Marquee (MARQ) is a Web3 insurance and options derivatives platform operating on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Its core purpose is to allow users to protect their digital assets and to provide opportunities for users to earn premiums by acting as liquidity providers. The platform offers various insurance covers, including protection against token price fluctuations and smart contract vulnerabilities. Future plans also include coverage for NFTs, traditional finance (TradFi) products, and parametric covers. A key aspect of Marquee is its commitment to decentralization, utilizing a combination of Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) governance and smart contracts. This framework enables a DeFi insurance and options derivatives platform accessible to a broad user base. Users can become insurance underwriters on the platform and earn rewards. The native token of the Marquee insurance protocol is MARQ. MARQ is designed to be backed by a basket of assets held in a vault, which includes stablecoins such as USDT. The protocol manages the minting and destruction of MARQ tokens. When the value of MARQ falls below a certain threshold relative to USDT, the protocol may purchase MARQ from decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and destroy it to support its backing. The MARQ token has several use cases within the ecosystem. It can be staked in a staking pool, where stakers receive sMARQ and participate in the returns generated by the vault. Holding sMARQ allows users to wrap it for gMARQ, which is the governance token for Marquee, granting voting rights to participate in the platform's governance. This includes decisions on parameters, dividend distribution, secondary offerings, and future development. MARQ also acts as an additional layer of payout for users in extreme situations after other funds are exhausted. Marquee offers flexibility in cover periods, allowing users to choose durations between 1 and 365 days. It operates without Know Your Customer (KYC) or Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements and does not impose lockup periods for staking. All insurance premiums generated are distributed to fund providers. The project integrates with Chainlink, a decentralized price oracle, to enhance the reliability of claims, especially for crypto price covers, which are automatically executed based on trigger prices. Claims for smart contract covers are decided through DAO voting.
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