Summary
This proposal aims to increase the cap for the stATOM/ATOM vault on Mars Farm from 500,000 axlUSDC to 1,500,000 axlUSDC. This increase will raise the aggregated stATOM exposure on Mars (including both Red Bank deposits cap and Farm vault cap) to around ~15% of stATOM’s on-chain liquidity.
Motivation
The stATOM/ATOM vault cap was recently increased from 150,000 axlUSDC to 500,000 axlUSDC and the new cap was quickly filled within a matter of a few hours. This suggests there’s considerable additional demand to use this vault. With this cap increase, we aim to fulfill this currently unmet demand and increase organic usage of the Red Bank.
Risks
The Farm vault caps serve one main purpose: They limit the exposure to any single token. This is important to mitigate idiosyncratic risks specific to any single token and to mitigate liquidity risk, which may impede proper functioning of the liquidations system and may ultimately lead to bad debt.
Obviously, as the cap increases, so do the risks explored above. At the end of the day, the right level for the caps should strike an appropriate balance between risk aversion and protocol usefulness. In this sense, we think while the proposed cap increase does increase risk for the protocol, it’s far from representing an unmanageable risk, while at the same time will help fulfill currently unmet demand for the protocol.
Disclaimers/Disclosures
This proposal is being made by Delphi Labs Ltd., a British Virgin Islands limited company. Delphi Labs engages in incubation, investment, research and development relevant to multiple ecosystems and protocols, including the Mars Protocol. Delphi Labs and certain of its service providers and equity holders own MARS tokens and have financial interests related to this proposal. Additionally, Delphi Labs is one of several entities associated with one another under the “Delphi Digital” brand. Delphi Digital’s associated entities and/or equityholders or service providers of such entities may hold MARS and may have financial interests related to this proposal. All such entities, service providers, equity holders and other related persons may also have financial interests in complementary or competing projects or ecosystems, entities or tokens, including Osmosis/OSMO. These statements are intended to disclose relevant facts and to help identify potential conflicts of interest, and should not be misconstrued as a complete description of all relevant interests or conflicts of interests; nor should they be construed as a recommendation to purchase or acquire any token or security.
This proposal is also subject to and qualified by the Mars Disclaimers/Disclosures. Delphi Labs may lack access to all relevant facts or may have failed to give appropriate weighting to available facts. Delphi Labs is not making any representation, warranty or guarantee regarding the accuracy or completeness of the statements herein, and Delphi Labs shall have no liability in the event of losses or damages ensuing from approval or rejection or other handling of the proposal. Each user and voter should undertake their own research and make their own independent interpretation and analysis of all relevant facts and issues to arrive at their own personal determinations of how to vote on the proposal.