What is Cork?
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Cork is the protocol for tokenizing the risk of depeg events for stablecoins and liquid (re)staking tokens.
With Cork, you can hedge, trade, and earn against the risk of depeg events.
Why is Cork Needed Now?
Because the world’s assets are moving onchain, and robust markets need risk-management tools to grow.
One of the areas lacking an effective risk management framework is the pegged asset space— such as stablecoins and liquid (re)staking tokens that collectively represent hundreds of billions of dollars at stake.
Until Cork, there was no way to price or hedge against these risks. Cork tokenizes risk, allowing the market to price, trade, and hedge against depeg events.
The end result? A DeFi ecosystem with even more stability, transparency, openness, and financial opportunity.
How Cork Works
Core to the Cork protocol is the Peg Stability Module and its Depeg Swap, a novel asset that prices the risk of a depeg event, empowering crypto traders and funds to manage pegged-asset risk.
Each Cork market is structured as a token pair consisting of a redemption asset and a pegged asset. For example, in the ETH:stETH
market:
The redemption asset is
ETH
The pegged asset is
stETH
Each Cork market operates with fixed-duration terms and is powered by the Peg Stability Module, which:
Mints Depeg Swaps and Cover Tokens with a set time to expiry
Runs an Automated Market Maker on Uniswap v4 to determine pricing
Additionally, each market has a Cork Vault, which automates liquidity deployment across consecutive terms. Traders can either buy a Depeg Swap to hedge against a depeg or buy a Cover Token to earn a fixed yield as long as no depeg occurs.
Getting Started with Cork
You’ll find more information here on how to:
✅ Learn about Depeg Events — what they are and what causes them
✅ Buy Depeg Swaps to hedge against a depeg event
✅ Buy Cover Tokens to earn a fixed yield (as long as no depeg occurs)
✅ Dive deeper into how the protocol works and the FAQ section
✅ Explore the Cork dApp and its features
✅ Integrate with the Cork Protocol and start building
Don’t get screwed—get Cork! 🚀
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