Hashstack Finance continues to make waves in the blockchain industry. Following its Open Protocol testnet launch, the team has raised $1 million in seed funding. The money will be put to good use, enhancing the Open Protocol, increasing the team’s size, and growing the global community.
Many bigwigs in the blockchain investing space took part in the Hashtack seed funding round, including Moonrock Capital, Nimrom Lehavi, Chainridge Capital, GHAF Capital Partners, Kane & Rao Group, and MarketAcross.
Commenting on the funding, Hashstack Finance founder Vinay stated:
“Bringing under-collateralization to the DeFi is critical to our mission at Hashstack. We are grateful to be backed by some of the smartest money in this ecosystem. The funds raised will be utilized towards talent acquisition, product development & growth.”
Hashstack has made strong inroads recently through its Open Protocol solution. As the only autonomous DeFi lending solution with non-custodial and under-collateralized loans with a 1:3 collateral-to-loan ratio. Hashstack makes a strong push to make decentralized finance more accessible appealing. Through Open Protocol, users can borrow up to $600 by providing $200 in collateral. Moreover, users can withdraw up to 70% and keep the remaining 30% as in-platform trading capital.
Kane & Rao Group General partner Kevin Kurian adds:
“Getting the maximum value out of your assets is essential in any market. Hashstack offers a solution that the market has not really seen before. We backed Vinay and his team at Hashstack with our capital to bring forward these new ideas.”
Open Protocol is very different from current DeFi lending protocols requiring over-collateralization. Hashstack is the first project to offer a glimpse of hope for more accessible lending, regardless of the reason for the loan.
Additionally, Open Protocol compartmentalizes APY and APR of both deposits and loans and enhances the effective utilization of assets by diversifying available assets via lending and providing trading capital. Those aspects introduce the next generation of DeFi lending and allow for a much-needed different approach to collateralization requirements.
In the current form, Open Protocol supports major coins, including BTC, USDC, USDT, BNB, and HASH. More tokens will be enabled over time, depending on demand and community input.
GHAF Capital Partners’ Feras El Sadek states:
“All our companies including Hashstack hold a great value to us. We at Ghaf Capital are very excited to back Hashstack as we view them as an essential cog in the crypto ecosystem, solving major issues to allow the blockchain space to go mainstream, making crypto accessible and affordable to billions of people all over the world. I personally admire how they push to add value to the whole system of the blockchain world. We in Ghaf Capital Partners hold similar values in that sense. We always push start-ups to do more and help support their growth continuously. It’s great to see others be a part of our company’s mission.”
The native integration of Hashstac with other DeFi solutions – including AMM DEXes like Pancakeswap – makes it easier to perform in-app market swaps and enhance loan utilization. In addition, Open Protocol bridges assets between different chains to expand existing primary markets.
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