In traditional finance, fixed income markets far exceed equities and commodities in size — but in crypto, fixed income remains virtually non-existent due to the lack of infrastructure. The core missing piece is a decentralized benchmark rate to enable consistent product development and settlement.

Treehouse introduces two foundational primitives to solve this:

DOR (Decentralized Offered Rates): DOR is a decentralized benchmark rate-setting mechanism, inspired by LIBOR, designed to bring term structures to on-chain rates like staking yields. By using a network of panelists to submit forward rate expectations and staking them against accuracy, DOR enables products like interest rate swaps, fixed-rate loans, and forward rate agreements — unlocking a full-stack fixed income market in DeFi.