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Spark

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Spark

@sparkdotfi

Powering DeFi with billions in liquidity. Earn and borrow with competitive rates, seamless access, & scalable liquidity. Institutional-grade DeFi for everyone.

Joined February 2023

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@sparkdotfi
May 14
Inside Spark’s loss absorption & risk frameworks. Spark’s security architecture is designed around: • bounded capital movement • explicit loss absorption layers • coordinated liquidity management • multi-layered oracle systems • constrained automation under
Spark Security Framework
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@sparkdotfi
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Article
A New Path from Custody into On-Chain Credit Markets
Spark is now available via @BitGo, enabling institutional capital to be deployed into on-chain credit markets through structured allocation. Access breaks down at scale Institutional capital is...
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@sparkdotfi
Jun 9
Institutional capital held in custody can now now access on-chain credit markets through structured allocation via Spark. Through BitGo, capital can be deployed into Spark Savings vaults, where it is allocated across multiple credit venues within a single, structured system.
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@sparkdotfi
Jun 8
1M wstETH now backs SparkLend credit. Over the past week, more than 228K wstETH was added to SparkLend. The total supplied is now over 1M making Spark the largest wstETH collateral venue in DeFi. Today, roughly 44% of all supplied collateral on SparkLend is wstETH. Using
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@sparkdotfi
Jun 5
Most lending markets end up dominated by a single trade. BTC holders borrowing stablecoins. ETH loopers leveraging exposure. Stablecoin borrowers chasing liquidity. This week on SparkLend, all three were active at the same time: → ~$44M cbBTC supplied, $17M USDS borrowed →
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Spark
@sparkdotfi
Jun 4
Spark closed May with $6.4B in Savings TVL, $3.6B in SparkLend TVL, and $2.6B deployed through the Spark Liquidity Layer. Behind those numbers: four new ATHs, new integrations with @Gate and @BinanceWallet, and wBTC supply limits expanded 10x. Here's the month in full. ⚡️
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@sparkdotfi
Jun 3
Most institutional strategies don't operate in a single venue. Collateral sits with custodians. Execution spans exchanges. Exposure can extend across both DeFi and CeFi simultaneously. Spark Prime extends overcollateralized lending across those environments under a unified risk
Sam MacPherson
@hexonaut
Jun 3
Article
Prime Financing is Coming On-chain
Three of the largest sources of yield in crypto are on-chain crypto-backed loans, institutional (off-chain) crypto-backed loans, and delta-neutral trades anchored on funding rates. Historically, these...
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Spark
@sparkdotfi
Jun 3
A portfolio is not a collection of isolated positions. Yet much of crypto credit infrastructure still treats it that way. Institutional trading firms manage exposure across exchanges, venues, and strategies simultaneously. Evaluating each position independently can overstate
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Sam MacPherson
@hexonaut
Jun 2
ETH deposits on SparkLend hit a new ATH of 552k. Up 38% in the past month.
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Spark
@sparkdotfi
Jun 2
Spark Savings is not designed around static idle liquidity alone. Vaults maintain liquidity buffers for standard withdrawals. Larger requests can be handled through signed withdrawal intents, with liquidity coordinated across the broader Spark and Sky system. For USDT, the
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Spark
@sparkdotfi
Jun 1
Over $725M of WETH is currently borrowed from SparkLend. Current market conditions: • $725M WETH borrowed • 70.7% utilization • 1.81% WETH borrow rate The interesting part isn't the borrow volume. It's that borrowing costs remain below 2% even with hundreds of millions of
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Spark
@sparkdotfi
Jun 1
Spark isn't a trading desk. It's financing infrastructure for professional trading firms. Prime expands the range of financing opportunities available to the Spark Liquidity Layer while maintaining strict risk controls, capital limits, and portfolio diversification. That's the
Blockworks Advisory
@BlockworksAdv
Jun 1
Spark is updating the scope of the Arkis partnership with a recent proposal. The goal is to capture funding rates yield when leverage will come back in the market. Let's unpack its significance and risks management. Arkis provides borrowers with a single margin account that
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Spark
@sparkdotfi
May 29
Reminder for SparkLend users with BTC efficiency mode positions. Spark will deprecate BTC efficiency mode as part of ongoing risk management. This update only applies to positions borrowing cbBTC with LBTC or cbBTC as collateral. Deprecation timeline: June 4 — BTC efficiency
Spark
@sparkdotfi
May 8
Notice on SparkLend: BTC efficiency mode will be deprecated. Spark will deprecate BTC efficiency mode on SparkLend as part of ongoing risk management. The change is expected to take effect on June 4. Any positions borrowing cbBTC using LBTC or cbBTC as collateral that remain
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