[0xGen] [FINAL] [STIP - Round 1]

SECTION 1: APPLICANT INFORMATION

Provide personal or organizational details, including applicant name, contact information, and any associated organization. This information ensures proper identification and communication throughout the grant process.

Applicant Name:
Anna

Project Name:
0xGen

Project Description:
0xGen is a versatile liquidity aggregator, that integrates 19 chains to provide the best exchange rates. It also offers an optimal cross-chain solution for traders and a user-friendly Widget/SDK for project integration.

Now we launched the swap function, cross-chain swap, and trading signals.

Team Members and Qualifications:
Jackson: CEO
Jason: COO
Hong Ju: CMO
William: CRO
Leo: CTO
Darren: BD Lead
Anna: Head of Marketing

Project Links:
Website: https://0xgen.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xgen_io
TG: https://t.me/aggregator_0xgen
Discord: https://discord.gg/4N3PkmhnVp
Github: https://github.com/0xgenAggregator
Documentation: https://docs.0xgen.io/

Contact Information

TG: Telegram: Contact @Anna_crypto2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xgen_io

Email: team@0xgen.io

Do You Acknowledge That Your Team Will Be Subject to a KYC Requirement?:
Yes

SECTION 2: GRANT INFORMATION

Detail the requested grant size, provide an overview of the budget breakdown, specify the funding and contract addresses, and describe any matching funds if relevant.

Requested Grant Size:
200,000 ARB

Grant Matching:
N/A

Grant Breakdown:

  1. User Incentives (200,000 ARB): Rewarding and incentivizing active traders on 0xGen’s Arbitrum chain.

Funding Address:
0x5870d81b41BE0f9663b4bB7992639574E673DBB5

Funding Address Characteristics:
2/3 multisig with private keys securely stored independently

Contract Address:
0x18183CA6497dc375841BBbc15Ec90513249AAfC2

SECTION 3: GRANT OBJECTIVES AND EXECUTION

Clearly outline the primary objectives of the project and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) used to measure success. This helps reviewers understand what the project aims to achieve and how progress will be assessed.

Objectives:

  1. Incentive users to 0xGen and Arbitrum, thereby increasing trades, active addresses, and fees for Arbitrum
  2. Provide our services (best exchange rates, optimal cross chain/swap route, etc.) to more users

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
At least 5x growth on weekly average trading volume and active users

How will receiving a grant enable you to foster growth or innovation within the Arbitrum ecosystem?:
Growing User Base: A significant portion of the grant can be allocated to user acquisition efforts. We would run targeted campaigns to raise awareness about Arbitrum’s advantages, educate users about its benefits, and onboard new participants into the ecosystem.

Justification for the size of the grant:
While we acknowledge that we are relatively new in comparison to other projects, we possess unique technologies and innovative solutions that address part of the pain points in the trading ecosystem. This grant of $200,000 will enable us to amplify our presence, making more individuals aware of our project and its distinctive offerings. With these funds, we can incentivize users to experience our platform’s features to introduce our project and its integration with the Arbitrum ecosystem to a wider audience.

Execution Strategy:
If the grant is approved, we will host the trade-to-earn event to incentivize users:
Trade to Earn (16 weeks, 4 weeks an epoch, 4 epochs in total)
Traders have the opportunity to earn ARB tokens based on their trading volume and frequency. To qualify for rewards, traders must meet the following criteria during each epoch:

  • Complete a minimum trading volume of 500u.
  • Execute at least 10 trades.

Rewards for each epoch (The rewards remain consistent in each epoch.)
1st Place: 9,000 ARB
2nd Place: 7,500 ARB
3rd Place: 6,000 ARB
4th Place: 4,500 ARB
5th Place: 3,500 ARB
6th Place: 2,500 ARB
7th Place: 1,800 ARB
8th Place: 1,000 ARB
9th Place: 700 ARB
10th Place: 500 ARB
11th-20th Place (Shared): 3,000 ARB, 300 ARB each
21st-50th Place (Shared): 3,750 ARB, 125 ARB each
51st-100th Place (Shared): 3,750 ARB, 75 ARB each
101st-200th Place (Shared): 2,500 ARB, 25 ARB each

Grant Timeline:
If the grant is approved, we will commence the incentive campaign starting from the following Monday after approval.

The campaign will run for a duration of 16 weeks, with trading epochs occurring every four weeks.

Do you accept the funding of your grant streamed linearly for the duration of your grant proposal, and that the multisig holds the power to halt your stream?
Yes

SECTION 4: PROTOCOL DETAILS

Provide details about the Arbitrum protocol requirements relevant to the grant. This information ensures that the applicant is aligned with the technical specifications and commitments of the grant.

Is the Protocol Native to Arbitrum?:
0xGen is a multichain dex aggregator that supports 19 chains, including Arbitrum.

On what other networks is the protocol deployed?:
Arbitrum, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, Polygon, Avalanche, Fantom, Optimism, ZkSync, Linea, Cronos, Moonriver, Aurora, Harmony, Gnosis, Boba, Tron, Heco, OKC

What date did you deploy on Arbitrum?:
Jul-05-2022

Protocol Performance:
0xgen offers the optimal swap and cross-chain paths, delivering users the best exchange rates and minimizing transaction slippage.

Total trading volume: $11,234,838.13
Total transactions: 58,151

Protocol Roadmap:
For now, 0xGen has launched: swap function, cross-chain swap, Trading signals, trade to earn

Here are some features under development:
Pro-version, Limit order, more trading tools such as a strategy lab, research lab provides market/project insights, intelligent asset management.

Audit History:
0xGen was audited by MS Technology.

SECTION 5: Data and Reporting

Provide details on how your team is equipped to provide data and reporting on grant distribution.

Is your team prepared to create Dune Dashboards for your incentive program?:
Yes, we already have a dashboard providing all the trading status on Arbitrum. And we will create a new one displaying ARB rewards distribution and transactions.

Trading status on Arbitrum: https://dune.com/0xgen_io/trading-status-on-arbitrum

Does your team agree to provide bi-weekly program updates on the Arbitrum Forum thread?
Yes, we will make weekly reports for our events and development and post them in the Arbitrum Forum.

Does your team acknowledge that failure to comply with any of the above requests can result in the halting of the program’s funding stream?:
Yes

Hello @0xGen thank you for submitting!

Please note grant funds may only be used to incentivize Arbitrum contracts and can not be used for “Community and Marketing Initiatives”, " Enhanced Development", or “user experience research” as per the following rule.

Please edit your submissions to be considered for a snapshot vote.

Thank you for the reminder! @Matt_StableLab

We have edited the submission. Now all the ARB will be distributed to traders according to their trading volume, thereby incentivizing more traders to Arbitrum.

Kindly let us know if there’s still anything that needs to be adjusted. Thanks a lot!

Thank you for these changes! Your submission now meets all requirements to be considered for a snapshot vote.

Thank you @Matt_StableLab. Could you guide us on changing the “draft” into “final”?

Hello @0xGen,

Now that your application has been marked eligible, please be advised of the remaining steps in the application process to be completed prior to the Review Period Deadline:

Please complete the following steps required for your application to proceed to Snapshot:

To change your proposal to final, please tag an Arbitrum Foundation Forum Moderator (@ stonecoldpat @ cliffton.eth @ eli_defi) by the Review Period deadline to notify them of your proposal’s readiness to proceed from [Draft] to [Final] status.

Once notified, the Arbitrum Foundation Forum Moderator will adjust your title from [Draft] to [Final] status. Once marked as [FInal], your application post will be locked by moderators and you will no longer be able to edit your proposal.

Noted with thanks! @Matt_StableLab

Hi, @stonecoldpat @cliffton.eth @eli_defi, we are now ready to move from [DRAFT] to [FINAL]. Could you assist us? Thank you.

Post has been marked FINAL and locked.

Thank you. We appreciate all the work from you and your team.

A request for 200k ARB is being made, but we do not find it appropriate to distribute the requested tokens through a volume contest. An unpopular platform attempting to maximize its transaction fee revenues with tokens obtained from an incentive program is not in line with the motivation behind the STIP program for us.