Introduction
Welcome to HyDRAULIC, a DeFi lending platform tailored for Intellectual Property Financing.
HyDRAULIC is a platform that provides liquidity, financial and legal solutions to Intellectual Property (IP) owners. Businesses and individuals can take IP-collateralized loans, buy and sell IP assets on a global IP marketplace with instant asset settlement. HyDRAULIC offers seamless integration with SOLO Intellectual Property Management, an IP legal services firm that provides a suite of IP management tools to businesses, along with a network of legal partners for IP valuation.
HyDRAULIC leverages DeFi (decentralized finance), an open-source and programmable financial system with a market cap of over $2 trillion, to facilitate borrowing, lending and sales. Liquidity providers earn interest on their capital by providing peer-to-peer (P2P) and peer-to-pool (P2Pool) loans to IP loans listed on the marketplace, giving IP owners flexibility to either borrow funds instantly or accept bespoke loan offers.
A few clicks on HyDRAULIC provides a global IP platform for:
IP holders, who can take instant & bespoke loans against their intangible assets.
IP buyers, who are looking to acquire IP assets originating from across the world.
IP sellers, who are looking for global & liquid IP markets to sell their intangibles.
Liquidity providers, who wish to earn interest on their capital by providing loans.
Law firms, who can provide IP valuation and other services to a global IP community.
HyDRAULIC overcomes the limitations of traditional lending services and provides access to liquidity, with the goal of empowering individuals and businesses to bring their innovative ideas and projects to fruition and foster the growth of the IP market.
The following topics cover the building blocks of HyDRAULIC in high detail
Introduction
The Problem, The Solution: HyDRAULIC, & Our Partners.
Business
IP Backed Financing: A financial market based on Intellectual Property as the principle asset. For example, a home loan is a loan that is backed by the real estate as the collateral asset.
Web3 & DeFi: The new advances in internet and financial technology powered by blockchain, that serve as the technology infrastructure and source of liquidity for HyDRAULIC.
DeFi Liquidity in IP : A deeper look into the source of liquidity, and how it connects borrowers, lenders, businesses and individuals.
IP Valuation: A key step for borrowers, our IP Valuation tool gives you key metrics to analyze your IP's present day value, risk-reward profile and creditworthiness before availing the marketplace for loans.
Fees: The fee structure for the HyDRAULIC marketplace. Note that borrowers are not charged fees on IP loans.
Technology
Blockchain: A technology that enables open-source programmable asset & money transfer in a secure, traceable and decentralized manner.
IP NFT: The IP NFT is a directly-backed representation of the underlying IP asset. Ownership of an IP NFT is equivalent to ownership of the IP which it represents.
IP Tokenization: The process that onramps intellectual property to an IP NFT.
IP Valuation Oracle: The web3 oracle that connects law firms around the world for providing on-chain IP valuation services.
Token
DRAU: The ERC20 token that supports HyDRAULIC and powers its features, including the IP Valuation Oracle and transaction fees.
Tokenomics: Supply allocation, demand generation and key growth drivers of DRAU.
Resources
This documentation and its contents are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Conduct your own research and due diligence before making any investment or financial decisions, such as when considering novel products including IP NFT loans.
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