- Using diversified staking yields, money markets and the ANC token incentives and governance, the Anchor Protocol composes a fully decentralized fixed income instrument.
the “Anchor Rate” is the target APY anchor seeks to pay out to depositors. A quorum of ANC gov token holders vote to set the `Anchor Rate` parameter.
underneath the hood, Anchor implements the classical money market, with the caveat that whitelisted collateral is reserved for liquid staking derivatives of major PoS protocols. The collateral earns staking rewards, making up the real yield.
reserves and borrowing incentives help the real yield to converge to the Anchor Rate.
the excess yield is stored in a UST denominated “yield reserve”. ANC incentives to borrowers drop by 15% every week.
the yield shortfall is drawn down from the yield reserve until it is depleted. Additionally, ANC incentives to borrowers increase by 50% every week until the real yield converges to the Anchor Rate.