[SIP3.15] Extend and Adjust Vault Reward Emissions (Feb '26)

1. Overview:

Following on from this RFC ([RFC] Extend and Adjust Vault Reward Emissions), the current vault rewards are coming to an end of February 9th 2026. This SIP looks to execute the new merkl campaign to add new Vault Rewards to all active DAO owned Vaults.


2. Motivation:

In order to remain competitive with similar protocols, we need additional rewards to supplement the base APY.


3. Specification:

The proposal I put forward will maintain the current emissions of around 270,000 SUMR per day, or around 24M in total for the next 90 days. As with previous extension proposals that have been voted for, it is proposed to target a fixed APY for all vaults, based on todays TVL. That value today, at the current price and TVL, is 0.83% APY from the SUMR tokens.

Chain Vault Current Rewards End Current SUMR APY Current SUMR per day Proposed SUMR @ 0.83% APY 90 Days
Base USDC 9-Feb-26 0.44% 9,898 18,671 1,680,381
Base EURC 9-Feb-26 0.56% 3,192 4,732 425,852
Base ETH 9-Feb-26 1.57% 24,284 12,838 1,155,439
Arbitrum USDC 9-Feb-26 3.12% 16,221 4,315 388,359
Arbitrum USD₮0 9-Feb-26 3.14% 2,850 753 67,795
Ethereum ETH 9-Feb-26 1.18% 78,226 55,024 4,952,126
Ethereum ETH (HR) 9-Feb-26 0.62% 47,957 64,200 5,778,012
Ethereum USDC 9-Feb-26 0.49% 42,163 71,419 6,427,674
Ethereum USDC (HR) 9-Feb-26 0.60% 17,054 23,591 2,123,231
Ethereum USDT 9-Feb-26 1.02% 3,717 3,024 272,189
Sonic USDC.e 9-Feb-26 0.80% 4,198 4,355 391,965
HyperEVM USDC 9-Feb-26 1.30% 8,826 5,635 507,156
HyperEVM USDT 9-Feb-26 3.21% 8,826 2,282 205,390
267,411 270,840 24,375,569

Note, that MERKL charges a 3% fee, which will reduce the emissions slightly.


4. Risk Assessment:

Given the extensive use of MERKL across the Lazy Summer Protocol and its use for these rewards previously, it is not expected to introduce any new risk vectors for the protocol.


5. Voting:

Voting YES for this proposal will execute the MERKL campaign creation, and with it transfer 24,375,569 SUMR to the Merkl Rewards Contract. Voting NO will not execute any campaign creation, and as such no additional rewards will continue to flow to the Vaults from 9th Feb.

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thank you @chrisb for promoting the proposal to a SIP and the vote

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