Trader Joe STIP Program Update #5 (Jan. 12, 2024)

Overview

The DEX has continued to see significant uplift in Volume, Fee generation and also Daily Active Users. This is primarily driven from continued ARB token trading activity in the ecosystem and as such, Trader Joe will take action, highlighted in the changes section of this report, to help facilitate this increased trading demand for the ARB token.

Additionally, this part of the grant program for Trader Joe takes a first review at Phase 2 market performance. The grant program aims to support the sustainable growth of Liquidity in markets and analysis is now being taken for Phase 2 markets, with any markets falling below a measured TVL threshold will receive bonus JOE rewards.

This program by Trader Joe remains high conviction of native long tail tokens and new to Arbitrum long tail tokens to foster and support the builders that are contributing to Arbitrums success.

KPI Tracking and TVL Support Strategy

Our grant program includes a mechanism to sustain Total Value Locked (TVL) in markets after distributing ARB rewards. Here’s how it works:

  • TVL Threshold: If TVL drops below 25% of its peak 7-day average within 28 days after ARB reward distribution, additional JOE rewards will be allocated.
  • Evaluation Method: We use a 7-day rolling average to evaluate TVL, comparing it against the highest average during the reward period.

Phase 2 Market Analysis with ARB Rewards

We’ve analyzed the markets from Phase 2 that received ARB rewards using a color-coded system (traffic lights) to indicate changes in TVL. This analysis was conducted 14 days following the ARB reward distribution.

  • Graph Insights: Markets WINR, have fallen below the TVL threshold and will therefore receive JOE rewards equal to a total of 10% of the value to the allocated ARB rewards distributed over 2 successive Epochs. Starting this Epoch 21 and ending Epoch 22.
  • The remaining markets from Phase 2 are holding average TVLs that remain within the TVL Threshold and are therefore NOT receiving JOE rewards based on the grant program conditions.

Summary of Phase 2 Market Performance

  • JOE Rewards Necessity: Out of 6 markets in Phase 2, one has required JOE rewards to bolster their TVL post ARB rewards.
  • Stable Markets: Four markets have managed to maintain satisfactory TVL levels, two of these Markets have received no rewards in the measured period and two have received rewards in the measured period.
  • Independent Growth: One market, GNS, has exhibited positive growth but this has come via Gains Network team providing their own rewards indepedndant of the STIP from Trader Joe.

Full Analysis in the next update to provide clear bi-weekly changes to TVL and volume generated across all participating markets through the grant program.


ARB Received Last Disbursement: 1,294,290

ARB Utilized as Incentives in the Last Two Weeks: 106k ARB

Contracts incentivized over the last 2 weeks:

Pair Name Rewards Reward type Reward/day Pool Address pair_address Reward address
RDNT - ETH 30,000 ARB 2,142.86 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x003aD0975250C810AD75fD83E989F54625caC514 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
ALPHA-ETH 3,000 ARB 214.29 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x22B8fd7294c6B1Aaab3263902Cd2883Fc9360fe6 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
ETH - USDC (AP) 25,000 ARB 1,785.71 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x5fb31318e9a82efcaa2cfefbacf63e85f4dff2f1 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
WBTC - ETH (AP) 5,000 ARB 357.14 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0xea9f1ab0ccdb6baf36ce8567d65f354f2945f0da | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
ARB - ETH (AP) 30,000 ARB 2,142.86 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0xa37ef01065e0328b50a85256e159b9aaed196e05 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
JOE - ETH (AP) 12,500 ARB 892.86 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x4b9bfeD1dD4E6780454b2B02213788f31FfBA74a | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
CTX-ETH 500 ARB 35.71 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x6524EC5ea3E10c669d5b6a482F8E59baa338C0d5 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
USDV-USDC 8,000 ARB 285.71 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x53ECccCAAa368A9431b3659a8e37Ce4B411ad258 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan

Contract address label Form 2 3 completed for all addresses: YES

ARB left over: 400,000 (excluding the coming 2 week period)

Plan for leftover ARB:

Summary of incentives:

  • MM Rewards: Native Tokens 48.5k $ARB
  • MM Rewards: Multi-Chain Tokens 10k $ARB
  • MM Rewards: New-To-Arbitrum Tokens 14k $ARB
  • Auto-Pool Yield Farms 72.5k $ARB

Full Phase Overview: https://x.com/TraderJoe_xyz/status/1720529281774653615?s=20 2

Full Program Overview: https://x.com/TraderJoe_xyz/status/1720101440855945700?s=20 1

Recent Epoch Overview: https://x.com/TraderJoe_xyz/status/1740784397970759820?s=20

Additional Info / Disclosures to Multisig: N/A


STATS

Record daily highs for fee generation, volume and local highs for daily active users

Average 14D TVL: $36.6m (0% 14d) (-1.5% 30d)

Average 14D daily volumes: $55.1m (+81.9% 14d) (+75.1% 30d)

Average 14D unique user addresses: 13.1k (+392% 14d) (-1.7% 30d)

14D Avg Daily Transaction fees: $69.2k (+67% 14d) (+60% 30d)

Link to our full reporting dashboard:

STIP KPI Dashboard | Trader Joe | Flipside 7 1


Plan For the Next Two Weeks

Amount of ARB to be distributed: 123,750 ARB

Contract address label Form 2 3 completed for all addresses: YES

Mechanism for distribution incentives:

Pair Name Rewards Reward/day Pool Address pair_address Reward address
CTX-ETH 500 35.71 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x6524EC5ea3E10c669d5b6a482F8E59baa338C0d5 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
USDV-USDC 2,250 223.21 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x53ECccCAAa368A9431b3659a8e37Ce4B411ad258 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
RDNT - ETH 30,000 2,142.86 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x003aD0975250C810AD75fD83E989F54625caC514 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
ALPHA-ETH 3,000 214.29 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x22B8fd7294c6B1Aaab3263902Cd2883Fc9360fe6 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
ETH - USDC (AP) 25,000 1,785.71 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x5fb31318e9a82efcaa2cfefbacf63e85f4dff2f1 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
WBTC - ETH (AP) 5,000 357.14 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0xea9f1ab0ccdb6baf36ce8567d65f354f2945f0da | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
ARB - ETH (AP) 30,000 2,142.86 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0xa37ef01065e0328b50a85256e159b9aaed196e05 | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
JOE - ETH (AP) 12,500 892.86 Trader Joe XYZ | Leading Decentralized Exchange Contract Address 0x4b9bfeD1dD4E6780454b2B02213788f31FfBA74a | Arbiscan $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
ARB-USDC (20 bps) 15,000 1,071.43 https://traderjoexyz.com/arbitrum/pool/v21/0x912ce59144191c1204e64559fe8253a0e49e6548/0xff970a61a04b1ca14834a43f5de4533ebddb5cc8/20 https://arbiscan.io/address/0xF8a60082039A1Acbe43b045f87AA0c5f24a358a4 $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan
MEAT-ETH 500 35.71 https://traderjoexyz.com/arbitrum/pool/v21/0x47c3118ad183712acd42648e9e522e13690f29a0/ETH/100 https://arbiscan.io/address/0xBF24d6B6a37C5d950dABbC036c6Fb05Dd40ae222 $2.35 | Arbitrum (ARB) Token Tracker | Arbiscan

Maker Incentive Program that measures Liquidity Providers total fees accrued over the defined Epoch duration of 14 days and ranks them according to fees accrued. The top 30 in each respective Liquidity Pool will share the rewards based on a power function (power=0.7). Rewards are retroactively distributed in the following days after the defined Epoch and can be claimed directly on the UI via a smart contract. Rewards vest between 1 hour and 7 days.

Auto-Pool Yield Farms distribute the planned incentives in a linear fashion and can be collected at any time by all participants in an Auto-Pool Yield Farm. Rewards are shared proportionately to all users in the Auto-Pool Yield Farm.

Summary of incentives plan:

The below ARB being utilized will be distributed over the dates 13th of Jan to 26th of Jan to finish Phase 3 of the program.

  • MM Rewards: Native Tokens 48.5k $ARB
  • MM Rewards: New-To-Arbitrum Tokens 2,750 $ARB
  • Auto-Pool Yield Farms 72.5k $ARB

Summary of changes to the original plan:

  • Change #1 - Market Adjustments

We continue to optimise the distribution of ARB rewards to help serve the ecosystem and market demand where needed. We have therefore added a new market to our core Maker Incentive plan which is ARB paired with USDC.e.

  • Change #2 - Retroactive rewards

Upon launch of the ARB rewards to Auto-Pool Farms, there were users that didn’t interact with farm resulting in attributed but unclaimable ARB rewards. This has resulted in the need to retroactively distribute rewards of 2993 ARB to 48 individuals that are unable to claim them. These rewards will be taken from the rewarder and distributed via the ARB multisig directly.

The reward data from flipside and script used for this:


For direct queries please reach out to https://t.me/blueclarity 2 delegation lead for the Trader Joe Governance Counci