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# Welcome to Novarium

Blockchain technology allows you to manage your assets yourself without relying on third parties.

From here, automated rebalancing strategies can be used to further optimize gains or reduce downside risk.

Lastly, the integrated yield generation opportunities offer the chance to diversify and increase your income while assets are sitting idle and not being utilized by rebalancing strategies.

Assets,s, which are token representations of these portfolios. Within the DeFi ecosystem, assets can be used as collateral, for trading and exchange of value.