Starting as we speak, Synthetix Perps on Arbitrum have been positioned into close-only mode. This resolution follows the sharp pivot in Synthetix’s product technique to vertically combine fairly than current solely as a platform. Whereas this resolution was not taken flippantly, it’s a crucial step to make sure we are able to ship essentially the most liquid, dependable, and user-friendly onchain buying and selling, leverage, and yield platform as attainable. As every chain’s deployment requires distinctive liquidity, upkeep, and help sources, consolidating on one community permits us to focus these sources on strengthening our core choices. That is additionally an necessary step as Synthetix progresses in the 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 targeted path towards a buying and selling platform that represents the very best Synthetix can supply.
The choice to wind down Arbitrum Perps is a part of a broader technique to develop alongside Base, the biggest and fastest-growing Ethereum rollup by TVL. Synthetix’s USDC pool on Base has already develop into the biggest 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 best community to proceed growth on a world-class derivatives buying and selling suite.
Steps for Merchants
As of as we speak, all Perps markets on Arbitrum have been set to close-only mode by lowering the open curiosity caps to 0. No speedy motion is required. Right here’s what this implies:
Current Positions: Open positions will stay unaffected and may be lowered or closed at any time.New Positions: Merchants will not be capable to open new positions or improve current positions.Doable Influence: Attributable to 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 likely be force-closed right now, we encourage merchants emigrate their buying and selling to the Base community to get pleasure from an uninterrupted, continuously 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 almost 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 have to be sundown alongside the Arbitrum perps product. Whereas USDx has remained overcollateralized and backed by numerous asset swimming pools, the DAO might want to act to help the liquidity and stability crucial for the transition.
The Synthetix Treasury has bought USDx from the open market and funded a wrapper, which permits USDx to be swapped with USDe with no slippage. 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, nonetheless, Arbitrum swimming pools will stop producing charges as soon as all Perps positions are closed. To help LPs throughout this transition, and to arrange for the upcoming Base Leveraged Tokens launch, Synthetix will supply three extra weeks of LP incentives on Base for many who want to migrate their LP positions to the Base community.
LPs can 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 attainable.
