) is designed to change the real-time borrowing activity at standard rates, providing trade companies, exchanges, and protocol resources a way to hedge exposure-rate exposure or adjust funding costs over time, companies said in a Tuesday statement.
Benchmarks are first drawn from the Aave Lending pool for the USDT and USDC, the two most widely used stablecoins. These are calculated and published day -day, based on variable platform borrowing rates.
Stablecoins, a $ 250 billion class of digital tokens Pegged to traditional currency Like the US dollar, the basic pieces of infrastructure that support the crypto economy. They are a popular vehicle for trading and on-chain transactions and are especially used for cross-border payments and foreign exchange.
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As stablecoin adopting facilitates more institutions and businesses involved, so demand for sophisticated glass tools The main financial markets are growing.
“Stablecoins are expected to grow in trillion, but there is no institutional currency market for trading and hedging term rates,” said Andy Baehr, the leader of the product and research on coindesk indices “CDOR rates provide an element of cornerstone for stablecoin rates of markets, using the same commensurates Traditional Finance Benchmarks, which support the world’s largest derivatives.
Futures contracts living against overnight rates are also in works, including Galaxy, Falconx, Flowdesk and Tyr capital set to act as market makers, the press release said.
“CDOR rates activate the creation of a wide range of financial derivatives that are currently missing in the financial crypto ecosystem,” said Ed No, chief investment official in Tyr capital. “The addition next to a clearer regulation environment should increase the contact of institutional players with the defi.”
