Path of The Panda Winners Announced with $10,000 in Rewards

**Hyperwave's CEO Abi shared insights on choosing Balancer's Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (LBP) over traditional VC funding** for their token launch. **Key advantages of LBPs:** - Require only 5-10% of typical launch capital - No KYC, lottery systems, or wallet caps needed - Natural whale protection through weight shifts - Transparent on-chain price discovery **Cost comparison:** - CEX launches: $250K-$1M+ with 3-6 month timelines - Standard IDO launchpads: $180K-$700K - Direct DEX listings: $100K-$500K - LBPs: Significantly more capital efficient **How LBPs work:** Weight shifts from 95/5 to 50/50 create downward price pressure, making early buyers pay premium while rewarding patient participants. After points-based airdrops dominated 2024 (with issues like LayerZero's 1.1-1.3M Sybil wallets), **LBPs are making a comeback** as a fair distribution mechanism. Hyperwave's recent October 16-20 launch on HyperEVM demonstrates this renewed interest in LBPs for projects seeking alternatives to expensive exchange listings or token giveaways.

**Balancer successfully launched the sUSDai/USDT0 pool on Plasma chain without oracles**, solving a critical infrastructure problem for USDai Protocol. **The Challenge:** - USDai Protocol wanted to launch sUSDai liquidity on Plasma - No oracle infrastructure existed for their stablecoin on the chain - Traditional options: wait months, switch chains, or risk LP manipulation **The Solution: reCLAMMs** - **Oracle-free concentrated liquidity pools** that discover prices through actual trading activity - Self-adjusting parameters based on on-chain trading patterns - No external dependencies or price feed requirements **How It Works:** - Prices emerge organically from real trading activity - Stable pairs maintain tight ranges without oracle confirmation - **Pure market-driven pricing** through concentrated liquidity **Results:** - sUSDai/USDT0 pool now live on Plasma with deep liquidity - Capital efficient and secure operation - Zero oracle manipulation risk This demonstrates how **oracle-independent infrastructure** can unlock possibilities on emerging chains where traditional oracle support doesn't exist. [Explore the pool](https://balancer.fi/pools/plasma/v3/0xb3ca3ead1c59ded552cd30a6992038284b418b65)

**Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools (LBPs) are making a comeback** on Balancer V3 after disappearing in 2022. **The Problem with Airdrops** Points-based airdrops dominated 2024 but failed users: - LayerZero caught 1.1-1.3M fake wallets - zkSync excluded 90% of participants - Industrial farmers got rewards while real users got little **How LBPs Work Differently** LBPs use Dutch auction mechanics with changing token weights: - Start at 95/5 ratio, shift to 50/50 over time - Create downward price pressure naturally - Early buyers pay premium, patient buyers get better prices - Large purchases face massive slippage **Key Advantages** - Function with only 5-10% of typical launch capital - No KYC, lottery systems, or wallet caps needed - Transparent on-chain price discovery - Natural whale protection through mechanics **Cost Comparison** - CEX launches: $250K-$1M+ with 3-6 month timelines - IDO launchpads: $180K-$700K with token requirements - Direct DEX listings: $100K-$500K for reasonable depth - LBPs: Capital efficient without gatekeepers **The Return** Hyperwave's October launch on HyperEVM demonstrates the model's revival. With emerging regulatory clarity and projects needing fair distribution alternatives, LBPs offer a proven solution. The mechanism never stopped working - the market just forgot why it mattered.

**Marcus Balancer** took the stage at EBlockchainCon to discuss **staking as crypto's security foundation**. Key highlights from Day 1: - Staking mechanisms provide essential network security - Discussion focused on why staking serves as crypto's backbone - Presentation delivered at the Barcelona blockchain conference The talk emphasized staking's critical role in maintaining blockchain network integrity and security protocols. *Connect with the Balancer team at the conference to discuss custom pools, hooks, and reCLAMMs.*

**StreamDefi** has launched four new StableSurge pools on Balancer v3, bringing their $265M+ TVL and delta-neutral strategies to **Plasma, Arbitrum, and Avalanche**. **Key Features:** - **StableSurge hooks** maintain tight pegs through dynamic fee adjustments - Penalties for destabilizing trades, rewards for rebalancing trades - **100% boosted pools** earn lending yield while providing liquidity - Delta-neutral strategies offering **8-18% APY** with zero directional risk **Live Pools:** - [xUSD/USDT on Plasma](https://balancer.fi/pools/plasma/v3/0x694c009aa31b3f80ee18c218b02390ca2d7151e7) - [USDC/xUSD on Arbitrum](https://balancer.fi/pools/arbitrum/v3/0x7c60989d5e663836cf688f2bacf12a1208ae11b7) - [mevUSDC/xUSD on Avalanche](https://balancer.fi/pools/avalanche/v3/0x9dfdf58e1624cba507d0a38059e85eeab74f3b6b) - [BTC.b/xBTC on Avalanche](https://balancer.fi/pools/avalanche/v3/0x345e9afe5dd68237541993e5e2b9a87367ed91b7) The partnership focuses on **sustainable returns** rather than unsustainable incentives, combining Stream's proven strategies with Balancer's peg-protecting technology. Explore pools at [balancer.fi](http://balancer.fi)