We’re officially live with !
On Digit, you can find the best yields for ERN, USDC, USDT, and DAI.
You’ll also find one-click UX, apple wallet support, portfolio management tools, and more. Stay tuned for a tutorial tomorrow.
Here are 9 things you need to
Who is your favorite crypto influencer? Have they heard about $OATH?
The OATH community is building up a marketing budget to bring them onboard!
Join us on to help decide which creators we hire to spread the word!
Here are the 5 things you need to
Think you know about Tokenomics?
Keep reading to learn the OATH Foundation's point of view, and how we might use this knowledge to shape the future of ecosystem governance and incentives.
Firstly, what are Tokenomics?
Tokenomics generally refer to an economic framework that
Last week we talked all about OATH Chapters. The most common question we received, as you might expect, has been “wen?.”
The answer? Sooner than you may think.
We would like to formally introduce Aurelius – an integrated lending protocol coming soon to
@0xMantle
.
Since May, our
Ever heard of a DeFi app without a token or VCs but over $300,000,000 in TVL?
That was
@reaper_farm
at its peak in 2021.
The success of Reaper allowed us to create the OATH Foundation to pursue our mission of creating safe and accessible DeFi applications.
Here are 8 things
Tomorrow will be an important day for DeFi.
Through
@digitxyz_
, our team will lay down the first piece of our new economic strategy.
Digit is a novel DeFi primitive that utilizes time-weighted incentive distribution and governance to align users and protocols.
Learn everything
Introducing OATH Chapters - the first ever decentralized licensing model
Through OATH Chapters, the OATH Foundation is bringing shared security, shared value, and a shared mission to developers and leaders in DeFi.
Join the conversation on 💪
Happy Monday everyone!
We're giving away 5,000 $OATH to three users who give us feedback on the Oath Ecosystem!
Just fill out the linked Google form, like, and retweet to be entered for your chance to win!
The best yield in crypto is on
Join nearly 100 early adopters who are enjoying over 50% APR on their $ERN, $USDC, $USDT, and $DAI.
If you haven't tried it yet, watch the tutorial 👇
And keep reading for step-by-step instructions for getting started.
1.
What makes a perfect staking token?
We asked users this question to design the next version of $bOATH and got some amazing responses.
#RealYield
, fee sharing, airdrops, Subway sandwiches, foot rubs...
Here are 5 key features we came up with:
1. The most requested feature was
Our team spent the past 6 months talking to hedge funds and institutions about the $ERN stablecoin.
In that time, we’ve learned about their mandates, their LPs, and their thoughts about the industry.
We’ve grown more bullish than ever on DeFi.
Here are 10 things we’ve
Aren't you sick of being left holding the bag?
How often have protocols used high APYs to seduce you into locking your funds?
Judging by the timeline, it seems pretty often.
is here to change that.
Here are 4 ways Digit reclaims the time value of
$LUSD Market Cap is down $100,000,000 in 3 months.
$GHO is sitting at 96 cents.
Decentralized stablecoins are dying.
How can ERN survive? How does Reaper help?
Here is a simple explanation of what’s been disrupting decentralized stablecoins:
1. Using real-world assets like
Ethos Reserve is building on Optimism. And Optimism is being built with $ERN.
It’s a fact. For every $1 of $ERN in your wallet, over $1 of value is distributed to Optimism-native DeFi protocols. Also, users like you benefit from stablecoin yields as high as 10%.
How does Ethos
Uniswap V2 revolutionized AMMs.
Aave V2 revolutionized lending.
Ethos Reserve V2 will revolutionize stablecoins.
If you haven't been paying attention,
@EthosReserve
V2 will take DeFi yields to a new level.
Here are 8 posts that will teach you everything you need to know:
1.
If you can't find where the yield is coming from, then you are the yield.
Fortunately, we don’t need to hide where our yield comes from - it's generated by
@Reaper_Farm
's asset management engine.
Wondering how? Here are 4 current and upcoming innovations that keep the OATH
The size of the TradFi yield industry is $133 Trillion.
DeFi yield products are sitting at tens of billions.
How will DeFi close this gap?
Every year that passes gives engineers more battle-tested tools, allowing them to design more competitive and sustainable applications
@MacroMate8
Check out ! It addresses all three criteria.
1. Deposit ETH and/or BTC into
@EthosReserve
to borrow the ERN stable coin for a small fee and no interest.
2. Deposit ERN in the v1 stability pool for a yield > 6.5%. V2 emissions will begin soon resulting in
The OATH Foundation has struck gold (AU) on Mantle!
Now’s your chance to participate in the founding of the first OATH Chapter,
@AureliusFi
.
This is huge for $OATH holders and can potentially deliver tremendous value.
Here are the 3 most important details of the proposal and
If you want to master DeFi, you must master the Oracles.
This week, we are demystifying Oracles. So follow us if you want to learn a thing or two.
There is great variety in how an Oracle retrieves, processes, and delivers data. Let's look at 3 ways Oracles differ from one
Empires aren’t built in a day.
For 3 years, our team has been building infrastructure to bring new levels of sustainability to DeFi.
As we near the launch of
@EthosReserve
V2, our goal is to bring this sustainability to $OATH tokenomics.
Here are 5 major problems our team is
OATH is going to onboard the next billion users to Web3!
You’ve heard that before, right?
Most teams are struggling to onboard the next 1000 users, let alone the next billion.
Believe it or not, better UX isn’t exactly the answer, and neither is OATH. The answer is a bit more
DeFi is an unfinished house. Live wires everywhere. If you want to turn on the lights, you grab 2 wires and touch them together. It’s not up to code.
Robinhood is much safer and simpler.
What do they have that we don’t?
TBH, a lot. But let's talk infrastructure.
Here are 4
So you think you know tokenomics?
OATH is undergoing one of the most radical economic overhauls in the history of crypto.
This week, we've explored bOATH, oOATH, and the
#RealYield
mechanics that will drive the ecosystem.
Here is the all the alpha you need to stay ahead of the
What would your dream DeFi stablecoin look like?
Would it have the best LTV? Highest yield? Strongest peg?
What if you could already have all 3, thanks to $ERN from
@EthosReserve
?
Even better, Ethos Reserve V2 is coming next month!
Here are 6 things you need to know:
1.
Why would you ever buy $ERN off the open market?
While minting ERN with your $BTC and $ETH is a great way to squeeze more yield and liquidity out of your blue-chips, sometimes you want a stablecoin.
Lower your risk with these 3 ways to earn with your market bought ERN:
1)
Will
@EthosReserve
V2 change decentralized stablecoins forever?
The Ethos Reserve team has been watching the recent surge in decentralized stablecoins closely and noticed a massive issue that Ethos Reserve is poised to solve:
ALMOST NOTHING KEEPS PEG!
Why is that?
The delta
Today is a huge day in OATH and GRAIN history.
The proposal to merge the OATH and Grain tokens has passed with overwhelming support.
This merge will facilitate greater value delivery for both token holders and quicker more efficient product deployments for users.
Okay. We've talked about OATH Chapters all week - the future of finance, the first ever decentralized licensing model, best thing since sliced bread etc...
But what will these things actually look like?
The first variation we'll be unveiling is our Integrated Lending protocol,
The best LTV. The highest yield. The strongest peg.
All three are coming to you this week with the launch of Ethos Reserve V2.
Here are the 6 things you need to know:
1. The Ethos Reserve V2 unanimously passed governance approval! Check out the details of the implementation
DeFi can change the world, and our team won't rest until it does.
We've given you the yield for 3 years with
@reaper_farm
We've fought idle capital for 6 months with
@EthosReserve
Next week, we're taking on mercenary capital with
@Digitxyz_
Join us on
Ethos Reserve is one of the largest whales on Optimism 🐳
With a $10M balance sheet, this whale delivers outsized returns for users and unrivaled capital efficiency for the Optimism network by allocating to low-risk strategies on Granary, Sonne, and Yearn.
But there’s more to
Are you looking for the best stable yield on Optimism?
Whether you want to earn high volume trading fees, compounding yield, platform fees or all of the above the OATH Ecosystem has you covered.
Here are 3 of the best yield opportunities from across DeFi:
1) USDC/ERN managed
In 2021, leverage minted multi-billionaires.
In 2022, leverage destroyed fortunes.
With a single click,
@EthosReserve
V2 will let users access this powerful tool interest free, all while maintaining the best LTV in the industry....
Do you want to generate 20% APR on your ETH?
There is a spectre haunting crypto--the spectre of onboarding.
Devs, be not afraid! There is a solution for all your onboarding woes.
Moon.
A comprehensive suite of crypto wallet tools that ensure a frictionless onboarding experience. Implemented with just two lines of
DeFi users are loyal to only one thing: the 💰. That’s why $ERN has large yield opportunities across five chains.
But what about OP? Yesterday we how explained Ethos Reserve is a huge whale on Optimism. So, if our liquidity left, they’d be bereft!
Tap in 👇 to learn how we
OATH Chapters give
#DeFi
the edge it needs - sustainability, security, and flexibility. We are focused on bringing decentralized
#stablecoins
to the masses through sustainable and competitive yields.
It all started with
@EthosReserve
and will soon come to a
#blockchain
near you!
The better the peg, the better the yield with Ethos V2.
With the latest upgrades to Ethos Reserve, we can offer even more yield opportunities while more closely defending $ERN’s peg.
If you’re interested in the evolution of stablecoins, you’ll have to see these 4 ways Ethos
In the bull market we had play2earn.
Now we’ve got pay2earn.
In December, our team will introduce oOATH.
oOATH is a token that lets $bOATH stakers earn revenue from yield farmers - literally making them pay to earn 😂
Here's a crash course on oOATH and Option Tokens:
First,
Why OATH and Grain?
By holding Grain and/or OATH you'll be participating in the emergence of something great.
A new token which unlocks yield from more than just OATH and Grain's ecosystems. A token that delivers yield from every corner of DeFi.
Holders will have exclusive
Aurelius (
@AureliusFi
) is a next-gen lending protocol that issues $AUSD to lenders instead of receipt tokens, powered by the $OATH Tech Stack.
Through the $AUSD stablecoin, Aurelius gains improved network effects, sustainability, and borrow rates.
Coming soon to
@0xMantle
.
Oracles are a complex part of crypto infrastructure. Allow us to simplify them for you.
Yesterday, we covered the types of Oracles.
If you missed yesterday's post, check the reply below⏬
Today, we'll cover 4 different Oracle providers and the unique value each delivers.
1)
This week we introduced to the world.
Users are already enjoying awesome yields:
25% APR on their $ERN stablecoins from
@EthosReserve
12% APR on their $USDC
18% APR on their $USDT
13% APR on their $DAI
With more on the way!
Here's all the alpha from
Have you missed out on Real Yield? Don’t FOMO. We’ve got you.
This week we’ve discussed how crucial Real Yield is to DeFi and how
@Reaper_Farm
generates this yield to power the Oath Ecosystem.
Learn how Reaper can provide you with Real Yield by checking out 4 posts from this
Ethos.Reserve now accepts your wstETH as collateral.
Increase your capital efficiency by borrowing
#ERN
against your
#wstETH
!
What are you going to do with your unlocked capital?
I just paid ~$200 in gas to enter a vault on Ethereum.
Don't let this happen to you. Use an L2.
L2's, aka Layer 2 networks, are blockchains that borrow the security of Ethereum but do all the computation on their chain. This results in cheaper transactions.
Here are 4 L2s
Our team has been working on RWA primitives for a handful of months now, and today we had the thought:
Why are they called Real World Assets?
Are there fake world assets? Aren't US Treasuries just entries in a SQL database somewhere?
Turns out, the Treasury Department still
Ethos Reserve is performing financial alchemy.
With the Ethos code base, any asset can be transmuted into a stable, liquid stablecoin. [ $ERN ]
Volatile token in ⇒ stablecoin out.
BTC, ETH, and OP are just the beginning.
Here are 5 mind-bending variations of Ethos that
If you saw our little introduction video yesterday, you're probably wondering how OATH Chapters are going to massively improve the growth potential of the OATH Ecosystem.
Let's imagine it together: 5, 10, 20, or more implementations of the OATH tech stack spread out across the
Are you excited about our brand new lending protocol
@AureliusFi
yet?
Did you join the Discord for your OG role?
Keep reading to get all the alpha from this week across the $OATH ecosystem 🤯
First, read the Aurelius announcement!!! 👉
If you think it
Last week we talked all about OATH Chapters. The most common question we received, as you might expect, has been “wen?.”
The answer? Sooner than you may think.
We would like to formally introduce Aurelius – an integrated lending protocol coming soon to
@0xMantle
.
Since May, our
2023 was Oath Governance's inaugural year and we’re proud of the participation and influence of our community members so far. We had 16 governance proposals and 11 votes which have brought big changes to the Oath Ecosystem.
Our governors have voted and passed proposals:
-
While all of your favorite influencers shout about SOL or ETH all day long, the data shows very few of them actually use the networks very much at all.
Let's get onchain in 2024.
Happy Friday everyone!
We've spent the week talking about how OATH Chapters will be a tool for gaining mass adoption of our DeFi tech stack.
If you read this entire post, you will know everything about OATH Chapters 🫡
These's a ton of alpha to share, so let's get going:
We
Are you an OATH stakeholder? You’ll wish you were after reading our latest governance proposal.
We are reworking OATH tokenomics to deliver tons of utility to OATH holders and increase the token’s competitiveness in the bull market.
Let’s look at 4 core problems this proposal
Are you ready for
@EthosReserve
V2 next month?
In addition to delivering the absolute best LTV, the $ERN stablecoin was designed to deliver the highest risk-adjusted return in the business
All while maintaining a high degree of decentralization, transparency, and security.
You could eat peanut butter straight out the jar like a dog or you could be civilized human and make a sandwich.
Here at the OATH Foundation, we make sandwiches and we are going to make the best sandwich you've ever seen.
Get ready because OATH and Grain are just better
Launching on
@0xMantle
is extremely exciting. It's a new frontier that is perfect for a chapter like
@AureliusFi
.
Competition will be fierce, but fortunately they have the best allies.
Here's a short roster of Aurelius' launch partners:
-
@CleopatraDEX
: The preferred DEX of
So we’ve talked about why
@AureliusFi
is dope, but why should you care?
In this post, we will break down the economics of the first $OATH Chapter and how $AU and $AUSD will become core assets of the
@0xMantle
ecosystem.
First, let’s talk core token mechanics:
$AU is the native
What is Staking? A trick to make you HODL? Or is it a legitimate way to earn passive income on your assets?
Depends on where you stake.
When it comes to staking, there is one important distinction: Blockchain staking and protocol staking.
What's the difference? Read on and
We hope everyone's having a beautiful Friday!
Let's recap some of the OATH Ecosystem developments from this week for you:
We started off trying our best to make you all tokenomics experts. In the process, we may have accidentally formed some kind of DeFi math committee?
Ever been chopping it up around the water cooler about those funny dog tokens with the hat?
Then some guy ruins it by yapping about "Liquid staking tokens" and "LST derivatives"?
Well today, I'm going to be that guy, for you. It's time to talk about LSTs.
What is a Liquid
This has been an awesome week, and we hope you’ve all tried our new protocol.
Let us know what kind of assets and positions you’d like to see on Digit in the coming weeks as we prepare for the launch of Ethos Reserve V2 and oOATH.
Tomorrow will be an important day for DeFi.
Through
@digitxyz_
, our team will lay down the first piece of our new economic strategy.
Digit is a novel DeFi primitive that utilizes time-weighted incentive distribution and governance to align users and protocols.
Learn everything
Unhappy with our marketing strategy? Tokenomics? Products?
With governance, you can change that!
Over this last week, we’ve shared groundbreaking governance proposals that will influence the future of OATH.
Check out these 4 proposed initiatives that will allow OATH to achieve
The OATH Community Marketing Initiative is now live and accepting submissions.
Have fun, make friends and more importantly, win OATH by participating!
Whatever your talents, we're supporting you. Submit your memes, threads, infographics and more on our Notion.
Link in reply 👇
Thank you to
@ReveloIntel
for hosting
@0xBebis_
on your show today.
If you're looking for a breakdown of the OATH Ecosystem's upcoming changes, you should definitely watch this video:
Things are really kicking back off on $FTM
The ERN/axlUSDC stable pair is primed to house $1M at over 20%
#APR
@axelarcore
has the ability for you to bridge both of these tokens on the Squidrouter
Make sure to $ERN with
@EthosReserve
What networks will experience success in the bull run?
Those with the best tools for generating yield and retaining liquidity.
Thankfully, Optimism has Ethos Reserve.
Here are 4 tweets explaining how $ERN is building DeFi on Optimism:
It's all coming together.
The OATH ecosystem is a web of interconnected products that support one another. And at its center sits bOATH.
bOATH draws rewards from activity across the ecosystem will providing valuable liquidity.
oOATH will be the next component integrated into
Have you missed
@0xBebis_
? Are you yearning to hear
@charlie_defi
and
@crypto_yuvi
talk sweet DeFi to you? Are you in need of a little
@bitSAMSoN
in your life?
Drop into our first Town Hall of 2024 in about 35 minutes and get your fix today at 7:00PM EDT:
Single-Stake OATH on
@RamsesExchange
!
Deposit into a managed Ramses position where it purchases a portion of WETH to trade against. As WETH increases in value the profits are sold back into OATH all the while earning xRAM and swap fees.
We’ll also be
We are live on
@RamsesExchange
🤩 bringing smart liquidity provision to even more users on
#Arbitrum
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Calling all creatives! The latest OATH Governance Proposal is looking for you! The OATH Community Marketing Initiative is our latest proposal aiming to kickstart the OATH creative economy.
We know we’ve got a wide range of very talented and dedicated individuals out there The
Hear ye hear ye! 📣
We will be holding our first $OATH Town Hall event of the year next week in Discord!
Join us on Monday to all of the latest developments surrounding the $OATH ecosystem 🌐
🎙️ It will be recorded
🗓️ January 22nd
⏰ 7:00pm EST
🔗
We are just about ready to kick off our Community Marketing Initiative!
To prepare yourself, check out this short essay by one of our judges,
@bitSAMSoN
:
Exciting day for OATH holders!
Aurelius, the first OATH chapter is launching in one hour!
The innovations of
@EthosReserve
alongside an integrated lending market will supercharge
@0xMantle
DeFi!
This year, we are thankful for our contributors, followers, users, and developers! Your support allows us to continue doing what we love: building cutting-edge DeFi tech!
We will return next week with more updates and a LIVE Ethos V2.
Happy Thanksgiving!
An important thing about
@EthosReserve
is that even with better LTV and no interest, it can maintain superior peg-safety to alternative decentralized solutions, to the degree that Ethos Reserve V2 is all about introducing mechanics that encourage users to short $ERN.
This
📉 Decoding GHO's Depreciation:
GHO's detachment from its $1 peg arises from a 'short' carry trade approach, where traders borrow GHO at a low rate (1.51%), sell it for stablecoins like DAI, and invest in yield-generating opportunities.
To rectify this, Aave Governance
Our next space is booked!
@charlie_defi
will be joined by
@simsalacrypto
from
@PreonFinance
for a discussion about stablecoin design, scaling, & their recent collaboration with
@EthosReserve
🗓️ Thursday Aug. 31 at 10:00am EST
🎙️ It will be recorded
🔗
$ERN is heading to
@0xPolygon
! Made possible through our expanding strategic collaborations with
@Retro_finance
and bridge partner
@axelarcore
.
Starting this week!
@Retro_finance
is excited to announce a new partnership -
@EthosReserve
@OATHFoundation
!
Ethos Reserve lets you lend without limits. Enjoy zero-interest loans, best-in-class efficiency and easy access to a whole ecosystem of opportunity from one application. $ERN $OATH $RETRO
The
@AureliusFi
launch is just 7 days away.
Like Rome brought aqueducts and roads to Gaul, Aurelius is bringing lending and a native stablecoin to Mantle.
Familiarize yourself with the next great opportunity on
@0xMantle
by checking out this thread 👇
Gather around citizens of the empire and broaden your perception of Aurelius! ⚔️
We had announced what we seek to offer in an earlier thread.
And now, we seek to lay the groundwork on the inner workings of Aurelius and $AU!⚙️
Earn real yield.
+
Capture value across DeFi.
Stake bOATH on
@EthosReserve
and acquire your share of platform fees, emissions of the upcoming
@AureliusFi
token and much more.
Updates from the Discord:
-
@bitSAMSoN
is working
- Joose is getting rich
-
@0xBebis_
acknowledges he's PITA
-
@BackTheBunny
is asking important questions
Ya have to get in here ->
Have you heard the good news about oTokens?
Imagine a world where your engagement produces tangible incentives.
oTokens are here to make that world a reality.
oTokens, or Option Tokens, act as perpetual call options within the OATH Ecosystem. These ERC20 tokens give holders
With Ethos Reserve, users can borrow against their wstETH.
But what about sfrxETH? Surely, the
@fraxfinance
community would like to access their sweet, sweet capital.
what happens when foundations realize that $OATH is the ticket to launching exciting new projects on their network.
is the way. Frax knows it, Yearn knows it, Lido knows it, Mantle knows it. You should get to know it too 👍
Thank you to all who joined us for the first Oath Townhall of 2024!
Here’s the recording if you missed it -
For those who'd prefer a summary, here are our notes:
Ethos V2/2.1
- wstETH added as collateral and sfrxETH integration is imminent.
-
Sonne Exploit and Impacts on OATH Products
Last night, our team was notified of an ongoing inflation attack against after they added the VELO token to their markets.
We immediately began emergency response procedures, performing withdrawals of as much
.
@AureliusFi
is the first OATH Chapter. And like all Chapters, it will deliver significant value to bOATH stakers.
Aurelius will bring the first DeFi risk-free rate to Mantle as well as incredibly cheap loans. Some of the fees generated from these services will be funneled back