# RIZ Isolated Markets

Radiant Isolated Zone (RIZ) is Radiant's isolated lending infrastructure. Each market operates independently, with its own risk parameters, collateral asset, and loan asset.

RIZ markets do not share liquidity with Core markets or with each other. Risk is fully contained within each market.

### How RIZ Markets Work

Each market is defined by exactly two assets:

| Role           | Function                                                |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Collateral** | Deposited to back a borrow. Cannot be borrowed.         |
| **Loan asset** | Supplied to earn yield, or borrowed against collateral. |

Markets are identified in the format **Collateral / Loan** throughout the app.

> **Example:** In the GMX / USDC market, GMX is the collateral and USDC is the loan asset. You can deposit GMX to borrow USDC, or deposit USDC to earn supply yield.

Each market has its own health factor, liquidation parameters, and interest rate, independent from all other markets.

### RIZ vs Core Markets

Radiant runs two parallel lending architectures by design:

| Feature                 | Core Markets       | RIZ Markets                  |
| ----------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------- |
| Infrastructure          | Aave-based         | Morpho contract architecture |
| Liquidity model         | Shared pools       | Fully isolated               |
| Cross-collateralization | Yes                | No                           |
| Asset scope             | Blue-chip assets   | Broader asset range          |
| Risk containment        | Shared across pool | Per-market                   |

The two systems are complementary. Core handles shared liquidity for established assets. RIZ handles isolated exposure for a wider range of assets without introducing systemic risk.

### Current Markets

RIZ is currently live on Arbitrum. Deployments on Base, BNB Chain, and Ethereum Mainnet are being rolled out progressively.

View all available markets in the app under **Isolated**.

### Coming from RIZ v1?

RIZ v1 markets are being phased out. Most positions will need to be migrated manually to RIZ v2 or Core.

{% content-ref url="riz-isolated-markets/migrating-from-riz-v1" %}
[migrating-from-riz-v1](https://docs.radiant.capital/radiant/project-info/markets/riz-isolated-markets/migrating-from-riz-v1)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### Get Started

{% content-ref url="riz-isolated-markets/how-to-use-riz-v2" %}
[how-to-use-riz-v2](https://docs.radiant.capital/radiant/project-info/markets/riz-isolated-markets/how-to-use-riz-v2)
{% endcontent-ref %}