MakerDAO’s DAI Stablecoin Surpasses $5B on Higher Yield, Lifting DeFi Lender Spark Protocol

The extra payout has drastically bitten into Maker’s profits, Kunal Goel, analyst at Messari noted in a report. “Higher rates on higher deposits ballooned the protocol’s interest expense [and] has dried up profit expectations,” he wrote. The too-high rate also opened up opportunities for arbitrage, Goel added.