Decrypt • Nov 29, 22
DeFi Giants Aave, Compound Freeze Markets and Cap Loans to Mitigate Risks
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Market cap
$385.3M
Volume (24h)
$176.7M
Circulating supply
7.9M COMP
Typical hold time
23 days
Popularity
#52
All time high
$911.20
Price change (1h)
-0.2%
Price change (24h)
+19.92%
Price change (7d)
+22.96%
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Sum of median estimated savings and rewards earned, per user in 2021 across multiple Coinbase programs (excluding sweepstakes). This amount includes fee waivers from Coinbase One (excluding the subscription cost), rewards from Coinbase Card, and staking rewards.
The price of Compound has risen by 22.96% in the past 7 days. The price increased by 19.92% in the last 24 hours. In just the past hour, the price shrunk by 0.20%. The current price is $48.78 per COMP. Compound is 94.65% below the all time high of $911.20.
The current circulating supply is 7,878,308.741 COMP.
Average ratings from the community
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Compound (COMP) is an Ethereum token that enables community governance of the Compound protocol. The protocol is a series of decentralized interest rate markets that allow users to supply and borrow Ethereum tokens at variable interest rates. COMP token holders and their delegates can also debate, propose, and vote on changes to the protocol.
Compound (COMP) is an Ethereum-based token that allows the community to govern the Compound protocol. The protocol consists of a series of decentralized interest rate markets that enable users to supply and borrow Ethereum tokens at variable interest rates.
To begin with, the primary users of the platform consist of:
Lenders: Lenders are users (could be anybody) who want to lend a cryptocurrency on the Compound platform. The lenders can do so by sending their tokens to an Ethereum address managed by Compound in order to generate interest.
Borrowers: Borrowers are users (could be anybody) who share cryptocurrency collateral on the Compound platform. They are permitted to borrow cryptocurrencies supported by Compound at a percentage of the posted value.
As per the whitepaper, asset suppliers (and borrowers) interact directly with the protocol, earning and paying a floating interest rate without needing to negotiate terms like maturity, interest rate, or collateral with a peer or counterparty.
Moreover, the platform has two types of tokens—COMP and cToken.
Each asset supported by the Compound protocol is integrated through a cToken contract.
By minting cTokens, users can earn interest via the cToken's exchange rate, thereby increasing the value of the underlying asset, and users can also gain the ability to employ cTokens as collateral.
Using cTokens is the primary method of communicating with the Compound protocol. The cToken contract is used when a user mints, redeems, borrows, repays a borrow, liquidates a borrow, or transfers cTokens on the Compound protocol.
cToken has two types of its own: CErc20 and CEther. Both these types employ the EIP-20 interface. However, CErc20 includes an underlying ERC-20 asset, while CEther includes Ether only. EIP-20 is an interface that enables any tokens on Ethereum to be reused by other applications (from wallets to decentralized exchanges). A cToken contract integrates each asset that is supported by the Compound protocol. As such, the core functions that involve transferring an asset into the protocol have slightly different interfaces depending on the type.
COMP is an ERC-20 token that gives its owner the ability to delegate voting rights to any address, including their own. The delegate's voting rights are automatically adjusted when the owner's token balance changes. The Compound protocol uses three distinct components: the COMP token, governance module, and Timelock. These contracts, when combined, enable the community to propose, vote on, and implement changes via the administrative functions of a cToken. Proposals can change system parameters, support new markets, or add entirely new protocol functionality.
COMP token holders have the authority to delegate their voting rights to themselves or another address of their choice. Governance proposals can be created by addresses that have been delegated at least 65,000 COMP. 100 COMP need to be locked to create one autonomous proposal. Accordingly, the autonomous proposal evolves into a governance proposal after being delegated (handed) 65,000 COMP.
When a governance proposal is drafted, it goes through a two-day review period, after which voting weights are recorded and voting begins. Voting lasts three days. Further, if a proposal gets a majority and at least 400,000 votes, the proposal gets queued in the Timelock and can be effected two days later. Any protocol change takes at least one week.
Compound Labs was founded in August 2017 by Geoffrey Hayes and Robert Leshner. The company has its headquarters in San Francisco, California, USA. The whitepaper for the Compound protocol was published in February 2019 and authored by Robert Leshner and Geoffrey Hayes.
In 2018 Compound raised $8.2 million in funding from notable venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Ventures, the venture-capital arm of the consulting firm Bain. Compound raised an additional $25 million in 2019 from many of the same investors, along with new participants like Paradigm Capital, a fund started by a cofounder of Coinbase.
COMP tokens are not minable—only the Compound Labs team issues new COMP tokens. Every day, 2800 new coins are issued. These newly issued tokens are then distributed equally amongst borrowers and lenders. 50% of tokens are issued to borrowers, which helps decrease their loan amount. The remaining 50% of tokens are issued to lenders.
The total supply of Compound coins is 10 million.
Compound coins can be purchased and traded on Coinbase.
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Conversion Table
COMP/CAD (Canadian Dollar)
CA$65.75
COMP/GBP (British Pound)
£39.90
COMP/JPY (Japanese Yen)
¥7,286.01
COMP/INR (Indian Rupee)
₹4,052.19
COMP/BRL (Real)
R$245.58
COMP/EUR (Euro)
€46.10
COMP/NGN (Nigerian Naira)
NGN 37,955.72
COMP/KRW (South Korean Won)
₩65,847.63
COMP/SGD (Singapore Dollar)
S$66.56
Decrypt • Nov 29, 22
DeFi Giants Aave, Compound Freeze Markets and Cap Loans to Mitigate Risks
The lending protocols have implemented new security measures to block attacks after an attempted short squeeze last week.
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Decrypt • Aug 26, 22
Crypto Lending Platform Compound Rolls Out Fresh Upgrade for DeFi Users
The new iteration of the Compound protocol targets security, capital efficiency, and improved user experience.
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Messari • Jul 07, 22
State of Compound Q2 2022
Protocol metrics continued to trend downward aside from liquidations that benefited from the current market sentiment. The push for multichain and a new integration in Q2 could corral new retail and institutional users and push the protocol in the right direction.
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CoinDesk • May 27, 22
Siam Commercial Bank Is Chasing DeFi Yield Through Compound
The bank’s venture arm, SCB 10X, is using Compound Treasury’s 4% yield service via the Fireblocks custody platform.
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The Block • May 09, 22
Compound Treasury nabs credit rating from S&P
Compound's Robert Leshner told The Block that the rating represents "a watershed moment for our industry, and signals that DeFi is an equal peer to traditional financial markets, and ready for institutional capital."
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The Block • Apr 21, 22
Compound governance rejects proposal wanting to end large token rewards
Stakeholders of the Compound lending protocol narrowly rejected a proposal that suggested getting rid of all of its liquidity rewards.
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The current market cap of Compound is $385.29M. A high market cap implies that the asset is highly valued by the market.
The all-time high of Compound is $911.20. This all-time high is highest price paid for Compound since it was launched.
Over the last 24 hours, the trading volume of Compound is $176.69M.
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The current circulating supply of Compound is 7.9 million.
The median time that Coinbase customers hold Compound before selling it or sending it to another account or address is 23 days.
Compound ranks 20 among tradable assets on Coinbase. Popularity is currently based on relative market cap.
Currently, 100% of Coinbase users are buying Compound. In other words, 100% of Coinbase customers have increased their net position in Compound over the past 24 hours through trading.
Yes, Compound is currently available on Coinbase’s centralized exchange. For more detailed instructions, check out our helpful how to buy Compound guide.
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