Lodestar Finance is an algorithmic borrowing and lending protocol that is aiming to bring the critical DeFi primitive of decentralized money markets to Arbitrum communities. Key Features of Lodestar Finance:

• Earn interest on assets like MAGIC, DPX, and plvGLP by supplying them to the protocol
• Collateralize your deposit, which enables the ability to borrow crypto assets
• Access liquidity without creating a taxable event
• Employ leveraged trading strategies (long and short positions) by utilizing the borrowing functionalities of the protocol
• Unlock the liquidity of yield bearing assets such as plvGLP without sacrificing the underlying yield.

LODE is a governance token that represents a holders share in the DAO. As a token holder you can vote in proposals governing the platform, and voting power is proportional to token share. Governance would encompass where emissions are directed, adding new pools/products and managing the community fund and treasury.