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- If you care about web3 culture then you need to follow @lens/who
There will be limited edition collectible content there from your favourite traders, builders, shitposters and artists
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- **👻 Aave Grants Grantee Spotlight 👻**
@lens/paladin has built ***the* hub for GHO and Aave users**.
**Dullahan** is the best place to borrow GHO and offers the best yields on AAVE.
Paladin is a long time contributor to the Aave ecosystem. They started at the @lens/aave x @lens/ethglobal Hackmoney Hackathon in January 2021 where they developed a vote market for stkAAVE. Paladin released the first version of their stkAAVE vault in September 2021. At it’s peak the vault had 60,000 stkAAVE deposited.
Dullahan leverages @lens/gho to create **a second generation of their stkAAVE vault**. The supercharged vault provides:
- The best **passive yield opportunity for AAVE** holders
- The **cheapest place to borrow GHO**
In addition to compounding the AAVE rewards from the Ecosystem Reserve, Dullahan sells the discount on minting GHO offered to stakers creating a market for these **‘Renting fees’**.
Paladin was awarded a grant from Aave Grants in March 2022. The grant help to cover the costs of an audit from Pessimistic. The full audit report is available on Paladin’s Github.
**Ready to join the Ghost Knights?** Dive into the action on dullahan.paladin.vote/ and let's GHO together!
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cc: @lens/figue_me @lens/starny @lens/stani
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- Are you one of the top Aave users eligible to explore Brahma Console today? ⬇️👻
- **Brahma Console has arrived on @lens/aave V3 👻**
Console streamlines Aave routines by batching deposit, borrow, and swap actions in one transaction!
With incoming features to automate liquidation protection and position switching, we are excited to unlock more capabilities for Aave users
We have just whitelisted the top Aave users on Arbitrum and Mainnet.
🔗 Check if you’re eligible to experience Console today: https://brahma.fi
- lets lens/ghooo
lfgho hackathon final starting now @lens/ethglobal @lens/aave @gho
- When making a group chat with multiple people or teams, what connector do you use between parties?
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- this weekend 800+ hackers submitted 254 projects at the LFGHO @lens/ethglobal @lens/aave hackathon
**who will be the next great Aave and @lens/gho contributors to emerge?**
hackathons have sparked countless people and teams to become long term contributors in the Aave ecosystem ⬇️
**who will be the next @lens/defispartan ?**
👻 @lens/defispartan built an arbitrage tool on top of Aave at MarketMake hackathon in 2021: https://ethglobal.com/showcase/aavetrage-z6zxk
➡️ now works @lens/avara as a dev rel engineer and has contributed to tons of cool stuff for Aave including leading all hacker support at LFGHO
**who will be the next @lens/brotherlymite ?**
👻 @lens/brotherlymite built a tool to transfer Aave positions at ETHIndia 2022 hackathon https://devfolio.co/projects/aave-flash-transfer-34b5
➡️ continued building as TranzoFi and received a grant from @lens/aavegrants
➡️ now works @lens/bgdlabs, a Service Provider and core developer to Aave DAO
**who will be the next @lens/figue_me and @lens/paladin?**
👻 @lens/paladin was first built at MarketMake in 2021: https://ethglobal.com/showcase/paladin-7sc73
➡️ Paladin has thrived since, including releasing several dedicated projects built on top of Aave governance, most recently Dullahan: https://dullahan.paladin.vote/
➡️ beyond being a builder, @lens/figue_me is a dedicated and passionate member of the Aave community, an active governance participant and is currently serving on the GHO Liquidity Committee
**who will be next!?**
👻 share what you built during LFGHO
- first there was MarketMake
then there was LFGHO
- GHOst hacker row call 👋
- @lens/defispartan is the 🐐
- gm testing posting from a delegated profile on 🦋
- Let's Gho!
GHO Hackathon starting this weekend: awesome opportunity to join the Aave community, win a piece of $ 75,000 in prizes and meet world class builders 👻
- We are pleased to announce our support for 7️⃣ new teams accelerating @lens/gho & @lens/aaveaave
Awarded during September and October, these projects have the potential to make lasting impacts in the Aave ecosystem with their unique solutions and all-star teams
Let's check them out: 👇
**1️⃣ Polynomial Protocol**
@lens/polynomialfinance is a decentralized derivative trading exchange powered by Synthetix on Optimism. Their new product feature will leverage Aave flash loans for funding rate arbitrage, a popular delta-neutral trading strategy.
**2️⃣ Wasabi Protocol**
Wasabi unlocks Aave liquidity for levered token exposure, improved capital efficiency & increased interest.
Buyers use liquidity previously reserved for borrowers to facilitate margin trading with minimal upfront investment, slippage & price impact.
**3️⃣ Alcor Finance**
Alcor Finance is a next-generation options AMM. It’s capital efficient, completely decentralized, viable on Ethereum mainnet, and allows liquidity providers to earn the spread fees from options market-making.
Alcor's liquidity providers will be able to keep funds in Aave to earn additional APY.
**4️⃣ Clique**
As part of an upcoming attestation campaign on Optimism, Clique will increase Aave’s V3 retention rates, cross-pollinate between users of similar protocols, identify power users, and target growth through user recognisability.
**5️⃣ Ambos Finance**
Ambos Finance is on a mission to simplify DeFi lending for both crypto natives and newcomers.
By integrating Aave's lending protocol with their state-of-the-art UX and UI, Aave will become more accessible and user-friendly for all.
**6️⃣ Aeris Protocol**
Aeris Protocol is building under-collateralized loans on top of Aave, targeted towards institutions. Users will gain access to capital-efficient yields while driving borrowing volumes and activity to Aave.
**7️⃣ Flair**
Flair offers reusable indexing primitives to make it easy to receive, transform, store, and access on-chain data from any EVM chain. Developers and protocols will have a new way to analyze and evaluate Aave's historical data across all deployments.
Congratulations to the 7️⃣ awarded teams and we look forward to seeing your progress!
- also, i have friend.lens if anyone wants to use to build something cool 👀
- let's gho
- 100th issue of Aave News 👻
This would not be possible without everyone who has supported the newsletter along the way. Whether you've been with us from day one, breezed through a single issue, or just started following Aave News - thank YOU!
This issue covers:
👻 April & May Grantees from @aavegrants.lens
🇨🇿 ETHPrague Hackathon Aave Winners
🏗 Updates from Recent Grantees
Read the full post on Mirror and collect this post for the next 24 hours 🌿
https://aavegrants.mirror.xyz/CJdYV0SJVwN_kJOeS1noWy7t9tqD909uJr0wasHQHDw
- ETHPrague is a wrap! Awesome job to all the hackers, everyone who represented Aave and the ETHPrague team for making it possible 👻🚀
Check out all the Aave Grants prize winners and collect the announcement now!
- What are some examples of new projects who leveraged Lens to get their initial users?
- Which grantee are you most excited about from May?
Be sure to collect the post 🤫
- Meet our April Grantees 👻
We're thrilled to welcome 7️⃣ innovative projects to the Aave Grants fam.
Want to learn more? Keep reading for a spotlight on each team and how they’re contributing to @aaveaave.lens & @gho.lens. Join us... ⬇️
1️⃣ Risk Radar for GHO by Into the Block
Into the Block's Risk Radar will empower Aave and GHO users to make informed decisions about the protocol and their positions. The dashboard will include custom-made risk indicators for GHO and be freely accessible.
2️⃣ Block Analitica
Block Analitica will build upon their popular and high quality Aave Risk Dashboards by adding support for GHO. The new features will help users understand the stability and solvency of GHO including user, borrower and liquidation metrics.
3️⃣ Awesome Aave
Awesome Aave will be the ultimate platform for discovering and exploring the most exciting projects in the Aave ecosystem. The one-stop shop will highlight different projects built on top of Aave including previous grant recipients.
4️⃣ Cryptografiq
Cryptografiq will enable users to automatically lend tokens received from various streaming protocol, like Sablier or Llamapay, without having to claim them. This will allow tokens to earn yield for users on Aave, rather than sitting dormant.
5️⃣ Strateg Protocol
@strateg.lens is building an omnichain social yield infrastructure, allowing the creation of complex yield strategies without any lines of code, which users can share with their community and be paid for. Strateg will integrate Aave so strategists can use Aave to create strategies (including automated loan management) and users can invest in strategies that leverage Aave without having to worry about the chain or the starting token.
s/o @jeanbrasse.lens & @manuredpills.lens
6️⃣ Senate
Senate is a governance facilitation tool that reduces the friction of participating in governance. First outlined in a TEMP-CHECK, they will build tailored features for Aave DAO starting with email notifications for governance activity.
7️⃣ Aave Inspires Ladies in Blockchain by Ladies Network for Economic Freedom
Aave Inspires Ladies in Blockchain is a conference in Ghana that will educate around 50 women on blockchain and the Aave protocol. The event will promote entrepreneurship and create awareness of Aave.
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Congrats to all seven grantees! We're proud to have you as a part of Aave Grants DAO and cannot wait to watch your contributions 🚀
To read more details on their grants as well as a full overview of AGD’s work completed since our renewal in January check out our halfway update on the governance forum: https://governance.aave.com/t/agd-renewal-4-april-2023-halfway-updates/13683?u=0xbilll
- March Grantees are in! Featuring a range of exciting projects building on Aave and @gho.lens. We're proud to welcome 6️⃣ new projects to the Aave Grants fam 👻
1️⃣ Delta One
Delta One will conduct a deep-dive analysis on participants in Aave's Safety Module. Creating a model for rating LPs based on a variety of factors like time in the pool, liquidity depth, stickiness during times of volatility & selling of rewards.
2️⃣ Dullahan
@paladin.lens is taking their stkAAVE vault to the next level by adding the utility from the GHO discount minting. The vault will auto-compound deposited stkAAVE, create a market for the GHO discount minting, and help onboard less crypto-savvy users to mint GHO.
3️⃣ Token Terminal
@tokenterminal.lens has fully integrated Aave into its dashboard, allowing anyone to view detailed metrics covering Active loans, TVL, Fees, Supply-side fees, Revenue, Token Incentives, Earnings, Treasury, Active users, and much more.
4️⃣ Credit Delegation Marketplace
ProtoFire.io is creating a marketplace for under-collateralized lending. Lenders and borrowers can connect on a user-friendly and transparent platform to browse opportunities, discuss the terms & conditions and reach a loan agreement. Through a nouveau UI/UX-focused platform, Liquidity Providers can check borrowers' profiles and scores, offer their credit, and monitor active loans. Borrowers can browse for opportunities, check their positions, and manage their debt.
5️⃣ Sharpe Magnum
Sharpe Labs is building a leveraged staking layer on top of Aave. Sharpe Magnum functions as a staking optimizer, enhancing the capital efficiency of staking pools by effortlessly leveraging staked assets via Aave lending and flashloans.
6️⃣ LeverEdge
LeverEdge is building a leveraged trading protocol that uses the liquidity of Aave V3 to long and short assets widening the use case of liquidity deposited on Aave V3.
Congratulations to all six grantees!
If you would like to learn more about what AGD has been up to the last month including progress updates from past grantees check out our recent work update on the governance forum: https://governance.aave.com/t/agd-renewal-4-recent-work-updates/11585/3
- Here are the top 👻 stories from the latest Aave News ⬇️
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- Damn, people offering 60 WMATIC for a picture @stani.lens took of an iguana
Welcome to the future
If nothing else, makes me want to explore @youfolio.lens
What are the best ways for products or apps to accelerate distribution on Lens?
- The latest Aave News just dropped - catch up with last week in the @aaveaave.lens ecosystem 👻 📰
Explore Aave on Tally, Vote in the Butter Delegate Election, Participate in Double LM on Polygon & More. Plus, if any grantees will be in Tokyo - let us know (for merch ++)!
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- Another week, another Aave News 👻
Congrats to our **February Grantees**!
Plus, **v3 to Launch on Metis**, **Butter Delegate Election 🧈**, Aave DAO's **ARB Allocation**, and More.
https://aavegrants.mirror.xyz/r51BvxwkzW-GqfgUZV79tCuge3qAafaPDmd8216rmFA
- I spent the weekend learning about Silent Protocol, their patent pending EZEE framework, and how they're aiming to bring privacy to any on-chain application. This is a solution that has the potential to change how users interact with crypto apps. Let me share what I learned.
One disadvantage of existing privacy solutions is that they suffers from a condition known as “State Denial”. If an application or any variable is private, then you lose the ability to share it with the rest of the members in the network. This prevents an ecosystem of privacy-preserving applications from emerging.
EZEE, as proposed by Silent Protocol, solves the problem of State Denial by segregating both the encryption and the execution layer to carry out privacy preserving operations. It's a framework for privacy preserving computation that supports interactions with arbitrary Systems.
EZEE which is short for Economical Zero Knowledge Execution Environment, basically allow users to operate different end contracts through these ‘environments’ or execution silos. This enables users to interact with the entire system instead of a single function.
All of this is possible due to EZEE Signals - a protocol for anonymous messaging between two endpoints. It utilises stealth address and group signature-like primitives. Vitalik wrote an interesting piece about stealth addresses: https://t.ly/B-M8
EZEE is an evolution of Zether that enables users to operate different execution silos concurrently. While 0xnovachrono from Silent Protocol might have found a silver bullet for privacy, I still have some questions.
While on one hand EZEE might allow Silent to bake privacy into Ethereum and other public blockchains in a meaningful manner, it's unclear how they are thinking about enabling anonymous relaying. Afaik, this is a big blocker for privacy on public blockchains.
However if I understand correctly, operating on these execution silos on Silent Protocol, won't require any relays and will be private by default. Would love more details here if anyone has!
I'm still wrapping my head around EZEE, but the problem of State Denial is real in the privacy space and Silent Protocol is offering a clever solution to bypass the problem. If successful this should make life much easier and more secure. Follow them with me @silentdao.lens
- Aave News #92
**Aave Governance v3** from @bgdlabs.lens! **@llamaxyz.lens Dashboard**, New Assets on **@mean_fi.lens**, **Sharpe Labs** and More 👻
LMCC 🌿🌸
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- What are you most excited about with @gho?
I'll go first:
📈 new revenue source for the Aave DAO
🪣 utility for Safety Module stakers
📡 flexibility of facilitators beyond Aave v3
What am I missing?
- Aave News #91 👻
Aaveasy & AaveEase! Rescue Mission, @gho.lens Genesis Parameters, Next @letsraave.lens Location and More.
https://aavegrants.mirror.xyz/yewSYEs4WdM6_Rk5BCJoZg9De615KyrdVuoGO3gc4TM
- We share Aave News each week to recap everything that happened within the @aaveaave ecosystem 👻
Check out Aave News #89: Join Butter's Pilot Incentive Campaign for Aave Delegates. Plus, GHO Grant Categories, Check Your Cred Score on v3, 🔵 and More
https://aavegrants.mirror.xyz/0RHzwA5oq0E9o-qGmSMG4LiqVfY9Si7CYmyktcx_V7s
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- Aave News #84 👻
Vote to Renew Aave Grants, Aave v3 AIP Next Week, December Grantees, OP Live on v3, Projection Finance Alpha & More
https://aavegrants.mirror.xyz/2_Wzruk0wOgFQctzIwNIn8X2D8vIlDjajU0GjCtONEg
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- Aave News #83 👻
Initial Ethereum V3 Assets, AGD Renewal, Chaos Covering V2, New Stani Pods & More
LMCC
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- I just voted "YAE" on "Updated: Aave Grants DAO Renewal" https://snapshot.org/#/aave.eth/proposal/0x194b68a5319b074065e38fcb0bd96e8e8b6ce15870844593e79750605a609109 #snapshotlabs
- First Aave News of the year - here's to 2023 👻
Check out the recap, read the full version, and collect this post for proof of Aave News 🌿
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- Last Aave News for 2022 is live! Catch up with the latest from the @aaveaave.lens ecosystem. Please DM with any changes you want to see in 2023.
Thanks to everyone who has read, subscribed and LMCC over the past year!
🌿 Enjoy 500 editions on @lensprotocol or collect it on Mirror 🌿
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- Happy Monday 👻
Last Aave News for 2022 is coming out later this week. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it.
Catch up with last week’s issue…
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- Hope everyone had a good weekend and that we are all ready for a great week.
Go outside, relax and read the latest Aave News 👻
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- Aave News #78 👻📰
Spotlight on DappLooker, StarkNet Bridge is Live & @aaveaave.lens V3 Overview from @stani.lens. Plus, an In-Depth Governance Recap from Boardroom
LMCC
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- Aave News #78 👻📰
Spotlight on DappLooker, StarkNet Bridge is Live & @aaveaave.lens V3 Overview from @stani.lens. Plus, an In-Depth Governance Recap from Boardroom
LMCC
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- Aave News #77 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻\n\nSpotlight on Clutch, Vote to Deploy StakNet aTokens Bridge, Governance Activity Following Bad Debt and More\n\nhttps://aavegrants.mirror.xyz/rKju-7u0PpbclEpUuaV98vIbf-LFX9WxMmHtxrvZc_M\n\n🌿 This post has a 100% mirror referral reward - mirror this post & receive 100% of the collect fee 🌿
- if anyone wants an invite for Orb, i got you fam
- Another week is in the books. Read about everything Llama has been up to with The Ranch. This issue features our work with @aaveaave.lens, ApeCoin and Interest Protocol.
https://llama.substack.com/p/the-ranch-issue-24
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Aave News #76 👻
The Bad Debt, the Action the Community is Taking and other Updates from the Aave-verse. Plus, an Aave Grants Retrospective.
Read the full post on Mirror: https://aavegrants.mirror.xyz/h66MmGOd4_Bp4buitkcxcbKfNgkXwQs4loKHEjxYdiQ
- I just voted on "[Social] [EP2.2.5] Selection of an ENS endowment fund manager" https://snapshot.org/#/ens.eth/proposal/0x1ab7ef84f6e904582d5b5b921944b5b1a8e36dbff1f1248fde87fef02b046816 #snapshotlabs
- Another week for the @aaveaave.lens ecosystem is in the books. Aave News has you covered with everything that happened 👻
- what kind of location data am i leaking when i post pictures to the blockochain?
- Llama has continued building for the long term over the past two weeks. Read our full update from across Llama and the DAO ecosystem in the latest issue of The Ranch.
We cover our work with @aaveaave.lens, ApeCoin DAO & ENS.
https://llama.substack.com/p/the-ranch-issue-23
- Last month, @helloshreyas.lens shared his thoughts on Coase's Theory of the Firm in the 21st century and how contributor DAOs will shape the way that people contribute to protocols.
Read the full article, collect this post and comment below with any thoughts 🦙🌿
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