🚨 In Case You Missed It

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📊 Token Velocity of Decentralized Stablecoins Drops

Token velocity for stablecoins aims to measure the frequency at which the stablecoins are spent or exchanged. It is calculated as total volume divided by outstanding supply.
Since the beginning of this year, DAI has seen the highest token velocity among all major decentralized stablecoins. This means that DAI has consistently recorded higher volumes relative to its outstanding supply, and may indicate users’ preference of using DAI as a medium of exchange to settle transactions.
Surprisingly, FEI recorded a peak in token velocity near the end of last year, reaching 0.156 on December 22nd.
More recently, velocity for all stablecoins has dipped, as total volumes have decreased. 30-day average velocity for DAI currently stands at 0.046, down from 0.09 on June 1st. During the same period, 30-day average volume for DAI has decreased by 47% from $581 million to $306 million.
Other decentralized stablecoins have recorded similar volume and velocity profiles. For example, 30-day average velocity for LUSD currently stands at 0.015, down from 0.031 on June 1st. During the same period, 30-day average volume for LUSD has decreased by 78% from $11.9 million to $2.5 million.
For more on stablecoins, Delphi members can read our Delphi Pro report here.

⚡Lido on Polygon

Lido issues liquid staking derivatives for ETH 2.0, and allows users to passively earn ETH staking rewards. Users are not required to deposit the minimum required 32 ETH or operate any staking infrastructure.
When using Lido to stake ETH on the Ethereum Beacon Chain, users will receive a token (stETH) which represents their staked ETH on a 1:1 basis. Rewards are reflected in the exchange rate between stETH and ETH.
The DAO-controlled smart contract stakes these tokens using elected staking providers. As user funds are controlled by the DAO, staking providers never have direct access to user assets.
Lido on Polygon
- Yield calculations for Lido on Polygon are provided here. To access Lido on Polygon, you’ll need to configure your MetaMask to run Polygon Network using this guide.
- When staking with Lido on Polygon, users receive stMATIC tokens as soon as they submit MATIC. Lido will calculate the current stMATIC/MATIC exchange ratio and send the correct amount to the user.
- MATIC tokens are then delegated across Polygon validators that are part of Lido on Polygon. Currently, users can earn upto 9% APR on deposited MATIC.
stMATIC
- stMATIC is an ERC-20 token that represents MATIC tokens staked with Lido. The amount of tokens in the user’s wallet does not change, even as the staking rewards accrue.
- stMATIC will be integrated across a variety of DeFi applications on Ethereum and Polygon.
Fees – Validation rewards that Lido on Polygon receives is split into four parts:
- 90% of all the rewards get re-staked with the Lido on Polygon validators.
- The remaining 10% gets split into 3 parts:
  - 25% goes to the DAO.
  - 50% gets split up across all the operators.
  - 25% goes to insurance.
- All fees are distributed in the form of MATIC. The fee percentage is set by the Lido DAO, and stored on-chain
For more information, Delphi members can read the full Delphi Insights report here.

🐣 Notable Tweets

Intro to Umami Finance’s USDC Vault

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Already addressed this, but with the upcoming @UmamiFinance USDC vault launch thought it would be pertinent to touch on again.

The USDC vault is designed to hedge out the volatile asset exposure within GLP, but not to hedge out the trader counterparty risk. Let’s see why:

— 0xWenMoon (@0xWenMoon) July 27, 2022

Future Trends in DeFi

1/ What’s next for #DeFi?🤔

I researched roadmaps of 25 major protocols to find out.

A lot is coming up: protocol-owned-stablecoins, new tokenomics, decentralization plans, The End Game for Maker and more.

These are the top 7 trends coming for DeFi 🧵

— Ignas | DeFi Research (@DefiIgnas) July 26, 2022

Protocols for Leveraged Yield

The state of yield leveraging protocols.

Featuring @MIM_Spell @AlchemixFi @GearboxProtocol @Timeless_Fi

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— Timeless Finance (@Timeless_Fi) July 25, 2022

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