Frax Crypto Platform

Pros

$229,700,996 USD currently invested (TVL)

Investments in 28 coin pairs available

Supports 8 protocols including Arbitrum, Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain

Cons

Investments in liquidity pools can be higher risk

Liquidity pool investments are only suitable for advanced crypto users

Frax Reviews

Frax Finance is a decentralized lending platform that was founded by Sam Kazemian in 2019. Sam Kazemian is a UCLA 15 graduate and founder of Everipedia, the first decentralized Wikipedia-like encyclopedia built on a blockchain. Sam Kazemian is an early crypto investor and later founded Frax. Frax Finance is the inventor of the fractional stablecoin FRAX. Frax Finance is registered in the Cayman Islands. The company has raised funds two times, the first one is a seed round with Ascensive Assets and the second is a venture round with Crypto.com Capital according to Crunchbase.

The Frax Finance protocol provides swap, staking, borrowing, lending and bridging services for users. The protocol requires knowledge about crypto and blockchain more fundamental level. The protocol is a little hard to navigate and understand the different tools on the dashboard. The Frax first started as a crypto bank and expanded its operations over time. Now, Frax Finance has its own stablecoin and provides various crypto finance services. Anyone with a web wallet can visit the protocol’s app website and start using it. The protocol is permissionless and trustless. Frax Finance doesn’t require any KYC or AML steps. You don’t need a credit score to borrow funds on the platform.

Frax is an innovative stablecoin project in the crypto market by its fractional structure. The Frax is an asset-backed stablecoin its value is also secured with an algorithm. Frax is an ERC20 token created on the Ethereum network. The protocol also has another token called Frax Shares (FXS) for governing purposes. To mint a FRAX stablecoin, the protocol must provide assets to back up some percentage and burn the Frax Shares for the remaining percentage. By burning Frax Shares, community members are more committed to the protocol and it is guaranteed that the protocol always has enough funds to back its stablecoins. There is a good explanation on Gemini’s website about the FRAX as a stablecoin.

Frax Finance has published audit reports on the official Docs page. Well-known audit firm Certik completed its first audit in 2020. Trail of Bits audit company has audited Frax Finance two times for the first half and the second half of 2021. There are three audit reports from three different audit firms in 2022 and one of them is still being delivered. The Frax protocol hasn’t been hacked or exploited in its three years history.