# Price Oracle Price oracles are critical in DeFi because they provide smart contracts with accurate, real-time asset valuations, enabling essential functions like lending, borrowing, and trading. Without reliable price data, DeFi protocols would be vulnerable to manipulation and errors, potentially leading to significant financial losses and undermining the entire ecosystem's stability and trustworthiness. Evoq uses the same price oracle as the underlying lending protocols. Any price changes in the underlying lending protocol are instantly mirrored by Evoq. --- # 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.evoq.finance/protocol-overview/price-oracle.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.