Lazy Summer Governance Recap [April 2025]

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As we wrap up April in the Lazy Summer ecosystem, I’m excited to bring you governance roundup—a month marked by momentum, meaningful debates, and forward-looking proposals across both the Forum and Tally. We’re building more than DeFi vaults. We’re curating a composable, risk-aware system for sustainable yield. Let’s dive in.

This month, we have engaged in eight Requests for Comments (RFCs), continuing to shape Summer’s evolving strategy.

Notable RFCs:

  • [RFC] Onboarding OETH & OUSD (April 10th)
    published by @pete

    Proposal to integrate Origin Protocol’s OETH and OUSD into the ETH and USDT Lazy Vaults. This reflects the protocol’s growing appetite for diversified, yield-bearing assets.

  • [RFC] SyrupUSDC by Maple (April 10th)
    published by @samehueasyou

    A spicy pitch to onboard Maple’s SyrupUSDC into the Mainnet USDC vault, opening up access to real-world credit strategies.

  • [RFC] Two New ETH Vaults (April 15th)
    published by @samehueasyou

    A pivotal step: Lazy Summer’s first foray into higher-risk strategies alongside a complementary lower-risk ETH vault.

  • [RFC] SUMR Staking Rewards Extension (April 18th)
    published by @jensei

    Community discussion kicked off around extending SUMR staking incentives, reinforcing long-term alignment.

  • [RFC] Vault Reward Emissions Update (April 23rd)
    published by @jensei

    Proposed adjustments to emissions across the vault suite to better match user activity and strategy performance.

  • [RFC] Higher Risk USDC Vault (April 26th)
    published by @samehueasyou

    Unlocking new growth proposed via additional stablecoin vault that sit one-risk band above today’s lower risk vaults on the Ethereum mainnet.

  • [RFC] Referral/Revenue Share (April 28th)
    published by @chrisb

    Focused on growth of users and TVL via a referral system of payments in assets of the deposit, and SUMR tokens.

  • [RFC] Delegates Compensation (April 30th)
    published by @chrisb

    Proposal for compensation plan for delegates for the work they have, and will hopefully continue to provide to the Lazy Summer Protocol.

SIPs in Focus:

Governance this month wasn’t just talk—we saw eight Summer Improvement Proposals (SIPs) launched to formalize forum discussions and consequently pushed to an onchain vote:

Tally Votes:

April saw seven governance votes completed on Tally, translating ideas into action:

With these approvals, the Lazy Summer fleet grows stronger across Mainnet, Base, and cross-chain deployments. Vault strategies are more diverse, with improved exposure across stablecoins, and ETH risk tranches.

This month showed a strong appetite for innovation, strategy refinement, and deeper Lazy ecosystem integration. From extending SUMR incentives to deploying new ARKs (strategies) and FLEETs (vaults), the governance process is progressing—and it’s powered by YOU, the Lazy Summer Protocol community. Stay active, stay informed, and as always—stay Lazy!

See you on the forum; your friendly green blob.

–jensei

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GM @jensei and @Recognized_Delegates we discussed holding a governance call every other week to further discussions and community building. We’d be happy to facilitate that.<

Ideally this would happen as X spaces. Spaces allow interested outsiders to participate, ask questions and get closer to the Summer ecosystem.

They are also automatically recorded which allows those who can’t participate to listen in later.

Would there be interest in doing this?

  • Yes, let’s do it
  • No, not interested
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For those who voted yes, which timeframe would be good:

  • 6am - 12pm UTC
  • 12pm - 6pm UTC
  • 6pm - 12am UTC
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Thanks for voicing this out @rspa_StableLab – I am in support, and casted my vote now. I agree doing this via X spaces as it seems like a best bet in terms of reach and the recording of sessions.

I have been playing with an idea of bi-weekly spaces with delegates and/or guests from within DeFi/Yield/DAO ecosystem.

I would propose program to include intro, DAO recap (2w), and delegate thoughts on the proposals (both RFCs and SIPs). We could also explore any future interests and endevours for the DAO, followed by open AMA.

–jensei

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