Incubating Quasar

UNLEASHING UNIFIED LIQUIDITY VAULTS FOR UNIFIED YIELDS

Quasar is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol designed to unify DeFi and staking yields, offering an innovative platform for managing cross-chain liquidity through smart vaults.

WHY WE INCUBATED QUASAR?

Quasar simplifies the complexities of DeFi by enabling users to manage liquidity across multiple chains, offering sustainable yield strategies in a secure and scalable way. Quasar's integration with the Cosmos ecosystem, and its use of interchain technologies, opens up significant market potential as cross-chain DeFi continues to grow.

QUASAR HIGHLIGHTS

Quasar provides a novel solution for managing DeFi liquidity by introducing qsrAssets, which consolidate multiple yield-bearing strategies into one easy-to-use product. These assets allow users to access complex DeFi strategies, like liquidity provisioning or lending, without the need for hands-on management. Quasar's use of automated market makers (AMMs) and restaking protocols ensures that users can maximize yields efficiently across the interchain, particularly within the Cosmos ecosystem, while maintaining security and scalability​.

Quasar’s vault-based liquidity management allows users to pool assets efficiently across multiple blockchains, providing access to opportunities in decentralized lending, yield farming, and liquidity provisioning. This unified approach reduces the complexity of managing multi-chain liquidity, making Quasar an attractive platform for both individual and institutional users seeking to maximize their returns in the rapidly expanding world of DeFi​.

The project has attracted significant backing from top investors such as Polychain Capital and Blockchain Capital, who believe in its potential to revolutionize digital asset management in DeFi. Quasar’s platform simplifies complex DeFi operations, making yield farming and liquidity management accessible to a broader audience. Furthermore, Quasar’s contribution to the IBC standard and its use of Interchain Queries (ICQ) and Interchain Accounts (ICA) further strengthen its cross-chain capabilities, ensuring secure, non-custodial asset management​.

Key Team Members:

  • Valentin Pletnev - Co-Founder & CEO
    Valentin had multiple positions in the Web3 space before founding Quasar. He used to be the head of NFT product at Real Items Foundation, and a Senior Blockchain Advisor at Atlantic Ventures. 
  • Laurens Kubat - Co-Founder & CTO
    Laurens founded several companies before Quasar. One of these companies focuses on the development of smart contracts, which lays out the foundation for his role as CTO. 

We are proud to have incubated Quasar and witnessed its growth from the starting point. For more information, please visit Quasar website.