🗳️ Lazy Summer DAO Governance Update: SUMR Transferability GTM Plan & New Vault Strategies Live

🗳️ SUMR transferability roadmap

By Summer.fi
Oct 9, 2025, 3:18 PM
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Lazy Summer DAO voting is active until October 12th with key developments across governance and protocol expansion.​

Major Updates:

  • SUMR Transferability Go-To-Market plan outlined with comprehensive strategy for communications, influencer partnerships, and user growth targeting significant expansion
  • Delegate rewards distributed for September with 140,599.​95 SUMR allocated to active participants
  • New vault strategies proposed including Euler Finance and Morpho Labs integrations

Active Proposals:

  • [SIP2.​31] Add Euler Earn USDC strategy to Mainnet higher-risk vault
  • [SIP2.​32] Add Morpho USDC strategy to Arbitrum lower-risk vault
  • [SIP2.​30] Onboard infiniFi siUSD for institutional-grade yield diversification
  • [SIP5.​5.​3] Referral campaign payouts covering 419 referrers with 40,582 SUMR + 1,337 USDC distribution

Community Participation: Vote and discuss proposals at forum.​summer.​fi and gov.​summer.​fi

The protocol continues building toward becoming DeFi's leading auto-yield platform with expanding cross-chain strategies.​

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