# What is Lending Pools? Lending Pool is a decentralized financial service that allows users to lend or borrow assets for trading. It functions through individual liquidity pools for each trading pair, ensuring that the funds are highly aligned with specific trades. Users can deposit assets into these pools to earn interest, or borrow from them for trading. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.xei.finance/product-guides/faq/what-is-lending-pools.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.