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Feb 25 β€’ 17 tweets β€’ 6 min read
$MARS (@mars_protocol) lockdrop closes in ~32 hours.

I tried calculating / speculating how much you could make from locking $UST. 🧡 πŸ‘‡

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For context: I explained @mars_prrotocol, and how to get in on the lockdrop here before:
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Let's say you intend to lock $1,000.

Here's how many $MARS tokens that would get you depending on lockup period:

β€’ 3 mo: 127 $MARS
β€’ 6 mo: 357 $MARS
β€’ 9 mo: 664 $MARS
β€’ 12 mo: 1,022 $MARS
β€’ 15 mo: 1,431 $MARS
β€’ 18 mo: 1,878 $MARS
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Note that these numbers are estimates and will likely drop more before the lockdrop is over.
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There are a total of 1 Billion $MARS tokens.

50M $MARS tokens will be distributed in the lockdrop

So, if $MARS has a FDV of $1B, then 1 $MARS = $1.

Here's how much you make at different prices of Mars πŸ‘‡
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Case 1. @mars_protocol is at a $50M FDV.
$MARS = $0.05

β€’ 3 mo: 0.64%
β€’ 6 mo: 1.79%
β€’ 9 mo: 3.32%
β€’ 12 mo: 5.11%
β€’ 15 mo: 7.16%
β€’ 18 mo: 9.39%
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Case 2. @mars_protocol is at a $250M FDV.
$MARS = $0.25

β€’ 3 mo: 3.19%
β€’ 6 mo: 8.942%
β€’ 9 mo: 16.61%
β€’ 12 mo: 25.55%
β€’ 15 mo: 35.78%
β€’ 18 mo: 46.96%
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Case 3. @mars_protocol is at a $1B FDV.
$MARS = $1.00

β€’ 3 mo: 12.78%
β€’ 6 mo: 35.78%
β€’ 9 mo: 66.44%
β€’ 12 mo: 102.22%
β€’ 15 mo: 143.11%
β€’ 18 mo: 187.83%
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Longer lockups are extremely incentivized. Weigh this against your opportunity cost to decide if you want to enter and if so, how long to lock for.

I consider my opportunity cost for 12 mo at >= 20 (@anchor_protocol)
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But since $MARS unlocks sooner, your opportunity cost is actually less because you have liquidity after the $MARS airdrop, and can sell / stake / swap / farm those $MARS tokens.
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How can we speculate about @mars_protocol FDV? Other lending protocols?

@screamdotsh $SCREAM
β€’ FDV: $104M
β€’ TVL: 743M
β€’ FDV / TVL: 0.14

@AaveAave $AAVE
β€’ FDV: $2B
β€’ TVL: $11.6B
β€’ FDV / TVL: 0.17

@CompoundFinance $COMP
β€’ FDV: $1.1B
β€’ TVL: $6.7B
β€’ FDV / TVL: 0.16
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@anchor_protocol $ANC:
β€’ FDV: $3.3B
β€’ TVL: $11.5B
β€’ FDV / TVL: 0.28

@HundredFinance $HND:
β€’ FDV: $142M
β€’ TVL: 257M
β€’ FDV / TVL: 0.56
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Note: Each token is unique and influenced by many factors, so this methodology is dubious.

Ex: $HND incentivizes $HND lockups with boosted rewards.
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To be conservative, we can use a FDV/TVL of 0.1.

This means that $MARS needs:

β€’ $500M TVL for $50M FDV ($0.05 MARS)

β€’ $2.5B TVL for $250M FDV ($0.25 MARS)

β€’ $10B TVL for $1B FDV ($1 MARS)
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Do what you wish with this info.

What I like about $MARS:
β€’ Upside potential with no downside = nice risk / reward.

What I don't like about the lockdrop:
β€’ Not sure if $MARS demand / tokenomics are strong enough
β€’ Opportunity cost of locking coins
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I will be locking a small amount of $UST for the full 18 months.

(Because locking for 18 months gets 14.7x more ROI than locking for 3 months)

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