Proposal: [BIP-637] Wire Up Fraxtal Gauges and Cross Chain Boost
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: These are of operational steps to make the Fraxtal deployment fully functional, I support it.
Proposal: [BIP-638] Claim and Relock Balancer DAO’s Additional AURA/vlAURA
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: I support this proposal as it will help BD efforts.
Proposal: [BIP-639] Enable Gauge for weETH/wstETH on Optimism
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: I support the addition of this gauge, as LST/LRTs can have a high trading volume, bringing more fees to Balancer.
Proposal: [BIP-640] Enable USDC.e/USDT/sDAI gauge [Gnosis]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: This gauge will replace the older USDC one and further the adoption of a compliant USDC token on the Gnosis Chain, which is crucial for enhancing its DeFi ecosystem.
Proposal: [BIP-641] Enable wstETH/WETH E-CLP gauge [Arbitrum]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: Gyroscope is expanding on Arbitrum, and this pool is replacing a previously deployed E-CLP for the same assets.
Proposal: [BIP-642] Enable GYD/aUSDC and GYD/aUSDT Rehype gauges [Arbitrum]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: I support this proposal, as Gyroscope want to have the option of participating in the voting incentives market.
Proposal: [BIP-643] Enable Gauges for BAO/baoUSD-LUSD 80/20 and BAO/baoETH-ETH 80/20 w 2% cap [Ethereum]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: This proposal is for changing the current pools to 80/20 ones, and the protocol will incentivize them in the voting incentives platforms.**
Proposal: [BIP-644] Enable Gauge for amphrETH/rstETH/Re7LRT/steakLRT/wstETH (Ethereum)
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: I support the addition of this gauge, as LST/LRTs can have a high trading volume, bringing more fees to Balancer.
Proposal: [BIP-645] Enable Gauge for inETH/wstETH [Arbitrum]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: I support the addition of this gauge, as LST/LRTs can have a high trading volume, bringing more fees to Balancer.
Proposal: [BIP-646] Enable Gauge for instETH/wstETH [Arbitrum]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: We support the addition of this gauge, as LST/LRTs can have a high trading volume, bringing more fees to Balancer.
Proposal: [BIP-647] Supporting the DUCATA Initiative
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: This is a new revenue source for Balancer and has the potential to showcase our technology for future similar arrangements.
Proposal: [BIP-648] Balancer DAO Financial Reporting by karpatkey
Vote: Yes
**Reasoning: Having karpatkey expertize is will enhance our reporting and make the analysis more straightforward.
Proposal: [BIP-649] Enable TXAU:USDC; TXAG:USDC; TXAU:TXAG:WETH Gauges with 2% emissions cap [Polygon]
Vote: Yes, let’s do it
Reasoning: Aurus protocol intends to use these pools as the primary liquidity source for their tokens, which can drive a significant trading volume and fees for Balancer.
Proposal: [BIP-650] Enable GHO Gauges on Arbitrum
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: GHO and Aave are great partners of the Balancer Ecosystem, and those pools have the potential to generate significant trading volume.
Proposal: [BIP-651] Authorize Mimic Smart Vaults v3 on Optimism
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: Mimic vaults are a great addition and they make the operational side of streaming the fees a lot easier.
Proposal: [BIP-652] Update Addresses for Emergency subDAO Multisig
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: We support the changes to the multisig composition, with the addition of more service providers.
Proposal: [BIP-653] Build a payload for Paladin’s bribe to liquidity mining
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: We support this proposal from Paladin, as it creates more options for the protocols willing to incentivize their gauges.
Proposal: [BIP-654] Enable Gauges for baoETH-wstETH, baoETH-rETH, baoUSD-sUSDe, baoUSD-sDAI w 2% cap [Ethereum]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: Bao has made Balancer their primary source of liquidity and is creating new liquidity pools with their most liquid yield-bearing assets. They will incentivize the pools.
Proposal: [BIP-655] Enable Initial Fraxtal Gauges
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: We support this proposal, as the pools on it have the potential to generate trading volume and fees for the protocol.
Proposal: [BIP-656] Enable gUSDC-USDC gauges [Arbitrum]
Vote: Yes
Reasoning: Gains Network will incentiveze this pool to establish the required liquidity as a foundation for gUSDC integrations and consecutively form a long-term partnership with Balancer. Full support.