# Chakra Alignment: March 1st, 2025

By [Aura Finance](https://blog.aura.finance) · 2025-03-02

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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.

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

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[Aura](https://twitter.com/AuraFinance)

[@AuraFinance](https://twitter.com/AuraFinance)

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Rather than getting rugged on [@stoolpresidente](https://twitter.com/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](https://twitter.com/HiddenHandFi) and [@Paladin\_vote](https://twitter.com/Paladin_vote).  
  
[app.aura.finance/#/1/lock](https://t.co/8bxPqTmkCI)

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8:08 AM • Feb 19, 2025

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[AIP-63](https://vote.aura.finance/#/proposal/0x4a66a740617cd44671353053e5856f68903bc7caa0c6b96f54c63bcaaedaf457) 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.

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[Coinshift](https://twitter.com/0xCoinshift)

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\*Not Financial Advise: Episode 3  
  
Building the Ultimate DeFi Liquidity Engine: Inside Balancer V3  
  
Ft. [@fcmartinelli](https://twitter.com/fcmartinelli), Co-Founder of [@Balancer](https://twitter.com/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…

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12:18 PM • Feb 13, 2025

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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.

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StableSurge - Idea To Product
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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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](https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/stablesurge-idea-to-product-c7bd5bf4fd09)

Thanks for reading!

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