Tectonic
  • Introduction
    • What is Tectonic?
    • Fundamentals
      • Example of Supplying
      • Example of Borrowing
    • FAQs
  • Guides
    • Bridging Assets to Cronos
    • Supplying Assets
    • Borrowing Assets
    • Withdrawing Assets
    • Repaying your Loans
      • Repay with Collateral
    • Swapping out Collateral
    • Shorting Assets
    • Claiming TONIC Rewards
      • Auto Vault Emissions
    • Claiming Partner Rewards
    • Boosting TONIC rewards
    • Understanding Liquidations
    • Staking TONIC
      • Unstaking xTONIC
    • Locking xTONIC
      • Increasing vault rewards with NFTs
      • NFT Project Partnerships
    • Understanding Analytics
      • Glossary of Terms
  • Protocol
    • Isolated Pools
    • TONIC Token
      • Earn TONIC from Liquidity Incentives
      • Earn TONIC by staking TONIC
      • Earn TONIC by locking xTONIC
    • TONIC Rewards Boost
    • tTokens
    • Interest Rate Models
      • Standard Model
      • Jump (Kink) Model
    • Liquidation Mechanism
    • Money Market Parameters
      • Isolated Pool Parameters
    • Supply Cap
    • Leverage Management Tools
      • Repay with Collateral
      • Collateral Swap
      • Shorting Assets
    • Governance
  • Roadmap
  • Developer
    • Smart Contracts & Security
      • External Audits
      • Platform Wallets
      • tToken Smart Contracts
    • TectonicCore
    • TONIC Distribution Speeds
    • Price Oracle
    • WalletConnect
  • Extras
    • Cronos Labs Incubation
    • Release Notes
    • Risk Disclosure
    • Branding Assets Guideline
  • Community Links
    • Website
    • Blog
    • Telegram
    • Discord
    • Twitter
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  1. Introduction

What is Tectonic?

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Last updated 1 month ago

is a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol built for users of all experience levels. It’s built to be simple, secure, and efficient—designed for both passive investors and active traders.

As a liquidity supplier, you can deposit supported tokens into the protocol to earn passive interest over time. As a borrower, you can take out loans by providing more collateral than the amount borrowed, ensuring the system remains secure.

Tectonic is inspired by Compound, a well-established and audited DeFi protocol. Tectonic is also complemented with an attractive incentive program powered by xTONIC, the native token of Tectonic protocol.

In summary, Tectonic protocol aims to provide secure & seamless cryptocurrencies money market functionalities, enabling multiple use cases for its users.

  • “HODLers” can generate returns from interest by supplying assets to the protocol without having to actively manage their assets

  • Traders can borrow certain cryptocurrencies to capitalize their short-term trading view (e.g., shorting) or yield maximizing opportunities (e.g., farming)

  • Users can obtain access to other cryptocurrencies for multiple purposes (e.g., participate in ICO, bonding), without having to liquidate their original assets

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