Collateral is any asset that a lender accepts as a form of security to ensure that the borrower repays a loan.
Collateral cap is a security feature designed to diversify protocol-wide lending risk away from any one asset.
Collateral Factor is the maximum amount a user can borrow, represented in percentages, based on the total a...
The collateral margin is the percentage of the total value of the investment that the investor must contrib...
In cryptocurrency, collateral tokens are used as a risk mitigation asset when borrowing other types of cryp...
Collateralization is the process of using one asset as insurance for securing a loan in a different asset.
A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) represents a mixture of loans and assets that are offered to big inv...
A collateralized debt position is held by locking collateral in smart contracts to generate stablecoins.
A collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) is essentially a bundle of numerous mortgages combined in a pack...
A “collateralized stablecoin” is a stablecoin that is entirely or almost entirely backed by collateral held...
A crypto loan is a type of secured loan, similar to an auto or student loan, in which you commit to an asse...
The Decentralization Ratio (DR) is the ratio of collateral value that is decentralized over the total stabl...
A fractional stablecoin is one that is backed in two ways: collaterally-backed and algorithmically modified.
Used by lenders, loan-to-value (LTV) is the assessment ratio of risk involved while approving a loan. Simpl...
The Maker Protocol allows users to leverage their assets as collateral that are approved by the Maker gover...
Minimum Collateralization Ratio (MCR) is the least amount of collateral that needs to be pledged against a ...
Over-collateralization (OC) is the provision of collateral that is worth more than enough to cover potentia...
Crypto P2P lending refers to a practice of lending assets without the involvement of a middleman. Such loan...
Rehypothecation is a process where brokers use the assets collateralized by clients for their own benefit.
Rehypothecation is the practice where banks, and even the brokers themselves, use assets that have been pos...