diff --git a/kip-002.md b/kip-002.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f24947 --- /dev/null +++ b/kip-002.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +# Kolibri Improvement Proposal #002 + + +Author: Keefer Taylor, Hover Labs " + +Created: 04/08/2021 + +State: Draft + +### Summary + +Sets economic parameters in which we'd consider lowering the stability fee based on economic data. + +### Motivation + +Kolibri's `stability fee` (the rate charged to borrowers) is currently 22%. While this has helped keep peg stable, the high rate may be hindering the growth and adoption of Kolibri. + +In the early days of `kUSD` there was nothing to do with the asset besides sell it for `XTZ`. This effectively meant `kUSD` minters could take long positions on the price of `XTZ`. The other use case available to minters were peer to peer transactions of `kUSD` and holding `kUSD` to liquidate ovens. Demand for long positions greatly outstripped other use cases, and [our initial fee raise proposal](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/kolibri-governance-proposal-6-continuous-increase-of-the-stability-fee-to-reach-peg/2851) continuously raised the stability fee until peg was achieved. + +Since the early days, several new use cases for kUSD have `emerged`: +- [Liquidity Providing on Quipuswap](https://analytics.quipuswap.com/pairs/KT1K4EwTpbvYN9agJdjpyJm4ZZdhpUNKB3F6): Earn fees by providing liquidity; Currently ~$1.3M `kUSD` are locked +- [Kolibri Liquidity Pool](https://kolibri.finance/liquidity-pool): Pool money to help liquidate undercollateralized ovens; Currently ~$680k `kUSD` are locked +- [Kolibri Farms](https://kolibri.finance/farming): Stake your `kUSD` to receive `kDAO`; currently +$1.5M `kUSD` locked +- [Crunchy Farms](https://app.crunchy.network/#/farms): Stake your `kUSD` to receive `crDAO`; currently ~$340k `kUSD` locked +- [Rocket Launchpad](https://twitter.com/Rocketlaunchpd/status/1422394040839024641?s=20): Will accept `kUSD` in their upcoming token sale + +We also anticipate new products coming online, specifically: +- [sexp](https://gitlab.com/smartcontractlabs/sexp-binary-options/-/blob/master/README.md): Trustless binary options settled in `kUSD` +- Additional Decentralized Exchanges, notably SpicySwap and Plenty Finance, where users can provie liquidity +- Lending platforms that will provide return on lending kUSD (Specifically [Tezos.Finance](https://tezos.finance/) and [Yupana](https://yupana.finance/) and [Hera](https://docs.heranetwork.co/#2-2-lending)). Hover Labs has also stated that we may want to launch a `kUSD` lending platform +- Upon activation of the Tezos Granada Protocol (~48 hours from now), Kolibri farms will return double with the increased block time. + +These additional use cases give folks reasons to have reason to want to balance out the adoption of `kUSD`, however, the high stability fee may be limiting demand for these use cases. + +### Details + +As in [our initial fee raising proposal](https://forum.tezosagora.org/t/kolibri-governance-proposal-6-continuous-increase-of-the-stability-fee-to-reach-peg/2851), we propose lowering the stability fee according to an exponentially weighted moving average of the last 10 hours. + +During our initial fee raising proposal, adjustments were done via a multisig with an 8 hour timelock, which allowed fine-grained, frequent, adjustments. Now that Kolibri is governed by Kolibri DAO, proposals will take 6 days to pass (3 days voting, 3 days timelock). This means that criteria for lowering the stability fee may need to be forward looking, and may need to be cancelled if passed. + +I propose the following set of criteria: +- When the EMA10 of the Quipuswap Kolibri Peg (as determined by [Kolibri Stats](https://p.datadoghq.com/sb/e72980047-41e546b0c453a72015620c4d8002646b?theme=dark&tile_size=xl&tpl_var_network=mainnet&from_ts=1627510220124&to_ts=1628115020124&live=true)) remains below 1.5% +- Then the stability fee can be cut by up to 2.5% +- If, during the period of voting and timelock, the EMA10 of the Quipuswap Kolibri Peg (as determined by [Kolibri Stats](https://p.datadoghq.com/sb/e72980047-41e546b0c453a72015620c4d8002646b?theme=dark&tile_size=xl&tpl_var_network=mainnet&from_ts=1627510220124&to_ts=1628115020124&live=true)) reaches above +2%, Hover Labs will commit to cancelling the proposal +- Any additional DEXes that come online during the next 30 days will be disregarded, since liquidity may be low and prices therefore volatile + +This set of criteria affords us several benefits; +- **Small Cut**: A small cut to the fee is unlikely to massively destabilize the protocol, and provides additional data +- **Forward Looking**: A down trend to -.5% indicates a direction of the `kUSD` peg where we could begin voting +- **Reversible**: If, during voting, peg destabilizes then the proposal is always cancellable. If `kUSD` fails to hold peg at 20% stability fee, we can always submit n additional proposal. +