We have now expanded our rewards program to include borrowers alongside existing lender rewards!
Borrowers in our
@GMX_IO
funding rate strategy now receive a +10% weekly APR bonus in ARB token on borrowed funds, up to 40% in weekly rewards on collateral when at max leverage (4x)
GoldLink is live on
@avax
! Starting today, users in the Avalanche ecosystem can access our
@GMX_IO
funding rate farming strategy to lend, borrow, and trade.
@GMX_IO
has been game-changer on Avalanche since its launch, driving innovation with unparalleled liquidity and trading
We’re excited to join the robust ecosystem of DeFi protocols innovating on Arbitrum. Check out our latest blog post to learn more about why we chose the chain and how Arbitrum will allow us to deliver unparalleled transparency for our users:
We're thrilled to announce our $1.4M pre-seed round led by Polychain Capital! A huge thank you to our early investors for supporting us on our mission to bring greater transparency and sophistication to undercollateralized lending - stay tuned for more updates!
GoldLink January Product Update
As we quickly approach GoldLink’s launch on
@arbitrum
, we’re excited to share the latest updates and revamped roadmap!
1/6
We’re excited to announce our first strategy, which will be leveraged funding rate farming on
@GMX_IO
,
@arbitrum
's largest PerpDex.
Funding Rate Farming on GMX has generated +50% APY over the last year. With GoldLink, you can now apply the strategy with up to 6x leverage.
🧵
GoldLink is now live on Arbitrum! 💙
We’re excited to be joining the robust defi ecosystem on
@arbitrum
. With our Mainnet Beta, borrowers and lenders can now use the protocol with ultra-fast, low-cost transactions with security derived from Ethereum on Arbitrum One.
We're excited to announce GoldLink Protocol is now live on Avalanche Fuji Testnet! You can now test our app & our first strategy, Delta Neutral Funding Rate Farming on GMX.
Testnet App:
Discord:
We're excited to share more about our first strategy, Delta-Neutral Funding Rate Farming on
@GMX_IO
!
With GoldLink, users can borrow up to 4x on their collateral and launch fully delta-neutral positions on
@GMX_IO
, taking advantage of +35% rates before leverage.
Learn More 👇
After months of development, testing, and auditing, GoldLink’s Beta is now live on
@Arbitrum
! The first lending pool is open for deposits, and borrowers can quickly obtain and deploy loans with 4x leverage funding rate farming across
@GMX
Markets
New Market Alert
GMX/USDC has been added as the fifth market in our
@GMX_IO
Delta-Neutral Funding Rate Farming strategy.
We'll continue rolling out new markets, giving traders more optionality and opportunities to take advantage of market sentiment.
Check out the app or join
SOLANA/USDC is now live as the sixth market in our
@GMX_IO
Delta-Neutral Funding Rate Farming strategy.
With the addition of new markets, borrowers have even more options for deploying capital with up to 4x leverage and taking advantage of favorable rates.
Check out the app and
Now, we’re building out our founding team as we work to reshape the undercollateralized lending space! If you’re interested in becoming an early team member and bringing something net new to DeFi, check out to learn more about our open roles.
GoldLink Arbitrum Rewards Program
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our rewards program, supported by the
@GMX_IO
grant program! Starting June 30, we'll distribute 75,000 ARB to lenders in our
@GMX_IO
funding rate farming pool, boosting APYs up to 20%!
More Details 👇
GoldLink Product Update
GoldLink's Beta is now in week 3! Since launch, our
@GMX_IO
Rate Farming Strategy has +$800k of volume with no borrower liquidations despite recent market turbulence.
As users continue to onboard, happy to share our latest updates and what's next.
🧵
Prices are rising, and so are funding rates! With up to 4x leverage on GoldLink, borrowers can achieve +40% APY trading in our delta-neutral
@GMX_IO
funding rate farming strategy.
Get started today to take advantage of single-digit borrow costs at
Happy to share that our
@GMX_IO
Funding Rate Farming strategy has crossed $1M in deposits, hitting the initial TVL cap!
We'll continue distributing ARB rewards for all current lenders, boosting APY up to 20%, before rolling out additional rewards for borrowers trading in the
Rewards are now live on the website!
Head to to see the weekly distribution of ARB rewards for lenders in the
@GMX_IO
Funding Rate Farming pool. The rewards boost APYs by over 20% for users who have participated in the lending pool starting June 30th.
Our
@GMX_IO
delta-neutral funding rate farming strategy is one of the easiest ways to get leveraged exposure to bullish market sentiment without taking on directional risk.
On
@goldlinkfinance
, borrowers utilize USDC as collateral to take on up to a 4x delta-neutral position
Excited to expand our
@GMX_IO
Funding Rate Farming lending pool to the
@rivoxyz
community with a seamless one-click experience!
Stay tuned for more updates.
Rivo DeFi Marketplace Weekly Report💎
Check out a new weekly report, which includes the top performers for the week, as well as new listings and updates related to our current strategies.
🚀Upcoming listings
•
@goldlinkfinance
Funding Rate Farming $USDC. Depositors lend USDC
Excited to announce that
@GMX_IO
has granted GoldLink 75k ARB as part of their latest incentive program!
The grant will support user rewards on our
@GMX_IO
funding rate strategy. We agree to comply with all terms of the grant program and will share details on the program soon!
A new approach to transparency in on-chain lending. Check out our latest article to learn more about the tools we're providing to reshape the lending experience:
We're now in Epoch 6 of
@GMX_IO
ARB rewards!
With the lending pool over 80% of capacity there's no better time to take advantage of +20% combined APY on USDC.
Check out the website for full details on the program and the lending pool:
Our delta-neutral funding rate farming strategy on
@GMX_IO
allows users to deploy delta-neutral positions with up to 4x leverage. Farming rates that have generated +50% APY over the last year without taking on directional risk.
Funding Rates on GMX
When Long OI exceeds Short OI
Chainlink is now available as a market on GoldLink!
Borrowers can now open positions with up to 4x leverage in the
@GMX_IO
Funding Rate Farming Strategy, taking advantage of the current 43% APY before leverage!
GoldLink is now one week into our Beta!
Thank you to all our early testers. We've onboarded over $800K in capital and filled 80% of our initial lending pool. Based on your feedback, we're excited to share several UI and performance updates.
🧵
With GoldLink, traders can maximize capital efficiency and returns without taking on directional risk through our
@GMX_IO
delta-neutral funding rate farming strategy. At current rates, traders can achieve up to 99% APY with 4x leverage.
GoldLink currently offers one of the best pure USDC yields in DeFI. At +25% APY after rewards, our delta-neutral pool allows lenders to maximize stablecoin returns while avoiding directional or counterparty risk. Check it out at
More markets mean more opportunities to take advantage of shifting market sentiment and rising rates. GoldLink traders now have access to 6
@GMX_IO
markets, with more on the way, to take advantage of 4x leverage while bringing in delta-neutral returns.
Epoch 1 of GoldLink's
@arbitrum
Rewards Campaign is now live!! 💙🧡
Lenders in our
@GMX_IO
Funding Rate Farming lending pool can now receive over 20% APY boost in ARB on top of organic USDC yield. Rewards will be claimable weekly at starting next week.
Open Interest (OI) is one of the most important concepts to understand when trading on perpetual exchanges and farming funding rates on
@goldlinkfinance
.
As the driving force behind funding rates, we’re making it easier than ever to see OI trends on the app and give users the
The GoldLink team is growing!
Thrilled to welcome
@judice_trevor
as our Founding Engineer! He joins us from GFX Labs, where he specialized in smart contracts and blockchain analytics. In his role, Trevor will lead the architecting and development of the GoldLink Protocol.
Excited to continue integrating with
@chainlink
as we continue to expand the breadth of markets and information available on GoldLink. Stay tuned for new updates soon!
Epoch 4 of GoldLink's Arbitrum rewards program is now live!
Lenders who deposit into the
@GMX_IO
Delta-Neutral Funding Rate pool receive a +30% combined APY in ARB rewards and USDC yield. The program will continue through Q3 2024. To learn more visit
As we look to better track activity from early users and community members we'll be launching our first quests on
@Galxe
!
The first quest is now live, focusing on community growth. You can claim points for completing tasks related to building the GoldLink community, with
Price Impact on GoldLink
The price you see isn’t always the price you pay, a confusing concept for many in DeFi.
Based on user feedback, we’ve added new features to allow users to account for and take advantage of price impact when placing orders.
👇
BTC/USDC market is now live in our
@GMX_IO
Delta-Neutral Funding Rate Farming strategy on
@avax
!
The market currently offers the highest overall funding rate return at +180% at 4x leverage. BTC is our second market on Avalanche after initially launching with AVAX/USDC and
After closely monitoring both borrower and lender activity since launch, we observed that utilization plateaued when the interest rate exceeded 10%. With this insight in mind and the goal of sustaining consistent borrower growth, we have decided to reduce the base interest rate
GoldLink still has had 0 liquidations despite market slowdowns. Now more than ever, if you want to leverage market sentiment going back up without wanting to take on price-risk, check out what we've built.
We're now in Epoch 7 of our ARB rewards campaign! With less than 75K available supply before hitting the current $1M TVL cap on our
@GMX_IO
funding rate farming strategy, it's the perfect time to get in before the pool reaches capacity.
We'll continue rewards distribution for
We’re excited to announce that we are hiring a full-stack engineer as the second technical member of our team! This individual will be pivotal in creating an optimal experience for our users as we work to set a new standard for transparency and control within DeFi Lending.
Epoch 2 of Arbitrum Rewards is now live!
Users who have deposited into the
@GMX_IO
Funding Rate Farming pool will be able to claim Epoch 1 rewards by navigating to the new "Rewards" tab within the lending pool details page by EOW
They’ll work alongside
@0xkeelo
in building out a performant front-end that provides real-time visualization of on-chain data and
@tweeterSam3
in developing several open-source microservices, such as a sophisticated client and liquidator.
Introducing the GoldLink Bug Bounty Program
We're thrilled to announce the launch of our bug bounty program! Security is our top priority, and we're inviting skilled white-hats to help ensure the integrity of the protocol. Rewards up to $50,000 are available based on the
Rewards claiming is now live for Epoch 1 & 2 of the
@arbitrum
rewards program!
Lenders who deposited in the
@GMX_IO
pool since the program launch have received a +20% APY bonus in Arb token along with native USDC yield. Rewards are released weekly and can be claimed directly
We're excited to join the
@arbitrumcore
team on Tuesday at 3:00 PM ET to share more about our journey and mission at GoldLink!
We'll discuss building GoldLink V1, future strategies, and the future of on-chain lending.
Set a reminder below, and be sure to tune in! 💙🧡
Tuesday 3:00 pm ET |
@goldlinkfinance
Catch us with the Goldlink team who are bringing institutional brokerage onchain.
We'll be covering:
- Goldlink's mission
- Why Arbitrum
- Product overview & more!
Welcome Griffin Tiedy as the newest member of the GoldLink team!
Griffin is joining us from Genesis, where he was a member of the Institutional Lending team. In his new role, he will be spearheading our credit strategy and managing relations with our institutional partners.
More traders are using
@goldlinkfinance
for easy access to leverage and flexible delta-neutral investing. Start trading today to take advantage of <10% borrow fees with up to 4x leverage at
We are thrilled to have partnered with code auditor
@HalbornSecurity
to successfully complete our smart contract security assessment in preparation for our V1 launch. The full security report can be viewed here:
Funding Rate Farming has been a consistently profitable strategy for traders throughout bull and bear markets.
@goldlinkfinance
borrowers can maximize funding rate returns with up to 4x leverage without taking on directional risk.
Get started today at
We've added Connectkit to make it even easier for everyone to access GoldLInk! Users can now access the app with their favorite EVM-compatible wallets, making lending and trading even more effortless.
As always, reach out to the team with any additional requests or feedback.
As GoldLink approaches testnet, we want to share more about how the protocol's strategies function. When designing our borrow architecture, our goal was to maximize returns while safeguarding lender capital.
🧵 Below, we discuss the steps taken to mitigate risk on the platform.
With GoldLink, borrowers can quickly obtain and deploy loans across strategies in the
@arbitrum
ecosystem with up to 6x leverage.
You can now test the app at
Join the community for more updates ahead of our mainnet launch:
With the addition of Strategy Details pages, GoldLink Borrowers now have more insight than ever! Theses pages provide an overview of the strategy along with information on active deployments, risk, and interest rates.
Over $750K is now deposited and earning interest in our first strategy lending pool! Borrowers can now draw on the pool to deploy positions in our
@GMX_IO
funding rate farming strategy with up to 4x leverage.
Learn more and start using the beta at
1/ GoldLink is here to address the continual issues of ambiguity and inefficiencies in DeFi lending.
As an on-chain prime brokerage, the protocol provides maximum transparency to lenders without sacrificing borrower flexibility. 🧵
@GMX_IO
's latest STIP campaign is live!!
This means traders on GoldLink's GMX Funding Rate Farming strategy now receive rebates of up to 75% of trading fees on opening & closing positions!
With easy access to 4x leverage and reduced fees,
@goldlinkfinance
is one of the most
GMX's STIP-Bridge campaign starts at 00:00 UTC. Trading and liquidity incentives will be offered, to further boost engagement with the protocol.
The goal is to solidify GMX's role as the foundational trading and liquidity layer for DeFi on
#Arbitrum
.
How users benefit:
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We’ll continue updating the app and rolling out features ahead of our mainnet launch. Join our Discord to share feedback with the team and stay up to date on the latest GoldLink announcements.
Happy to share that after filling our initial
@GMX_IO
funding rate farming pool on
@arbitrum
we have increased the TVL capacity to $2.5M starting this week!
With this increase, we've also scaled the total distribution of weekly ARB rewards, allowing all new lenders to take
With funding rates on the rise and the introduction of up to 40% APY bonus in
@arbitrum
token through our borrower rewards program, there's never been a better time to start funding rate farming on GoldLink!
With 4x leverage and the recent reduction in borrowing fees, traders
Borrower and Lender Rewards for Epoch 10 of our Arbitrum rewards program are now claimable!
Borrowers and lenders with open positions on Arbitrum throughout the Epoch can now claim rewards via the app's rewards dropdown or by navigating to .
Security Updates
-Testing: Completed internal fuzz testing, invariant testing and our own novel reentrancy testing framework.
-Risk Modeling: Continuing to fine-tune our risk management and will be leveraging
@threesigmaxyz
as an auditor to validate our models.
5/6
Strategy Updates
-Our launch strategy will be Delta-Neutral Funding Rate Farming, leveraging
@GMX
as an upstream.
-Post-launch, we will continue strategy optimization, adding additional upstream integrations, including Uniswap and additional Arbitrum perpetual exchanges.
3/6
7/ What's next
Additional features to improve transparency and ease of use will be rolling out in the coming weeks.
We look forward to hearing more feedback! To get started, you can access the app at and join our discord to reach the team!
GoldLink is an on-chain leveraged prime brokerage. It enables borrowers to run complex trading strategies incorporating their own alpha, using leverage to amplify returns while providing lenders with transparent risk assessments.
Funding Rates are rising, and we're continuing to roll out new markets!
AAVE has been added as our 9th market, giving borrowers even more opportunity to take advantage of bullish sentiment at 4x leverage without taking on directional risk in our
@GMX_IO
funding rate strategy
🎙️ Only 24 hours until our 14th DeFi Roundtable!
🤹♂️ Our host
@MajinBobo0x
will be joined by the greatest minds in Web 3 to discuss ETH ETFs, Berachain, and all the hottest topics of the moment!
When: Friday August 2nd at 1pm EDT
Set your reminders 👉 :
GoldLink Product Update
GoldLink's Beta is now in week 6 and we've been continually launching new features and updates to make your borrowing and lending experience as easy as ever.
Check out the latest updates and learn more about what's to come below 👇
We’ll continue rolling out additional markets and frontend features in the coming weeks and are eager to hear feedback from early users. For additional updates and to reach out to the team, join our discord channel:
Borrowers are able to create a strategy account and take out up to a 4x loan after depositing collateral. This capital can be deployed into a fully collateralized spot position on
@GMX_IO
immediately earning annualized funding rates and preventing directional exposure.
We look forward to integrating with the numerous protocols building on the Arbitrum, providing vast opportunities for new integrations and strategies that will be onboarded to GoldLink in the future. To learn more, visit our website
Protocol Audit
We are quickly approaching our audit with
@HalbornSecurity
next month and following our internal audit. We are excited to be putting the final touches on the protocol code.
2/6
2/
Understanding Funding Rates
Funding rates in perpetual contracts ensure the futures and spot prices remain aligned. If an asset has a positive funding rate, traders who are long need to pay those who are short, and negative ones mean shorts pay longs.
Each quest will track referrals, allowing users to collect additional points when others access the tasks through their links.
Reach out on Discord with any issues with competing tasks/claiming points.
To access the quests and track the space, visit:
The current platform rewards are supported by the
@GMX_IO
STIP and are designed to reward our earliest users and attract new participants as we continue to scale the protocol.
3/ Added Chainlink-USDC Market
LINK-USDC is now available, bringing the total number of markets
@GMX_IO
to four. In the coming weeks, we will continue rolling out new markets that meet our risk parameters.
The rewards campaign is supported by the latest
@GMX_IO
grant program and will run until the total 75,000 ARB grant allocation is exhausted. For more details, see our rewards announcement post below:
GoldLink Arbitrum Rewards Program
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our rewards program, supported by the
@GMX_IO
grant program! Starting June 30, we'll distribute 75,000 ARB to lenders in our
@GMX_IO
funding rate farming pool, boosting APYs up to 20%!
More Details 👇
4/
Funding Rate Farming on GMX
When Long OI exceeds Short OI on GMX, long positions will pay short holders. If the hourly funding fee is .005% per hour, short holders will earn 50% APY on their positions as well as any additional incentives provided by the platform.
It's now even easier to understand the OI spread when trading on GoldLink. Positive OI spread represents the difference in short v long positions in each market and can be helpful when determining your position size.
Additionally, OI charts allow for historical lookbacks to see
Lenders can deposit USDC on
@arbitrum
and immediately begin accruing real yield returns up to 20% or greater as borrow demand increases. Fund can be withdrawn at any point when their is unutilized capital in the pool.
5/ GoldLink’s initial strategy will allow leveraged delta-neutral funding rate farming on
@GMX_IO
.
In the near future, plans are in place for integrations on additional PerpDEX venues and strategy diversification.
What's Next
Excited to share more in the coming weeks! If you are interested in participating in our beta testing, please let us know, and do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.
6/6
2/ Real-Time Strategy Deployment Module
Added a new module to the UI, allowing borrowers and lenders to see how funds in the strategy are deployed across
@GMX_IO
markets.
7/
This will be the first of many strategies as GoldLink builds out an ecosystem of leveraged opportunities. Allowing our users to increase returns while gaining exposure across the
@arbitrum
ecosystem is just the start - updates on launch and future strategies coming soon.
Platform Updates
-Code Optimization: The team remains focused on optimizing for a clean, efficient, and easily audited codebase.
-Frontend Development: We are currently developing our data-rich UI experience and look forward to demoing the product in the coming weeks.
4/6
5/
GMX Funding Rate Farming on GoldLink
GoldLink allows borrowers to take on additional capital from the GoldLink Lending Pool to deploy short positions, fully collateralized by a spot position in the same market, preventing directional exposure.
What is the GMX Grant Program?
@GMX_IO
recently announced their latest grants program, allocating 600K ARB to projects advancing the adoption of
@arbitrum
and
@GMX_IO
V2. Of the 600K, GoldLink was allocated 75,000 ARB, of which 100% will be distributed to GoldLink users.
3/
What is funding rate farming?
Skewed open interest (OI) on perpetual dexs presents an opportunity to farm the funding rate without taking on any directional exposure. Funding rate farming is a delta-neutral strategy traders can utilize to find consistent yield within DeFi.
6/
Borrowing on GoldLink
Borrowers can seamlessly leverage their capital to increase their position size and hedge their investments while managing their positions, profit, and loan health through the platform.
2/ At current lending pool utilization rates, borrowers can achieve over 140% APY at 4x leverage on these delta-neutral positions with short positions fully collateralized by an equal-sized spot position.