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Silo Finance offers isolated lending pools — each token gets its own “Silo” sharing only a bridge asset (ETH or USDC). This prevents contagion: if one collateral asset becomes toxic, only that specific Silo is affected, not the whole protocol. SILO is the governance token.

How it actually works

Each Silo is an isolated market for a single risky asset paired with bridge assets. Lenders can choose which Silos to enter based on risk preference. The protocol launched on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and other major chains. Tokenomics include veSILO with vote-direction over emissions.

What it means for you

Silo solves a real problem with monolithic lending protocols: one bad listing can compromise the whole platform (which has happened on smaller forks of Aave). For HNW users specifically interested in long-tail collateral assets, Silo’s isolation makes those markets safer to lend into. For mainstream assets, Aave/Morpho remain larger.

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