What is Katana Chain?
Katana is a DeFi-optimized Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Polygon Labs and institutional market maker GSR. Built as AggLayer’s liquidity engine, Katana tackles fragmentation and unsustainable yields via:
- Chain-Owned Liquidity (CoL): Funded by sequencer fees, CoL creates deep, permanent liquidity and boosts yield for users in DeFi pools.
- VaultBridge: Deploys bridged assets into low-risk, yield-generating strategies on Ethereum, routing earned yields back into Katana’s DeFi app pools for real yield liquidity mining
- Agora’s AUSD: Katana’s native stablecoin backed by off-chain US treasuries, delivering treasury yield to boost yield in Katana DeFi app pools .
- ZK Security: Leverages AggLayer’s zero-knowledge proofs (via Succinct Labs’ SP1 prover) for trustless cross-chain interoperability and settlement
- Liquidity Flows:
Monitor cross-chain deposits via VaultBridge and AggLayer routing.
Track AUSD adoption and yield routing to Katana DeFi pools. - DeFi Activity:
Analyze trading volume, LP incentives, and real-yield sources on Sushi and Morpho - Ecosystem Growth:
Audit institutional inflows
Katana overview dashboard: dune.com/spaceharpoon/katana-analytics
SushiSwap: dune.com/insights4vc/sushiswap-katana
Morpho: dune.com/insights4vc/morpho-katana
What’s Next?
If you believe there’s a blockchain that deserves to be part of the Dune platform, submit your proposals through our Data Request list here. Or, use Dune Catalyst to integrate your blockchain and make it discoverable on Dune!
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