
Credit plays a very significant role in the economy. It helps to ensure that an economy's financial cycle is always in motion. It is also a means through which individuals can raise capital and pay it back later. Businesses also make use of credit for the purchase of goods and services. When the purchased goods are sold, profits are made which are then used to repay the debt. In fact, anybody for various reasons can take a loan and pay it back over time.
For credit to be easily accessible by those who need it, some kind of incentive is usually involved for creditors. Most times, the incentive is in the form of interest which creditors charge borrowers. In this write-up, we will discuss everything you need to know about interest rates.
Interest rate is a commonly used phrase used in the financial world. However, what is interest? Interest is a financial incentive owed by a lender to the borrower. It is the cost incurred by a borrower for borrowing money. For instance, if Jackson decides to lend Jonathan some amount of money, say $5000, they may have an agreement that the refund would be at 5% interest. This means that Jonathan will have to repay the $5000 plus an extra 5% of the borrowed sum. That is, he will pay back $5250 to Jackson.
Having understood what interest means, we can easily deduce what interest rate is. Interest rate is simply the proportion of a loan charged as interest with respect to time. Therefore, if Jackson's interest rate is 5% per year, Jonathan would have to pay the sum of $5250 in the first year.
Interest rates are termed either simple or compound. Using the earlier illustration, simple interest maintains the same rate for subsequent years, that is, 5% interest every year ($5250 yearly). In contrast, compound interest charges interest on the initial principal and accumulated interests from earlier intervals. For example, 5% of the $5250 from the first year gives $262.5. Hence, if the loan is for two years at 5% compound interest, $262.5 will be the interest for the second year rather than $250.
Now, let us explain the critical role interest rates play in an economy. In commercial banks, all transactions revolve around borrowing and lending. Anyone who deposits money is a lender. As banks pay other people, you receive interest because your deposits are, in principle, lent to other people. You also pay interest to the bank each time you borrow money.
Although banks charge and pay interest, they do not have the flexibility to set these rates. Only Central Banks have the right to do so. By increasing or decreasing interest rates, a Central Bank can regulate the economy. If the interest rates are increased, more interest will accrue to you if the bank lends out your money. The downside is the higher cost incurred by those who want to borrow. Therefore, when interest rates are high, it is expensive to borrow but profitable to lend.
The reverse is the case when interest rates are reduced. It is less profitable to lend but attractive to borrow. Generally, interest rates affect consumer behavior. The purpose of lowering interest rates may be to increase the spending rate of the economy at a time when it has dropped. When individuals and businesses see that the interest rates are cheap, the level at which they borrow is increased.
A struggling economy will benefit from lowered interest rates, but it will lead to inflation. When there are more funds in circulation due to reduced interest, there is a higher spending rate. The demand for goods is increased, and it will suppress supply. Inflation eventually sets in to balance the economy.
Another natural way to restore balance is to increase interest rates. When this is done, there is fewer amounts of funds in circulation. Consumers begin to panic and repay their debts. At this point, there is much to gain when your money is loaned out. Consumers, therefore, save in banks so they can earn interest. However, there will be less demand for goods again which will induce poor growth of the economy.
It may sound surprising, but a Central Bank can adjust interest rates in such a way that you pay to either lend money or save it in a bank. In the unusual scenario a borrower receives interest rather than pay interest. Negative interest rates may be used by Central Banks as one of the tools of last resort, to revive an economy in a very drastic state.
When individuals realize that they need to pay money to save in banks or lend to others, they decide to keep the money themselves during an economic decline. The idea here is that borrowing is incentivised to stimulate further economic activity. While this measure is a very negative approach, many experts believe it is the last resort to help a crumbling economy.
The concept of interest rate is straightforward to understand. The interest rate policy influences the economy of a country as well as individual behaviour. Central banks play a key role in setting these rates to ensure an economic balance. High-interest rates may increase the yield of lenders but slow the growth of the economy. In contrast, low interest rates may reduce the yield of lenders but increase the growth of the economy.
MDEX is the decentralized exchange (DEX) platform built on Heco, the Huobi exchange blockchain. It is strategically positioned as the optimal choice for Eco-token transactions and the largest DeFi ecosystem with DEX, IMO, and DAO integration.
It is a decentralized exchange based on Automated Market Maker (AMM) technology on the HECO and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) with a tune of over $5 billion in total value locked. They aim to create cross-chain compatibility between leading chains to create a composite DEX ecosystem.
MDEX became the first project to integrate a dual mining mechanisms into its ecosystem. It utilizes a Liquidity and Transaction mining mechanism:
Liquidity Mining: Various liquidity pairs are available on its LP mining platform, including LP and single stakes. Currently, the platform holds one of the largest TVLs on the Heco chain. They offer a wide range of LP tokens available in the Heco ecosystem.
Its APYs are the largest on the Heco chain and quite competitive with other Dexes available in other chains. Users can start accessing the LP mining incentives and APYs by connecting to the pool.
Transaction Mining: MDEX is the first platform to integrate transaction mining which rewards users for transacting on the platform. By trading using the DEX, users get rewarded for all trade actions done on the DEX.
High APY revenue of transaction mining up till 26th Feb 2021 (source: mdex.com)
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO): MDEX runs a DAO structure using its token MDX to achieve governance. MDX holders can propose to initiate a token listing by voting or collateralizing.
Initial Miner Offering (IMO): Similar to the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on the Ethereum chain and the Initial Dex Offering (IDO) on BSC Dex chains, MDEX will standardize fundraising activities. Fundraising will be facilitated through its IMO platform. The token will help achieve a standard fundraising token based on the HT-IMO, the decentralized fundraising protocol on MDEX.
The platform is active with various incentives mechanism for its numerous LP pools, listings, and pairs. By interacting with its official Medium handle, can stay updated with the new pools, revised reward mechanisms, and new additions and information.
Four days ago, the platform passed its Certik audit, according to the team, “with flying colors.”
The project has a 93/100 score which shows a healthy indication of its codes and its platform features as safe for use.
MDX token distribution
The project is dubbed the “DeFi Golden Shovel” in Chinese cryptocurrency circles. The immediate roadmap plan is on achieving cross-chain interoperability with various chains.
The platform is looking prime to go multichain with the integration of top chains such as BSC and ETH to achieve a multi-chain era in DEX. According to its released Medium post:
“MDEX will gradually support ETH (layer 2 network), BSC, OKExChain, DOT, NEAR, and other public chains so that assets are inter-connected. In this way, we seek to build a pan-eco transaction protocol.”
On January 6, the project went online.
On January 19, liquidity mining & trading mining were open; the liquidity of the day reached US$275 million; and the transaction volume amounted to US$521 million.
On January 24 (18 days after its launch), the single-day transaction volume exceeded US$1 billion.
On February 1 (26 days after its launch), the liquidity exceeded US$ 1 billion.
On February 3, the Boardroom (Board of Directors) mechanism was launched, and the MDEX ecological fund, worth $15 million USD in MDEX was established.
On February 19, the single-day transaction volume exceeded US$2 billion.
On February 25th, MDEX ranked first in the CoinMarketCap global DEX rankings. It accounted for 53.48% of global DEX trading volume. The daily transaction volume reached a whopping $5 billion USD.
March 10 marked 51 days of MDEX being live. The cumulative transaction volume exceeded $100 billion USD.
On March 12, the total amount of repurchased and burnt MDX exceeded 10 million.
On March 16, MDEX Version 2.0 was released.
On March 18, the 24-hour transaction volume exceeded US$2.2 billion.TVL exceeded US$2.3 billion which builds a new record.
On March 19, in total 143 million MDX are distributed in the form of transaction mining subsidies + liquidity mining rewards, worth US$577 million.
The transaction fees over the first two months were over US$340 million. The platform's 7-day transaction fees rank 3rd, only after Bitcoin and Ethereum.
On Apr 8, Mdex launched on BSC, supporting single currency mining, liquidity mining, trading mining and asset cross-chain.
Within two hours of launch on Binance Smart Chain, the TVL of MDEX exceeded $1.5 billion. The total transaction volume exceeded $268 Million and the TVL on HECO and BSC is now over 5 billion.
The high transaction fees on the Ethereum saw a slice in ETH dominance. Many users in the DeFi sector have gravitated to other blockchain infrastructures like Huobi and Binance Smart Chain.
MDEX integration of other chains like ETH and BSC in the future will make it a multichain DEX service. It will offer unique features like transaction mining and an increase in TVL. Due to the user incentive mechanism of transaction mining and repurchase rewards, MDEX currently has relatively low transaction costs, and users benefit from transactions. Overall, MDEX presents low fees, incentives for transactions, low slippage, and ever-increasing LP pairs will make the platform attractive to users and maintain its dominance as the leading DEX in the ecosystem.
Overall it is vital to proceed with caution when purchasing tokens that have just been listed. For those who have not already read our articles on safety in the BSC it is crucial to reference the following items, HERE and HERE.
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Lola (AMA HOST): Can the team member of HOLDEFI say hi?
Cengiz: Hi everybody, Glad to be here. I'm from Holdefi project and ready to answer your questions.
Feel free to ask anything about Holdefi ☺️
Lola (AMA HOST): You're welcome Cengiz. Glad to have you with us today.
Hope you're good.
Cengiz:Thanks
Me too😉😊
Lola (AMA HOST): Good👍
Let's move on to the questions.
At the 2nd half, the Community would be dropping their questions and you can pick any 3 questions of your choice.
Shall we start now
Cengiz: OK lets start.
Q1. Can we get to know more about you and your team? What are your roles and past experiences?
Cengiz:We are a +30 person company based in Turkey and have more than four years of experience in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. We had a lot of success in the local sector, and today we are looking to implement our first global project.
Lola (AMA HOST): Great. What a team! More than team. And How have been your experience with them?
What's your role?
Cengiz: I am content leader of this lovely team.
We have Blockchain Development team, Web development, Marketing, R&D, Content, Graphic Design and management.
Lola (AMA HOST): Ohh. Great.
Q2. A lot of Projects are either on BSC or ETH. Rare to see Multichain Projects. Why did you choose to be on both? Is there anything behind this great move?
Cengiz: We have developed Holdefi on ethereum blockchain from the start. But today it is not hidden to anyone that BSC growth was really amazing and has its own community and fans. So we have decided to launch Holdefi protocol and token also on BSC besides ethereum.
Lola (AMA HOST): That's really good
Q3. Holdefi is an Opensource non-custodial money market protocol that allows users to be depositors or borrower. How can users participate?
Cengiz: Depositors provide liquidity to the market to earn a passive income, and everyone can borrow from this liquidity and repay it after a while. The Borrower must add collateral before borrowing any tokens. The value of the collateral should be greater than the value of the assets they want to borrow. This collateral is, in fact, a guarantee that they will repay the borrowed assets.
Lola(AMA HOST): Okay. Aside from the Collateral, will there be any interest?
Cengiz: No.
Collatoral is only a guarantee for repaying the borrowed assets.
Lola (AMA HOST): Okay. Thanks 😊
Q4. What offer do you have for HLD token holders?
Cengiz: HLD has many use cases include but are not limited to: Protocol governance, Burning, Liquidity mining, staking, Revenue sharing.
I will also share some links at last for reading more about the details.
Lola (AMA HOST): Okay. That would be nice.
Q5. Is there any requirements to join in the HLD IDO? And what should participants expect?
Cengiz: Our IDO has been finished. Now HLD is being traded on PancakeSwap and UniSwap. HLD also being added to centralized exchanges in the near future.
Lola (AMA HOST): All right. Thanks for the Update.
Q6. Can you also tell the Community about the revenue sharing and Liquidity mining?
Cengiz: Liquidity mining in summary means when people provide liquidity to Holdefi protocol they can earn/mine HLD token.
Revenue sharing also means Holdefi protocol revenue from the fees will be shared with the token holders.
Q7. What's the Future plans of this HOLDEFI?
Cengiz: Staking, competitions, Holdefi-V2, and many many plans are coming. We have a whole long-term plan that I do not want to spoil now😉, but our path is very long and certainly, those who joined us from the beginning could be very lucky.
Lola (AMA HOST): Wow! That's quite impressive. Then we are ready to journey with you to the Future. ☺️
Q8. Can you explain to the community about HLD pools?
Cengiz: If you mean HLD pools on UniSwap and PancakeSwap, Liquidity provided tokens by the team are going to be locked for years.
Lola (AMA HOST): Can you give exact period? Like for how many years?
Cengiz: We did not make final decision yet but I think at least 4 years. Maybe we will do that with the third party like TrustSwap. We will announce to the community when we made it.
Q9. Can you tell the Community what makes your Project different from others?
Cengiz: I can mention some of them here.
At Holdefi we have a feature called Promotion that we can do it on different markets which is Increase interest rates.
This feature helps us to increase the liquidity of our pools quickly and grow fast.
or on the otherside, we can decrease the borrow rate for borrowers to attract them to the platform
We seperate the market and collateral pools so that users can withdraw their money at any time. it is what other platforms do not have right now!
This pic also can describe promotion feature better.
Again community can find more details in our documents. I will share the links in the end of our conversation.
Lola (AMA HOST): All right.
Q10. Do share with us all the links that the readers can find out more and also follow the development of the project.
Cengiz: Holdefi website:
Lola (AMA HOST): Thanks Cengiz.
Can we also have the roadmap or is there a lite paper link we can check through too?
Cengiz:Yes you can find our whitepaper and other details at https://docs.holdefi.com/
Lola (AMA HOST): Okay. That's great.
Q11. Lastly, our favourite question in BSC News, do you have any alpha or juicy news that you can share with us today?
Cengiz:
We are in the last phases of Holdefi codes audit and tests, So Holdefi mainnet will be launched at the end of April early May.😊
Lola (AMA HOST): Great. Can't wait for it!
Cengiz: 🙈
Lola (AMA HOST): Thanks for this wonderful AMA, short and Precised. 😊
Cengiz: Thank you for inviting me here for this AMA.
Lending money at no cost is not practical because of the time value of money. Interest rates are necessary costs that help to keep an economy stable.
Credit plays a very significant role in the economy. It helps to ensure that an economy's financial cycle is always in motion. It is also a means through which individuals can raise capital and pay it back later. Businesses also make use of credit for the purchase of goods and services. When the purchased goods are sold, profits are made which are then used to repay the debt. In fact, anybody for various reasons can take a loan and pay it back over time.
For credit to be easily accessible by those who need it, some kind of incentive is usually involved for creditors. Most times, the incentive is in the form of interest which creditors charge borrowers. In this write-up, we will discuss everything you need to know about interest rates.
Interest rate is a commonly used phrase used in the financial world. However, what is interest? Interest is a financial incentive owed by a lender to the borrower. It is the cost incurred by a borrower for borrowing money. For instance, if Jackson decides to lend Jonathan some amount of money, say $5000, they may have an agreement that the refund would be at 5% interest. This means that Jonathan will have to repay the $5000 plus an extra 5% of the borrowed sum. That is, he will pay back $5250 to Jackson.
Having understood what interest means, we can easily deduce what interest rate is. Interest rate is simply the proportion of a loan charged as interest with respect to time. Therefore, if Jackson's interest rate is 5% per year, Jonathan would have to pay the sum of $5250 in the first year.
Interest rates are termed either simple or compound. Using the earlier illustration, simple interest maintains the same rate for subsequent years, that is, 5% interest every year ($5250 yearly). In contrast, compound interest charges interest on the initial principal and accumulated interests from earlier intervals. For example, 5% of the $5250 from the first year gives $262.5. Hence, if the loan is for two years at 5% compound interest, $262.5 will be the interest for the second year rather than $250.
Now, let us explain the critical role interest rates play in an economy. In commercial banks, all transactions revolve around borrowing and lending. Anyone who deposits money is a lender. As banks pay other people, you receive interest because your deposits are, in principle, lent to other people. You also pay interest to the bank each time you borrow money.
Although banks charge and pay interest, they do not have the flexibility to set these rates. Only Central Banks have the right to do so. By increasing or decreasing interest rates, a Central Bank can regulate the economy. If the interest rates are increased, more interest will accrue to you if the bank lends out your money. The downside is the higher cost incurred by those who want to borrow. Therefore, when interest rates are high, it is expensive to borrow but profitable to lend.
The reverse is the case when interest rates are reduced. It is less profitable to lend but attractive to borrow. Generally, interest rates affect consumer behavior. The purpose of lowering interest rates may be to increase the spending rate of the economy at a time when it has dropped. When individuals and businesses see that the interest rates are cheap, the level at which they borrow is increased.
A struggling economy will benefit from lowered interest rates, but it will lead to inflation. When there are more funds in circulation due to reduced interest, there is a higher spending rate. The demand for goods is increased, and it will suppress supply. Inflation eventually sets in to balance the economy.
Another natural way to restore balance is to increase interest rates. When this is done, there is fewer amounts of funds in circulation. Consumers begin to panic and repay their debts. At this point, there is much to gain when your money is loaned out. Consumers, therefore, save in banks so they can earn interest. However, there will be less demand for goods again which will induce poor growth of the economy.
It may sound surprising, but a Central Bank can adjust interest rates in such a way that you pay to either lend money or save it in a bank. In the unusual scenario a borrower receives interest rather than pay interest. Negative interest rates may be used by Central Banks as one of the tools of last resort, to revive an economy in a very drastic state.
When individuals realize that they need to pay money to save in banks or lend to others, they decide to keep the money themselves during an economic decline. The idea here is that borrowing is incentivised to stimulate further economic activity. While this measure is a very negative approach, many experts believe it is the last resort to help a crumbling economy.
The concept of interest rate is straightforward to understand. The interest rate policy influences the economy of a country as well as individual behaviour. Central banks play a key role in setting these rates to ensure an economic balance. High-interest rates may increase the yield of lenders but slow the growth of the economy. In contrast, low interest rates may reduce the yield of lenders but increase the growth of the economy.