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Compound

A decentralised lending protocol on Ethereum that pioneered the concept of algorithmic interest rates set by supply and demand. Users supply assets to earn interest and borrow against deposited collateral. Compound's governance token COMP was the first major DeFi governance token, sparking the 'DeFi Summer' of 2020.

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