Llamalend v2 is live on Ethereum

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Llamalend v2 is now live on Ethereum, following its first production rollout on Optimism. The upgrade brings Curve’s liquidity and lending layers much closer together. A Curve pool can support secondary trading, oracle pricing and the routes needed to manage liquidations, while Llamalend adds borrowing and lending around that same onchain liquidity. The DEX pool and lending market can be built as parts of one market rather than two disconnected tracks. V2 also expands Curve lending beyond markets that require crvUSD on one side. It supports a wider range of borrowed assets and collateral types, including supported Curve LP tokens, allowing liquidity positions to be used as collateral. Every market remains isolated with its own oracle, parameters and caps. Llamalend v2 first went live on Optimism in June. OP incentives helped the initial markets attract supply and borrowing quickly, while giving the contracts, frontend, oracles and reward infrastructure their first production test. The initial markets have operated normally to date. That rollout also gave the team time to work through the additional oracle validation and infrastructure changes required before deploying on Ethereum. Ethereum is the next planned phase. Initial markets will begin with zero borrow caps, and borrowing will open market by market after the Curve DAO approves the initial borrow caps. V2 also supports the gradual migration of selected v1 lending and crvUSD mint markets to newer infrastructure and expanded controls. Liquidity is not only what makes trading possible. It is also what makes a lending market viable. A market needs dependable pricing and enough depth to manage collateral when prices move. Where appropriate, a Curve pool can provide EMA-based oracle input and a liquid secondary venue for the collateral asset. Each Llamalend market also contains its own LLAMMA, which gradually converts between the collateral and borrowed asset across a price range. This creates tradeable liquidity that arbitrageurs and aggregators can access. For asset issuers, the same Curve liquidity can therefore support secondary trading, oracle pricing and a lending market around the asset. This can reduce the need to build and subsidize separate infrastructure for each function. It does not remove the need for real market depth, lender supply or borrowing demand. Those remain requirements for a healthy lending market. Llamalend v1 required crvUSD on one side of every lending market. V2 removes that restriction. Supported assets can now sit on either side, subject to suitable liquidity, oracle design and market parameters. Every market remains one-way and isolated. It has one collateral asset, one borrowed asset, and its own lender vault, interest-rate model, oracle, caps and risk settings. This gives lenders more precise exposure. They choose which asset they are supplying and exactly which collateral backs the borrowing in that market. Credit and collateral risk are contained within that market rather than shared across an unrelated group of assets. V2 also supports productive collateral and high-LTV configurations. Supported Curve LP tokens can secure a loan while the underlying pool position continues accruing trading fees. This lets users borrow against liquidity they are already providing instead of leaving positions in only one role. With this update, Llamalend becomes an ideal venue for yield farmers who want to use LP, yield-bearing, or principal tokens as collateral to amplify their earnings. LLAMMA remains a defining part of Llamalend, but it should be understood as a risk-management mechanism, not a guarantee against liquidation. Instead of waiting for one fixed liquidation price, a loan’s collateral is placed across a range of price bands. When the market enters that range, portions of the collateral are gradually converted into the borrowed asset. If the price recovers, part of that conversion may reverse. This can avoid an immediate, all-at-once liquidation, but losses can accumulate inside the range and the loan can still be hard-liquidated if its health reaches zero. Borrowers should treat entry into the range as a warning, not something to ignore. And where available in v2 markets, the new “position reset” feature allows you to use current converted collateral to move positions out of the range. For more detail, see Curve’s guides to liquidations and custom bands . The initial Ethereum markets will be announced alongside deployment and the corresponding governance proposals. Each market will launch with its borrow cap set to zero. Users will be able to supply assets, but borrowing will only open once the Curve DAO approves the initial caps. Curve governance proposals take approximately seven days from creation to execution. Base lending interest depends on utilization, so suppliers should not expect interest from borrowers until the caps are enabled. Any separate incentives will be displayed in the Curve interface. Borrow caps can then be raised progressively by governance as liquidity, demand and market behaviour become clearer. The objective is not to activate every possible asset pair immediately, but to grow markets where the pricing, liquidity and demand are strong enough to support them. Llamalend v2 is now deployed on Ethereum. Borrowing opens market by market as the first governance proposals pass. [ Explore the markets ] · [ Follow the governance votes ]

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Decentralized finance protocol Llamalend v2 has officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet. This update integrates Curve's liquidity pools with lending markets to maximize asset utility and significantly expands the range of collateral assets by removing crvUSD dependencies. Investors can now use LP tokens as collateral to generate additional yields, marking a significant milestone in increasing capital efficiency within the DeFi ecosystem.

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The launch of Llamalend v2 represents a structural shift for DeFi, allowing for more granular asset management by decoupling from crvUSD. By enabling LP tokens to serve as collateral, the protocol unlocks dormant capital, potentially driving higher liquidity and trading volumes across the Curve ecosystem. The shift towards cross-asset compatibility signals a maturation of lending protocols aiming for sustainable growth through interoperability.

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