# Chakra Alignment: April 1, 2025

By [Aura Finance](https://blog.aura.finance) · 2025-04-01

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March brought meaningful progress across the Aura ecosystem — from improved protocol sustainability initiatives to improved tracking of vlAURA yield, a major partner airdrop, and Balancer v3 momentum continuing to build.

Here’s a look at what unfolded over the past month.

### Sustainable Operations Through Protocol-Owned Revenue

Aura is setting the standard for being lean and sustainable. A new forum proposal outlines plans to fund estimated **2025 operational costs of just $184,000** — without selling tokens or drawing down the treasury.

Instead, the plan leverages vote incentive revenue from **1.5 million AURA** that was bought back and locked as **vlAURA** via [AIP-72](https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-72-part-1-aura-buy-backs/799). This creates a flywheel where protocol-owned vlAURA generates income that can be used to fund day-to-day operations.

📝 [View the proposal](https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-xxxx-foundation-continued-funding-2025-onwards/821)

### Improved Transparency for vlAURA Incentives

vlAURA lockers received over **$300,000 in incentives** during March — and tracking those rewards just got much easier.

**Paladin Quests** are now live on [Defilytica](https://aura.defilytica.com/#/voting-incentives), offering detailed insights into voting incentive flows. Users can now see which Quests are active, where incentives are going, and how vlAURA is earning in real time.

### $GYFI Airdrop for Aura LPs

Aura’s close partner [Gyroscope](https://twitter.com/GyroStable) launched its TGE last month, with an airdrop of **$GYFI** to Aura LPs who had been earning **SPIN points**.

LPs currently earning SPIN points are still eligible for future $GYFI conversion — so there’s still time to participate in the program and stack rewards.

📣 [Read the announcement](https://x.com/GyroStable/status/1902065139031191958)

### Balancer v3 Surpasses $1 Billion in Volume

Momentum continues to build around **Balancer v3**, which officially crossed **$1 billion in total trading volume** in March.

Features like **boosted pools**, the **StableSurge Hook**, and **lower fees** are drawing in new users and liquidity — and paving the way for even faster growth ahead.

📊 [View the Dune dashboard](https://dune.com/balancer/v3)

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That wraps up this month’s Chakra Alignment. Stay tuned for updates next month!

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*Originally published on [Aura Finance](https://blog.aura.finance/chakra-alignment-april-1,-2025)*