Polkadot-powered Smart Contact Platform Moonbeam Integrates with DeFi

Moonbeam, the (ETH)-compatible smart contract platform deployed on Polkadot (DOT), reveals that it has completed its integration with C.R.E.A.M. Finance, a DeFi lending protocol for easily accessing financial services.

The C.R.E.A.M. Finance developers confirmed in a press release that they’re now focused on further expanding their lending and borrowing services to the Moonbeam ecosystem, starting with Moonriver, the network’s sister parachain launched on Kusama.

This latest integration joins the fast-growing ecosystem of decentralized finance initiatives created on Moonbeam, providing a comprehensive suite of borrowing and lending services to the Polkadot ecosystem.

C.R.E.A.M. Finance has emerged as a widely-used decentralized borrowing and lending platform, with $1 billion+ in total value locked (TVL). As one of the first borrowing and lending solutions deployed on Moonriver, C.R.E.A.M. Finance aims to accelerate the growth of the nascent DeFi ecosystem on Moonriver by providing appealing options for generating income on idle assets.

C.R.E.A.M. Finance is joining non-custodial exchange SushiSwap on Moonbeam as a source of liquidity and yield on Polkadot.

Leo Cheng, Co-founder and C.R.E.A.M. Finance, noted that the Polkadot ecosystem marks a new movement in decentralized finance, which along with the Moonriver and Moonbeam community, makes it one of the top EVM-compatible smart contract platforms. Cheng also mentioned that they’re excited to work with such strong partners as they become part of the Polkadot ecosystem.

Access Crypto-Assets via Parachains

Moonbeam is a smart contract-enabled parachain that’s deployed on Polkadot with a focus on enhancing Ethereum compatibility. For DeFi ecosystem participants, this means they can hold Moonbeam and Moonriver tokens by using existing Ethereum addresses in their MetaMask wallets. They may also utilize various other tools and dApps.

And since they’re in a Polkadot-native environment, users can access digital assets from other parachains by using the cross-chain networking that comes with Polkadot.

C.R.E.A.M. Finance has been designed to enable lending and borrowing by significantly improving capital efficiency for cryptocurrencies. The integration with Moonbeam and Moonriver will allow the Polkadot and Kusama communities to effectively leverage their crypto-assets; deposit as collateral to borrow or lend them out through the platform.

Users who participate in lending via the platform can earn substantial interest revenue, which is quite similar to a regular savings account. Users also have the chance to further borrow against their deposits to achieve their own goals in a tax-efficient manner.

Lending and borrowing protocols are at the core of a “productive” DeFi ecosystem, Derek Yoo, Founder of Moonbeam, explained.

Yoo also noted that they’re looking forward to…