Yield Bearing Collateral

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What is a Yield Bearing Asset?

Yield bearing assets are assets that earn yield. Some examples are LP tokens, Yearn Vault Tokens, aTokens, cTokens, and more.

Why does Yeti Finance allow Yield Bearing Assets as Collateral?

On Avalanche, there are already well-developed lending markets to borrow against base-level assets such as WETH or AVAX. But for many yield-bearing assets, there is no other place to borrow against them. Borrowers on Yeti continue earning rewards that their collateral normally earns while also now being able to borrowing against these assets.

What Yield Bearing Assets does Yeti Finance Accept?

Yeti Finance will be accepting a variety of highly liquid collateral from the largest projects in the Avalanche ecosystem. This includes:

• Staked assets e.g. sJOE

• Trader Joe and Curve LP tokens

• Deposited collateral on the Benqi and Aave lending markets.

Yeti Finance will also accept base-level tokens such as WAVAX, WETH, WBTC, and JOE as collateral. Yield-bearing collateral will continue to earn the farming rewards they otherwise would have. For example, Trader Joe LP tokens are staked on behalf of users to continue earning JOE rewards. Similarly, Curve LP tokens used as collateral continue earning any collateral rewards and Avalanche rush incentives. The same is true for collateral from the lending markets listed above.

How does auto-compounding work?

The code automatically auto-compounds farming rewards for your collaterals deposited in Yeti.

On most collaterals, Yeti Finance takes a cut of the farming reward at the time of the auto-compound. This is true for Curve and Trader Joe LP tokens as well as sJOE.

However, for lending market collateral (deposited collateral on Aave or Benqi), Yeti Finance also takes a cut of the rewards generated by the collateral.

The site displays yield opportunities net of Yeti's cut of yield, which varies depending on the collateral type.

Collateral	Autocompound/Farm Mechanism
Joe LP Tokens	JLP tokens deposited on Yeti earn JOE rewards through the Trader Joe Master Chef Contract. JOE rewards are sold (auto-compounded) for more LP tokens and the Yeti treasury takes a cut of JOE here.
Curve av3CRV LP Tokens	av3CRV LP tokens deposited on Yeti are deposited in a Curve gauge to accrue WAVAX rewards from Avalanche Rush incentives as well as CRV rewards. The rewards are sold (auto-compounded) so each av3CRV depositor acquires more LP tokens. The Yeti treasury takes a cut of the WAVAX and CRV rewards on auto-compound.
sJOE	JOE deposited into sJOE accrue USDC yield. This yield auto-compounded for more JOE tokens which are deposited into sJOE. The Yeti treasury takes a cut of the USDC on each auto-compound.
Aave Deposited Collateral	Aave deposited assets earn WAVAX rewards (from Avalanche Rush) along with an intrinsic interest rate. The WAVAX is periodically auto-compounded for more aTokens and the Yeti treasury takes a cut on auto-compound. The treasury also takes a cut of the intrinsic yield on these assets.
Benqi Deposited Collateral	Benqi deposited assets earn QI, and WAVAX rewards (from Avalanche Rush) along with an intrinsic interest rate. The QI and WAVAX is periodically auto-compounded for more qiTokens and the Yeti treasury takes a cut on auto-compound. The treasury also takes a cut of the intrinsic yield on these assets. It's not possible to utilize qiTokens as collateral on both Benqi and Yeti Finance at the same time.
GLP	GMX's GLP earn trading fees denominated in WAVAX, and esGMX rewards for staking. The WAVAX is periodically auto-compounded for more GLP, and the Yeti treasury takes a cut on auto-compound. esGMX has a vesting period, or it can be staked to earn more WAVAX rewards. Instead of vesting, the code automatically stakes esGMX to earn more WAVAX rewards, to earn more GLP.