For lenders — overview

Pipeline is a credit facility that finances vetted commodity trade deals and pays the senior coupon, plus T-bill accrual on idle reserves, to on-chain lenders. Entry is permissioned — every lender wallet passes KYC and Chainalysis screening before it can deposit.

Minimum deposit

The minimum deposit is $1,000 USDC. There is no maximum at the protocol level, though individual allocations may be capped during subscription windows.

Safety property

No off-chain signer gates your deposit. The on-chain USDC movement to the Capital Wallet is itself the attestation — a compromise of any single operator mints zero PLUSD.

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Where your yield comes from

Two engines feed the sPLUSD vault. The first is the senior coupon paid by borrowers on drawn trade-finance loans. The second is T-bill accrual on the USYC reserves that back undrawn PLUSD. Both engines route through a two-party-attested yield mint, so no single operator can inflate the share price.

Read the full mechanics at How it works — yield engines.

What can go wrong

Your capital is exposed to loan defaults, liquidity delays at the withdrawal queue, custodian operational failure, smart-contract risk, governance failure, regulatory action, and operator error. Each of these has a dedicated page explaining the mitigation and the residual risk you carry.

Read the full breakdown at Risks and Defaults and losses.


See also: How it works · Security · Glossary