Path of The Panda Winners Announced with $10,000 in Rewards
Path of The Panda Winners Announced with $10,000 in Rewards
🐼 Content Kings Crowned

The Path of the Panda content competition by Balancer has concluded, with winners sharing $10,000 in rewards. Top prizes went to @iamcapote and @RaqPawel ($3,000 each) for creating a developer guide dashboard and liquidity visualization tool. @0xAnon0602 earned $1,750 for a Dune analytics dashboard, while @Spyros_Zikos and @0xkurufaza received $1,250 and $1,000 for educational content. The competition showcased community talent in explaining Balancer v3's features through various creative formats.
The BalancerDAO is streamlining liquidity for 2025! What's Changing? • Deactivating inactive v2 gauges for simpler veBAL voting. • Activating v3 gauges to support $30M+ TVL growth. • Boosting incentives for top-performing pools. Go Vote! snapshot.box/#/s:balancer.e…
1/ Coming Q1 2025: Balancer v3 on @base will feature the Priority Fee Router - a new mechanism that redistributes MEV rewards to liquidity providers. ⬇️ 🧵 medium.com/@mikeisballin/…
Turn up the Base! From launching an innovative priority fee mechanism, enhanced liquidity opportunities with 100% Boosted Pools to @GyroStable boosted ECLPs, and maximizing integrations with protocols like @Aave - Balancer v3 is primed to thrive on @Coinbase's L2 ecosystem.…
bCSPX/sDAI Pool Migration on Gnosis Chain
Balancer announces migration of the bCSPX/sDAI liquidity pool on Gnosis Chain to improve capital efficiency. The pool, launched in collaboration with BackedFi, offers exposure to tokenized S&P 500 through bCSPX tokens. Key features: - Regulatory-compliant S&P 500 exposure via ERC-20 tokens - Swap fee earnings for liquidity providers - GNO rewards for participants The original pool was deployed at [Balancer Pool](https://balancer.fi/pools/gnosis/v2/0xae2a38545167be5a2eba9b931b28de5a7d95315e0002000000000000000000cc) *Liquidity providers should monitor announcements from karpatkey for migration details.*
Balancer Partners with Defilytica to Launch Operations Toolkit
Balancer and Defilytica have collaborated to release a new operations toolkit designed to streamline on-chain management processes. - The toolkit is now available at [balancer.defilytica.tools](https://balancer.defilytica.tools) - Built by Defilytica and Balancer Maxis specifically for ecosystem partners - Simplifies interface interactions for managing on-chain operations Balancer continues to expand its ecosystem support across multiple chains including *Ethereum*, *Arbitrum*, and *Gnosis*, with Beefy providing autocompounding functionality for token optimization.
AMMs Made Easy on v3
Balancer v3 introduces simplified Automated Market Maker (AMM) creation and management. This update streamlines the process for liquidity providers and developers. Key improvements: - Intuitive interface for pool creation - Enhanced efficiency in liquidity management - Reduced complexity in AMM operations The platform maintains its core functionality while making it more accessible to users of varying experience levels. To get started, visit [Balancer Documentation](https://docs.balancer.fi)
Balancer v3 Introduces Priority Fee Router on Base
Balancer v3 is launching a new Priority Fee Router on Base in Q1 2025, introducing a mechanism to redistribute MEV rewards to liquidity providers. - The system taxes high-priority transactions and shares fees with LPs - Creates new revenue stream for liquidity providers - Reduces sequencer MEV dominance The innovation draws inspiration from Paradigm's research on priority fees. Implementation aims to create a more equitable distribution of transaction fees in the DeFi ecosystem. [Read the full research](https://medium.com/@mikeisballin/mev-internalization-through-priority-fee-taxes-coming-to-balancer-v3-on-base-q1-2025-f20b3e1b7295)
Balancer and BackedFi Launch Tokenized S&P 500 Trading

Balancer has partnered with BackedFi to launch permissionless trading of tokenized S&P 500 index ($bCSPX) on Gnosis Chain. Key features: - Regulatory-compliant access to S&P 500 performance - ERC-20 token format for easy transfers - New liquidity pool pairing $bCSPX with $sDAI - Earning opportunities through swap fees and $GNO rewards The integration represents Balancer's first step into tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), with more developments planned.