Liquid Stability Pool (LSP)
The Liquid Stability Pool is a core mechanism within Beraborrow designed to maintain protocol solvency while offering users a way to earn yield from liquidations and protocol fees. By depositing $NECT
into the pool, users mint $sNECT
, an ERC4626 token that represents their share of the pool’s assets, including $NECT
, $POLLEN
, and any collateral assets.
How the Liquid Stability Pool Maintains Protocol Solvency
The primary function of the Liquid Stability Pool is to handle liquidations within the protocol, which helps maintain a healthy collateral ratio across all user positions. When a user’s position falls below the minimum collateral ratio (MCR), the collateral is liquidated and swapped for $NECT
in the LSP. This process not only burns the $NECT
but also transfers the liquidated assets into the LSP, increasing the overall backing of $sNECT
tokens. Additionally, Pollen incentives and performance fees from PoL-compounding Dens ( $iBGT
,$iBERA
& $HONEY
) contribute to the yield, allowing users to continuously grow their share of the pool's assets.
The Liquid Stability Pool is a strategic way to maximise your $NECT
holdings, as you not only earn yield from liquidations but also benefit from performance fees and linear vesting of Pollen emissions. The pool includes built-in rebalancing methods to ensure efficient liquidity management, while minimising slippage. All assets earned from these yield sources are unlocked at a fixed rate to avoid any MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) against depositors.
This mechanism ensures that the protocol is always solvent, as liquidated collateral is captured directly by the LSP and used to restore the protocol’s collateralisation levels. As liquidations occur, $sNECT
holders see an increase in the value of their holdings, since the pool's assets grow without additional $NECT
being minted.
The Role of $sNECT
Tokens and Liquidation Mechanisms
$sNECT
Tokens and Liquidation MechanismsWhen you deposit $NECT
into the LSP, you mint $sNECT
tokens, which serve as a claim to a proportional share of the pool’s assets. The composition of the pool can vary, with $sNECT
backed by a mix of $NECT
, and any liquidated collateral assets such as $iBERA
, $iBGT
.
Each time a liquidation occurs, the liquidated collateral is added to the pool, increasing the backing of $sNECT
tokens. When users withdraw or redeem $sNECT
, they receive a mix of the pool’s assets according to their share. For example, if the pool consists of 70%$NECT
, 10%$POLLEN
, and 20%$iBGT
, a user redeeming 100$sNECT
would receive 70$NECT
, 10$NECT
worth of $POLLEN
, and 20$NECT
worth of $iBGT
.
Example of a Liquidation
Assume a total of 2,000,000 $NECT
exists in the Liquid Stability Pool, and you've deposited 200,000 $NECT
.
If a Den with 200,000 $NECT
debt and 300 $iBGT
collateral faces liquidation when the $iBGT
price is $666
, and with 100,000 $NECT
debt and 200 $iBGT
collateral is liquidated at a $iBGT
price of $666
, you'll be impacted based on your 10% pool share.
Specifically, your deposit will decrease by 10%
of the liquidated debt, amounting to 30,000 $NECT
. This means your deposit will diminish from 200,000 to 170,000 NECT
. In compensation, you'll acquire 10% of the liquidated collateral: 30 $iBGT
and 20 $iBGT
. At the given price, this collateral is valued at $33,300
, rendering you a net profit of $3,300
from the liquidation event.
See more liquidations information on, Collateral Ratio and Liquidation.
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