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To start, the trend of voting incentives for vlAURA holders is much better than reported, even by Aura's analytics. Historically, Hidden Hand has had a dominant share of the vlAURA vote incentives market, and analytics only considered incentives from their platform. However, Paladin Quests have steadily gained popularity, bringing in over 50% of all vote incentives in recent epochs.
After Paladin updates their API, other analytics sources can also be updated.
Aura’s own stats page, which shows $35.17m in lifetime vote incentives distributed to vlAURA holders, only looks at the Hidden Hand marketplace.
In the last epoch, Paladin Quests surpassed Hidden Hand as…
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In other news...
Aura's franchise, Hyperlock, raised $213k in their Fjord Foundry LBP. Not a bad raise by any means; especially when considering Trump's World Liberty Fi is struggling to pass $15m. Hyperlock's TGE also included an airdrop of 2% of the supply to vlAURA holders, with a further 9% streamed in the future.
Balancer V3 is fast approaching. The ongoing Cantina bug competition, which is considered a final step before launch, is set to end on Nov. 5th.
V3 includes many innovations, such as 100% boosted pools, hooks, and an improved developer experience. The last may not sound as exciting, but Balancer has increasingly become a base layer on which other AMMs innovate on top of. Gyroscope's E-CLPs and GYD stablecoin have been a common sight on Aura.
Governance Highlights
During the month of October, 19 proposals were approved, including nine new gauges, including wstETH-weETHs, GHO/wUSDL, DVstETH/wstETH, GYD/aUSDT and more.
waUSDT, waGHO, waUSDCn, waFRAX…
More simply, these are receipt tokens for stablecoins deployed in @aave’s lending markets, allowing LPs to…
[BIP-714] Allocate 250,000 USDT to sGYD
BIP-714 approved the allocation of 250,000 USDT from its multisig wallet to purchase and stake GYD stablecoin, aimed at boosting treasury yields and supporting the Gyroscope ecosystem.
[BIP-726] Adopt The SEAL Safe Harbor Agreement
Bip-726 adopts the SEAL Whitehat Safe Harbor Agreement to improve the security of its on-chain assets by enabling whitehats to act swiftly during active exploits. This agreement provides clear guidelines and legal protections for whitehats, incentivizing them with a bounty system for rescuing funds, ensuring rapid and safe interventions when threats arise.
[BIP-721] Balancer to act as a Technical Delegate in the Polygon Governance System
Polygon Labs is engaging Balancer as a delegate to apply its expertise in smart contract governance within Polygon's new governance framework. This role aims to capitalize on Balancer's significant decentralized exchange operations to enhance technical decision-making and collaboration in the ecosystem.
