# UMIP 44 -Add YAM as a collateral currency

**URL:** <https://discourse.uma.xyz/t/umip-44-add-yam-as-a-collateral-currency/1455>\
**Category:** technical UMIPs\
**Created:** [March 2, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.uma.xyz/t/umip-44-add-yam-as-a-collateral-currency/1455 "2022-03-02T13:15:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mhairi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.uma.xyz/mhairi/32/48_2.png) [@Mhairi](https://discourse.uma.xyz/u/Mhairi)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.uma.xyz/t/umip-44-add-yam-as-a-collateral-currency/1455/1 "2022-03-02T13:15:44Z")

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This UMIP will add YAM (Governance token of the YamDAO) to the supported collateral currencies to the AddressWhitelist contract, allowing UMA users to mint synthetics using YAM as the collateral currency.

> <https://github.com/UMAprotocol/UMIPs/blob/master/UMIPs/umip-44.md>