Purchasing cryptocurrency offers numerous benefits, including uninterrupted market access, fast transactions, and user autonomy over their assets. However, the notable drawback is the significant volatility that cryptocurrencies often exhibit.
While some volatility is necessary for trading opportunities, the crypto market tends to experience heightened fluctuations. This is where projects like Centrifuge (CFG) come into play, aiming to provide a less volatile alternative while retaining the advantages of cryptocurrencies.
What is Centrifuge?
Centrifuge is a decentralized asset financing protocol that bridges the gap between real-world assets (RWA) and decentralized finance (DeFi). By connecting these two realms, Centrifuge offers traders a stable source of income while reducing the cost of capital for small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs).
The project's primary objective is to generate profits independent of the volatility of traditional crypto assets. It aims to achieve this by facilitating the transfer of real monetary value from fiat currencies to the crypto space, providing a more stable and reliable trading option.
The Centrifuge team
The Centrifuge team, composed of Martin Quensel and Lucas Vogelsand, launched the project in 2017. Vogelsand, the founding engineer of Centrifuge, also holds the CEO position within the company. Before his involvement with Centrifuge, he co-founded DeinDeal, a well-known e-commerce startup, in 2010. Quensel, on the other hand, serves as the project's COO. Before his role at Centrifuge, he was also a co-founder of Taulia.
How does Centrifuge work?
Centrifuge allows its client companies to access the liquidity of DeFi. They get to tokenize real assets, and use these tokens as collateral for accessing financing using Tinlake, the project’s decentralized application (DApp) lending protocol. Centrifuge’s network was built on Polkadot, so it also gets access to fast speeds and low fees.Meanwhile, its financial DApp Tinlake was built to access the liquidity on Ethereum.
CFG: Centrifuge's native token
Centrifuge has its native cryptocurrency called CFG token. The CFG token was introduced in July 2021 and does not have a maximum supply. The total supply of CFG tokens is currently 430.01 million. As of June 2023, the circulating supply of CFG tokens is 360.26 million units.
CFG token use cases
The CFG token serves various use cases within the Centrifuge ecosystem. It is utilized for trading, investing, and staking activities. Additionally, the token powers the network infrastructure and the project's DApp. It is also employed for paying transaction fees and participating in governance decisions.
Distribution of CFG
The distribution of CFG tokens is as follows:
- 17.1 percent is allocated to private round funding.
- 8 percent is allocated to public funding rounds.
- 27 percent is allocated to the team.
- 11.8 percent is allocated for the development of the project.
- 7.3 percent is set aside for rewards.
- 11.8 percent is allocated to the foundation.
- 9.9 percent is allocated toward the ecosystem.
- 7.1 percent is allocated for grants.
