Market cap
$677.37K
Max. supply
1,000,000,000 BETA
Beta Finance (BETA)
$ 0.00
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updated $0Market cap$677.37K
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All-time high$3.45-100% from peak · 2021-10-09
Beta Finance (BETA) is a decentralized money market protocol where anyone can lend, borrow, or short crypto assets without a middleman. Think of it as a permissionless bank running on smart contracts: you deposit assets to earn interest, or post collateral to borrow — including one-click short positions on tokens that are hard to short elsewhere. BETA is the protocol's native ERC-20 token, used for governance and rewards, with a fixed maximum supply of 1 billion coins.
Frequently asked questions
What is Beta Finance and how is it different from other DeFi protocols?
Beta Finance is a decentralized money market for lending, borrowing, and shorting crypto assets. Its signature feature is one-click shorting of long-tail assets — smaller tokens that are often impossible to short on other platforms — which lets traders bet against overhyped coins directly from the protocol. Most lending protocols stick to plain supply-and-demand loans, while Beta builds shorting into the core experience.
How does Beta Finance work, and what consensus does it use?
Beta Finance is not its own blockchain — it is a set of smart contracts deployed on Ethereum and other EVM-compatible networks. It therefore inherits the security and consensus of the chains it runs on (Ethereum, for example, uses proof-of-stake), while lending, borrowing, and shorting are handled entirely by the protocol's smart contracts. Interest rates adjust algorithmically based on how heavily each lending pool is utilized.
How is BETA token emission structured?
BETA has a hard cap of 1 billion tokens, meaning no more will ever be minted beyond that limit. The supply was allocated across the team, investors, and the community, with portions released gradually through vesting schedules and liquidity mining incentives. The fixed-supply design means there is no built-in inflation mechanism creating new tokens indefinitely.
How can I store and use BETA tokens?
Because BETA is an ERC-20 token, any Ethereum-compatible wallet will do — MetaMask, Trust Wallet, or a hardware wallet like Ledger. Beyond simply holding it, you can use BETA to vote on governance proposals or stake it in the protocol's incentive programs to earn rewards. As with any crypto, keeping your private keys and seed phrase safe is the most important part.