Additional Liquid Staked ETH Yields On USDC Lend

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Description

This strategy earns USDC lending interest on Aave and borrows ETH to generate additional ETH liquid staking yields.

By swapping borrowed ETH for rETH & wstETH, this strategy earns the the difference between rETH/wstETH liquid staking yields and ETH borrow interest. Liquid staking yields accrues natively to the liquid staked token and is reflected in rETH/wstETH price always appreciating against ETH.

+ USDC Lending Interest

+ rETH Liquid Staking Yields

+ wstETH Liquid Staking Yields

- ETH Borrow Interest

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Strategy

Main strategy

1. Lend all $USDC - Aave

2. Borrow $WETH

   1. 62.5% of collateral value for 20% buffer

3. Swap 50% $WETH → $rETH

4. Swap 50% $WETH → $wstETH

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Protocol Parameters

Aave

• ~6% USDC Supply Interest

• ~2.4% WETH Borrow Interest

• 75% USDC Max LTV

Rocket Pool

Lido

OpenOcean

Strategy Performance Conditions

Profit

• rETH/wstETH continuously increases in value vs WETH.

• WETH borrow cost is less than rETH/wstETH liquid staking yields.

• USDC supply interest is greater than the interest differentials between rETH/wstETH yield and WETH borrow.

Loss

Calculation Template

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Estimated Returns

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