DeFi
Berachain PoL and Honeypot FTO for enhanced liquidity
Liquidity has been the backbone of DeFi (decentralized finance) since its inception. However, securing liquidity through locked capital is detrimental to DeFi in the long run. This realization served as the catalyst for the creation of Berachain’s Proof of Liquidity (PoL).
The traditional Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanism has some irreversible drawbacks. It gives an unfair advantage to network participants at the time of the TGE (Token Generation Event), paving the way for massive sell-offs. Furthermore, PoS leads to reduced liquidity for LP pools and transactions if the chain’s security were to be improved. Since PoS chains follow a single-token economic model, protocols do not have the flexibility to fund growth with their token holdings, as this can lead to a drop in the token price.
It is to address these challenges that Berachain relies on the PoL mechanism.
Enter Proof of Liquidity (PoL)
Much like PoS, PoL uses a gas token to incentivize validators to secure the network. However, PoL introduces an additional token called a governance token to incentivize liquidity providers and determine the potential reward for stakers who secure the network.
Berachain builds on PoL, introducing two tokens: $BERA – the native gas token, and $BGT – the governance token. Using PoL allows Berachain to attract liquidity by distributing $BGT as an incentive. Liquidity providers can contribute to the liquidity of BEX pools and earn $BGT (Bera Governance Token). $BGT holders then delegate their tokens to validators.
These validators then produce blocks proportional to the $BGT delegated to them. Delegators and validators are rewarded by Berachain for strengthening the network. Validators also have voting rights to decide on the inflation of $BGT.
What makes PoL so effective for Berachain?
Here’s how PoL solves the shortcomings of PoS:
Separate tokens: PoL separates the functionalities of the delegation token and the gas token ($BGT and $BERA in the case of Berachain), ensuring enhanced network security and sufficient liquidity.
Incentive Cash Collection: The only way to earn $BGT is by providing liquidity to BEX pools. This ensures sufficient liquidity for the pool, making trade settlements and on-chain transactions more efficient.
Inter-exchange market making: Fragmented liquidity is a major challenge in DeFi, leading to underutilization of available assets. PoL also allows larger exchanges to serve as primary market makers for emerging exchanges, facilitating the creation of an interconnected trading ecosystem within Berachain.
But there are some challenges to overcome…
Users participating in the PoL are required to lock up their assets. While this ensures liquidity at the beginning, it also means that these users will be eager to unlock their assets and sell them on the market shortly after the TGE to book profits.
Here, the liquidity strength depends on the willingness of these users to lock up their assets for a longer period. Since $BGT is a non-transferable token, these users have limited opportunities to generate more profits. Hence the reluctance to lock up their assets for a longer period.
With an insufficient number of tokens locked, a liquidity crisis is never too far away, creating a detrimental scenario for the entire Berachain ecosystem. And the solution to this problem had to come from within the ecosystem.
Enter FTO: The Driving Force Behind Honeypot’s Flywheel Model
Honeypot Finance’s FTO (Fair Token Offering) model designs actions following the same mechanism as Berachain’s PoL. While the end goal of both FTO and PoL is the same: to reduce selling pressure at or after TGEs, FTO is hyper-focused on creating liquidity through supplier volume rather than locked-in volume.
The Fair Token model offers:
100% Deep Liquidity: The FTO model ensures that all tokens are in the pool at launch, preventing market manipulation.
LP Token Creation: Instead of purchasing the actual token, investors purchase LP (liquidity provider) tokens at launch, creating liquid markets from day one.
Fair prices: The protocol and participants are treated equally and the allocation of LP tokens is split 50-50 between them, eliminating the risk of an unfair advantage for either party.
LP sale without price reduction: Protocols are allowed to sell LP tokens to raise funds for operational purposes. However, this sale has no impact on the token price.
Built on Berachain, Honeypot’s FTO is designed to accelerate activity and boost liquidity within the ecosystem.
Most importantly, FTO unlocks additional usage for $BGT by integrating it into Honeypot’s Flywheel model. Here’s how:
- $BGT holders delegating to the BeeHive node (Honeypot Finance’s node) receive $HPOT (Honeypot’s governance token) as bribes.
- The corruption mechanism is directly tied to voting rights, which strengthens incentives for the $HPOT and $Honey token pools.
- In return, $HPOT holders can collect $BGT profits by participating in PoL mining.
PoL vs FTO: FTO acting as an accelerator for PoL
Users holding $HPOT, $Bera, or $Honey can invest in the $HPOT-$Honey-$Bera liquidity pool to earn $BGT. More importantly, they only need to hold one of these three tokens to be able to earn $BGT.
Together, $BGT and $HPOT power a lucrative revenue flywheel model, which leads to:
- Significant increase in platform revenue and community node size
- HPOT share buybacks surge, boosting its market value
- Increased bribes and incentives for people with disabilities, further increasing demand for $HPOT
Every time a user unlocks their tokens to withdraw liquidity, they lose their ability to generate income from $BGT issuance. Eventually, they can burn their $BGT holdings to acquire $BERA. The FTO model encourages more users to provide liquidity because it minimizes the probability of loss, with users getting back 50% of their invested tokens as LPs.
Final verdict
Once Honeypot gains prominence and helps emerging protocols attract liquidity through its Dreampad, the need for $BGT staking could increase significantly to fuel the network as well as the liquidity pool. Technically, FTO is meant to promote PoL, while addressing the problem of fragmented liquidity with efficient use of capital.
Proof of Liquidity (PoL) drives on-chain activity, speeding up the circulation of tokens. This allows PoL networks to achieve similar or even better economies of scale with fewer tokens compared to Proof of Stake (PoS) systems, where many tokens are locked up by validators, reducing the circulation speed.
Fair Token Offering (FTO) also improves token circulation by providing immediate liquidity after launch. This readily available liquidity facilitates the token’s exchange, further enhancing the PoL system’s ability to achieve substantial economies of scale. Together, these mechanisms complement each other, improving the overall functionality and sustainability of the DeFi ecosystem on Berachain.
DeFi
Pump.Fun is revolutionizing the Ethereum blockchain in terms of daily revenue
The memecoin launchpad saw the largest daily revenue in all of DeFi over the past 24 hours.
Memecoin launchpad Pump.Fun has recorded the highest gross revenue in all of decentralized finance (DeFi) in the last 24 hours, surpassing even Ethereum.
The platform has raised $867,429 in the past 24 hours, compared to $844,276 for Ethereum, according to DeFiLlama. Solana-based Telegram trading bot Trojan was the third-highest revenue generator of the day, as memecoin infrastructure continues to dominate in DeFi.
Pump.Fun generates $315 million in annualized revenue according to DeFiLlama, and has averaged $906,160 per day over the past week.
Income Ranking – Source: DeFiLlama
The memecoin frenzy of the past few months is behind Pump.fun’s dominance. Solana-based memecoins have been the main drug of choice for on-chain degenerates.
The app allows non-technical users to launch their own tokens in minutes. Users can spend as little as $2 to launch their token and are not required to provide liquidity up front. Pump.Fun allows new tokens to trade along a bonding curve until they reach a set market cap of around $75,000, after which the bonding curve will then be burned on Raydium to create a safe liquidity pool.
Pump.Fun generates revenue through accrued fees. The platform charges a 1% fee on transactions that take place on the platform. Once a token is bonded and burned on Raydium, Pump.fun is no longer able to charge the 1% fee.
Ethereum is the blockchain of the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ether, with a market cap of $395 billion. It powers hundreds of applications and thousands of digital assets, and backs over $60 billion in value in smart contracts.
Ethereum generates revenue when users pay fees, called gas and denominated in ETH, to execute transactions and smart contracts.
DeFi
DeFi technologies will improve trading desk with zero-knowledge proofs
DeFi Technologies, a Canadian company financial technology companyis set to enhance its trading infrastructure through a new partnership with Zero Computing, according to a July 30 statement shared with CryptoSlate.
The collaboration aims to integrate zero-knowledge proof tools to boost operations on the Solana And Ethereum blockchains by optimizing its ability to identify and execute arbitrage opportunities.
Additionally, it will improve the performance of its DeFi Alpha trading desk by enhancing its use of ZK-enabled maximum extractable value (MEV Strategies).
Zero knowledge Proof of concept (ZKP) technology provides an additional layer of encryption to ensure transaction confidentiality and has recently been widely adopted in cryptographic applications.
Optimization of trading strategies
DeFi Technologies plans to use these tools to refine DeFi Alpha’s ability to spot low-risk arbitrage opportunities. The trading desk has already generated nearly $100 million in revenue this year, and this new partnership is expected to further enhance its algorithmic strategies and market analysis capabilities.
Zero Computing technology will integrate ZKP’s advanced features into DeFi Alpha’s infrastructure. This upgrade will streamline trading processes, improve transaction privacy, and increase operational efficiency.
According to DeFi Technologies, these improvements will increase the security and sophistication of DeFi Alpha’s trading strategies.
The collaboration will also advance commercial approaches for ZK-enabled MEVs, a new concept in Motor vehicles which focuses on maximizing value through transaction fees and arbitrage opportunities within block production.
Additionally, DeFi Technologies plans to leverage Zero Computing technology to develop new financial products, such as zero-knowledge index exchange-traded products (ETPs).
Olivier Roussy Newton, CEO of DeFi Technologies, said:
“By integrating their cutting-edge zero-knowledge technology, we not only improve the efficiency and privacy of our transactions, but we also pave the way for innovative trading strategies.”
Extending Verifiable Computing to Solana
According to the release, Zero Computing has created a versatile, chain-agnostic platform for generating zero-knowledge proofs. The platform currently supports Ethereum and Solana, and the company plans to expand compatibility with other blockchains in the future.
The company added that it is at the forefront of introducing verifiable computation to the Solana blockchain, enabling complex computations to be executed off-chain with on-chain verification. This development represents a significant step in the expansion of ZKPs across various blockchain ecosystems.
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Elastos’ BeL2 Secures Starknet Grant to Advance Native Bitcoin Lending and DeFi Solutions
Singapore, Asia, July 29, 2024, Chainwire
- Elastos BeL2 to Partner with StarkWare to Integrate Starknet’s ZKPs and Cairo Programming Language with BeL2 for Native DeFi Applications
- Starknet integration allows BeL2 to provide smart contracts and dapps without moving Bitcoin assets off the mainnet
- Starknet Exchange Validates the Strength of BeL2’s Innovation and Leadership in the Native Bitcoin Ecosystem
Elastos BeL2 (Bitcoin Elastos Layer2) has secured a $25,000 grant from Starknet, a technology leader in the field of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). This significant approval highlights the Elastos BeL2 infrastructure and its critical role in advancing Bitcoin-native DeFi, particularly Bitcoin-native lending. By integrating Starknet’s ZKPs and the Cairo programming language, Elastos’ BeL2 will enhance its ability to deliver smart contracts and decentralized applications (dapps) without moving Bitcoin (BTC) assets off the mainnet. This strategic partnership with Starknet demonstrates the growing acceptance and maturity of the BeL2 infrastructure, reinforcing Elastos’ commitment to market leadership in the evolving Bitcoin DeFi market.
Starknet, developed by StarkWare, is known for its advancements in ZKP technology, which improves the privacy and security of blockchain transactions. ZKPs allow one party to prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement itself. This technology is fundamental to the evolution of blockchain networks, which will improve BeL2’s ability to integrate complex smart contracts while preserving the integrity and security of Bitcoin.
“We are thrilled to receive this grant from Starknet and announce our partnership to build tighter integrations with its ZKP technology and the Cairo programming language,” said Sasha Mitchell, Head of Bitcoin Layer 2 at Elastos. “This is a major milestone for BeL2 and a true recognition of the maturity and capabilities of our core technology. This support will allow us to further develop our innovation in native Bitcoin lending as we look to capitalize on the growing acceptance of Bitcoin as a viable alternative financial system.”
A closer integration with Cairo will allow BeL2 to leverage this powerful programming language to enhance Bitcoin’s capabilities and deliver secure, efficient, and scalable decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Specifically, the relationship with Cairo reinforces BeL2’s core technical innovations, including:
- ZKPs ensure secure and private verification of transactions
- Decentralized Arbitrage Using Collateralized Nodes to Supervise and Enforce Fairness in Native Bitcoin DeFi
- BTC Oracle (NYSE:) facilitates cross-chain interactions where information, not assets, is exchanged while Bitcoin remains on the main infrastructure
BeL2’s vision goes beyond technical innovation and aims to innovate by creating a new financial system. The goal is to build a Bitcoin-backed Bretton Woods system, address global debt crises, and strengthen Bitcoin’s role as a global hard currency. This new system will be anchored in the integrity and security of Bitcoin, providing a stable foundation for decentralized financial applications.
As integration with Starknet and the Cairo programming language continues, BeL2 will deliver further advancements in smart contract capabilities, decentralized arbitration, and innovative financial products. At Token 2049, BeL2 will showcase further innovations in its core technologies, including arbitrators, that will underscore Elastos’ vision for a fairer decentralized financial system rooted in Bitcoin.
About Elastos
Elastos is a public blockchain project that integrates blockchain technology with a suite of redesigned platform components to produce a modern Internet infrastructure that provides intrinsic privacy and ownership protection for digital assets. The mission is to create open source services that are accessible to the world, so developers can create an Internet where individuals own and control their data.
The Elastos SmartWeb platform enables organizations to recalibrate how the Internet operates to better control their own data.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/elastosinfo/
ContactPublic Relations ManagerRoger DarashahElastosroger.darashah@elastoselavation.org
DeFi
Compound Agrees to Distribute 30% of Reserves to COMP Shareholders to End Alleged Attack on Its Governance
Compound will introduce the staking program in exchange for Humpy, a notorious whale accused of launching a governance attack on the protocol, negating a recently adopted governance proposal.
Compound is launching a new staking program for COMP holders as a compromise with Humpy, a notorious DeFi whale accused of launching a governance attack against the veteran DeFi protocol.
On July 29, Bryan Colligan, head of business development at Compound, published a governance proposal outlining plans for a new compound participation product that would pay 30% of the project’s current and future reserves to COMP participants.
Colligan noted that the program was requested by Humpy in exchange for his agreement Proposition 289 — which sought to invest 499,000 COMP worth approximately $24 million into a DeFi vault controlled by Humpy, and which appears to have been forced by Humpy and his associates over the weekend.
“We propose the following staking product that meets Humpy’s stated interests as a recent new delegate and holder of COMP in exchange for the repeal of Proposition 289 due to the governance risks it poses to the protocol,” Colligan said. “The Compound Growth Program…will execute the above commitments, given the immediate repeal of Proposition 289.”
Colligan added that the proposal would expire at 11:59 p.m. EST on July 29. Had Humpy not rescinded Proposition 289, Compound would move forward with it. Proposition 290 — block Humpy using the Compound team’s multi-sig to deploy a new governor contract removing the delegate’s governance power behind Proposition 289.
Hunchback tweeted that Proposition 289 had been repealed a few hours ago. “Glad to have brought Compound Finance back into the spotlight,” they said. added. “StakedComp… finally becomes a yield-generating asset!
Markets reacted favorably to the resolution, with the price of COMP increasing by 6.2% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.
Attack on governance
Proposition 289 proposed investing 499,000 COMP from the Compound treasury into goldCOMP, a yield-generating vault of the Humpy-linked Golden Boys team.
The proposal passed with nearly 52 percent of the vote on July 28, despite two previous iterations of the proposal being defeated by strong opposition. Can And JulyThe proposals notably asked for only 92,000 COMP, with security researchers warning that any deposit of tokens into the goldCOMP vault would cede their governance power.
In May, Michael Lewellen of Web3 security firm OpenZeppelin, note The first proposal was submitted by a new governance delegate who was suddenly awarded 228,000 COMP by five wallets that got their tokens from the Bybit exchange. Combined with his own tokens, the delegate got 325,333 COMP, which is over 81% of the 400,000 tokens required for a governance proposal to reach quorum.
“We have been alerting the community to the risk that these delegates could support a potential attack on governance,” Lewellen said. “The timing of the new proposal and these recent delegations are suspect.”
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