Summary
Set targets for Metronome protocol treasury utilization and MET treasury emissions to better optimize usage of treasury funds.
Abstract
Metronome is supported by a strong treasury of productive assets, synth LP positions, and MET token positions. Strategic utilization of these treasury resources, alongside MET emissions, enable Metronome to grow AMM liquidity for synth assets in a way that minimizes pressure on MET itself.
This proposal seeks to build upon previous policy to improve treasury and emissions operations further through two main vectors: extending treasury utilization practices and confirming MET emissions targets.
Treasury Utilization specifications include whitelisting of Lending Markets and Autocompounders for deployment of treasury LP and yield positions, strategy surrounding third-party AMMs, and policy regarding the utilization of continuous treasury LP and Synth revenue.
MET Emissions specifications seek to confirm target treasury emissions under different market conditions, as well as generally tableset expectations and goals pertaining to MET treasury emissions.
Specifications
Treasury Utilization
Metronome treasury assets are routinely converted and deployed into productive positions that additionally support the core Metronome Synth product, such as conversion into synth asset LP positions and Borrow positions on Synth itself.
This proposal seeks to improve capital efficiency and maximize productivity of the Metronome DAO treasury as follows:
Lending Market and Compounders
The Metronome DAO treasury may utilize autocompounders for LP positions and serve as a borrower and/or lender on relevant lending markets, including those that support Synth LP pairs, MET LP pairs, and other Metronome ecosystem positions. The following platforms to be whitelisted include:
Autocompounders
- Yearn
- Beefy
- Curvance
- Bunni / Timeless
Lending markets
- Extra Fi
- Impermax
- Tarot
Smart Farming
In addition to the Lending Markets above, Metronome treasury may also be utilized to perform Smart Farming through Metronome Synth itself as well as through external lending markets supported by Metronome Direct Deposit functionality as outlined in MIP-24.
MET LP Strategy
Currently, the treasury holds and compounds sizable MET-WETH LP positions on external AMMs like Aerodrome and Velodrome.
In addition to these positions, the treasury may also utilize MET for exotic LP pairs. These pairs could include other Metronome assets (ex: MET-msETH, MET-msUSD) or external partner assets that agree to co-incentivization.
This LP strategy is to be executed on an adhoc basis, with the intention of activating idle treasury assets into LP pairs that can remain primarily Protocol Owned, and in such a way that treasury assets used to incentivize this LP is net profitable to the treasury. Vice versa, LP pairs may be removed and/or incentives exhausted when such pairs are no longer profitable.
Excess Revenue Utilization
Revenue captured by Metronome in excess of what is required to maintain Synth LP incentives is to be converted into productive positions in line with the policies set previously and elsewhere in this proposal, and according to a cadence that is sensitive to Synth peg pricing at the direction of relevant treasury management committees.
MET Emissions
MET tokens are emitted for the purpose of incentivizing MET liquidity and Metronome Synth asset liquidity, as well as for various initiatives, such as MIP-25 (voter incentives). As a general rule, new MET emissions are intended to be used as efficiently and sparingly as possible. The following sets more concrete expectations on how MET emissions are handled and under what circumstances should emissions be increased/decreased.
MET LP Incentives
Currently, new MET emissions are almost entirely driven to MET LP pairs on markets like Aerodrome and Velodrome, where MET-WETH LPers who are impacted by emissions also benefit from the LP rewards those emissions enable.
OpComms has targeted a static 65,250 MET (52,500 on Aerodrome; 12,750 on Velodrome) emissions each week to the corresponding MET-WETH LP pools. Moving forward, OpComms will seek to maintain a target emissions within a percentage range of up-to 3% of the LP pair’s TVL
Additionally, the following criteria will be adhered to:
- Target incentives do not exceed the maximum allotted value of Aerodrome/Velodrome incentives to each pool. Currently, these protocols enforce a maximum of 3% of a pool’s TVL or 50x fees generated from trading volume, whichever is lower.
- The total value of LP rewards delivered to external LPers is equal to or greater than the value of MET tokens emitted to the corresponding LP pool.
MET may be utilized to bootstrap new exotic MET pairs (strategy outlined above) however those pairs should see incentives sustained by treasury compounding.
Synth LP Incentives
Synth LP incentives are vital to the maintenance and growth of Metronome Synth. Recently, OpComms has sought to minimize the usage of additional MET emissions for the purpose of Synth LP.
The following outlines intended LP Incentives Policy moving forward:
While the circulating market cap of MET trades at a discount to the Metronome DAO liquid treasury value, maintain a target net MET emissions of 0, through the following:
- Recycling of ongoing revenue from treasury LP positions to Synth LP incentives.
- Conversion of treasury assets to Synth LP incentives.
- Offsetting additional MET emissions to Synth LP incentives through methods including buybacks and reclaiming of MET through voting rewards.
While the circulating market cap of MET trades at a premium to the Metronome DAO liquid treasury value, additional MET emissions may be utilized for Synth LP incentives in place of the treasury revenue, which is instead compounded into productive positions.
Further MET Emissions
Beyond the uses stated above, MET may be utilized at the discretion of OpComms for one-off DAO payments, such as ImmuneFi bug bounties. Any MET emissions beyond this must be passed via governance, such as the MIP-25 voter incentives initiative.