# Carmine Finance

> Building towards the future, on-chain

Carmine Finance builds DeFi risk technologies including an options AMM, risk monitoring tools, and on-chain analytics for protocols and users.

Carmine Finance aims to manage your crypto risk with advanced options. It offers services for traders and protocols by providing better crypto options. The platform is designed to support both traders and builders in effectively leveraging crypto trading options.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Finance
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/carmine_finance

## Products

- [Konoha](https://thegrid.id/profiles/carmine_finance): Konoha offers governance infrastructure for Starknet protocols, implementing token staking, vesting, and treasury management functions. The platform enables voting systems, proposal management, and token distribution through smart contracts. (DAO Management Platform, Live)
- [DeRisk](https://thegrid.id/profiles/carmine_finance): DeRisk provides risk monitoring and protection tools for DeFi lending protocols on Starknet. The platform tracks loan positions, liquidation prices, and collateral metrics across protocols, enabling protection against bad debt through options-based insurance mechanisms. (Risk Assessment, Live)
- [Carmine Options](https://thegrid.id/profiles/carmine_finance): Carmine Options AMM implements an automated market maker for European-style crypto options on Starknet, enabling users to buy, sell, and write options across multiple asset pairs. The protocol manages liquidity through pooled capital where providers deposit assets and earn fees, with pricing determined algorithmically based on implied volatility updated through trade activity. Governance over new trading pairs and protocol parameters is handled by CARM token holders through on-chain voting contracts. (Derivatives , Live, Main Product)
- [Segmento](https://thegrid.id/profiles/carmine_finance): Segmento is an on-chain analytics platform for DeFi protocols and projects, providing tooling to analyze user blockchain behavior, segment wallet audiences, and measure campaign ROI including key opinion leader performance. The platform processes on-chain transaction data to deliver protocol-level insights into user activity and engagement patterns. (Data Terminal, In Development)

## Assets

- [CRM Token (CRM)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/carmine_finance): CRM is the governance token of Carmine Options, a decentralized options trading protocol on Starknet. It is used to vote on protocol proposals and claim a portion of protocol fees through revenue-sharing. Holders must stake their tokens to receive veCRM, which grants voting power in the governance system. (Governance)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.carmine.finance)
- [Documentation](https://docs.carmine.finance/carmine-options-amm)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/CarmineOptions)
- [Discord](http://discord.gg/VBenCqUcGn)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/konoha_dev)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/carmine-finance)
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@carminefinanceinfo)
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- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/CarmineOptions)

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- [Remus](https://thegrid.id/profiles/remusdex_xyz): Subsidiary

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