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SYM Finance
Whitepaper
SYM Core Team
PRESENTED BY
SEPTEMBER 2023
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Introduction & Background 3
Leverage Yield Problem 4
Risk-minimized Leveraged Yield 6
Price Discovery of Risk-minimized Leverage 8
User Profile 12
Q&A 13
Table of
Contents
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3 SYM FINANCE WHITEPAPER
Price Discovery for
Leveraged Yield
0. Introduction
This whitepaper introduces an innovative price discovery mechanism (Tidal AMM) of
leveraged yield in DeFi. Leveraged yield refers to the multiplied yield generated by
obtaining a spot leverage on the underlying yield-bearing assets. Additionally, this
whitepaper delves into the implementation of Tidal AMM by SYM Finance.
1. Background
Yield-bearing assets are one of the largest and most popular asset classes in DeFi.
This category includes assets like Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSD), restaked ETHs, LP
tokens, AAVE's aTokens, and more. Holding these assets inherently generates yield
for the user.
Moreover, yield-bearing assets are the best demonstration of composability and
interoperability, the defining characteristics of crypto. Users can utilize yield-bearing
assets for various purposes, such as using them as collaterals to secure loans, all
while continuing to benefit from the underlying yield. The majority of DeFi TVL is
yield-bearing, and its size is only going to grow with more assets being introduced
on-chain, including potential additions like Treasury Bills.