Gearbox is a composable leverage protocol that improves capital efficiency within DeFi. It introduces a novel DeFi primitive called Credit Accounts, which are isolated smart contracts with predefined, whitelisted parameters such as liquidation thresholds and approved tokens. Credit Accounts contain both user funds and borrowed margin funds, and they can be deployed on any DeFi protocol. They are non-custodial, so users never give up ownership of their assets. All operations go through the Credit Accounts, giving users an easy way to move across the DeFi ecosystem and leverage-interact with any protocol they choose.
Gearbox is a composable leverage protocol that improves capital efficiency within DeFi. It introduces a novel DeFi primitive called Credit Accounts, which are isolated smart contracts with predefined, whitelisted parameters such as liquidation thresholds and approved tokens. Credit Accounts contain both user funds and borrowed margin funds, and they can be deployed on any DeFi protocol. They are non-custodial, so users never give up ownership of their assets. All operations go through the Credit Accounts, giving users an easy way to move across the DeFi ecosystem and leverage-interact with any protocol they choose.
Gearbox is a generalized leverage protocol: it allows you to take leverage in one place and then use it across various DeFi protocols and platforms in a composable way. The protocol has two sides to it: passive liquidity providers who earn higher APY by providing liquidity; active traders, farmers, or even other protocols who can borrow those assets to trade or farm with x4+ leverage.
The core vision is to become a backend composable leverage protocol that all kinds of users have but don’t even need to interact directly with any interface. You can envision building your own DeFi protocol and just making a “take leverage with Gearbox” as a button.