Liminal Market opens up a new world of opportunities on the blockchain
Let’s start with tl;dr
What is Liminal Market
Liminal market is a securities trading protocol on Blockchain, a bridge between the stock market to the Web3 world. In the last few years, the DeFi space has been growing fast but mostly around crypto currencies and stable coins.
How?
Using blockchain technology Liminal Market tokenizes the shares you trade on the stock market, currently only on the US market. The difference between Liminal Market and other services that are already on the blockchain is that you actually own the shares with the voting rights on a public blockchain.
Why?
Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the complex and expensive financial system of the world. The current size of the DeFi space is under $1T while the size of the stock market is much bigger. By nature the
Demo
Liminal Market is a developer-first protocol so B2C is not our main focus, we want others to build on Liminal Market. But of course, users can use Liminal Market to trade stocks so here is a demo.
Use case: Locking
With Liminal Market there will be an opportunity to lock your portfolio of stocks to provide it as colleteral in DeFi. Here is how:
- User is holding a portfolio of stocks and ETFs
- User can locks the portfolio or part of it
- User can mint stable or borrow other coins, depending on protocol
- User can enhance the yield and capital efficiency of their portfolio
Most professional investors are used to enhancing their yield and capital efficiency by leveraging their portfolio of securities. In the current world of finance, it can be a complex process with expensive bureaucracy and possibilities of even more expensive mistakes.
