Crypto: Grvt Integrates Aave So Traders Can Earn Yield On Perp Collateral

DefiLlama data shows derivatives contribute heavily to DeFi’s $1 billion-plus quarterly revenue as lending and trading infrastructure converge.

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange (perp DEX) Grvt said it has integrated the Aave lending protocol to let traders earn yield on collateral posted for margin while keeping their derivatives positions open.

The company said Thursday that the feature is designed to reduce the opportunity cost of margin collateral that typically sits idle on trading venues. Perpetual futures are crypto derivatives that track an asset’s price and do not expire.

“On most platforms, your capital can only do one thing at a time,” Hong Yea, CEO of Grvt, told Cointelegraph. “Your stablecoins are either earning yield or available to trade, but not both.” He said the integration aims to let users deposit once and use the same capital as active margin while earning lending returns.

The announcement comes as crypto derivatives continue to be a major source of fee generation across decentralized finance. Data from analytics platform DefiLlama shows DeFi protocols have generated more than $1 billion in quarterly revenue in recent periods, with derivatives exchanges contributing a large portion.

On X, DefiLlama’s head of revenue and growth, Patrick Scott, wrote that onchain businesses are finding their product-market fit.

Related: DeFi perps volume explodes past $1T in record month so far

Perpetual futures traders typically post stablecoins as collateral and leave them parked to meet margin requirements. At launch, Grvt said the feature applies to USDt (USDT) collateral, which is tokenized 1:1 against deposits deployed into Aave’s lending pools.

“When liquidation happens, we take over their positions and liquidate just like it would happen with USDT,” Yea told Cointelegraph. He said that funds can be withdrawn from Aave within about 10 minutes to service redemptions.

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Source: CoinTelegraph