Solana’s Biggest DeFi Lender is Leaning Into ‘Permissionless’ Loan Markets

Already, Solend’s 21 whitelisted lending pools supply Solana’s DeFi markets with $471 million in borrowable tokens such as SOL, USDC and wrapped assets like BTC. Its team vetted those permissioned pools to weed out the inevitable scammers; if something goes wrong, Solend’s treasury insurance fund will back up platform users.