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๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ @MakerDAO just executed the first DAO balance sheet investment in US Treasuries and Corporate bonds with a ceiling of $500 million USDC.

How is that possible?

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First, we need to know that @MakerDAO holds ~$4 billion in stablecoins. ๐Ÿ’ฐ

These assets come from the PSM operations โ€” Maker's highly efficient decentralized exchange focused on stablecoins. Image
Basically, the PSM is a tool for swapping USDC, USDP, and GUSD for freshly-minted DAI at a 1:1 rate. ๐Ÿ”„

Every time a user puts their stablecoins to receive DAI in exchange, the PSM allocates these stablecoins as liquidity reserves. Image
The important fact here is that these reserves are investable assets. ๐Ÿค‘

In accordance with the decisions made by Maker Governance, the Maker Protocol can deploy these reserves on different investment vehicles.

That means, in short, more revenue.
We all know what the current crypto market looks like. ๐Ÿ“‰

Following this situation, the demand for leverage through volatile assets decreased in Maker, removing a significant amount of stability fee revenue from volatile-asset vaults. Image
However, in this economic environment of rising interest rates and capital flowing out from volatile assets, the Maker Protocol is very well positioned with a strong balance sheet composed of USD-linked, investable stablecoins. ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ“ˆ Image
The Maker community is aware of that. ๐Ÿค

In March 2022, Maker Governance voted in favor of a Declaration of Intent to invest this balance sheet in short-term, bond-linked investment vehicles, paving the way for future proposals to deploy this strategy

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In May 2022, Maker Governance voted in favor of MIP65: Monetalis Clydesdale, ratifying the previously voted Declaration of Intent again. ๐Ÿค

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MIP65 is a Maker Improvement Proposal submitted by Monetalis with the aim of investing $500 million from the PSM's USDC in a specific bond strategy composed of US Treasury and Corporate bonds.

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The latest Executive Vote executed the first pilot transaction for MIP65: A 1-million-DAI Debt Ceiling Maker Vault from which Monetalis will draw 1 million DAI and deploy the first bond investment of the history of @MakerDAO through Sygnum Bank. ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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Further Executive Votes will deploy the rest of the approved capital โ€” 500 million, 80% in US Treasury and 20% in Corporate Bonds. ๐Ÿ—ณ Image
There are more ongoing proposals that seek to invest the PSM reserves into different bond-linked strategies.

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Let's see what's going on here.

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First of all.

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