# Interest Rate Swap İlgili Makaleler

Interest Rate Swap Layer: How Does DeFi Use 'Carry Trade' to Solve the Fixed-Rate Challenge?

The article explores the challenge of fixed-rate lending in DeFi, arguing that while demand exists—primarily from institutional borrowers and recursive yield farmers seeking predictable costs—current solutions struggle to scale because they require lenders to lock funds, sacrificing the flexibility that DeFi users highly value. Instead of matching fixed-rate borrowers directly with fixed-rate lenders, the author proposes building an interest rate swap layer on top of established money markets like Aave. This layer would allow traders to speculate on the spread between fixed and floating rates with high capital efficiency, while preserving the seamless deposit/withdrawal experience for lenders. The piece concludes that such a mechanism is essential for the future expansion of on-chain credit, enabling larger, longer-term institutional and consumer lending with rate certainty.

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