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{{Crypto_info_template|total_supply=2 992 500 CREAM|type=Lending Protocol}}
*[https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ From] [[CoinMarketCap|CMC]] (13-5-2021):
 
''"C.R.E.A.M Finance is a [[decentralized]] [[peer-to-peer]] ([[Peer-to-Peer network|P2P]]) [[Decentralized Finance (DeFi)|DeFi]] platform that provides lending, borrowing, swap, payment and tokenization services for digital assets. The C.R.E.A.M. Finance protocol was created as a [[Compound (COMP)|Compound Finance]] fork, while its C.R.E.A.M. SWAP exchange is based on the code of [[Balancer (BAL)|Balancer]] Labs."''{{Crypto_info_template|total_supply=2 992 500 CREAM|type=Lending Protocol}}


==Basics ==
==Basics ==
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* Based in:
* Based in:
*Announced in: [https://medium.com/cream-finance/announcing-3792e4ad75a1 7-2020]
*Announced in: [https://medium.com/cream-finance/announcing-3792e4ad75a1 7-2020]
* [[Mainnet]] release: ''"launched [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ unexpectedly] on the Ethereum network on Aug. 3, 2020 through the YOLO liquidity pool."''
* [[Mainnet]] release: ''"launched [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ unexpectedly] on the Ethereum network on Aug. 3, 2020 through the YOLO [[liquidity pool]]."''
* Crypto Rules Everything Around Me, [https://cream.finance/ C.R.E.A.M.]
* Crypto Rules Everything Around Me, [https://cream.finance/ C.R.E.A.M.]
*[https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ From] [[CoinMarketCap|CMC]] (13-5-2021):
''"C.R.E.A.M Finance is a [[decentralized]] peer-to-peer ([[Peer-to-Peer network|P2P]]) [[Decentralized Finance (DeFi)|DeFi]] platform that provides lending, borrowing, swap, payment and tokenization services for digital assets. The C.R.E.A.M. Finance protocol was created as a [[Compound (COMP)|Compound Finance]] fork, while its C.R.E.A.M. SWAP exchange is based on the code of [[Balancer (BAL)|Balancer]] Labs."''


== History ==
== History ==
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*[https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/14/cream-plunges-on-news-that-hack-compensation-will-inflate-token-supply/ From] [[CoinDesk (DESK)|CoinDesk]] (14-11-2021):
*[https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/14/cream-plunges-on-news-that-hack-compensation-will-inflate-token-supply/ From] [[CoinDesk (DESK)|CoinDesk]] (14-11-2021):


''"To recompense victims of the attack, Cream said it will issue to certain affected members 1.45 million CREAM tokens from the service’s treasury. While Cream has 9 million coins outstanding, per [[CoinMarketCap]], only 150,000 of those are in circulation. By so rapidly expanding the supply of coins in circulation, it’s bound to affect demand and therefore the per-coin price.''
''"To recompense victims of the attack, Cream said it will issue to certain affected members 1.45 million CREAM [[tokens]] from the service’s treasury. While Cream has 9 million coins outstanding, per [[CoinMarketCap]], only 150,000 of those are in circulation. By so rapidly expanding the supply of coins in circulation, it’s bound to affect demand and therefore the per-coin price.''


''And affect it it did. The price of the coin fell from around $88 to as low as $51.78, according to [[Messari]], before rebounding to $56.44 in recent trading. Before the exploit on Oct. 27, CREAM was trading above $152."''
''And affect it it did. The price of the coin fell from around $88 to as low as $51.78, according to [[Messari]], before rebounding to $56.44 in recent trading. Before the exploit on Oct. 27, CREAM was trading above $152."''
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*[https://www.rekt.news/cream-rekt/ From] [[Rekt]] (28-10-2021):
*[https://www.rekt.news/cream-rekt/ From] [[Rekt]] (28-10-2021):


''Cream Finance has been hacked (again) for ~$130 million. That’s position number three on our leaderboard, the second entry for the Cream Finance protocol, and ten positions in total for the [[YEarn (YFI)|Yearn]] Ecosystem. The hacker was able to take advantage of a pricing vulnerability by repeatedly lending and borrowing [[Flash Loan|flash-loaned]] funds across two [[Address|addresses]]. Next, after accumulating yUSDVault-collateralised crYUSD, the price of the underlying yUSDVault token was manipulated in order to effectively double the value of the collateral owned by the attacker. Finally, using the now overvalued collateral, the attacker drained CREAM’s lending vaults of as many assets as possible. A full table of the stolen funds, which include over 2760 [[Ethereum (ETH)|ETH]], a total of 76 [[Bitcoin (BTC)|BTC]] in [[REN (REN)|renBTC]], [[Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)|WBTC]] and HBTC, as well as tens of millions in [[stablecoins]] and other tokens, can be found [https://twitter.com/SlowMist_Team/status/1453398034151194627?t=EjgoIA992F938Hoc1oyBVw&s=19 here].''
''Cream Finance has been hacked (again) for ~$130 million. That’s position number three on our leaderboard, the second entry for the Cream Finance protocol, and ten positions in total for the [[YEarn (YFI)|Yearn]] Ecosystem. The hacker was able to take advantage of a pricing vulnerability by repeatedly lending and borrowing [[Flash Loan|flash-loaned]] funds across two [[Address|addresses]]. Next, after accumulating yUSDVault-collateralised crYUSD, the price of the underlying yUSDVault token was manipulated in order to effectively double the value of the collateral owned by the attacker. Finally, using the now overvalued collateral, the attacker drained CREAM’s lending vaults of as many assets as possible. A full table of the stolen funds, which include over 2760 [[Ethereum (ETH)|ETH]], a total of 76 [[Bitcoin (BTC)|BTC]] in [[REN (REN)|renBTC]], [[Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)|WBTC]] and [[HBTC]], as well as tens of millions in [[stablecoins]] and other tokens, can be found [https://twitter.com/SlowMist_Team/status/1453398034151194627?t=EjgoIA992F938Hoc1oyBVw&s=19 here].''


''Other protocols were named in a mysterious message in the [https://etherscan.io/tx/0x0fe2542079644e107cbf13690eb9c2c65963ccb79089ff96bfaf8dced2331c92 main exploit transaction’s input data]; gÃTµ [[Aave (AAVE)|Baave]] lucky, iron bank lucky, cream not. ydev : incest bad, dont do''
''Other protocols were named in a mysterious message in the [https://etherscan.io/tx/0x0fe2542079644e107cbf13690eb9c2c65963ccb79089ff96bfaf8dced2331c92 main exploit transaction’s input data]; gÃTµ [[Aave (AAVE)|Baave]] lucky, iron bank lucky, cream not. ydev : incest bad, dont do''
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*[https://blockthreat.substack.com/p/blockthreat-week-26-2021?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozODkyMTU0NCwiXyI6IitrN3VtIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI2Njc3NzM5LCJleHAiOjE2MjY2ODEzMzksImlzcyI6InB1Yi04MTA1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Y4svSIwaJYNNcqBtdVKODz2x From] [[BlockThreat]] (19-7-2021):
*[https://blockthreat.substack.com/p/blockthreat-week-26-2021?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozODkyMTU0NCwiXyI6IitrN3VtIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI2Njc3NzM5LCJleHAiOjE2MjY2ODEzMzksImlzcyI6InB1Yi04MTA1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Y4svSIwaJYNNcqBtdVKODz2x From] [[BlockThreat]] (19-7-2021):


''"Cream Finance patched a [https://medium.com/immunefi/cream-finance-insufficient-validation-bug-fix-postmortem-1ec7248e8865 bug] in a discontinued mining rewards contracts after it was responsibly disclosed by [[ArmorFinance (ARMOR)|Armor’s]] [[Azeem]]."''
''"Cream Finance patched a [https://medium.com/immunefi/cream-finance-insufficient-validation-bug-fix-postmortem-1ec7248e8865 bug] in a discontinued [[mining]] rewards [[contracts]] after it was responsibly disclosed by [[ArmorFinance (ARMOR)|Armor’s]] [[Azeem]]."''


*[https://cryptobriefing.com/cream-finance-logs-1-3m-bad-debt-after-swag-crash/ From] [[Crypto Briefing]] (11-6-2021):
*[https://cryptobriefing.com/cream-finance-logs-1-3m-bad-debt-after-swag-crash/ From] [[Crypto Briefing]] (11-6-2021):


''"Cream Finance has written $1.3 million in bad debt due to a crash in the price of SWAG tokens. The tokens were used as collateral in one of Cream Finance's liquidity pools. Cream Finance will pay users from its reserves."''
''"Cream Finance has written $1.3 million in bad debt due to a crash in the price of SWAG tokens. The tokens were used as collateral in one of Cream Finance's [[liquidity pools]]. Cream Finance will pay users from its reserves."''


*[https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/-meet-mooncats-the-og-nft-cats-beating?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzc5MjEyNCwiXyI6IktlUHpyIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE1OTU0NTU4LCJleHAiOjE2MTU5NTgxNTgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTI1OSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.PE616ynpY From] [[The Defiant]] (17-3-2021):
*[https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/-meet-mooncats-the-og-nft-cats-beating?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzc5MjEyNCwiXyI6IktlUHpyIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE1OTU0NTU4LCJleHAiOjE2MTU5NTgxNTgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTI1OSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.PE616ynpY From] [[The Defiant]] (17-3-2021):


''"Hackers compromised [[Pancakeswap (CAKE)|PancakeSwap’s]] and Cream Finance’s websites yesterday. The Domain Name Service ([[DNS]]) attack modified the affected protocols’ website to display a request for the user’s [[seed]] phrase, which, if submitted, would compromise their entire account. Because the attack was not on a [[smart contract]] itself it is still unclear how many users the hacker tricked into sending their seed phrase as well as the total amount the attack netted.''"
''"Hackers compromised [[Pancakeswap (CAKE)|PancakeSwap’s]] and Cream Finance’s websites yesterday. The Domain Name Service ([[DNS]]) attack modified the affected protocols’ website to display a [[request]] for the user’s [[seed]] phrase, which, if submitted, would compromise their entire account. Because the attack was not on a [[smart contract]] itself it is still unclear how many users the hacker tricked into sending their seed phrase as well as the total amount the attack netted.''"


*IronBank ($CREAM) was exploited for $37.5M (13-2-2021). [https://defiweekly.substack.com/p/so-what-actually-happened?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjUyMzAxMywiXyI6InFmb2Z2IiwiaWF0IjoxNjEzNjMwNDA2LCJleHAiOjE2MTM2MzQwMDYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01NDAyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.DygNw2eeTw_IWw3GhdPeAEFf From] [[DeFi Weekly]]:
*IronBank ($CREAM) was exploited for $37.5M (13-2-2021). [https://defiweekly.substack.com/p/so-what-actually-happened?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjUyMzAxMywiXyI6InFmb2Z2IiwiaWF0IjoxNjEzNjMwNDA2LCJleHAiOjE2MTM2MzQwMDYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01NDAyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.DygNw2eeTw_IWw3GhdPeAEFf From] [[DeFi Weekly]]:


#''"The attackers is the only user who is in the (announced) sUSD pool for [[Alpha Homora]]''
#''"The attackers is the only user who is in the (announced) [[sUSD]] pool for [[Alpha Homora]]''
#''The attacker borrows ETH from Cream’s Ironbank by using the sUSD as collateral''
#''The attacker borrows ETH from Cream’s Ironbank by using the sUSD as collateral''
#''The attacker then repay the debt accrued from borrowing the sUSD, however due to a very minor borrowing error he is able to profit a very tiny amount through this exploit''
#''The attacker then repay the debt accrued from borrowing the sUSD, however due to a very minor borrowing error he is able to profit a very tiny amount through this exploit''
#''The method to make this tiny profit is then re-executed multiple times in order to reach a size where the profit exceeds well into the 7 figure range''
#''The method to make this tiny profit is then re-executed multiple times in order to reach a size where the profit exceeds well into the 7 [[figure]] range''
#''The hacker has outstanding debt to the Ironbank via Alpha Homora but of course is never going to repay it''
#''The hacker has outstanding debt to the Ironbank via [[Alpha]] Homora but of course is never going to repay it''
#''Hacker starts washing funds through [[Tornado Cash (TORN)|Tornado]] and gives a friendly donation of 1,000 ETH to Alpha and Cream in the process''
#''Hacker starts washing funds through [[Tornado Cash (TORN)|Tornado]] and gives a friendly donation of 1,000 ETH to Alpha and Cream in the process''


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''What’s interesting here is that Alpha received 2 audits and yet this exploit still happened. The exploit is so complex it took many researchers and developers hours to truly understand what really went down suggesting that even the existing audit capabilities we have don’t fully measure up."''
''What’s interesting here is that Alpha received 2 audits and yet this exploit still happened. The exploit is so complex it took many researchers and developers hours to truly understand what really went down suggesting that even the existing audit capabilities we have don’t fully measure up."''
== Governance ==
=== Admin Keys ===
*From their [https://twitter.com/CreamdotFinance twitter] (16-8-2020):
''"Token and protocol [[admin keys]] are moving into a [[multisig]] this week, governed by community leaders. We welcome @[[Compound (COMP)|compoundfinance]] onboard as our technical and security advisor. Thank you multisig holders  @[[Leshner|rleshner]] @pet3rpan_ @[[QCP Capital|QCPCapital]] @[[Andrew Kang|Rewkang]] & more."''
* In the [https://medium.com/iearn/yearn-cream-v2-merger-e9fa6c6989b4 announcement] of the merger with [[yEarn]] it the following was also mentioned as an update (26-11-2020):
"''CREAM [[multi-sig]] keys will be rotated to facilitate rapid iteration, testing, and deployment."''
=== DAO ===
* According to their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/announcing-c-r-e-a-m-swap-a7b318f19f6 announcement] (4-9-2020) [https://medium.com/cream-finance/c-r-e-a-m-dao-community-governance-fc1bd5ade10b?source=---------14------------------ there is] also a C.R.E.A.M [[DAO]].
* From [https://www.coinbureau.com/review/cream-finance/ CoinBureau] (9-2020):
''"While the project had been hinting a transition to a DAO since it was released, this was officially announced by Cream Finance on September 2<sup>nd</sup>. While Cream Finance’s DAO is still in development, the [[Medium]] posts seems to indicate that it will take bits and pieces from other projects such as [[Aragon (ANT)|Aragon]] to build it. CREAM token holders will have governance, though it is unclear how voting will work at the current time."''
=== Listing Committee ===
* From their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/listing-committee-epoch1-f1068a7c0f3a blog] (24-6-2021):
''"The Listing Committee votes on:''
# ''Asset Listing''
# ''Reserve Factors''
# ''Collateral Factors''
# ''Collateral Caps''
''Which C.R.E.A.M. markets will the listing committee vote on? [[Ethereum]] V1, [[Binance|BSC]], [[Arbitrum]], and [[Fantom (FTM)|Fantom]]''
''There are five members of the Listing Committee — three must vote ‘yes’ in order for a proposal to pass. The default time for voting is three days, but the committee can take up to five days."''
=== Treasury ===
* From their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/67-5-6m-cream-token-burn-tomorrow-15d00fa28fee blog] (4-10-2020):
"''We have renamed the remaining [[balance]] of the [[Liquidity Mining]] allocation to simply Treasury, which will serve to further provide incentives for two upcoming products in the pipeline and provide funding for future projects."''
* From their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/c-r-e-a-m-finance-spring-treasury-management-update-e123b9c5dde treasury update] (14-5-2021):
''"On [[Ethereum (ETH)|Ethereum]] C.R.E.A.M. v1, we converted revenues from 47 assets into $1,522,339.12 in [[Stablecoins|stable coins]]. We then invested these stables into yield-generating stables (yvusdp3[[Curve Finance (CRV)|CRV]] $715,235.42; yvCurve-IronBank $721,224.61) and ETH (9.85).''
''On C.R.E.A.M. [[Binance|BSC]], we converted 80% of revenues from 26 assets into $465K of [[BUSD]]. These funds were then redeposited into C.R.E.A.M. BSC to [[earn]] a yield.''
''In total, C.R.E.A.M. now has $7M in our treasury derived from protocol [[fees]]. Additionally, the 20% of fees generated from Ethereum and BSC lending platforms continue to serve as a liquidity and reserve in our markets."''


== Token ==
== Token ==
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=== Token allocation ===
=== Token allocation ===
* From the [https://medium.com/cream-finance/announcing-c-r-e-a-m-swap-a7b318f19f6 announcement] (4-9-2020):
* From the [https://medium.com/cream-finance/announcing-c-r-e-a-m-swap-a7b318f19f6 announcement] (4-9-2020):
"''Users who create and deposit into liquidity pools on Swap will receive a proof [[token]] named CRPT (Cream Pool Token), similar to how [[Balancer]] has BPT and [[Uniswap]] has UNI for their liquidity providers. At the start, all exchange fees will be set to 0.25%. Liquidity providers will receive 0.2%, while the other 0.05% will go to the CREAM network."''
"''Users who create and deposit into liquidity pools on Swap will receive a proof [[token]] named CRPT (Cream Pool Token), similar to how [[Balancer]] has BPT and [[Uniswap]] has UNI for their [[liquidity providers]]. At the start, all exchange fees will be set to 0.25%. Liquidity providers will receive 0.2%, while the other 0.05% will go to the CREAM network."''
*[https://research.binance.com/en/projects/cream-finance From] [[Binance|Binance Research]] (16-9-2020):
*[https://research.binance.com/en/projects/cream-finance From] [[Binance|Binance Research]] (16-9-2020):


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# ''60 (5.4 million) is allocated for governance.''
# ''60 (5.4 million) is allocated for governance.''


''*25% of the team allocation, 225,000 CREAM, has been allocated to our technical and security advisor [[Compound (COMP)|Compound Finance]], distributed monthly, 37,500 per month. These tokens are legally locked. They will not enter circulation until February 8th, 2021.''
''*25% of the team allocation, 225,000 CREAM, has been allocated to our technical and security advisor [[Compound (COMP)|Compound Finance]], [[distributed]] monthly, 37,500 per month. These tokens are legally locked. They will not enter circulation until February 8th, 2021.''


''We have moved 8,325,000, 92.5% of CREAM tokens into the [[Multi-Signature|multisig]] [[wallet]]."''
''We have moved 8,325,000, 92.5% of CREAM tokens into the [[Multi-Signature|multisig]] [[wallet]]."''
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*Made a [https://medium.com/cream-finance/67-5-6m-cream-token-burn-tomorrow-15d00fa28fee move] to [[burn]] 67.5% of their supply (19-9-2020):
*Made a [https://medium.com/cream-finance/67-5-6m-cream-token-burn-tomorrow-15d00fa28fee move] to [[burn]] 67.5% of their supply (19-9-2020):


"''This burn will include 100% of the “governance” tokens, and 75% of the Seed tokens. Governance does not necessarily need to govern token treasury. Yearn Finance’s governance does not, and that is the norm so far. Even by burning all of the Governance allocation, C.R.E.A.M. still has plenty of collected fees and tokens in the treasury. Thanks to our seed investors and their continued support and sacrifices for the project, they have agreed to a 75% burn in exchange for accelerated vesting of 1-year, monthly vesting.''
"''This burn will include 100% of the “governance” tokens, and 75% of the Seed tokens. Governance does not necessarily need to govern token treasury. Yearn Finance’s governance does not, and that is the norm so far. Even by [[burning]] all of the Governance allocation, C.R.E.A.M. still has plenty of collected fees and tokens in the treasury. Thanks to our seed investors and their continued support and sacrifices for the project, they have agreed to a 75% burn in exchange for accelerated vesting of 1-year, monthly vesting.''


''We have renamed the remaining balance of the Liquidity Mining allocation to simply Treasury, which will serve to further provide incentives for two upcoming products in the pipeline and provide funding for future projects."''
''We have renamed the remaining balance of the Liquidity Mining allocation to simply Treasury, which will serve to further provide incentives for two upcoming products in the pipeline and provide funding for future projects."''
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=== Utility ===
=== Utility ===
* The CREAM token allows users to lend, borrow, stake or swap assets and help govern the network, allowing them to vote on assets to support or delist ([https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ 13-5-2021]).
* The CREAM token allows users to lend, borrow, [[stake]] or swap assets and help govern the network, allowing them to vote on assets to support or delist ([https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ 13-5-2021]).


* [https://research.binance.com/en/projects/cream-finance From] [[Binance|Binance Research]] (16-9-2020):
* [https://research.binance.com/en/projects/cream-finance From] [[Binance|Binance Research]] (16-9-2020):
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* [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ From] [[CoinMarketCap|CMC]] (13-5-2021):
* [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cream-finance/ From] [[CoinMarketCap|CMC]] (13-5-2021):


''"CREAM tokens can be [[Proof-of-Stake (PoS)|staked]] for a period of up to four years in order to accrue rewards; however, it is important to note that there is no admin unlock available.Therefore, you will only receive your rewards at the end of your staking period."''
''"CREAM tokens can be [[Proof-of-Stake (PoS)|staked]] for a period of up to four years in order to accrue rewards; however, it is important to note that there is no admin unlock available.Therefore, you will only receive your rewards at the end of your [[staking]] period."''


=== Liquidity Mining ===
=== Liquidity Mining ===
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=== Other Details ===
=== Other Details ===
== Oracle Method ==
* [https://docs.cream.finance/lending/price-oracle Uses] [[Chainlink (LINK)|Chainlink]] as primary [[oracle]] (5-2021).
*From a [[Band Protocol (BAND)|Band Protocol]] [https://medium.com/bandprotocol/band-protocol-may-2021-community-update-c357f495ee63 update] (3-6-2021):
''"CREAM has completed integration with [[Band Protocol]] price [[oracles]] on [[Binance|Binance Smart Chain]] and [[Fantom (FTM)|Fantom]] — upgrading all lending markets to use $BAND oracles."''
== Privacy Method ==
== Privacy Method ==
* From [https://www.coinbureau.com/review/cream-finance/ CoinBureau] (9-2020):
* From [https://www.coinbureau.com/review/cream-finance/ CoinBureau] (9-2020):


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== Compliance ==
== Compliance ==
== Oracle Method ==
* [https://docs.cream.finance/lending/price-oracle Uses] [[Chainlink (LINK)|Chainlink]] as primary [[oracle]] (5-2021).
*From a [[Band Protocol (BAND)|Band Protocol]] [https://medium.com/bandprotocol/band-protocol-may-2021-community-update-c357f495ee63 update] (3-6-2021):
''"CREAM has completed integration with Band Protocol price oracles on [[Binance|Binance Smart Chain]] and [[Fantom (FTM)|Fantom]] — upgrading all lending markets to use $BAND oracles."''


== Their Other Projects ==
== Their Other Projects ==
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* From their [https://yearn.substack.com/p/yearn-finance-newsletter-26?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzcwMzU1MCwiXyI6Ino5dUthIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE1Nzc0MDQyLCJleHAiOjE2MTU3Nzc2NDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi05MjA2MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.cOFZFwQD5sav4EwLYjTGPt0n7 blog] (15-3-2021):
* From their [https://yearn.substack.com/p/yearn-finance-newsletter-26?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzcwMzU1MCwiXyI6Ino5dUthIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE1Nzc0MDQyLCJleHAiOjE2MTU3Nzc2NDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi05MjA2MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.cOFZFwQD5sav4EwLYjTGPt0n7 blog] (15-3-2021):


''"We are introducing [https://coordinape.com/ Coordinape]: a scalable and [[permissionless]] platform to decentralize operations at Yearn and help compensate contributors more effectively. Coordinape will be used to distribute community grants in a decentralized manner. Any individual who has ever received a recurring or community grant will receive an allocation of 100 GIVE tokens. These tokens can be allocated to contributors in the Yearn community to split half of the monthly community grant budget. Salaried Yearn contributors are only eligible to allocate GIVE tokens since they already receive monthly compensation."''
''"We are introducing [https://coordinape.com/ Coordinape]: a scalable and [[permissionless]] platform to [[decentralize]] operations at Yearn and help compensate contributors more effectively. Coordinape will be used to distribute community grants in a decentralized manner. Any individual who has ever received a recurring or community grant will receive an allocation of 100 GIVE tokens. These tokens can be allocated to contributors in the Yearn community to split half of the monthly community grant budget. Salaried Yearn contributors are only eligible to allocate GIVE tokens since they already receive monthly compensation."''


=== CreamSwap ===
=== CreamSwap ===
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* [https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/bzxs-8m-hack-is-third-this-year-and?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxODkzNDgxLCJfIjoiMG96ZDgiLCJpYXQiOjE2MDAxMDIyOTIsImV4cCI6MTYwMDEwNTg5MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExMjU5Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.JUx0YPhtRR5DMSSQlNp3QUwvsUe_8eInlIzg4qH7XZA From] [[The Defiant]] (14-9-2020):
* [https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/bzxs-8m-hack-is-third-this-year-and?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxODkzNDgxLCJfIjoiMG96ZDgiLCJpYXQiOjE2MDAxMDIyOTIsImV4cCI6MTYwMDEwNTg5MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExMjU5Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.JUx0YPhtRR5DMSSQlNp3QUwvsUe_8eInlIzg4qH7XZA From] [[The Defiant]] (14-9-2020):
''"A native [[AMM]] allowing traders to enter and exit convoluted DeFi strategies without having to unwrap, unstake and sell positions composed of numerous assets across a multitude of protocols. For example, users can go from yyCRV, a liquidity provision in [[Curve]] staked via a [[yEarn]] yVault, directly to [[USDC]], rather than having to unstake and withdraw for ~$100 in [[gas]].''
''"A native [[AMM]] allowing traders to enter and exit convoluted DeFi strategies without having to unwrap, unstake and sell positions composed of numerous assets across a multitude of protocols. For example, users can go from yyCRV, a liquidity provision in [[Curve]] [[staked]] via a [[yEarn]] yVault, directly to [[USDC]], rather than having to unstake and withdraw for ~$100 in [[gas]].''


=== Creamy ===
=== Creamy ===
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* From the [[yearn]] partner [https://medium.com/yearn-partner-roundup/yearn-partner-roundup-4-abca51af90cb blog] (17-1-2021):
* From the [[yearn]] partner [https://medium.com/yearn-partner-roundup/yearn-partner-roundup-4-abca51af90cb blog] (17-1-2021):


''"[https://medium.com/@CreamdotFinance/introducing-the-iron-bank-bab9417c9a The Iron Bank] is CREAM’s paradigm-shifting protocol-to-protocol lending platform and liquidity backstop for the entire [[DeFi]] ecosystem."''
''"[https://medium.com/@CreamdotFinance/introducing-the-iron-bank-bab9417c9a The Iron Bank] is CREAM’s [[paradigm]]-shifting protocol-to-protocol lending platform and liquidity backstop for the entire [[DeFi]] ecosystem."''


* [https://thedailygwei.substack.com/p/apes-together-strong-the-daily-gwei?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjE1MDk3OSwiXyI6IlIzVVdsIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyNTE4NjgyLCJleHAiOjE2MTI1MjIyODIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Mjg5MyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Brx09ES9AwYTmPBt0IRTjp9HIGo6CD9sHSb6YAk4cv0 From] [[Daily Gwei]] (3-2-2021):
* [https://thedailygwei.substack.com/p/apes-together-strong-the-daily-gwei?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjE1MDk3OSwiXyI6IlIzVVdsIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyNTE4NjgyLCJleHAiOjE2MTI1MjIyODIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01Mjg5MyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Brx09ES9AwYTmPBt0IRTjp9HIGo6CD9sHSb6YAk4cv0 From] [[Daily Gwei]] (3-2-2021):
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* [https://ournetwork.substack.com/p/our-network-issue-75?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzQ5Mzc3OCwiXyI6IitrN3VtIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI0MTk4ODg2LCJleHAiOjE2MjQyMDI0ODYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTM2MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.-arto43fhTBFiWPOUdRXH3e5xwO From] [[Our Network]] (12-6-2021):
* [https://ournetwork.substack.com/p/our-network-issue-75?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzQ5Mzc3OCwiXyI6IitrN3VtIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI0MTk4ODg2LCJleHAiOjE2MjQyMDI0ODYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTM2MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.-arto43fhTBFiWPOUdRXH3e5xwO From] [[Our Network]] (12-6-2021):


''"C.R.E.A.M. makes significant revenue as a validator on [[Binance|BSC]] and [[Fantom (FTM)|Fantom]]. C.R.E.A.M. launched its BSC node in May and became a top five validator within a week. Not only is CREAM helping to [[Decentralized|decentralize]] these networks, but it’s on track to contribute more than $2M annually to C.R.E.A.M.’s treasury."''
''"C.R.E.A.M. makes significant revenue as a [[validator]] on [[Binance|BSC]] and [[Fantom (FTM)|Fantom]]. C.R.E.A.M. launched its BSC [[node]] in May and became a top five validator within a week. Not only is CREAM helping to [[Decentralized|decentralize]] these networks, but it’s on track to contribute more than $2M annually to C.R.E.A.M.’s treasury."''
 
== Governance ==
 
=== Admin Keys ===
 
*From their [https://twitter.com/CreamdotFinance twitter] (16-8-2020):
 
''"Token and protocol [[admin keys]] are moving into a [[multisig]] this week, governed by community leaders. We welcome @[[Compound (COMP)|compoundfinance]] onboard as our technical and security advisor. Thank you multisig holders  @[[Leshner|rleshner]] @pet3rpan_ @[[QCP Capital|QCPCapital]] @[[Andrew Kang|Rewkang]] & more."''
* In the [https://medium.com/iearn/yearn-cream-v2-merger-e9fa6c6989b4 announcement] of the merger with [[yEarn]] it the following was also mentioned as an update (26-11-2020):
"''CREAM multi-sig keys will be rotated to facilitate rapid iteration, testing, and deployment."''
 
=== DAO ===
* According to their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/announcing-c-r-e-a-m-swap-a7b318f19f6 announcement] (4-9-2020) [https://medium.com/cream-finance/c-r-e-a-m-dao-community-governance-fc1bd5ade10b?source=---------14------------------ there is] also a C.R.E.A.M [[DAO]].
 
* From [https://www.coinbureau.com/review/cream-finance/ CoinBureau] (9-2020):
 
''"While the project had been hinting a transition to a DAO since it was released, this was officially announced by Cream Finance on September 2<sup>nd</sup>. While Cream Finance’s DAO is still in development, the Medium posts seems to indicate that it will take bits and pieces from other projects such as [[Aragon (ANT)|Aragon]] to build it. CREAM token holders will have governance, though it is unclear how voting will work at the current time."''
 
=== Listing Committee ===
 
* From their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/listing-committee-epoch1-f1068a7c0f3a blog] (24-6-2021):
 
''"The Listing Committee votes on:''
 
# ''Asset Listing''
# ''Reserve Factors''
# ''Collateral Factors''
# ''Collateral Caps''
 
''Which C.R.E.A.M. markets will the listing committee vote on? [[Ethereum]] V1, [[Binance|BSC]], [[Arbitrum]], and [[Fantom (FTM)|Fantom]]''
 
''There are five members of the Listing Committee — three must vote ‘yes’ in order for a proposal to pass. The default time for voting is three days, but the committee can take up to five days."''
 
=== Treasury ===
* From their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/67-5-6m-cream-token-burn-tomorrow-15d00fa28fee blog] (4-10-2020):
"''We have renamed the remaining balance of the Liquidity Mining allocation to simply Treasury, which will serve to further provide incentives for two upcoming products in the pipeline and provide funding for future projects."''
 
* From their [https://medium.com/cream-finance/c-r-e-a-m-finance-spring-treasury-management-update-e123b9c5dde treasury update] (14-5-2021):
 
''"On [[Ethereum (ETH)|Ethereum]] C.R.E.A.M. v1, we converted revenues from 47 assets into $1,522,339.12 in [[Stablecoins|stable coins]]. We then invested these stables into yield-generating stables (yvusdp3[[Curve Finance (CRV)|CRV]] $715,235.42; yvCurve-IronBank $721,224.61) and ETH (9.85).''
 
''On C.R.E.A.M. [[Binance|BSC]], we converted 80% of revenues from 26 assets into $465K of BUSD. These funds were then redeposited into C.R.E.A.M. BSC to earn a yield.''
 
''In total, C.R.E.A.M. now has $7M in our treasury derived from protocol fees. Additionally, the 20% of fees generated from Ethereum and BSC lending platforms continue to serve as a liquidity and reserve in our markets."''
 
== Upgrades ==
== Roadmap ==
== Roadmap ==
* Can be found [Insert link here].
* Can be found [Insert link here].
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== yEarn and Cream relationship ==
== yEarn and Cream relationship ==
* [[Andre Cronje]] [https://medium.com/iearn/yearn-cream-v2-merger-e9fa6c6989b4 announced] (26-11-2020) the merger of [[yEarn]] with Cream, which would have the following results:
* [https://medium.com/iearn/clarifying-2020-mergers-an-independent-iron-bank-a6f8f3f4c25e UPDATE] (25-2-2022): all of the following [[YEarn (YFI)|Yearn]] mergers of [[SushiSwap (SUSHI)|SushiSwap]], C.R.E.A.M. Finance, [[Akropolis (AKRO)|Akropolis]], [[Pickle Finance (PICKLE)|Pickle Finance]], [[Iron Bank]] are unmerging again.
*[[Andre Cronje]] [https://medium.com/iearn/yearn-cream-v2-merger-e9fa6c6989b4 announced] (26-11-2020) the merger of [[yEarn]] with Cream, which would have the following results:
# "''Cream & Yearn merge development resources''
# "''Cream & Yearn merge development resources''
# ''Cream & Yearn [[TVL]] increases''
# ''Cream & Yearn [[TVL]] increases''
# ''Yearn vault shares serve as collateral in Cream''
# ''Yearn [[vault]] shares serve as collateral in Cream''
# ''Yearn vault strategies get access to leverage through Cream''
# ''Yearn vault strategies get access to leverage through Cream''
# ''Cream specializes in lending-related products''
# ''Cream specializes in lending-related products''
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* [https://ournetwork.substack.com/p/our-network-issue-89?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MTQ0MDU0OSwiXyI6IitrN3VtIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMyMTEyNTQyLCJleHAiOjE2MzIxMTYxNDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTM2MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Y_puDyZKOqHvgLWp1-mXgy0uIP1 From] [[Our Network]] (18-9-2021):
* [https://ournetwork.substack.com/p/our-network-issue-89?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MTQ0MDU0OSwiXyI6IitrN3VtIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMyMTEyNTQyLCJleHAiOjE2MzIxMTYxNDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTM2MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Y_puDyZKOqHvgLWp1-mXgy0uIP1 From] [[Our Network]] (18-9-2021):


''"With the launch of C.R.E.A.M.'s new tokenomics, $iceCream, 50% of protocol revenues are distributed to iceCream holders. Since launch (4 weeks ago), iceCream stakers have earned 239,254 yvcrvIB, ~35% APR. According to Token Terminal, the C.R.E.A.M. protocol has collected $734.3k of protocol fees over the last 30-days. Annualizing this data, puts C.R.E.A.M. on a run-rate of $8.8M of protocol fees per year."''
''"With the launch of C.R.E.A.M.'s new [[tokenomics]], $iceCream, 50% of protocol revenues are distributed to iceCream holders. Since launch (4 weeks ago), iceCream [[stakers]] have earned 239,254 yvcrvIB, ~35% APR. According to [[Token Terminal]], the C.R.E.A.M. protocol has collected $734.3k of protocol fees over the last 30-days. Annualizing this data, puts C.R.E.A.M. on a run-rate of $8.8M of protocol fees per year."''


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Revision as of 08:32, 11 March 2022

"C.R.E.A.M Finance is a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) DeFi platform that provides lending, borrowing, swap, payment and tokenization services for digital assets. The C.R.E.A.M. Finance protocol was created as a Compound Finance fork, while its C.R.E.A.M. SWAP exchange is based on the code of Balancer Labs."

Cream Finance
TypeLending Protocol
Total supply2 992 500 CREAM

Basics

History

"What happens when you fork Compound and add lending pools for DeFi’s most degen assets? You get Cream Finance."

Audits & Exploits

  • Bug bounty program can be found [insert here].
  • Score of 83% on DeFi Safety (12-4-2021): "A single quick audit was performed by a top notch auditing firm; Trail of Bits. This was done in January and V2 of CREAM appears was deployed around Aug 2020." With the comment: "Re-did their site, filling in the details needed and now score 83%, pretty solid across the board."
  • This was after an earlier score of 8% (10-2020). When asked by their team to re-evaluate, DeFi Safety first stood by its earlier score (30-1-2021). But the later improvements changed it.
  • From the yEarn partnership blog (13-5-2021):

"An audit of C.R.E.A.M. v1 and v2/Iron Bank with Trail of Bits was completed in January. No high severity vulnerabilities were identified."

Bugs/Exploits

"To recompense victims of the attack, Cream said it will issue to certain affected members 1.45 million CREAM tokens from the service’s treasury. While Cream has 9 million coins outstanding, per CoinMarketCap, only 150,000 of those are in circulation. By so rapidly expanding the supply of coins in circulation, it’s bound to affect demand and therefore the per-coin price.

And affect it it did. The price of the coin fell from around $88 to as low as $51.78, according to Messari, before rebounding to $56.44 in recent trading. Before the exploit on Oct. 27, CREAM was trading above $152."

Cream Finance has been hacked (again) for ~$130 million. That’s position number three on our leaderboard, the second entry for the Cream Finance protocol, and ten positions in total for the Yearn Ecosystem. The hacker was able to take advantage of a pricing vulnerability by repeatedly lending and borrowing flash-loaned funds across two addresses. Next, after accumulating yUSDVault-collateralised crYUSD, the price of the underlying yUSDVault token was manipulated in order to effectively double the value of the collateral owned by the attacker. Finally, using the now overvalued collateral, the attacker drained CREAM’s lending vaults of as many assets as possible. A full table of the stolen funds, which include over 2760 ETH, a total of 76 BTC in renBTC, WBTC and HBTC, as well as tens of millions in stablecoins and other tokens, can be found here.

Other protocols were named in a mysterious message in the main exploit transaction’s input data; gÃTµ Baave lucky, iron bank lucky, cream not. ydev : incest bad, dont do

In Mudit Gupta’s Observations and Theories about the attack, he points out several reasons why he believes the hacker, (or hackers) to be experienced DeFi developers, and how it is not the average black hat attack.

"Cream Finance returned $18.8M worth of crypto assets with an assistance of Pascal Caversaccio and Lossless."

  • From Rekt (30-8-2021):

"Cream Finance was audited by Trail of Bits (one of the few auditors absent from our leaderboard) on Jan 28th 2021. However, even the strongest audit becomes irrelevant once the protocol is changed. On Feb 10th 2021, the Cream proposal to add the AMP token came into effect, and the loophole opened up. Although they were involved with the Alpha Finance incident, this is actually the first direct attack to hit Cream Finance. However, as @muditgupta pointed out;

seems like [Cream] would have been safe had they just added reentrancy protection on their borrow/lend function."

"Cream Finance patched a bug in a discontinued mining rewards contracts after it was responsibly disclosed by Armor’s Azeem."

"Cream Finance has written $1.3 million in bad debt due to a crash in the price of SWAG tokens. The tokens were used as collateral in one of Cream Finance's liquidity pools. Cream Finance will pay users from its reserves."

"Hackers compromised PancakeSwap’s and Cream Finance’s websites yesterday. The Domain Name Service (DNS) attack modified the affected protocols’ website to display a request for the user’s seed phrase, which, if submitted, would compromise their entire account. Because the attack was not on a smart contract itself it is still unclear how many users the hacker tricked into sending their seed phrase as well as the total amount the attack netted."

  1. "The attackers is the only user who is in the (announced) sUSD pool for Alpha Homora
  2. The attacker borrows ETH from Cream’s Ironbank by using the sUSD as collateral
  3. The attacker then repay the debt accrued from borrowing the sUSD, however due to a very minor borrowing error he is able to profit a very tiny amount through this exploit
  4. The method to make this tiny profit is then re-executed multiple times in order to reach a size where the profit exceeds well into the 7 figure range
  5. The hacker has outstanding debt to the Ironbank via Alpha Homora but of course is never going to repay it
  6. Hacker starts washing funds through Tornado and gives a friendly donation of 1,000 ETH to Alpha and Cream in the process

Important clarification: Cream lenders haven’t directly lost money but they have an outstanding loan from Alpha Homora that needs to be repaid. Alpha as a platform is a borrower on Cream similar to if the ALPHA token was used as collateral.

What’s interesting here is that Alpha received 2 audits and yet this exploit still happened. The exploit is so complex it took many researchers and developers hours to truly understand what really went down suggesting that even the existing audit capabilities we have don’t fully measure up."

Governance

Admin Keys

"Token and protocol admin keys are moving into a multisig this week, governed by community leaders. We welcome @compoundfinance onboard as our technical and security advisor. Thank you multisig holders @rleshner @pet3rpan_ @QCPCapital @Rewkang & more."

  • In the announcement of the merger with yEarn it the following was also mentioned as an update (26-11-2020):

"CREAM multi-sig keys will be rotated to facilitate rapid iteration, testing, and deployment."

DAO

"While the project had been hinting a transition to a DAO since it was released, this was officially announced by Cream Finance on September 2nd. While Cream Finance’s DAO is still in development, the Medium posts seems to indicate that it will take bits and pieces from other projects such as Aragon to build it. CREAM token holders will have governance, though it is unclear how voting will work at the current time."

Listing Committee

  • From their blog (24-6-2021):

"The Listing Committee votes on:

  1. Asset Listing
  2. Reserve Factors
  3. Collateral Factors
  4. Collateral Caps

Which C.R.E.A.M. markets will the listing committee vote on? Ethereum V1, BSC, Arbitrum, and Fantom

There are five members of the Listing Committee — three must vote ‘yes’ in order for a proposal to pass. The default time for voting is three days, but the committee can take up to five days."

Treasury

  • From their blog (4-10-2020):

"We have renamed the remaining balance of the Liquidity Mining allocation to simply Treasury, which will serve to further provide incentives for two upcoming products in the pipeline and provide funding for future projects."

"On Ethereum C.R.E.A.M. v1, we converted revenues from 47 assets into $1,522,339.12 in stable coins. We then invested these stables into yield-generating stables (yvusdp3CRV $715,235.42; yvCurve-IronBank $721,224.61) and ETH (9.85).

On C.R.E.A.M. BSC, we converted 80% of revenues from 26 assets into $465K of BUSD. These funds were then redeposited into C.R.E.A.M. BSC to earn a yield.

In total, C.R.E.A.M. now has $7M in our treasury derived from protocol fees. Additionally, the 20% of fees generated from Ethereum and BSC lending platforms continue to serve as a liquidity and reserve in our markets."

Token

Launch

Token allocation

"Users who create and deposit into liquidity pools on Swap will receive a proof token named CRPT (Cream Pool Token), similar to how Balancer has BPT and Uniswap has UNI for their liquidity providers. At the start, all exchange fees will be set to 0.25%. Liquidity providers will receive 0.2%, while the other 0.05% will go to the CREAM network."

"The tokens have been allocated as follows:

  1. 10% (900,000) of tokens will go to the team and advisors, 75% of which will vest over four years and a six month cliff;
  2. 10% will be used as seed with four years vesting (one year cliff);
  3. 20% (1.8 million) CREAM will be used to incentivize liquidity providers;
  4. 60 (5.4 million) is allocated for governance.

*25% of the team allocation, 225,000 CREAM, has been allocated to our technical and security advisor Compound Finance, distributed monthly, 37,500 per month. These tokens are legally locked. They will not enter circulation until February 8th, 2021.

We have moved 8,325,000, 92.5% of CREAM tokens into the multisig wallet."

  • Made a move to burn 67.5% of their supply (19-9-2020):

"This burn will include 100% of the “governance” tokens, and 75% of the Seed tokens. Governance does not necessarily need to govern token treasury. Yearn Finance’s governance does not, and that is the norm so far. Even by burning all of the Governance allocation, C.R.E.A.M. still has plenty of collected fees and tokens in the treasury. Thanks to our seed investors and their continued support and sacrifices for the project, they have agreed to a 75% burn in exchange for accelerated vesting of 1-year, monthly vesting.

We have renamed the remaining balance of the Liquidity Mining allocation to simply Treasury, which will serve to further provide incentives for two upcoming products in the pipeline and provide funding for future projects."

  • Issued 1.45 million CREAM tokens after an exploit to compensate users (14-11-2021).

Utility

  • The CREAM token allows users to lend, borrow, stake or swap assets and help govern the network, allowing them to vote on assets to support or delist (13-5-2021).

"A portion of interest as well as transaction fees are collected by the platform, and distributed to CREAM token holders as rewards."

Token Details

Coin Distribution

"FTT dominates over 50% of the total liquidity on Cream Finance. Cream governance last week voted to partially delist FTT from the platform, reducing its borrowing power, as a response."

Tech

  • Whitepaper can be found [insert here].
  • Code can be viewed [insert here].

Implementations

How it works

"Rather than interest rates being set by individuals, they are determined algorithmically based on the proportion of assets lent out."

"As with Compound Finance, to borrow cryptocurrency on Cream Finance you need to deposit an amount of cryptocurrency (in USD) which is greater than the amount of cryptocurrency you will be borrowing (in USD). This deposited crypto is referred to as collateral and having more money deposited than you are borrowing is referred to as overcollateralization. You are currently allowed to borrow up to 60% of the USD value of the cryptocurrency you deposited. This may change in the future as the collateralization requirement has already changed twice since the protocol was launched. This is slightly less than the 66% you are able to borrow on Compound Finance."

Staking

"CREAM tokens can be staked for a period of up to four years in order to accrue rewards; however, it is important to note that there is no admin unlock available.Therefore, you will only receive your rewards at the end of your staking period."

Liquidity Mining

"We will launch with more liquidity mining incentives, paid in CREAM tokens. Users on our platform can provide liquidity and earn CREAM tokens in addition to trading fees. Only pools from whitelisted tokens will be eligible for CREAM distributions."

  • From their blog (4-10-2020):

"We have renamed the remaining balance of the Liquidity Mining allocation to simply Treasury, which will serve to further provide incentives for two upcoming products in the pipeline and provide funding for future projects."

Scaling

Interoperability

Other Details

Oracle Method

"CREAM has completed integration with Band Protocol price oracles on Binance Smart Chain and Fantom — upgrading all lending markets to use $BAND oracles."

Privacy Method

"No personal documentation or credit checks are required to borrow cryptocurrency on Cream Finance and there is also no time limit on when you must pay back the loan."

Compliance

Their Other Projects

Coordinape

  • From their blog (15-3-2021):

"We are introducing Coordinape: a scalable and permissionless platform to decentralize operations at Yearn and help compensate contributors more effectively. Coordinape will be used to distribute community grants in a decentralized manner. Any individual who has ever received a recurring or community grant will receive an allocation of 100 GIVE tokens. These tokens can be allocated to contributors in the Yearn community to split half of the monthly community grant budget. Salaried Yearn contributors are only eligible to allocate GIVE tokens since they already receive monthly compensation."

CreamSwap

"A native AMM allowing traders to enter and exit convoluted DeFi strategies without having to unwrap, unstake and sell positions composed of numerous assets across a multitude of protocols. For example, users can go from yyCRV, a liquidity provision in Curve staked via a yEarn yVault, directly to USDC, rather than having to unstake and withdraw for ~$100 in gas.

Creamy

Cross-Protocol Flash Loans

"As it will work in Yearn Finance, strategists will have the ability to use the flash loans to optimize returns on their assets at lower costs (Yearn Finance integrates several protocols, saving users gas fees). In addition to the Ethereum ecosystem, the instant loans will also be available on Binance Smart Chain and Fantom through Cream V1."

Iron Bank

"The Iron Bank is CREAM’s paradigm-shifting protocol-to-protocol lending platform and liquidity backstop for the entire DeFi ecosystem."

"What the Iron Bank allows for is protocol to protocol zero collateral lending meaning that a protocol like yEarn or Alpha Finance can borrow assets from Cream without having to overcollateralize. This is possible because Cream can trust the the yEarn protocol itself will pay back the assets that it borrows. Of course, to make this all work requires the coordination and cooperation of the yEarn, Cream and Alpha Finance teams."

"Driven by high yields via Yearn’s use of its veCRV, the crvIB yVault reached $140M less than a month after launch."

Validator Activity

"C.R.E.A.M. makes significant revenue as a validator on BSC and Fantom. C.R.E.A.M. launched its BSC node in May and became a top five validator within a week. Not only is CREAM helping to decentralize these networks, but it’s on track to contribute more than $2M annually to C.R.E.A.M.’s treasury."

Roadmap

  • Can be found [Insert link here].
  • In the announcement of the merger with yEarn it the following was also mentioned as an update (26-11-2020):

"Cream Lending Protocol v2. A focused lending product with a shortlist of Blue Chip tokens accepted as collateral."

Usage

"In under a month since launch, Cream has aggregated more than $300M in TVL, according to DeFi Pulse, largely thanks to CREAM liquidity mining rewards. What started as a lending protocol for trendy DeFi tokens like SUSHI, yETH, and yyCRV has quickly blossomed into a vibrant market of 19 assets and counting, many of which are only available for lending on Cream."

"Driven by high yields via Yearn’s use of its veCRV, the crvIB yVault reached $140M less than a month after launch. C.R.E.A.M. volume on BSC is up 5x since year’s start (usage around October’s launch was driven by liquidity incentives). The protocol is seeing 1000s of new users on B.S.C. each week."

  • After touching a TVL high of above $800M in 2-2021, it has gone down to $328M (13-5-2021).

Projects that use or built on it

yEarn and Cream relationship

  1. "Cream & Yearn merge development resources
  2. Cream & Yearn TVL increases
  3. Yearn vault shares serve as collateral in Cream
  4. Yearn vault strategies get access to leverage through Cream
  5. Cream specializes in lending-related products
  6. Cream becomes the launchpad for Stable Credit
  7. Yearn & Cream launch a new 0 collateral protocol credit solution
  8. Pair lending" 

Competition

  • From Decrypt (30-9-2020), on how it differentiates itself from Compound:

"On CREAM, users can turn these otherwise unproductive assets into yield producing assets or collateral for leveraged trading. While technically simple, this simple change to Compound added genuine value to many users. In recent weeks, CREAM has also added Cream Swap, a fork of Balancer, and has announced plans to launch a new AMM called Creamy."

Pros and Cons

Pros

Cons

Team, Funding and Partners

Team

  • Full team can be found [here].

"SWAG’s founder is believed to be the founder of cream.finance: Jeffery Huang, who is not only a crypto OG, but also brother of a famous Taiwanese singer Stanley Huang."

"The core Cream Finance team to consist of four people: founder Jeffrey Huang and three developers with extensive computer science backgrounds, one of which has also worked on OmiseGo and Ethereum."

Funding

"With the launch of C.R.E.A.M.'s new tokenomics, $iceCream, 50% of protocol revenues are distributed to iceCream holders. Since launch (4 weeks ago), iceCream stakers have earned 239,254 yvcrvIB, ~35% APR. According to Token Terminal, the C.R.E.A.M. protocol has collected $734.3k of protocol fees over the last 30-days. Annualizing this data, puts C.R.E.A.M. on a run-rate of $8.8M of protocol fees per year."

Partners 

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