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New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

The official Variational Dune Dashboard (built by [Entropy Advisors](<https://x.com/EntropyAdvisors>)) is now live!

Find info on TVL, active addresses, loss refunds, and more, all sourced from on-chain activity on Arbitrum.

🔗 <https://dune.com/entropy_advisors/variational-protocol>

Help us spread the word on Twitter <:pepe_love:1372629245431517255>: <https://x.com/variational_io/status/1976287323567563079>

@everyone
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New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

$MASA, $SEND, $RHEA, $SOLO have all been delisted due to no longer meeting listing criteria. Open positions have been settled at the last known market value.
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New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

Your feedback has been heard: we’ve slashed spreads across the board, especially on majors.

Here are some examples:

* **BTC**
* Spreads for <$1k orders have been cut by 90%+ down to ~0.005%.
* Spreads for <$10k orders have been cut by 60%+ down to ~0.01%.
* Spreads for <$50k orders have been cut by 30%+ down to ~0.02%

* **ETH**
* Spreads for <$1k orders have been cut by 75%+ down to ~0.01%
* Spreads for <$10k orders have been cut by 50%+ down to ~0.02%
* Spreads for <$50k orders have been cut by 25%+ down to ~0.03%

You should now see meaningfully tighter spreads for all markets (including alts).

See for yourself at https://omni.variational.io. Happy trading @everyone!
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New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

gVar! We’re excited to share another big two weeks of shipping & platform growth with you in this biweekly update.

**Product**
* The most recent mainnet release was [v0.2.3](<https://discord.com/channels/1196857788220067943/1338537927365492818/1428540748097388554>).
* Spreads have been tightened across the board (e.g. BTC spreads for small orders have been cut by 90%+).
* Updates to rewards page.
* Removed spread discounts as a reward mechanism in favor of slashing spreads for all users.
* Removed referral reward rate display (changing from % of volume to % of spreads paid by users. Referral activity under previous structure will be paid out as originally described once ref reward claims are live).
* Updated spread display to show more precision (especially on tighter spreads).
* Substantial performance improvements in preparation for significant increases in load.

**Community**
* We released a Dune Dashboard (powered by [@EntropyAdvisors](<https://x.com/entropyadvisors/>)) that tracks TVL, active accounts, loss refunds, and more. Check it out [here](<https://dune.com/entropy_advisors/variational-protocol>).
* Omni had zero issues during the flash crash on 10/10. Read some thoughts from @lvs on Twitter [here](<https://twitter.com/variational_lvs/status/1976777647222096116>).
* Omni automatically refunded [over $190k in losses](<https://twitter.com/mr_plumpkin/status/1976794732270698810>) on the day of the flash crash.
* Variational co-founder <@936805508898238494> wrote a reply to stalequant’s essay “The Robinhood model doesn’t work for crypto”. Read it [here](<https://x.com/mr_plumpkin/status/1975836912855503109>).
* Omni has crossed [500m in 24h taker volume, and $1M in total losses refunded](<https://x.com/variational_io/status/1979197200623374489>).

**Metrics**
* *Key Metrics*
* Total Volume Traded: $7,837,480,311
* Current Dual-Sided OI: $94.45M
* Total Trades Placed: 1,033,687
* Total Tokens Currently Listed: 509
* *Rewards Metrics*
* Total Losses Refunded: $1,048,964
* Percent of Total Platform Losses Refunded (since implementation of loss refunds): 4.3%
* *User Metrics*
* Daily Active Users (avg. over past week): 1,223
* Weekly Active Users: 3,251
* *Revenue Metrics*
* 2w Revenue: $1,880,784
* Revenue Directed to OLP: $1,320,448
* Revenue Directed to Loss Refund Pool: $560,336 (plus $260,000 in manual deposits for boost campaign)
* Total OLP PnL: $2,569,402

Thank you @everyone for your continued support!
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New announcement from mr_plumpkin in Discord:

We are investigating a possible issue with funding payments. We will post more info once we have
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New announcement from mr_plumpkin in Discord:

Funding payments are processing again going forward. We will also do a historical backfill shortly
New announcement from mr_plumpkin in Discord:

We delisted the following markets: TOKENFI, FHE, DMC, SWELL, OSMO, SKATE, FRAG, BDXN, SCA, FIS, MAJOR, TANSSI

Explanation: when external exchanges delist, this affects the construction of the index (oracle) price, which is an aggregate of external price sources. When the index price drops below a quality threshold, we delist the markets as well to avoid disruption. All open positions are settled at the settlement price.
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New announcement from mr_plumpkin in Discord:

All missing funding payments have been backfilled
New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

We're looking into an issue where some trades are taking longer than usual to process @here
New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

This should be completely resolved now @here ^. Let us know in <#1332419182473642107> if you see any residual issues.
New announcement from mr_plumpkin in Discord:

We delisted the following markets: COS, G, LAUNCHCOIN, LOOKS, AVAIL, SWEAT

Explanation: when external exchanges delist, this affects the construction of the index (oracle) price, which is an aggregate of external price sources. When the index price drops below a quality threshold, we delist the markets as well to avoid disruption. All open positions are settled at the settlement price.
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New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

We have delisted CHESSC due to it no longer meeting listing criteria. There were no open positions.
New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

Happy Halloween! 🎃

Here’s our biweekly update:

**Product**
* The most recent mainnet release was [v0.2.5](<https://discord.com/channels/1196857788220067943/1338537927365492818/1431083739374551142>). This was mostly a behind-the-scenes release focusing on scaling the platform to accommodate drastically increased load.
* Added setting to cancel orders without a confirmation popup
* Added a confirmation popup to refcode regeneration
* Scalability improvements to accommodate drastically increased load
* Preparations for referral reward claims


**Community**
* Omni crossed $2b in 24h volume and $400m in OI [for the first time](<https://x.com/variational_io/status/1982314490306908604>)!
* A [brand-new <Variational.io> landing page](<https://x.com/variational_io/status/1981204553413644799>) was released.
* Omni [surpassed 10,000 lifetime traders](<https://x.com/variational_io/status/1981795270221615290>).
* Variational co-founder <@936805508898238494> did an [AMA on Twitter](<https://x.com/mr_plumpkin/status/1983116286625476817>).


**Metrics**
* *Key Metrics*
* Total Volume Traded: $29,040,357,513
* Current Dual-Sided OI: $370.89M
* Total Trades Placed: 7,114,383
* Total Tokens Currently Listed: 490
* *Rewards Metrics*
* Total Losses Refunded: $1,540,364
* Percent of Total Platform Losses Refunded (since implementation of loss refunds): 3.18%
* *User Metrics*
* Daily Active Users (avg. over past week): 3,725
* Weekly Active Users: 7,751
* *Revenue Metrics*
* 2w Revenue: $3,239,199
* Revenue Directed to OLP: $2,799,036
* Revenue Directed to Loss Refund Pool: $440,163
* Total OLP PnL: $5,368,438

Thank you @everyone for your continued support! Our team is feeling more motivated than ever to keep shipping & working to make Omni the best place to trade.
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New announcement from variational_lvs in Discord:

We have delisted FLM due to it no longer meeting listing criteria. There were no open positions.
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New announcement from mr_plumpkin in Discord:

Notice for market 0G: we will be adjusting the funding rate clamp from 2% to 1%. The funding rate will smoothly converge to the new clamp.
New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

We will be delisting $AI16Z on November 5th at 10:00 UTC (<t:1762336800>) due to an upcoming token swap. Positions still open at this time will be force-settled at fair value.
New announcement from mr_plumpkin in Discord:

Notice for market SOON: we will be adjusting the funding rate clamp from 2% to 0.8%. The funding rate will smoothly converge to the new clamp.
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New announcement from ecovar in Discord:

Notice for market SOON: we have adjusted the clamp to 1.5% for premium index values recorded henceforth. This will effectively allow the funding rate to reach 1.5%.
New announcement from ecovar in Discord:

Notice for market KAVA: we have adjusted the clamp to 4% for premium index values recorded henceforth. This will effectively allow the funding rate to reach 4%.
New announcement from ecovar in Discord:

Notice for market LSK: we have adjusted the clamp to 2.5% for premium index values recorded henceforth. This will effectively allow the funding rate to reach 2.5%.