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Concentration of funds is a great advantage for borrowing.


Why would someone borrow when they already have funds? For example I heard of one guy locking up $600k collateral to borrow $300k. Makes no sense.


There are reasons, firstly tax advantage in that there is no capital gain from selling the cryptocurrency; the other is that you don’t lose your position on the cryptocurrency, ideally over time you can increase your borrow as the underlying collateral increases in fiat value.

One can also use the borrowed funds to speculate on other cryptocurrency, as a collateralized margin loan. Many lending systems offer incentives too, where you can be paid to borrow.


> use the borrowed funds to speculate on other cryptocurrency

If you want to maximize your potential losses, that’s a great idea.


True that!


Most farms require stablecoins, so the tactic is to borrow on your eth and farm with it


In this case, liquidity is pooled across the Aave protocol. There's no difference in the interest rate for someone lending / borrowing $50M or $50. It's easier, but you should probably never have more than 10-20% of your portfolio in a single wallet. And probably should shrink that down even further as your net worth grows.




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