Fluid is now at 3rd place in active loans in whole of crypto.
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Active Loans is one of the biggest indicator of Lending protocol trust and credibility.
What it shows ?
1. Revenue Generation (Protocol + Token Holders)
Interest payments from active loans are the primary revenue source.
Borrowers pay interest → split between:
Suppliers/LPs
Protocol treasury
Insurance fund
Higher active loans = higher fee accrual = sustainable tokenomics.
2. Capital Efficiency & TVL Quality
TVL alone is misleading.
$10B TVL with $1B active loans = 90% idle capital.
Active loans / TVL ratio = utilization rate
High utilization (70–90%) → efficient use of capital.
Low utilization (<30%) → "Ghost TVL" (deposits for airdrops, not real usage).
Protocols with high active loans relative to TVL attract sticky liquidity.
3. Network Effects & Composability
Active loans enable money legos:
Flash loans (built on borrowed capital)
Yield farming (borrow to leverage)
Delta-neutral strategies (borrow stablecoins vs. ETH)
High active loan volume signals deep liquidity, attracting Arbitrageurs
DAOs (treasury management)
DeFi aggregators (1inch, Paraswap)
4. Governance & Incentive Alignment
Misaligned incentives (rewarding deposits only) → inactive loans.
Active loans prove product-market fit — users actually need credit.
I believe with all the developments behind the scenes , it will be at number 2 in few months.
And eventually number 1.
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