Reserve (RSV) and Reserve Rights (RSR) are now available on Kyber Network

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Kyber Network

5 min readApr 13, 2020

We’re happy to announce that Reserve Protocol will be running an Automated Price Reserve for both the RSR and RSV tokens on Kyber Network!

The RSR and RSV tokens will be accessible through KyberSwap and other DApps and platforms that are powered by Kyber’s on-chain liquidity protocol — the most popular #DeFi protocol in terms of number of users and integrations.

To date, Kyber Network collectively supports over 70 ERC20 tokens. Learn how to buy/sell ERC20 tokens on KyberSwap with our basic guide.

Listing information for RSR and RSV

Listing date: Mon, 13th Apr, 2020
Listing time: 9 PM (GMT+8)

About Reserve Protocol

Reserve is a flexible pool of stablecoins designed to reduce risk through diversification and decentralized governance. To everyday users, Reserve can be seen as an app for buying, holding, and spending digital US dollars.

The Reserve Protocol can be implemented on top of any smart contract platform, or on its own chain. Initially Reserve is developing on the Ethereum Network but ultimately they expect two-way bridges to enable complete interoperability of the Reserve token across all major smart contract platforms. The Reserve token will initially have a target value of $1.00, but is designed to go off of the peg from the US dollar in the long term.

Reserve Protocol is backed by Arrington XRP Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Neo Global Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Blocktower Capital, Digital Currency Group, and many other projects.

Tokens that power the Reserve Protocol

The Reserve Protocol interacts with three kinds of tokens:

The Reserve token (RSV) — a stable cryptocurrency that can be held and spent the way we use US dollars and other stable fiat money.
The Reserve Rights token (RSR) — a cryptocurrency used to facilitate the stability of the Reserve token.

3. Collateral tokens — other assets that are held by the Reserve smart contract in order to back the value of the Reserve token, similar to when the US government used to back the US dollar with gold. The protocol is designed to hold collateral tokens worth at least 100% of the value of all Reserve tokens. Many of the collateral tokens will be tokenized real-world assets such as tokenized bonds, property, and commodities. The portfolio will start off relatively simple and diversify over time as more asset classes are tokenized.

How the Reserve Token is Stabilized

If demand goes down for the Reserve token, prices are expected to fall on secondary markets. What happens then?

Suppose the redemption price of Reserve is $1.00. If the price of Reserve on the open market is $0.98, arbitrageurs will be incentivized to buy it up and redeem it with the Reserve smart contract for $1.00 worth of collateral tokens. They’ll continue buying on open markets until there is no more money to be made, which is when the market price matches the redemption price of $1.00.

The same mechanism works in reverse when demand goes up. If the price of Reserve on the open market is $1.02, arbitrageurs will be incentivized to purchase newly minted Reserve tokens for $1.00 worth of either collateral or Reserve Rights tokens (the latter only if there is an excess pool of Reserve tokens available), and immediately sell them on the open market. They’ll continue selling on open markets until there is no more money to be made, which is when the market price matches the purchase price of $1.00.

How the Reserve Protocol is Capitalized

The Reserve Protocol holds the collateral tokens that back the Reserve token. When new Reserves are sold on the market, the assets used by market participants to purchase the new Reserves are held as collateral. This process keeps the Reserve collateralized at a 1:1 ratio even as supply increases.

At times, the Reserve Protocol may target a collateralization ratio greater than 1:1. When this is the case, scaling the supply of Reserve tokens requires additional capital in order to maintain the target collateralization ratio. To accomplish this the Reserve Protocol mints and sells Reserve Rights tokens in exchange for additional collateral tokens.

What Happens When the Collateral Tokens Depreciate

Collateral tokens are somewhat volatile. While we may be able to select a portfolio with minimal downside risk, the reality is that drops in the collateral tokens’ value will happen. When this happens, the Reserve Protocol will sell newly minted Reserve Rights tokens for additional collateral tokens and add them to the backing.

For more information on Reserve Protocol

Website: https://reserve.org/
Whitepaper: https://reserve.org/whitepaper.pdf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reserveprotocol
Blog: https://medium.com/reserve-currency
Telegram: https://t.me/reservecurrency

Token information: RSR

Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/token/0x8762db106b2c2a0bccb3a80d1ed41273552616e8

Coinmarketcap information: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/reserve-rights/

Token information: RSV

Etherscan: 0x141104687b51985d6210eb4b398f1dc5b5b9e9f5

About Kyber Network

Kyber’s on-chain liquidity protocol allows decentralized token swaps to be integrated into any application, enabling value exchange to be performed seamlessly between all parties in the ecosystem. Using this protocol, developers can build innovative payment flows and applications, including instant token swap services, ERC20 payments, and financial DApps — helping to build a world where any token is usable anywhere.