The DeFi Investor 🔎
The DeFi Investor 🔎

@TheDeFinvestor

14 Tweets 1 reads Apr 27, 2023
/1 Innovation is happening on Solana🤩
@friktion_labs is providing unique strategies for DeFi portfolio management.
A 🧵 on Friktion👇
/2 Overview
Friktion is described as a DeFi portfolio management.
The platform strategies are called "Volts".
Most of these strategies use options in order to generate high returns.
But how does Volts exactly work?
/3 Volts are defined as "risk-managed return generation strategies".
Depending on their market sentiment, users can choose a strategy and earn premiums if the price of the underlying asset from the volt stays in a specific price range.
Friktion has 5 products live atm:
/4 Volts
Volt 1 is a covered call strategy.
The deposited funds for this strategy are used for selling call options on a specific asset in exchange for a premium.
e.g. Volt 1 is selling now a $SOL call with a strike price of $39 that expires on September 9th.
/5 If $SOL price is <$39 at expiration, the volt 1 depositors will earn a premium.
But if that's not the case, they'll incur a loss.
Volt 2 is a cash-secured put strategy.
This means that the deposited funds are used for selling put options in exchange for a premium.
/6 e.g. Volt 2 is selling now a $SOL put with a strike price of $23 that expires on September 9th.
If $SOL price is <$23 at expiration, the volt 2 strategy depositors will incur a loss.
However, if the $SOL price is above $23 at expiration, they'll earn a premium.
/7 Volt 3 is a Crab Strategy.
This strategy is running a delta-neutral strategy and performs well when the market goes sideways.
At this moment, Friktion has only one Crab Strategy for BTC.
/8 If the price of BTC moves more than ≈12% in one direction in a week, the volt depositors will incur a loss.
Otherwise, they'll get funding payments.
The 12-month yield of volt 3 is 17% atm🤯
Keep in mind though that it isn't risk-free.
/9 Volt 4 is a delta-neutral automated basis trading strategy.
I would say that this one is only for experienced traders.
The strategy is essentially opening a long SOL-PERP while shorting SOL to delta hedge.
It generates profit only when funding rates are positive.
/10 Volt 5: Capital Protection
Volt 5 launched yesterday.
It aims to generate high rewards without putting the deposited capital at risk.
Volt 5 initial capacity is $1M and is available only for those that hold a certain NFT(for the time being).
friktionlabs.medium.com
/11 How does it work?
The funds deposited for this strategy are lent using Tulip, a Solana lending aggregator.
The protocol uses only the interest earned to buy put options.
So this strategy performs well when the price of the volt asset( $SOL) is in a downtrend.
/12 Other news
Friktion has recently announced a partnership with @FireblocksHQ, connecting institutional clients to the platform volts.
The team also revealed on discord that those who hold a lighting OG NFT might be eligible for an airdrop👀
docs.friktion.fi
/13 That's it!
With 5 strategies already live that are generating high returns for depositors, Friktion is definitely playing an important role in the DeFi space.
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A small correction: Volt 4 strategy is profitable when funding rates are negative.

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