The Astar Contribution Score (ACS) campaign is a 100-day incentive program designed to expand ASTR’s utility and boost participation in Soneium’s ecosystem. With 100M ASTR allocated, ACS rewards users for engaging in gaming, consumer applications, and liquidity provision, fostering sustained adoption across the Superchain.
Yearn Finance optimizes DeFi yield farming through products like Vaults and Earn, automating strategies to maximize user profits while minimizing complexity and gas costs. Governed by YFI token holders, proposals for protocol changes start on the Yearn Finance forum and require over 50% YFI holder approval to pass. The revamped tokenomics introduce a Vote Escrow mechanism for YFI stakers. Founded by Andre Cronje, Yearn Finance did not raise funds or reserve tokens, operating uniquely without private or public funding rounds.
Angle is a decentralized, over-collateralized stablecoin protocol designed to issue stablecoins like EURA (€) and USDA ($), backed by diversified reserves. It features modules for borrowing, price stability, and savings, ensuring liquidity, resilience, and yield opportunities for stablecoin holders. Governed by a DAO through veANGLE, the protocol supports cross-chain liquidity and open development.
Backed Finance is a financial platform that bridges traditional assets like stocks and bonds to the blockchain by issuing tokenized representations of these assets as ERC-20 tokens. Each token is fully backed 1:1 by the corresponding real-world security, held by licensed custodians. The platform operates under a regulatory-compliant framework, ensuring legal enforceability and transparency.
Orbiter Finance is a decentralized cross-rollup bridge facilitating rapid, secure, and cost-effective transfers of Ethereum-native assets across various Layer 2 networks and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains. By enabling seamless interoperability between these networks, it enhances the efficiency and scalability of decentralized applications (dApps) within the Ethereum ecosystem.
