Pendle FI Opens Boros FI to Public for Trading BTC and ETH Funding Rates

Pendle’s Boros, launched as its TVL surpasses $7 billion, allows institutional and DeFi traders to hedge funding rate exposure on Binance’s perpetual contracts using innovative Yield Units.

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Summary

Pendle introduced its new product Boros, enabling institutional and DeFi traders to long or short Yield Units (YUs) to hedge funding rate exposure on Binance's BTC and ETH perpetual contracts. The product operates under a $10 million open interest cap with 1.2x leverage, coinciding with the platform's TVL surpassing $7 billion. Future plans include expanding asset coverage and integrating with platforms such as Hyperliquid and Bybit.

Terms & Concepts
  • Yield Units: Tokens representing the realized return on one unit of notional principal before maturity, used for hedging or speculation.
  • TVL: Total Value Locked, a metric indicating the overall value of assets staked in a DeFi platform.
  • Perpetual Contracts: Derivative contracts without an expiry date, allowing traders to maintain positions indefinitely.