Level 1 (Direct Market Access 1-1 Pegged) – Offchain Liquidity – Low 0% Collateral Model
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This is where Synfy provisions the asset offchain onto the chain – just in time.
All synthetic asset tokens are backed 1-1 by their respective asset e.g. sySPY. Level 1 acts a bridge between the token (blockchain) and the real-world asset. The token is backed by the real-world asset.
They key benefit of Level 1, is significantly less or 0% collateral needed with this model. Other platforms outlay a 500% collateral, whereas Synfy outlays 0% collateral or a far smaller amount of collateral. The user simply has to put up the purchase price.
Given the asset is 1-1 pegged and backed by the underlying, no actual collateral is required as the P&L is pegged directly to the asset value.
Level 1 also offers the ability to trade far more assets in a given universe, otherwise asset availability would be limited by collateral held in a secondary debt pool model.
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How Synfy backs the synthetic
The synthetic asset is backed and pegged 1-1 to the underlying, via Synfy’s pool hedging the underlying asset. However, the synthetic token represents an expression of a portion/slice of that hedge liquidity pool layer (and not the underlying).