{"id":1996,"date":"2021-08-25T09:23:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T09:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deficoins.io\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2021-08-25T09:23:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T09:23:27","slug":"frax-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deficoins.io\/review\/frax","title":{"rendered":"Frax Review: The Fractional Algorithmic Stablecoin Explained Extensively"},"content":{"rendered":"
This Frax review contains detailed information on the basic features of the protocol and its dual token. There are 3 categories of stablecoin protocols in DeFi<\/a>, over collateralized with cryptocurrency, fiat collateralized, and algorithmic with no collateral.<\/p>\n Collateralized stable coins may either have a custodial risk or will require an on-chain over-collateralization.<\/p>\n The algorithmic coins offer a scalable and trustless model that expresses Bitcoin’s early vision of decentralized finance but with stability. Frax seeks to develop a highly scalable, stable, and trustless stable coin using the designs of these three categories.<\/p>\n The Frax protocol is the first decentralized stable coin with a dual token system. It classifies itself as the fractional-algorithmic and introduces the fourth category of the stable coin in the Defi space.<\/p>\n In addition, it explained the protocol’s working mechanism and other necessary information that may interest aspiring investors and fans of the protocol.<\/p>\n Contents<\/p> Frax protocol is an open-sourced on-chain and permissionless stable coin system with the possibility of future cross-chain implementations. It\u2019s the first fractional-algorithmic finance protocol presently implemented on the Ethereum network and other chains.<\/p>\n The protocol aims to provide decentralized and highly scalable algorithmic money to replace fixed-supply cryptos like BTC. The Frax protocol is unique and a new model in stable coin designs, and it adopts the following concepts;<\/p>\n Fractional-Algorithmic: Frax is a first and unique stable coin with both fractions of its supply backed by algorithmic and collateral, respectively.<\/p>\n This implies that Frax remains the first stable coin protocol with fractions of its supply unbacked and floating respectively. The ratio of the algorithmic and collateralized solely depends on the market value of the protocol\u2019s stable coin FRAX.<\/p>\n The protocol reduces the ratio of collateralization if FRAX trades above $1 and increases it if FRAX trades below $1. The FRAX stable coin got its name from the fractional algorithmic stability mechanism.<\/p>\n Decentralized and minimized Governance: \u00a0The Frax protocol is governed by the members of its community. It affirms a highly autonomous and algorithmic approach with no active administration.<\/p>\n Fully On-Chain Oracles: The first version of the Frax protocol (Frax V1) makes use of Chainlink USD price oracles. And Uniswap USDT, ETH, and USDC time-weighted average prices.<\/p>\n Dual Tokens: Frax operates with two tokens. The FRAX stable coin seeks to maintain the pegging of $1\/coin. The second token is the Frax Shares (FXS) which is the governance token of the protocol. It\u2019s used in paying fees, profit sharing, and excess collateral value.<\/p>\n Crypto Native CPI \u2013 Frax seeks to build the first native version of the Crypto Price Index (CPI) known as Frax Price Index (FPI). The FPI is governed by FXS holders and other protocol tokens.<\/p>\n An American software developer Sam Kazemian founded the Frax protocol who first nurtured the idea in 2019.\u00a0 Sam was a co-founder of a wiki-based online encyclopedia, Everipedia, in 2014 and became the president in 2019.<\/p>\n He started developing Frax Finance with Stephen Moore, who is Trump\u2019s senior economic advisor. Frax rates as the 12th<\/sup> largest stable coin by market cap as of July 2021.<\/p>\n The Frax protocol comprises a team of engineers, including Jason Huan and Travis Moore. The Founder of Frax Finance came up with the idea when he realized that stable coins were increasing rapidly.<\/p>\n And they do that without any integration of the algorithmic monetary collateralization or policy. There have been failures of Projects with pure algorithmic monetary policy without any reasonable traction.<\/p>\n The team designed the protocol to measure the crypto market\u2019s confidence towards a partly algorithmic and collateralized stable coin.<\/p>\n You can always mint and redeem the FRAX stable coin from the network at a value of $. This enables the arbitragers to stabilize the FRAX coin demand and supply in the open crypto market. If the market value of FRAX is more than $1 peg, the system allows arbitragers to mint more FRAX tokens. Then, they peg these tokens to $1 in the system and sell them for over $1 in the open market.<\/p>\n You are required to place a dollar worth of FRAX value whenever you want to mint new tokens in the system. The protocol operates in two phases the collateral phase and the fractional phase.<\/p>\n If the FRAX collateral phase is 100%, 100% of the amount deposited into the system for minting FRAX becomes collateral. When the network approaches its fractional phase, the value that penetrates the system during the minting process becomes the FXS.<\/p>\n These FXS are burned later from circulation. For instance, a 98%collateral ratio requires $0.98 collateral for each FRAX minted. The system will be left with $0.2 of the FXS token for burning.<\/p>\n The redemption process of the FRAX token is seamless, economically sound, and easy to understand. It\u2019s trivially simple during the 100% collateral phase, in the fractional phase, as arbitragers mints\u00a0 FRAX, FXS is burned.<\/p>\n Also, as the FRAX token is redeemed, FXS is minted. Redeeming FRAX demand for collateral plus FXS initiates the minting of the equivalent amount into circulation.<\/p>\n This also leads to the burning of some FXS. Hence, the FXS value is determined by the rate of FRAX demand. The total sum of the non-collateralized FRAXs market cap value is the value that accrues to the FXS market cap.<\/p>\n FXS is the Frax share and second token. It’s the non-stable utility and governance token of the Frax protocol. FXS is also referred to as the accumulated value (value accrual) of the Frax ecosystem.<\/p>\n It\u2019s volatile and gives its holders the right to vote and govern the entire Frax network. The parameters governed by the FXS are adjusting different fees like redeeming or minting and adding or adjusting collateral pools.<\/p>\n Another parameter that can be determined through the FXS voting is fixing the rate of the collateral ratio. The initial FXS supply was 100million tokens. But the circulating amount may depreciate as FRAX\u00a0 mints at a higher algorithmic ratio.<\/p>\n The protocol design is such that it allows the FXS supply to depreciate greatly with an increase in FRAX demand. The market cap for FXS is calculated as the expected net value creation from the seigniorage of the FRAX tokens continuity.<\/p>\n FXS market cap is also calculated as the cash inflow from minting, redemption fees, and implementation of the unused process. The increase in the FXS market cap enables the system to keep the FRAX token stable.<\/p>\n Thus the main focus of the protocol\u2019s design is to maintain the value of the FRAX token as a stable coin. This is made possible by accruing a maximal value to the FXS token. The protocol in May 2020 started allowing the FXS holders to stake FXS tokens, generate veFXS, and earn rewards.<\/p>\n You can find the Frax stable coin FRAX on many popular exchanges such as Gate.io<\/a>, Binance<\/a>,\u00a0CoinW<\/a>, HitBTC<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0Pionex<\/a>.\u00a0FRAX also trades on most Decentralized Finance platforms like Decentralized Exchanges and Uniswap.<\/p>\nWhat is Frax Protocol?<\/span><\/h2>\n
The Founders of Frax<\/span><\/h2>\n
FRAX Price Stability<\/span><\/h2>\n
Frax Shares (FXS)<\/span><\/h2>\n
What Makes Frax Unique?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Where to Buy FRAX?<\/span><\/h2>\n