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Rho Protocol
Rho is a decentralized crypto-native interest rate derivatives market with a unique product lineup and maximum capital efficiency. It allows users to trade funding rates, hedge risk, and fix staking rewards.
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Rho Protocol is a decentralized, crypto-native interest rate derivatives market designed for maximum capital efficiency. It enables users to trade funding rates from major CEXs and DEXs, hedge funding rate risk, and secure fixed staking rewards. The platform offers unique leveraged interest rate trading opportunities, bringing a large TradFi asset class to Web3. For passive investors, the Rho Liquidity Vault allows users to deposit stablecoins (USDC/USDT) to earn protocol trading fees without active trading. Rho Protocol caters to a diverse user base, including liquidity providers, traders, and service providers who can embed Rho's products into their own offerings. It provides tools for hedging against interest rate fluctuations, capitalizing on rate movements, executing arbitrage strategies, generating income through enhanced yield strategies, and diversifying portfolios. The protocol features a router for write-based interactions, a quoter for calculations and decision-making data, and a ViewDataProvider for retrieving the protocol's state. It is designed to benefit a wide range of users by providing safety, dependability, and various trading mechanisms like an automated market maker (AMM) model and a liquidity vault.Grant Funding
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2023
2025
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$6.2M