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Colend

Colend is a non-custodial DeFi lending and borrowing protocol built on the Core blockchain, allowing users to earn yield by supplying assets or borrow liquidity against their crypto without selling it. It serves crypto holders, particularly BTC-focused users, who want to access liquidity while retaining ownership and market exposure of their assets.
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Colend is described as the No.1 DeFi protocol on Core Blockchain, offering non-custodial lending and borrowing markets where users can supply assets to earn competitive yields or borrow funds without selling their crypto or triggering taxable events in many jurisdictions. The protocol emphasizes security, with audited smart contracts and robust oracle price feeds supporting collateral valuation and liquidations. Colend also operates a (3,3) tokenomics model centered on its CLND token, which can be locked to boost yields, reduce borrowing fees, receive bribes for voting on incentive allocation, and earn governance rewards. The platform targets crypto holders and BTC-focused users on the Core ecosystem who want to grow their portfolio through lending, borrowing, and governance participation.