HARD Protocol

HARD Protocol, Rebranding of Harvest.io, that is the first cross-chain money market to be hosted within its Cosmos SDK built blockchain. The application which is dubbed 'Harvest' will enable Kava blockchain users to further capitalize on DeFi opportunities through its lending and borrowing functions. The platform will allow anyone to lend and borrow digital assets including BTC, XRP, BNB, BUSD, KAVA and USDX for an interest in return. Harvest users who borrow or lend on the application will be paid out their interest plus the application's governance token ‘HARD’. Harvest will be the first of many applications that will eventually leverage Kava's blockchain security for DeFi products. With the innovation majorly deriving its fundamentals from Kava, it will automatically integrate other functions such as Kava's price-reference data from Chainlink oracles and the underlying bridges to facilitate cross-chain asset transfers. This cross-chain architecture will play a pivotal role in giving Harvest access to any digital assets within the Kava blockchain network. The project is set to capitalize on the Kava-4 Mainnet upgrade where an expansion of the BEP3 Bridge will feature the support of BTC , BUSD and XRP among other digital assets. Ideally, all these digital assets will eventually be supported within the Harvest money market alongside Kava native assets like USDX KAVA and HARD. The Harvest application is a decentralized platform that's accessible by anyone anywhere. This open and permissionless platform will facilitate integrations with financial market stakeholders in niches not limited to FinTech apps, Exchanges, and financial institutions. This category of financial service providers will be able to offer Harvest's earning and borrowing opportunities, directly to their clients.