Baseline Markets Enables Debt Raising Through Token Presales
Baseline Markets introduces a mechanism allowing protocols to raise debt through token presales, creating autonomous debtor systems.
**Key Features:**
- Protocols can borrow capital and deploy it into onchain strategies (asset farming, yield generation, volatility trading)
- Yield is distributed to creditors through ongoing operations and swaps
- Creditors maintain flexibility to unwind positions and receive underlying tokens
**Alternative Presale Model:**
- Tokens priced at BLV (reserve-backed floor price) to protect presale participants from losses
- Limited initial spot liquidity (~10% of raise) creates high slippage, encouraging creditors to hold
- Presale participants receive credit positions earning leveraged swap fees
- Once pool reserves fill through spot trading, creditors can unwind positions without slippage risk
This approach offers a cheaper path to raise capital compared to generating funds through swap fees alone, while launching tokens at lower market caps for potentially higher multiples.