Nerite Org Presents Decentralized Borrowing Protocol at Balancer Office Hours

🔧 User-Set Interest Rates

By Balancer
Feb 2, 2026, 4:17 PM
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Balancer is hosting its weekly office hours session featuring Nerite Org.​

Key Details:

  • CupOjoseph from Nerite Org will present their decentralized borrowing protocol
  • Focus on how they leverage Balancer pools to scale USND
  • USND is a stablecoin that allows users to set their own interest rates

This follows last week's session with Yuzu Money, which covered their Balancer pool strategies and yzUSD stablecoin development.​

The office hours series provides a platform for projects building on Balancer to share their technical implementations and product roadmaps with the community.​

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