MakerDAO, the governance token behind the fifth hottest stablecoin DAI, is considering an improve in its United States Treasury bond investments to $1.25 billion from its earlier allocation of $500 million.
In response to a proposal launched March 6, the transfer would enable MakerDAO to capitalize on the present yield atmosphere.
Underneath the brand new plan, the prevailing $500 million allocation – consisting of $400 million in Treasury bonds and $100 million in company bonds – would considerably improve by $750 million.
MakerDAO intends to realize this by implementing a six-month U.S. Treasury ladder technique, which might contain bi-weekly roll-overs.
The newest proposal comes on the heels of a number of high-profile strikes by MakerDAO, together with a latest initiative that will allow MKR token holders to borrow DAI.
MakerDAO is reviewing a proposal to increase its present US treasury bond investments from $500 million to $1.25 billion. pic.twitter.com/DZj72oTJvP
— Maker (@MakerDAO) March 7, 2023
In June 2022, MakerDAO made announcement of a $500 million allocation to Treasury funds. This time, the rationale behind the choice has been explicitly acknowledged as follows:
“ [to] reap the benefits of the present yield atmosphere, and generate additional income on Maker’s PSM Belongings, in a versatile, liquid, method that may accommodate materials changes and upgrades as could also be required beneath prevailing, related Maker RWA associated insurance policies.”
MakerDAO actions
In different information, MakerDAO — 44% of which is managed by solely 3 wallets – lately voted in opposition to a $100 million borrowing proposal by Cogent Financial institution, with 73% rejecting the bid.
Apparently, MakerDAO beforehand accredited an identical mortgage to Huntingdon Valley Financial institution, suggesting a willingness to work with extra conventional monetary establishments on the a part of the DAI governance token.
The stablecoin market has additionally seen a increase within the wake of the FTX collapse. After FTX filed for chapter on November eleventh, the stablecoin sector’s dominance within the total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose to 18%, reaching an all-time excessive, a development that has continued.
In the meantime, final month, MakerDAO allotted 5 million DAI to ascertain a authorized protection fund that will deal with authorized protection issues not usually lined by standard insurance coverage insurance policies, and in addition launched Spark Protocol, an Aave rival that can make the most of DAI for liquidity and launch a lending product as its preliminary service.
Moreover, it initiated conversations relating to a proposal that will enable DAI to borrow from MKR tokens, a transfer that has prompted some to wonder if this borders an excessive amount of into the identical dangerous habits that led to the collapse of UST, the stablecoin backed by Terra Luna.
Critics of Maker’s ‘Endgame’ tokenomics argue that it seems too just like Terra’s Seigniorage Mechanism, a course of that entails producing and eliminating tokens in accordance with market demand.
Nonetheless, opponents of the plan instantly criticized this mechanism, branding it a possible liquidity exit rip-off that allows customers to depart from the ecosystem by means of DAI with out disposing of their MKR tokens however nonetheless sustaining management over the protocol’s governance.
Hmm appears to be like so much like backing $UST with its governance token $LUNA.
Did @stablekwon secretly infiltrate @MakerDAO? https://t.co/3u6NzOMkPK
— Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) February 24, 2023
Maker doubles down on transfer
In a tweet, MakerDAO mentioned that by the tip of January 2023, “MIP65’s $500 million short-term bond funding technique has supplied ~$2.1 million in lifetime charges to MakerDAO.”
This funding technique at present represents greater than 50% of MakerDAO’s annualized revenues, the Dao added.
As of immediately, MIP65’s present portfolio consists of:
• ~$351.4 million of IB01: iShares $ Treasury Bond 0-1 yr UCITS ETF
• ~$150.6 million of IBTA: iShares $ Treasury Bond 1-3 yr UCITS ETF
