About Liquity

After trading under a bearish sentiment for a brief period, the cryptocurrency market has recorded a bullish recovery over the past day. Moreover, the market is currently valued at $2.11 Trillion with a 24-hour jump of 1.48%. Following this, mid-cap and low-cap altcoins have gained attention from the crypto space.

Liquity, a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lender is prepared to undergo a “friendly fork” as part of its v2 upgrade. Liquity v2 Set to Fix v1 Shortcomings In a blog post, the protocol stated that it decided to go through the friendly fork after an intense reflection on the history of its v1.

Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers.

Liquity v2 allows borrowers to set interest rates independently, fostering a competitive lending environment.

TL;DR Liquity is preparing to launch a redesigned protocol by the end of 2024 to address the limitations of its current offering. The new protocol will include innovative features such as support for Liquid Staking Tokens (LST) as collateral, dynamic interest rates, and a revamped liquidation system.

Altcoins have become one of the most preferred ways for crypto investors to secure massive gains in the industry especially given Bitcoin's massive growth rate in the last decade. Because a lot of these altcoins have significantly smaller market caps, they tend to have a lot of runway for growth, making them an enticing option.