We are thrilled to announce that Lodestar Finance is expanding its horizons with the launch of a subDAO model.
โ
This is a long one. The TL;DR is that Lodestar is launching a subDAO named Ursa Finance on Berachain. Snapshotted LODE holders will be given URSA tokens and there is
๐๐งก
#Arbitrum
, thank you for your support during this STIP Grant campaign โก๏ธ
Despite being a humble DAO, Lodestar managed to secure a staggering 183,705,825 votes at a 95.84% approval rate! ๐๐ช
Massive thank you to all delegates, community members and partner protocols ๐
๐งก๐ Arbitrum, the
#STIP
Grant has been secured !
๐ With reward Epoch 1 starting on Monday 13th November, 53,571 $ARB tokens will be distributed every week as follows:
โก๏ธ50,892 $ARB will be airdropped to Lodestar market participants proportionately based on their total
๐๐งก
#Arbitrum
Crew! Get ready: Our
@redactedcartel
Hidden Hand bribe market launches Dec 11th!๐ฆ
Dive into the mechanics in our latest article and join our community call next Sunday to explore this new chapter for $LODE stakers! โต๏ธ
๐
๐Our
#Arbitrum
grant application is now live ๐ณ๏ธ
โ Please vote YES to support
#Arbitrum
's largest native lending market and grow the available borrowable liquidity in the ecosystem, for bluechips but also native $GMX $MAGIC $ARB $plvGLP ๐ทโต๏ธ
๐ Happy Monday,
#Arbitrum
! ๐งก๐
Exciting times ahead as Gauge Epoch 12 kicks off with the Arbitrum STIP incentives! A whopping 50,892 $ARB tokens are up for grabs for market participants, plus 2,679 $ARB for our $LODE gauge voters!
๐ณ๏ธ Here's what you need to know โฌ๏ธ
The Lodestar $PENDLE market is now live on โต๏ธ
Users can now deposit and borrow $PENDLE, earning $ARB incentives from our
#Arbitrum
STIP grant ๐๐งก
Our friend Joe is incentivizing the $LODE - $ETH pair on their
#Arbitrum
Liquidity Book ๐๐
Over the next two weeks, a pool of 2500 $JOE tokens will be shared among the top 20 market makers ๐ฅ
Epoch 15
#Arbitrum
(3/3)
โข $PENDLE - ETH: 2.5k JOE
โข $GMX - ETH: 2.5k JOE
โข $LODE - ETH: 2.5k JOE
Place in the top 20 by fees earned to unlock rewards. Check the Leaderboard tab on the UI to monitor your progress.
Next epoch's emissions voting is now live on ๐ณ๏ธ
๐ฐLooks like a significant amount of bribes are available on
@redactedcartel
's Hidden Hand ๐ฆ
โต๏ธWill we break the 4,000,000 stLODE voting ATH this week ? ๐
๐ The $LODE- $ETH liquidity pool on
@Uniswap
V3 is now incentivized thanks to
@AngleProtocol
's Merkl, offering a daily reward pool of 280 $ARB shared among liquidity providers whose position fall within the trading range โก๏ธ
Deposit your assets here ๐
Round 2 of
@Uniswap
@Arbitrum
liquidity mining is now finalized and will go live at 5pm ET today!
As in earlier rounds, LPs can see the pool APYs and claim rewards via
@AngleProtocol
at
$rETH $wstETH $MAGIC $USDC $DAI $LODE $BTC.b $tBTC $WBTC $ETH
๐ฅ After a year implementing Lodestar at the heart of
#Arbitrum
, we are excited to reveal the details of the soon to be released Lodestar V2, opening up to new features, new markets and new yield opportunities:
๐
โต๏ธ Attention
#LodestarCrew
! The
@fraxfinance
bull has boarded our ship for this
#ArbitrumSeason
! ๐
๐ฅ Starting Monday, we're teaming up to bring extra $ARB incentives from their Arbitrum STIP grant to our FRAX market ๐ฐ
@elonmusk
Loadstar, Lodestar... ๐
While we at it, could we get back access to our main account ?
@LodestarFinance
@X
's Support is inexistant and we tired of filling forms
Thank you Captain โต๏ธ
โต๏ธ Crew members, get ready to Time travel with our friends from
@TimeswapLabs
โ๏ธ
๐ฆ You can now borrow against your $LODE at a fixed rate with unliquidable loans ๐
๐ฅ Read more:
1/ Gm Time Travelers ๐งโ๐and Lodestar crew ๐ข !
Unlock capital with a little help from
@lodestarbackup
๐จ๐จ Time Travel with $LODE to get $USDC ๐จ๐จ
Check out the motherlode ๐ช (1/4)
A new proposal is live for on-chain voting to enable a $PENDLE market on Lodestar โต๏ธ
Crew members, it is time to vote and welcome the
@pendle_fi
fam on our
#Arbitrum
journey ๐๐งก :
๐ฐโต๏ธWe are excited to announce
@fraxfinance
as a Lodestar bribe partner !
๐๐งกLeveraging their
#Arbitrum
STIP grant,
@fraxfinance
has deposited strategic bribes on
@redactedcartel
's Hidden Hand market to receive more incentives and enhance their liquidity on our platform ! โต๏ธ๐ฆ
The $MIM markets are live on Lodestar Finance โต๏ธ๐ง
๐๏ธ You can now supply and/or borrow $MIM while earning $LODE and $ARB incentives ๐
๐ โจ
A new proposal is live on-chain to enable a $MIM
@MIM_Spell
market on Lodestar Finance ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธโต๏ธ
Crew members, don't forget to cast your vote: we look forward to welcoming the $MIM wizards on our ship as they're expanding their footprint on
#Arbitrum
๐๐งก
๐
โก๏ธ
#Arbitrum
, Epoch 8 of the
#LODE
Emission gauge is in! ๐ณ๏ธ
๐ฅ Let's do a recap now that the rates are updated, starting with the deposits APYs:
โต๏ธLodestar Finance's bribe market on
@redactedcartel
's Hidden Hand is live! ๐ฆ
Starting Thursday, protocols, LPs & strategy deployers can place bribes for enhanced strategies & deeper liquidity๐
Stay tuned for the first bribe deposits on โต๏ธ
๐งก๐
#Arbitrum
, as we eagerly await the start of the STIP rewards distribution, Epoch 9 of the gauge has arrived on ๐ค
โจ Additionally, there are juicy liquidity mining incentives this weekโก๏ธ
โต๏ธLet's dive in, beginning with the deposits:
โก๏ธThe Lodestar Crew has just navigated to a new milestone: Over $50 Million in total deposits and borrows! โต๏ธ ๐๏ธ
๐ปA huge shoutout to our dedicated users and community for steering us to this achievement. ๐๐ค
๐งก๐Check us out, as the
#Arbitrum
STIP incentives are live:
๐จA new proposal was posted on the Lodestar Forums: It suggests an increase in the Reserve Factor while growing the share of the protocol's revenues distributed to $LODE stakers โต๏ธ
๐๏ธ All Crew members are invited to review and provide feedback:
๐ณ๏ธ The voting period for the $LODE emission Epoch 25 is now live on: โต๏ธ
Voters will earn a share of the 2,800 $ARB voting incentives while bribes have been deposited on Hidden Hand ๐ฆ :
Our
@redactedcartel
Hidden Hand market has been live for over 4 months now, and we have been blessed to have
@fraxfinance
as a bribe partner ๐ฅ
It is time for a case study and deep dive into the unique bribe mechanics integrated to our lending market๐ณ๏ธ
We just hit a new milestone with over $60 Million in total TVL โต๏ธ
#Arbitrum
, thank you for your trust ๐
Stay tuned as we are close to revealing the details of our V2 ๐
More markets, more communities, more yield ๐
๐ณ๏ธ The voting period for the Epoch 9 of the emission gauge is now live โต๏ธ
๐ก$LODE lockers, cast your vote and direct incentives to the markets of your choice on
โก๏ธOn Lodestar Finance, stakers have the option to lock their tokens for 3 or 6 months for a
#Arbitrum
๐๐ What a milestone: 25 Epochs of our emission gauge in!โต๏ธ
โจ A special rate recap this week, as the $FRAX market is showcasing our gauge with over 22.20% APY for $FRAX deposits, receiving over 36% of the $LODE emissions!
๐๏ธ Anyway, let's start with the supply side:
Epoch 24 is live on , with $ARB STIP incentives distributed to all market participants โต๏ธ๐๐งก
Let's jump into our weekly rate recap, including LP yield on
@CamelotDEX
,
@Uniswap
and
@TimeswapLabs
, so keep reading this thread !
๐๏ธStarting with the deposits:
๐ฆ This epoch's
@redactedcartel
Hidden Hand market is live and the first bribes are being depositedโต๏ธ
๐๏ธProtocols, liquidity providers and strategy deployers can now bribe gauge voters to receive more incentives to their market ๐
๐
โต๏ธLodestar Finance's bribe market on
@redactedcartel
's Hidden Hand is live! ๐ฆ
Starting Thursday, protocols, LPs & strategy deployers can place bribes for enhanced strategies & deeper liquidity๐
Stay tuned for the first bribe deposits on โต๏ธ
๐ฐ Crew, it's been a while since our last recap, and this one is filled with alpha and treasures !๐
Plus, we're thrilled to unveil a special feature โ the
#LodestarLooper
! ๐๐
๐๐งกRight on time for Arbitrum Season...
โต๏ธCheck it out:
The last $ARB STIP incentives have been airdropped to our users ๐
We'd like to thank all the crew, DAO members and participants, delegates and partners for their support during this Arbitrum Defi season ๐๐งก
Let's dive in the execution of this successful campaign:
๐งต...
โต๏ธCrew members, the Lodestar STIP-bridge Addendum was posted on the
@arbitrum
forums
๐๏ธ325,000 $ARB tokens are requested by our DAO to incentivise market participants and emission gauge voters
๐ Read and comment here:
Only a few days remain to finish your Arbitrum Adventures quests! Complete them to earn rewards and be granted the special Adventurer role on our Discord ๐งก๐
As the $ARB season kicks off with upcoming STIP incentives, this is your golden chance to learn about key protocols in
Join us on Wednesday 14th February at 2pm UTC for a chat with our friends at
@Contango_xyz
, as they have built a perpetual DEX on top of a variety of lending markets, Lodestar included ๐
๐A new proposal is live on our forums to migrate the $ETH- $LODE liquidity from
@CamelotDEX
V2 to V3, in partnership with
@GammaStrategies
for the liquidity management vaults ๐
๐๏ธ All Crew members are invited to review and provide feedback:
$LODE stakers are sharing this week over 4 $ETH from the protocol's revenues, with a staking APR ranging from 55% to 72% APR based on their lock time...
And this without counting the gauge voting incentives๐ธ
But what if the captain told you we could do better...๐
Soonโข๏ธ
๐ข Attention $LODE crew members!โต๏ธ
Our November newsletter is live! ๐
Get the latest insights on the
#Arbitrum
STIP program's impact, deep dives into recent developments, and discover a range of lucrative yield opportunities within our ecosystem ๐ฅ
๐
โต๏ธEpoch 29 of the $LODE emissions is live, and with $BTC going for price discovery, this week's rates are from another dimension:
Look at those stable deposit APYs on ...
๐The $LODE liquidity has migrated to
@CamelotDEX
V3 and the Holy Grail fam is incentivising it with $ARB from their
#STIP
Grant ๐งก๐
โก๏ธYou can migrate your position from V2 and deposit in the
@GammaStrategies
vault to earn Nitro rewards:
๐ฆOr deposit
โต๏ธ $BTC is back ripping, and leverageeeeors are back borrowing all available stables - Good time for a Lodestar rate recap starting with the deposits:
๐
Happy New Year, Crew! โต๏ธ
2023 was an incredible journey - we laid the groundwork for our project and positioned Lodestar at the core of
#Arbitrum
. With the exciting plans we have brewing for 2024, the adventure is just getting started...
First, let's dive into our weekly recap:
โก๏ธ๐ Ahoooy! Our proposal has officially hit quorum with a whopping 94.6% approval! ๐
A massive THANK YOU to the incredible
#Arbitrum
community for your support ๐๐งก
๐งก๐ Arbitrum, the
#STIP
Grant has been secured !
๐ With reward Epoch 1 starting on Monday 13th November, 53,571 $ARB tokens will be distributed every week as follows:
โก๏ธ50,892 $ARB will be airdropped to Lodestar market participants proportionately based on their total
A new proposal is live on-chain to enable a $MIM
@MIM_Spell
market on Lodestar Finance ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธโต๏ธ
Crew members, don't forget to cast your vote: we look forward to welcoming the $MIM wizards on our ship as they're expanding their footprint on
#Arbitrum
๐๐งก
๐
Voting period for the $LODE emission gauge is live on โต๏ธ
Don't forget to checkout our
@redactedcartel
's Hidden Hand as our partners are distributing voting incentives this week ๐ฆ
The
@lodestarfi
rates have been updated to reflect the emissions of Epoch 30 โต๏ธ
๐๏ธLet's start with the deposits as usual, but read this thread until the end as we have a few other opportunities to share with you ๐
๐
โต๏ธ While we are pending on the STIP-Bridge proposal to go on
@tallyxyz
vote, let's do our weekly Lodestar rate recap as there are some juicy arbitrage opportunities...
๐๏ธ Let's dive in, starting with the supply side:
โต๏ธThe Lodestar rates for Epoch 17 have been updated, time for our weekly recap!
๐๏ธ Starting with the deposits, as emission gauge voters were bribed to direct emissions to the $FRAX, $WBTC, $wstETH and $GMX supply markets, on top of the
@fraxfinance
dedicated STIP incentives:
๐งก๐ Epoch 13 is in, and we have some juicy deposit and borrow APRs incentivised with the $ARB STIP grant on
โต๏ธ Be included in both weekly random snapshots and earn your share of the 50,892 $ARB weekly incentives !
๐ฆLet's start with the deposits:
Epoch 12 is over, and the $ARB STIP incentives were sent directly to market participants and gauge votersโs wallets๐ธ
๐๐งกArbitrum, time to head to and get ready for Epoch 13โs incentives !
- 50,892 $ARB to share among market participants (lenders and
๐ Happy Monday,
#Arbitrum
! ๐งก๐
Exciting times ahead as Gauge Epoch 12 kicks off with the Arbitrum STIP incentives! A whopping 50,892 $ARB tokens are up for grabs for market participants, plus 2,679 $ARB for our $LODE gauge voters!
๐ณ๏ธ Here's what you need to know โฌ๏ธ
๐จThe LIP-04 proposal is live on Snapshot suggesting an increase in the revenue share distributed to $LODE stakers ๐ฆ
๐ณ๏ธ Crew members, time to vote:
๐จA new proposal was posted on the Lodestar Forums: It suggests an increase in the Reserve Factor while growing the share of the protocol's revenues distributed to $LODE stakers โต๏ธ
๐๏ธ All Crew members are invited to review and provide feedback:
โต๏ธ Lodestar crew ! Our rates have been updated to reflect the emission gauge epoch 14, a perfect time for our weekly recap !
๐๐งก Hold your position and be included in both our random snapshots to earn your share of the 50,892 $ARB tokens from the
#Arbitrum
STIP !
๐
Our friends at
@TimeswapLabs
just launched a new $LODE- $USDC pool โต๏ธ
Borrow $LODE at a fixed rate against your $USDC, and take advantage of the different yield opportunities available for $LODE holders ๐ธ
1/ Gm Time Travelers ๐งโ๐ and LODE crew! โต๏ธ
The $LODE pool is back with more juice to it, bringing-in some
#realyields
for LODE holders.
๐จ๐จ Lend $LODE for 10% APR ๐จ๐จ
Let's dive in! ๐ช (1/4)
โต๏ธ The Lodestar Finance
@MIM_Spell
market is live ๐ง
๐ธ You can now deposit $MIM to earn interest and $LODE emissions, or borrow $MIM against your collaterals ๐๏ธ
๐
โต๏ธ Epoch 20 of the $LODE emissions is in, time for the weekly rate recap!
The $FRAX bribes on Hidden Hand have been highly effective this week, with over 20% deposit APR: ๐
Keep reading ๐
โต๏ธ๐Merry Christmas swashbucklers !
The Lodestar rates have been updated on this monday, and it looks like
@fraxfinance
's bribes last week have been effective: 25% on $FRAX deposits ! ๐
Let's start with the deposit rates:
๐จA proposal is live on our Snapshot to deploy treasury on
@TimeswapLabs
for the launch of a $LODE - $USDC lending pool
๐ณ๏ธ Crew members, time to vote:
๐A new proposal is live on our forums to launch a $LODE- $USDC market on
@TimeswapLabs
and seed the initial liquidity with 10,000 $USDC from the DAO's Treasury ๐ฆ
โต๏ธ All Crew members are invited to review and provide feedback:
While the hustle of
#Arbitrum
STIP grants has been in focus, let's not lose sight: Epoch 7 of $LODE emissions is now live! ๐ ...
...and the $MAGIC
@Treasure_DAO
folks are back in control over the gauge ๐ฅ
On the Supply side:
And on the Borrow side, positive rates inviting for
โต๏ธ Crew, the Epoch 16's rates are in! Let's check them out and keep reading until the end as we have a lot to share !
๐ฆ Starting with the deposits as usual, with this week a boosted $FRAX deposit market thanks to
@fraxfinance
's $ARB from their STIP grant:
๐ณ๏ธ Epoch 10 voting is now live! Shape your strategy by directing $LODE emissions at โต๏ธ
๐๏ธJoin us for the Community Call tomorrow at 3pm UTC on Discord. We'll chat about the
#STIP
$ARB distribution, upcoming integrations, and might even drop some Alphaโต๏ธ
Today an issue occurred with the Arbitrum wstETH Chainlink oracle price, which caused 6 liquidations on our protocol
โ We want to clarify that there were no failures in the Lodestar codebase, and the protocol functioned as intended.
โ Lodestar also did not accrue any bad debt
โต๏ธThe Lodestar Emission Epoch 22 is live, time for our weekly recap !
๐ Read through the thread as we have a few updates for you !
๐๏ธ Let's start with the deposit rates:
โต๏ธ
#Arbitrum
Crew fam, this week's Lodestar recap is out ! Market is green, leveragers are back and we have some free borrows for the beras ๐ป
๐
๐๏ธ Starting with deposits:
๐A new proposal is live on our forums to launch a $LODE- $USDC market on
@TimeswapLabs
and seed the initial liquidity with 10,000 $USDC from the DAO's Treasury ๐ฆ
โต๏ธ All Crew members are invited to review and provide feedback:
โต๏ธThe $ETH supply and borrow caps have been raised once again !
๐Come enjoy one of the juiciest single-sided yield with 8.92% Supply APY and -5.62% APY on the borrow side!
Only on:
๐ณ๏ธ The LIP-04 on-chain vote has passed, marking a new era for stakers with an increased share over the protocol's revenues๐ฆ
โต๏ธ Effective starting Monday with Epoch 12
๐จThe LIP-04 proposal is live on Snapshot suggesting an increase in the revenue share distributed to $LODE stakers ๐ฆ
๐ณ๏ธ Crew members, time to vote:
โก๏ธDue to overwhelming demand, we've increased the deposit and borrow caps for $WBTC on โต๏ธ
๐ฆ Deposit APY: 7.14% / Borrow APY: 4%
With $LODE stakers incentivizing the $WBTC markets and our dev team discreetly launching our in-house looper, it's like an
๐งก๐While we waiting for the $ARB STIP distribution, let's do our rate recap๐ฆ
๐ณ๏ธEpoch 11 is in, and the $FRAX bulls are sharing this week's gauge with the laser-eyes peeps !
โก๏ธStarting with the Supply rates:
โต๏ธ Crew members, last epoch's $ARB incentives have been distributed and Epoch 15's rates are now live !
๐
Let's jump in our rate recap like every Monday, starting with the deposit rates:
โต๏ธ Don't miss our upcoming Twitter Space as we will be deep diving into the Lodestar V2 mechanics ๐ฅ
- New oracles ๐ฎ
- New markets ๐๏ธ
- New liquidity structure ๐
- new tools ๐๏ธ
๐
๐ณ๏ธ Just a few hours left to cast your vote on the $LODE emission gauge :
โณThe voting for the
#Arbitrum
STIP Snapshot proposal is also now live
โต๏ธLodestar is requesting 750,000 $ARB to incentivise market participants and those shaping it through the
๐๐งก
#Arbitrum
, the
@LidoFinance
$wstETH supply caps have been raised โก๏ธ
๐ฆDeposit APY: 6.09%
๐๏ธBorrow APY: -0.69%
๐Only only on โต๏ธ
A new proposal is live on-chain to enable a $MIM
@MIM_Spell
market on Lodestar Finance ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธโต๏ธ
Crew members, don't forget to cast your vote: we look forward to welcoming the $MIM wizards on our ship as they're expanding their footprint on
#Arbitrum
๐๐งก
๐
โก๏ธDue to overwhelming demand, we've increased the deposit and borrow caps for $WBTC on โต๏ธ
๐ฆ Deposit APY: 7.14% / Borrow APY: 4%
With $LODE stakers incentivizing the $WBTC markets and our dev team discreetly launching our in-house looper, it's like an
Next week, we'll be pitching our
#Arbitrum
$STIP proposal to delegates ๐
๐ Join us Tuesday at 11:45 UTC as we outline our vision to improve the liquidity layer available for leverage and yield strategies on Arbitrum ๐งก๐
โต๏ธ๐๐งกCrew members, voting period is live with 2,679 $ARB in STIP incentives to share among all participants ๐ณ๏ธ
๐Lock your $LODE for boosted $ETH yield (up to 52% APR) and direct incentives on:
๐๏ธ Have any question ? Join us:
๐ Less than 24h to delegate your voting power on to be able to participate in the Epoch 15th emission gauge ! ๐ณ๏ธ
๐งก๐ 2,679 $ARB tokens to share among all voters, on top of the 70% $ETH APR ! ๐ฆ
โต๏ธ And stay tuned, I heard birbs are coming...๐๏ธ๐ฆ
Trends on
@lodestarbackup
for this epoch on the voting gauge are looking good. Remember that 2679 ARB is distributed each week until February 15th proportionally between all $LODE voters (3+6mo stakers).
Keep your eyes peeled for more information soon about Hidden Hand too๐ฆ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
โต๏ธ Epoch 35 is live my fellow crew members ! What a journey...
While we waiting for our STIP-bridge application to be reviewed, let's do our weekly rate recap, starting with the deposits, as $FRAX depositors are earning 28.6% APY ๐
Due to overwhelming demand and success, we've increased the supply caps for both $ETH and $WBTC ! โก๏ธ
๐ $ETH deposit APY: 8.33%
๐งก $WBTC Supply APY: 6.39%
๐ Only on: โต๏ธ
๐งก๐
#Arbitrum
Epoch 10 is in, and this week, the laser-eyes are in control of the gauge, with over 6% APR on the $WBTC deposits ๐ฅ
๐Plenty of arbitrage and looping opportunities for those who would like to try-out our newly released looper on โต๏ธ
๐๏ธ
Yo-ho! PrimapesDAO is aligning with
@LodestarFinance
as a lending market to start accumulating governance of THE
@arbitrum
native money market.
Have a long term bag of ETH sitting idle? Supply it on Lodestar, earn 5% APR in ETH, and 1% in $LODE. ๐ค
Scarblade approves. ๐
See you all on Wednesday as we will be sitting with
@harvest_finance
to discuss the release of their looping vaults and $LODE compounder vault ๐โต๏ธ
Itโs all gonna be about yield ๐งโ๐พ
โต๏ธLooks like we getting more incentives on
@Uniswap
thanks to
@gauntlet_xyz
โก๏ธ
โก๏ธProvide $ETH and $LODE in range or through the
@GammaStrategies
vault, earn fees and $ARB incentives distributed via
@AngleProtocol
's Merkl ๐
Need help ? โก๏ธ
With two rounds of
@Uniswap
@Arbitrum
liquidity mining now completed, we are excited to announce the start of Round 3!
The updated rewards distribution will start today at 4pm ET. As usual, LPs can check live APYs and claim rewards at
As we are pending on
@X
's support to give us back control over the official account, we will be using this one to share our latest updates โต๏ธ
The voting period for the epoch 5 of the $LODE emission has also started, don't forget to cast your votes: ๐๏ธ