Regardless of how weird things get in crypto, things keep moving forward within the Aura ecosystem. Let's have a quick Chakra Alignment and reflect on the past month.

Balancer v3 has already surpassed $67M in TVL with deployments to Base and Arbitrum, joining Eth Mainnent and Gnosis Chain. Over a dozen pools have made their way to Aura with boosted yields.

Speaking of yields, vlAURA holders continue to be compensated for their votes. 👀

Aura

@AuraFinance

Rather than getting rugged on @stoolpresidente’s 17th meme coin, you can lock Aura and earn real yield.

~$270k of vote incentives were distributed to vlAURA voters in the last two weeks from @HiddenHandFi and @Paladin_vote.

app.aura.finance/#/1/lock

AIP-63 passed governance in Feb 2024, cutting AURA inflation by 12%. One year later, emissions have been further reduced by another 8% per year. ✂

Balancer co-founder Fernando Martinelli recently joined Coinshift to discuss Balancer v3, stablecoins, Coinshift’s csUSDC | csUSDL Boosted pool, and more.

Coinshift

@0xCoinshift

*Not Financial Advise: Episode 3

Building the Ultimate DeFi Liquidity Engine: Inside Balancer V3

Ft. @fcmartinelli, Co-Founder of @Balancer Protocol.

0:05 - Balancer V3’s TVL growth & early wins
0:26 - The origins of Balancer: From AMM innovation to V3
2:30 - The "why" behind…

Balancer launched StableSurge on v3, a new hook that uses a directional fee surge that helps protect stable asset pegs during volatility. This article describes bringing a new hook to production and how Balancer can aid teams in developing custom solutions.

StableSurge - Idea To Product

Balancer recently launched StableSurge, the first production hook on V3 - an innovative directional fee mechanism that dynamically adjusts swap fees to help protect stable-asset pegs during...

https://medium.com

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Chakra Alignment: March 1st, 2025