Guide for Beginners

Get started with Inverse Finance in minutes. This guide covers the essentials for new users.

New to DeFi terms? See Core Concepts first.

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Quick start paths

1. Buy and stake INV for governance and revenue share (see How to Buy INV and sINV).

2. Borrow DOLA on FiRM against supported collateral (see FiRM).

3. Earn yield with sDOLA or other vaults (see Yield Opportunities).

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Borrowing on FiRM

FiRM lets you borrow DOLA at a fixed cost by buying DBR upfront.

INV market: new borrows paused. Mill 389 (executed 2026-06-24) paused new DOLA borrows against INV. Existing INV positions can still be managed (repay, withdraw, stake). You can still stake INV on FiRM for rewards and governance.

Safety tip: Even if FiRM allows you to borrow up to 85% of collateral value, stay below 75%. This buffer protects you from liquidation during volatility.

Collateral	Collateral Factor	Notes
WETH	85%	General borrowing
wstETH	85%	ETH staking yields + borrowing
wstUSR-DOLA LP	sunset	Sunset (do not use)

USR / wstUSR markets are sunset. Do not open new positions with USR-DOLA, yv-USR, or wstUSR collateral. Use other supported markets instead.

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Staking INV

Stake INV to earn protocol revenue and keep voting power. sINV auto-compounds rewards. For details see INV Staking Guide and sINV.

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Governance

INV holders vote on protocol decisions. Threshold and quorum values are documented in Governance Overview.

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Next steps

• Core Concepts

• FiRM FAQs

• FiRM Collateral Guide

• Discord

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