New announcement from 0xmgb in Discord:

Welcome back to the Variational biweekly update!

Product
• The most recent mainnet release was v0.19.0.
◦ Started RWA trading competition.
◦ Added PnL chart to the portfolio page.
◦ Other miscellaneous UI improvements.
◦ Preparations for Phase 2 (TradFi liquidity).

Community
• Points distributions 27 and 28 have been completed.
• Another RWA competition is beginning Monday, with $20,000 in prizes.
• Variational’s Head of Product @Justin held a Q&A on X.
• US500 dividends were paid out on Variational.
• DeFiLlama released a report covering Variational’s unique broker-like model.

Metrics
• Key Metrics
◦ Total Volume Traded: $255.8B
◦ Current Dual-Sided OI: $1.1B
◦ TVL (Excludes OLP Hedging Accounts): $150.3M
◦ Total Markets Currently Listed: 491
• Rewards Metrics
◦ Total Rewards Claimed: $7,366,115
◦ Total Losses Refunded (Sunset): $4,559,196
◦ Total Referral Rewards Claimed: $2,806,919
• User Metrics
◦ Daily Active Users (avg. over past week): 10,603
◦ Weekly Active Users: 17,610
• Revenue Metrics
◦ 2w Spreads Paid (Gross Revenue): $3,216,760
◦ 2w Market Making Costs (Cost of Revenue): ($1,947,440)
◦ 2w Net Revenue: $1,269,320
◦ 2w Rewards: ($155,995)
◦ Referral Rewards: ($155,995)
◦ 2w Net Profit: $1,113,325
◦ Protocol Treasury: $643,352
◦ OLP PnL: $469,973
◦ Lifetime OLP PnL: $14,964,803
◦ Current Protocol Treasury Holdings: 4,073,913 USDC

We appreciate your continued trust and support!

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