Regarding the SUMR liquidity strategy, I would like to throw another idea into the mix: Yield Forwarding
If the DAO was open to pairing SUMR with superOETHb (Origin Protocol’s high-yielding ETH LST that is supported on the Summer ETH Base vault) instead or in addition to wETH, we could turn on Yield Forwarding for the pool (more info here and here). With Yield Forwarding we can take the underlying yield generated from the superOETHb in the pool and have it sent directly to a DEX’s gauge as a bribe on the pair - this basically creates a constant bribing system on the pair, funded by superOETHb itself rather than being paid by Summer.
Alternatively instead of going straight to bribes, the yield can be forwarded directly to the Summer DAO treasury - so the DAO would be earning the pool’s trading fees, plus the superOETHb yield on top. Here is a simple graphic of the two different applications:
Presumably the pool volume should be similar on a SUMR/superOETHb pool as it would be on a SUMR/wETH pool since superOETHb is 1:1 with ETH. About 30 different projects have set up pools with Yield Forwarding enabled and have been enjoying the passive yields across Base, Sonic, and mainnet.