# STEP Committee Shortlist

**URL:** <https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/step-committee-shortlist/24748>\
**Category:** STEP Applications & Updates\
**Created:** [June 4, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/step-committee-shortlist/24748 "2024-06-04T14:15:55Z")\
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We have some exciting news to start off June with: the STEP committee has gone through each application and come out with a first shortlist of 17 products that merit further analysis over the next few weeks.

Without further ado, the shortlist comprises of:

1. Backed (bIB01, bERNA, bZPR1)
2. Centrifuge Anemoy LTF
3. DigiFT DRUST
4. Franklin FOBXX
5. Fortunafi
6. Gyroscope SGYD
7. Hashnote
8. LibreCapital (LUMA)
9. Matrixdock STBT
10. Midas
11. Mountain USDM
12. Ondo USDY
13. OpenEden Tbill
14. OpenTrade
15. PV01 Capital Markets (TBL)
16. Securitize (BUIDL)
17. Superstate (USTB)

Congratulations to the providers making the shortlist. We invite them to share any additional information before the committee begins the next round of reviews.

With the STEP program, the committee defined 3 objectives in the following order of priority

1. Don’t lose the money (risk minimization)

2. Earn a healthy yield uncorrelated to crypto markets (revenue generation)

3. Grow the RWA ecosystem (growth)

In their first pass on the providers, these objectives fed into the following rubric used to narrow down the list of eligible applicants.

**Product**

- Proportion of RWA is less & de-fi or crypto angle too high
- Involves equities with high volatility
- Not dollar denominated with foreign currency risk
- A derivative product built on top of a product launched by another applicant
- Not launched yet

**Legal**

- Judged as not being bankruptcy remote, opening risk of creditors taking our funds in case of disputes
- Service providers in a jurisdiction that is uncomfortable for the committee
- Insufficient separation between fund manager and investment manager

**Overhead**

- Requires bridging to other chains
- Needs continual active decision making

**Transparency**

- Black box setup
- Multisig in control of executive team
- Product is complicated and risk is difficult to quantify

This non-exhaustive list can be a guide to unsuccessful applicants on why their product wasn’t the right fit for us at this point of time. We invite them to apply to other ArbitrumDAO programs!

We are also sharing the abstain votes below

**Conflicts of Interest Declaration**

- Karpatkey: Centrifuge Anemoy LTF and Centrifuge Anemoy DYF
- Steakhouse: Ondo; Fortunafi: Mountain USDM ; Angle
- North Lake Legal : Ondo
- Nethermind : LibreCapital (LUMA)
- GFX: Frax Finance

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