Bumper, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has launched its crypto options killer, which promises to improve upon traditional Black-Scholes option desks by an average of 30%. The protocol is the result of a three-year research and development program, backed by $20 million in early funding, and collaboration with the Swiss Center for Cryptoeconomics.The protocol undercuts traditional options desks by one-third, while paying between 3-18% APR to Liquidity Providers (LPs) that supply USDC to the protocol. Early adopters of the protocol will also share in $250,000 worth of incentives, by either protecting their ETH or earning on their USDC.Bumper’s innovation removes the downside volatility of a user’s crypto tokens, paving the way for them to take leveraged positions with zero-liquidation risk. The protocol charges a premium which is calculated incrementally during the term, based on a combination of market conditions, protocol rebalancing and proximity to the user’s floor. This generates real yields for liquidity providers who realise returns ranging between 3-18% APR on average without the need to sell option contracts.Bumper has been deployed to the Ethereum mainnet, and is currently accepting deposits in ETH and USDC, with additional ERC-20 tokens and multi-chain support slated to be added to the protocol in rapid succession.Bumper is a DeFi risk market that provides protection from downside volatility of crypto assets. Users buying protection set a price at which they wish to protect their crypto should the price fall, but they don’t lose out if the market heads upwards. Conversely, other users earn a yield by providing stablecoin liquidity to the protocol.

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Information	Details
Geography	Europe
Countries	🇬🇧 🇨🇭
Sentiment	positive
Relevance Score	9
People	Jonathan DeCarteret, Jason Suttie
Companies	Digital Mob, Filecoin, Deribit, Barnbridge, Swiss Center for Cryptoeconomics, Gnosis
Currencies	Ethereum, USD Coin, Bitcoin
Securities	None