The SDL Priority Pool

As 2024 comes to a close, we take time today to give thanks to everyone a part of the @stakedotlink protocol, recap our wins, and look ahead to our future. To our member-node operators, members of the community, and current/past members of the DAO council who contributed to a successful 2024: Thank you. Let's recap our wins👇 • Surpassed $100,000,000 in TVL for the first time in Q4 2024 (>3.33x higher than 2023’s TVL ATH, >16.667x higher than 2023’s TVL in Q3 2023). • Staked 2,287,671.73 $LINK in the last 12 months (+203% Total LINK Staked YoY from 1,125,000 one year ago). • Total $LINK Staked stands at 3,412,671.73 $LINK. • Surpassed 250,000 Total stLINK rewards to $LINK Stakers in the final days of December (251,266.97 $stLINK as of writing). • Yearly reward rate for $LINK Staking (5.36%) remains 24.074% higher than Native @chainlink Staking’s 4.32% yearly reward rate. • Increased weekly $stLINK distributions from 466.9745 $stLINK per weekly distribution in February (when weekly distros began) to 582.5357 $stLINK as of December 30, 2024 (ATH). • Reward rate for $SDL Staking (5.82%) continues to see a reward rate variance of 30%–50% higher than Native @chainlink Staking’s 4.32% (in-line with 2023). • Reached 155,643,880 reSDL held, representing 23,513,968.75 $SDL staked — the most since Tokenomics 2.0’s inception. • Increased average lock period of $SDL staked to 2.81 years, generating 36,827.64 stLINK rewards to $SDL stakers. • Took $LINK Staking cross-chain for the first time on @arbitrum. • Attained the 3rd most $LINK of all Blockchains and DeFi protocols (barring Ethereum), closing in on the @arbitrum Bridge ($8m TVL to go). • Passed 15 SLURPs with more in the works. • Attained a listing on one of the 10 most popular CEXes by volume, @MEXC_Official. • Sponsored and spoke at @chainlink’s SmartCon in Hong Kong. • Procured best-in-industry security services for 24/7 monitoring of assets staked through stake.link with @HypernativeLabs. • Fully completed preparations for deployment to @MetisL2 as an LST provider. • Formalized pairing with one of the largest infrastructure providers for the @MetisL2 deployment, @a41_allforone ($2.5b Total Staked Assets, 1.8% of all staked $ETH is with A41). • Doubled the community pool delegation fee to $SDL stakers/ reSDL holders. • Hired the first full-time DAO employee (Network Aligned Individual Liaison / NAIL - Tokenized / @Sjsvakkkk). • Integrated with industry-renowned accounting and financial management firm @HarrisTrotter_. • Bolstered incentives to the stLINK/LINK Pool on @CurveFinance, achieving ATH liquidity levels of $10m+. • Passed governance to implement a DeFi-PoL delegation fee for stake.link’s LSTs (Coming Soon). • Achieved a runway of $250,000 in $USDC, enabling the protocol to be better prepared to weather future market conditions. • Announced the first proposed 3rd party strategic partnership with industry-leading digital asset staking platform @StakingRewards. • Established formal DAO legal structure under the British Virgin Islands regulatory framework (BVI). • Finalized Native $LINK Staking Withdrawals Contracts and Audits, set to deploy in January. • Completed the first public competitive audit involving @chainlink CCIP. • Successfully actioned both Airdrops to $LINK depositors to the Priority Pool and $SDL stakers as enacted per SLURP-10a (please check the Airdrops page for those who have not claimed their SDL Airdrops — this can be found in the “Claim - Airdrops” section of the Assets tab in the top left of the stake.link app). We look forward to the 2025 year and executing on our laid-out vision for the stake.link Protocol. Special thanks to those who power @stakedotlink and the @chainlink Network: @01node @chainlayerio @hiFramework @galaxyhq @Inotelro @LinkForest_io @linkpoolio @linkriver_io @MatrixedLink @orionstaking @PierTwo_com @SimplyStaking @stakefish @StakinOfficial @TiingoFinance We hope everyone has enjoyed time off with their friends and family this holiday season, and we wish you all a prosperous New Year. mirror.xyz/stakedotlink.eth/…