Oval: Capturing Liquidation Oracle Extractable Value for Lending Protocols
Oval: Capturing Liquidation Oracle Extractable Value for Lending Protocols
🔒 Liquidation Season Profits
Oval is a new application built on Flashbots' MEV-Share infrastructure that allows lending protocols to capture Oracle Extractable Value (OEV) generated during liquidations. When Chainlink price feeds update and trigger potential liquidations, it creates OEV. Oval uses MEV-Share's order flow auctions to allow searchers to bid for the right to backrun these price updates and execute liquidations. The winning bid proceeds are then distributed to the lending protocol and oracle providers. This system promotes capital efficiency by ensuring liquidators are compensated based on market demand, redirecting up to 90% of OEV back to protocols. Over $2.5M has been lost to OEV on Aave and Compound in the past 30 days alone.
Almost 300 ETH is lost to MEV every day. This happens at the expense of everyone in the Ethereum ecosystem. How can we capture MEV and distribute the profits fairly instead? MEV Capture is about building tools that capture MEV and redirect it to the protocols and users that
Liquidation season is upon us. Last week, we witnessed over $6.7 million in liquidation volume across Aave and Compound, totaling almost $9.6 million over the past 30 days. About $2.5 million has been lost to OEV because of this.
Lending protocols can capture liquidation OEV with Oval. This is possible because Oval is built on MEV-Share infrastructure developed by Flashbots. Here’s how it works. Flashbots’ MEV-Share is an open-source protocol designed to capture MEV. It achieves this by efficiently
Over the last 7 days, 404 liquidations happened on @aave and @compoundfinance. These protocols paid $2.3M+ in liquidation incentives, 76% of which were lost to MEV. This is why MEV capture is crucial. More liquidations will happen in this bull market. Be prepared with Oval.
Start capturing OEV now with Oval. 🥚 Oval is a plug-and play tool that any EVM lending protocol can quickly integrate without making any contract adjustments. Simply plug in Oval and start getting paid to use your oracle. x.com/UMAprotocol/st…
Almost 300 ETH is lost to MEV every day. This happens at the expense of everyone in the Ethereum ecosystem. How can we capture MEV and distribute the profits fairly instead? MEV Capture is about building tools that capture MEV and redirect it to the protocols and users that
UMA Doubles Minimum Stake Requirement for Voting Gas Rebates to 1000 Tokens
**UMA increases voting participation barrier** Starting November 1st, UMA voters need to stake **1000 $UMA tokens** (up from 500) to qualify for gas rebates. This follows the initial introduction of minimum staking requirements in February 2025, when rebates shifted from universal coverage to requiring 500+ tokens. **Key changes:** - Minimum stake doubles from 500 to 1000 $UMA - Gas rebate eligibility becomes more restrictive - Change reflects ongoing cost management efforts The adjustment continues UMA's strategy to control rebate expenses, which previously surged 5x since July 2024. Full details: [docs.uma.xyz/using-uma/votin](https://docs.uma.xyz/using-uma/votin)
UMA's Optimistic Oracle Secures Polymarket with Real-World Data
**UMA's Optimistic Oracle** brings real-world data onchain to secure prediction markets like Polymarket. The system works through **three key steps**: - **Proposal**: Event outcomes are submitted to the oracle - **Challenge Period**: Proposed outcomes can be disputed within a set timeframe - **Resolution**: Challenged outcomes trigger decentralized dispute resolution This **decentralized approach** eliminates single points of failure, ensuring fair and trustworthy market outcomes through consensus rather than centralized control. **Key achievements**: - Resolved over **10,000 markets** for Polymarket - Secures multiple prediction platforms including poly_bet, ForeProtocol, and predictdotfun The Optimistic Oracle addresses prediction markets' core challenge: **accurately determining real-world event outcomes onchain** while maintaining decentralized integrity.
UMA Voting Platform Restored After Technical Issues
UMA has resolved technical issues that prevented votes from displaying in their dApp frontend. **Key Points:** - Voting functionality has been fully restored - Users can now participate in the current voting round - Platform offers up to 17% APR for staking and voting **What You Can Do:** - Visit [vote.uma.xyz](https://vote.uma.xyz/) to participate - Stake tokens to earn rewards while voting - Don't miss the current voting round The fix ensures voters can once again access UMA's oracle governance through the main interface.
Across Protocol V4 Announces Integration with Succinct Labs and UMA Protocol
Across Protocol has unveiled Version 4 of their bridge solution, marking a significant technical upgrade to their infrastructure. - Integration with Succinct Labs brings enhanced zero-knowledge proof capabilities - Security framework reinforced through UMA Protocol's optimistic oracle system - New version aims to improve cross-chain transaction efficiency The collaboration represents a strategic enhancement of Across's bridging architecture, combining Succinct's ZK technology with UMA's battle-tested security mechanisms.
UMA Dispute Voting Reaches 333 Unique Commits with 23.4M Tokens Staked
The latest UMA dispute voting round demonstrated significant participation with **333 unique commit addresses** and over **23.4M $UMA tokens** staked. This continues the protocol's growth trajectory from Q4 2024, when it first achieved an average of 100 commits per vote, later peaking at 462 commits in a single round. - 333 unique commit addresses - 23,484,787.52 $UMA tokens staked - Consistent growth from Q4 2024 Participate in securing truth onchain at [vote.uma.xyz](https://vote.uma.xyz/)