# Lenders ### Overview Lenders are any participants who wish to lend USDC to qualified borrowers for fixed terms of 6-month maturities and receive receipt tokens, called Term Bound Yield tokens or `TBYs` for short. ### Yield Generated At the end of the token's maturity, the lender will have the ability to redeem their `TBY` for their original principal amount plus any interest that is generated during the 6-month time period. ### How to participate If you are interested in becoming a lender within the `BloomPool` system, visit our [website](https://bloom.garden/), and lend your USDC today! --- # 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.bloom.garden/bloom-basics/participants/lenders.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.