Starting right this moment, Synthetix Perps on Arbitrum have been positioned into close-only mode. This choice follows the sharp pivot in Synthetix’s product technique to vertically combine fairly than current solely as a platform. Whereas this choice was not taken flippantly, it’s a obligatory step to make sure we will ship essentially the most liquid, dependable, and user-friendly onchain buying and selling, leverage, and yield platform as doable. As every chain’s deployment requires distinctive liquidity, upkeep, and help assets, consolidating on one community permits us to focus these assets on strengthening our core choices. That is additionally an necessary step as Synthetix progresses in direction of Snaxchain, Synthetix’s personal Superchain deployment.
In direction of a Cohesive Synthetix
Following the Synthetix Reboot, a restructuring of the DAO, Synthetix has made a number of daring strikes to reposition the protocol together with the acquisition of ecosystem tasks Kwenta and TLX, consolidating these tasks right into a single Synthetix native buying and selling app. By sunsetting Synthetix on Arbitrum, the DAO continues to carve a transparent and centered path towards a buying and selling platform that represents the most effective Synthetix can supply.
The choice to wind down Arbitrum Perps is a part of a broader technique to develop alongside Base, the most important and fastest-growing Ethereum rollup by TVL. Synthetix’s USDC pool on Base has already develop into the most important non-SNX liquidity pool within the protocol. With the launch of Synthetix V3’s most cutting-edge options, together with gasless 1-click-trading, multicollateral margin, and the upcoming launch of Leveraged Tokens, Base is the perfect community to proceed growth on a world-class derivatives buying and selling suite.
Steps for Merchants
As of right this moment, all Perps markets on Arbitrum have been set to close-only mode by lowering the open curiosity caps to 0. No instant motion is required. Right here’s what this implies:
- Current Positions: Open positions will stay unaffected and will be lowered or closed at any time.
- New Positions: Merchants will not be capable to open new positions or enhance current positions.
- Potential Impression: On account of potential volatility in market skew, merchants might even see larger-than-usual modifications in premiums, reductions, or funding charges. We encourage merchants to watch their positions intently.
Whereas no positions will probably be force-closed right now, we encourage merchants emigrate their buying and selling to the Base community to get pleasure from an uninterrupted, consistently enhancing buying and selling expertise. All markets from Arbitrum can be found on Base, and merchants can bridge funds proper from our swap interface. Powered by Socket, our swap interface helps bridging from practically any EVM chain and swapping straight into any supported margin collateral for USDC-denominated v3 on Base.
USDx on Arbitrum
Arbitrum’s USDx is the spine of perps buying and selling on Arbitrum, and can should be sundown alongside the Arbitrum perps product. Whereas USDx has remained overcollateralized and backed by various asset swimming pools, the DAO might want to act to help the liquidity and stability obligatory for the transition.
The Synthetix Treasury has bought USDx from the open market and funded a wrapper, which permits USDx to be redeemed for USDe, and vice versa. Merchants and LPs can exit their USDx place or buy to repay their debt by way of the wrapper or the open market.
The LP Expertise
There aren’t any required actions for liquidity suppliers, nevertheless, Arbitrum swimming pools will stop producing charges as soon as all Perps positions are closed. To help LPs throughout this transition, and to organize for the upcoming Base Leveraged Tokens launch, Synthetix will supply three extra weeks of LP incentives on Base for individuals who want to migrate their LP positions to the Base community.
LPs may even quickly additionally benefit from the choice of depositing and incomes yield on WETH, wstETH, cbETH, and cbBTC on Base to match Arbitrum’s LP choices the place doable.
