Balancer

A new boosted pool has launched on Monad, pairing Kintsu's liquid staking token (sMON) with wrapped MON (WMON). **Key Features:** - sMON allows users to stake MON while maintaining liquidity and earning staking rewards - Both tokens are deposited on Neverland Money to generate lending yield - Tokens remain available for swaps while earning passive income - Uses StableSwap math for capital-efficient trading - Pool automatically pulls needed tokens for swaps and redeploys surplus **Dual Yield Strategy:** Liquidity providers earn from two sources simultaneously: - Swap fees from trading activity - Lending market interest through Neverland Money integration The pool requires zero manual intervention, automatically managing capital deployment between lending and swap liquidity.

**Organic Community Gathering Post-Launch** Following Monad's mainnet launch, 100 community members traveled to Thailand without any financial incentives or rewards. Some participants flew 18 hours from Canada and Europe to attend. **Notable Observations** - Community member @buntyverse, with 5 years in crypto, stated they've "never seen anything like this" - The gathering represents unusual organic engagement in the crypto space - Monad had previously announced Q1 2025 mainnet launch plans at Rollup Day Bangkok The turnout suggests strong community alignment around the Monad project, with members willing to invest significant time and travel costs independently.

Balancer shared deployment plans for the Monad ecosystem during a recent livestream featuring Marcus from Balancer. **Key Points:** - Marcus_Balancer provided details on Balancer's upcoming deployment on Monad - The livestream highlighted partnerships supporting the integration - Event featured multiple ecosystem partners including Fastlane, Magma, Neverland, Curvance, and Kintsu The announcement follows Monad's growing ecosystem momentum, with Balancer joining other DeFi protocols in expanding to the network.

Balancer V3 has deployed on Monad, bringing programmable liquidity infrastructure to match the chain's 10,000 TPS and sub-second finality. **Key pools now live:** - **syzUSD/AUSD pool** - Pairs Yuzu Money's DeFi-native stablecoin with optimized capital efficiency - **AUSD/USDC/USDT0 three-token pool** - Multi-stablecoin pool stacking swap fees on lending yield Balancer's stable pools address a critical gap: Monad's parallel execution enables institutional-scale throughput, but speed without deep liquidity leads to slippage and user attrition. V3's capital-efficient design ensures pools can absorb serious trading volume. [Explore pools](https://balancer.fi/pools/monad/v3/)

Two stablecoins are entering the market with different backing mechanisms: **syzUSD (Yuzu)** - Overcollateralized stablecoin - Backed by curated DeFi strategies - Available on Pendle with yield and points options **AUSD (withAUSD)** - 1:1 fiat-backed stablecoin - Reserves managed by VanEck - Custodied by State Street Both projects are focused on building efficient trading infrastructure to support scale. The syzUSD offers underlying yield with 1x points, while yzUSD provides 5x points without base yield. [syzUSD Pool](https://app.pendle.finance/trade/pools/0xea9b070db9a823148d6d75d0875c25d5e51436ba/zap/in?chain=plasma) [yzUSD Pool](https://app.pendle.finance/trade/pools/0xd5b13c8871a6e337e6492b30a7cac5c7d38737ac/zap/in?chain=plasma)

Balancer V3 has deployed a three-token stablecoin pool on Monad, combining AUSD, USDC, and USDT0 in a single liquidity pool. **Key Features:** - First three-stablecoin pool enabled by Balancer V3 technology - Provides deep liquidity for AUSD stablecoin - Combines swap fees with lending yield for liquidity providers - Operates as both a stable and boosted pool The pool is now live and accessible at [balancer.fi](https://balancer.fi/pools/monad/v3/0x2daa146dfb7eaef0038f9f15b2ec1e4de003f72b). This deployment showcases V3's capability to handle multi-token stable pools, offering traders tighter spreads and liquidity providers additional yield opportunities beyond traditional two-token pairs.

**Monad's infrastructure breakthrough enables complex DeFi operations at scale.** The platform delivers: - **Sub-second finality** for near-instant transaction confirmation - **Parallel execution** allowing multiple operations simultaneously - **Cost-efficient multi-token pools** that remain practical at scale This technical foundation removes the latency and cost barriers that previously made complex pool operations inefficient on other chains. The infrastructure is purpose-built to support ambitious DeFi protocols requiring high throughput and low costs. Monad's approach addresses a core challenge in decentralized finance: maintaining performance as complexity increases.

**Stable Pools optimize trading for assets that track similar values.** Unlike traditional pools that treat all assets equally, Stable Pools use StableSwap mathematics to concentrate liquidity where it matters most. When three stablecoins all track the same dollar value, this approach delivers measurable capital efficiency. **Key advantages:** - Handles correlated assets with tight spreads - Stablecoins and liquid staking tokens trade efficiently - Assets trading near parity get the depth they need - Works on chains where gas costs don't limit activity The math behind Stable Pools focuses liquidity exactly where trading happens, rather than spreading it across a wide price range. This targeted approach means better execution for traders and more efficient use of capital for liquidity providers.

**AUSD enters multi-stablecoin pool** Agora's AUSD stablecoin, with a $200M market cap and reserves managed by VanEck, has been combined into a stable pool alongside USDC and USDT. - AUSD: Fully-backed stablecoin by Agora - USDC: Backed by Circle - USDT: Backed by Tether The three major stablecoins are now pooled together, creating a unified liquidity solution. This follows AUSD's previous expansion across multiple blockchain networks including Plasma, Berachain, Citrea, Initia, and Sei Network.

Balancer is launching its V3 protocol on Monad, an EVM-compatible blockchain capable of processing 10,000 transactions per second with sub-second finality. **Key Details:** - Monad's infrastructure focuses on high-speed execution - Balancer V3 brings programmable liquidity infrastructure to the chain - The integration aims to match fast execution with efficient liquidity management The deployment represents a pairing of Monad's performance capabilities with Balancer's liquidity solutions. Users can follow [@Balancer](https://twitter.com/Balancer) for launch updates and partnership announcements.