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. This creates a flywheel where protocol-owned vlAURA generates income that can be used to fund day-to-day operations.

📝 View the proposal

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, 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 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

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

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