# DeFi Applications

Horizon DAO aims to offer a set of infrastructures that can be leveraged to create a wide range of DeFi applications and services related to real-world asset tokenization.

**Tokenization:** With Horizon DAO, real estate assets can be tokenized, allowing them to be easily bought, sold, and traded on the blockchain. This can create a more efficient and liquid market for real estate investment.

**Staking and farming:** Users can earn rewards by staking or farming their Real Estate Tokens. For example, users could earn rewards for providing liquidity to a liquidity pool or for participating in a decentralized governance process.

**Lending and borrowing:** The platform could support the creation of decentralized lending and borrowing protocols, allowing users to lend and borrow Real Estate Tokens or other assets. This could provide additional liquidity and income opportunities for users.

**Collateralization:** Real Estate Tokens can be used as collateral in decentralized lending protocols, providing additional liquidity and enabling the use of real estate assets in DeFi applications.

**Governance:** Horizon DAO utilizes decentralized governance mechanisms to allow token holders to make decisions about the direction and development of the platform. This can provide a more transparent and democratic decision-making process.

**Development Rights:** Development DAOs allow community members to submit proposals for enhancing real estate values. If the proposal is approved, the DAO works with architects, engineers, and construction companies to increase the value of the real estate, sharing the resulting value increase with reNFT holders and Development DAO members.

**Asset Management Rights:** Separate DAOs can be formed to manage physical assets, such as by allowing reNFTs to be staked for Asset Management DAO tokens to access and utilize the property.

**On-Chain Rentals:** Real estate on the blockchain can be used to facilitate trustless verification of access rights to rental properties, allowing users to easily purchase tokens representing access rights and redeem them for stays in the rental property. This eliminates the need for complex paperwork and lengthy approval periods.

**Index Funds:** On-chain Index Tokens allow individuals to invest in real estate without having to choose specific reNFTs. These index funds behave like REITs and ETFs in traditional finance, providing better diversification and performance.

**Real Estate Futures and Options:** Bringing real estate onto the blockchain enables the use of derivatives such as futures and options, allowing reNFT holders to increase their yields, hedge against downside risk, or take advantage of upside potential.

**On-Chain Home Insurance:** Real estate on the blockchain can facilitate trustless operation and minimal overhead in the insurance industry, improving the efficiency of the traditional insurance ecosystem.

**Real Estate NFT Marketplace:** The Real Estate NFT Marketplace will allow users to explore, collect, and sell their reNFTs, unlocking additional liquidity and bringing a social media experience to real estate ownership.
