Balancer

The GHO/USDC Boosted Pool on Base is expanding, now offering **13% yield** through AuraFinance with over $30M in liquidity. Key features: - 100% idle liquidity routed to Aave for continuous earnings - Triple reward streams: Aave lending, Balancer trading fees, and bonus incentives - Stable Surge mechanism for peg protection and MEV resistance The pool's design creates a positive feedback loop: - Deeper liquidity → Better rates → Increased usage → Higher fees - Built-in peg protection through dynamic swap fee adjustments - Capital efficiency through Balancer V3's boosted pool architecture [View Pool Details](https://balancer.fi/pools/base/v3/0x7ab124ec4029316c2a42f713828ddf2a192b36db)

Balancer welcomes Rocket Pool to the Balancer Alliance, focusing on strengthening rETH liquidity across the ecosystem. The partnership includes: - Deep liquidity provision for rETH/wETH pools - Protocol revenue directed to veBAL purchases - Active collaboration with Balancer DAO The alliance leverages Balancer's AMM architecture for capital-efficient routing and programmable incentives, specifically designed for liquid staking tokens like rETH. The proposal has received strong community support and aims to create a sustainable flywheel benefiting LPs, veBAL holders, and Rocket Pool participants. [View proposal details](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-822-rocket-pool-balancer-alliance-program-proposal/6488)

A new analysis from @QuantAMMDeFi examines the performance of Safe Haven Bitcoin Trust Funds (BTFs) during recent market volatility. This follows 21Shares' earlier research comparing spot Bitcoin ETFs to previous market cycles. Key points: - Focus on BTF behavior in unstable conditions - Builds on previous market sentiment analysis - Provides data-driven insights for investors This research helps investors understand how these newer financial instruments respond to market fluctuations.

Balancer is hosting their Weekly Office Hours today at 2PM UTC on Discord Stage. The main focus will be unveiling the new veBAL experience along with additional product updates. Key points: - Time: 2PM UTC - Location: Balancer Discord Stage - Main topic: New veBAL experience - Additional product updates to be discussed Join directly through [Balancer Discord](https://discord.com/channels/638460494168064021/930442359932600380) for first-hand updates.

**Circles** introduces a novel personal currency system built on Balancer's liquidity engine. Users can mint their own currency (CRC) at 1 token per hour indefinitely. Key features: - Personal currency creation without banks or intermediaries - Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools starting at 99/1 ratio, moving to 50/50 over a year - Support for ETH, BTC, and GNO reserves - Social network-based trading through connection paths - 1:1 CRC swaps through trusted connections The system leverages Balancer LBPs and CoW protocol for decentralized, permissionless markets. Users can trade CRCs and participate in shared economies. Join at [app.metri.xyz](http://app.metri.xyz)

QuantAMM has launched Base Macro BTF on Balancer V3, a new Blockchain Traded Fund designed for bull market conditions. The fund features: - Daily onchain rebalancing with no gas fees - Exposure to large-cap tokens (cbBTC, wETH, USDC, AERO) - Custom pool logic minimizing reactions to minor price movements Other key updates: - Boosted E-CLPs now live on Optimism - sUSDX pool gaining traction on Arbitrum with 4.13%+ APR - veBAL currently valued at $4.63 with 28.51% voting APR [View Base Macro BTF](https://balancer.fi/pools/base/v3/0xb4161aea25bd6c5c8590ad50deb4ca752532f05d)

Balancer V3 launches MEV-Cap Hook, a new feature that redirects Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) back to liquidity providers. The system works by dynamically adjusting pool fees based on priority fees paid by MEV bots on OP Stack chains like Base and Optimism. Key features: - Higher priority fees trigger higher dynamic pool fees - Captured value stays within the pool - Works across all pool types, not just ETH pairs The mechanism allows MEV bots to operate while ensuring value flows back to LPs instead of leaking out. Currently live on Base, with plans to expand MEV protection offerings through collaboration with CoW Protocol.

Balancer V3 introduces a new boosted pool featuring MiCA-compliant stablecoins $USDR and $USDQ, with initial TVL of 1M. Key features: - Powered by Morpho Labs and curated by Steakhouse - 100% LP liquidity redeposited into lending markets - Enhanced yields through lending incentives - Fully compliant solution for business operations The stablecoins are issued by StablR ($USDR) and Quantoz ($USDQ), designed for both on-chain and off-chain financial solutions. Learn more: - $USDQ: [Quantoz](https://quantozpay.com/eurq-usdq/) - $USDR: [StablR](https://stablr.com/usdr)

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 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.