The Endaoment
Your Money Working Overtime
Every protocol has a treasury. Most sit on millions doing nothing.
The Endaoment puts every dollar to work. Bond proceeds from bond sales don't collect dust—they're deployed across DeFi earning yield, providing liquidity, and defending GREEN's peg. It's a treasury that compounds while others sleep.
This is what happens when you design a treasury to grow wealth, not just hold it.
Why The Endaoment Exists
Traditional DeFi protocols face a critical challenge: they must choose between maintaining large idle treasuries for stability or deploying capital for growth. The Endaoment solves this dilemma by creating a dynamic treasury that:
Actively grows protocol wealth through sophisticated yield strategies
Defends GREEN's stability with algorithmic market operations
Operates autonomously without manual treasury management
Creates sustainable revenue that benefits all protocol participants
The Three-Contract Architecture
Three contracts. One treasury system. Here's how they work together:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ENDAOMENT SYSTEM │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ │
│ │EndaomentFunds │ │ Endaoment │ │ EndaomentPSM │ │
│ │ (Treasury) │◄──│ (Orchestrator)│──►│ (PSM) │ │
│ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ └───────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Holds all Swaps, LP, GREEN/USDC │
│ protocol yield, peg conversions │
│ assets stabilization + USDC yield │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘EndaomentFunds — The Vault Where the money lives. Holds all protocol-owned assets. Only Endaoment can withdraw — nobody else touches these funds.
Endaoment — The Operator The brains of the operation. Swaps tokens, provides liquidity, deploys yield strategies, runs the GREEN stabilizer. This is where treasury management actually happens.
EndaomentPSM — The Peg Defender Your direct line to swap GREEN ↔ USDC at $1. Rate-limited to prevent games, but always ready to defend the peg through arbitrage.
How Value Flows Through The Endaoment
The Treasury Flywheel
Bond Sales → Treasury Growth → Yield Generation → Protocol Strength
↑ ↓
└──────────── More User Confidence ←───────────────────┘Every stablecoin that enters through bond sales becomes productive capital that:
Earns yield across multiple DeFi protocols
Provides liquidity for GREEN trading
Backs the protocol during market stress
Funds operations without token inflation
Core Capabilities
1. Intelligent GREEN Stabilization
The Endaoment acts as GREEN's guardian, maintaining its $1 peg through automated market operations:
The 50/50 Rule: The system monitors GREEN's ratio in Curve pools, targeting perfect balance with paired stablecoins.
When GREEN Weakens (trades below $1):
Detects when GREEN exceeds 50% of the pool
Removes excess GREEN liquidity
Burns GREEN to reduce circulating supply
Market forces push price back to $1
When GREEN Strengthens (trades above $1):
Detects when GREEN falls below 50% of the pool
Adds GREEN liquidity to increase availability
May mint new GREEN (tracked as debt)
Market forces bring price back to $1
This creates a self-balancing system where GREEN maintains its peg without manual intervention.
2. Peg Stability Module (PSM)
Want to swap GREEN for USDC at exactly $1? That's the PSM. No slippage, no DEX drama — just a clean 1:1 conversion.
What You Can Do:
Mint GREEN: Deposit USDC → Receive GREEN at 1:1 (can auto-wrap to sGREEN)
Redeem GREEN: Burn GREEN → Receive USDC at 1:1 (accepts sGREEN too)
How It Defends the Peg:
GREEN below $1?
→ Arbitrageurs buy cheap GREEN
→ Redeem via PSM for full $1 USDC
→ Buying pressure restores peg
GREEN above $1?
→ Arbitrageurs mint GREEN for $1 USDC
→ Sell on market for profit
→ Selling pressure restores pegGuardrails:
Rate limits prevent manipulation
Optional fees on mint/redeem
Allowlisting available for controlled rollouts
Underscore Protocol gets unlimited access (operational needs)
Idle USDC? Still Working.
The PSM doesn't let reserves sit around doing nothing. Excess USDC auto-deposits into yield vaults, pulls back when needed for redemptions. Earning returns while waiting for arbitrage opportunities.
Self-sustaining peg defense. That's the idea.
3. Multi-Strategy Yield Engine
The Endaoment leverages Underscore Protocol — an advanced infrastructure that provides standardized integrations (called "Legos") with DeFi protocols. This partnership enables both programmatic treasury management today and AI-driven optimization in the future.
How Underscore Powers the Endaoment:
Unified Interface: Every yield strategy uses the same standardized commands, whether deploying to Aave or Uniswap
Registry-Based Discovery: New protocol integrations automatically become available without contract upgrades
AI-Ready Architecture: Designed from day one to enable AI agents to analyze and execute complex treasury strategies
Active Strategies Include:
Lending Protocols: Earning interest on Aave, Morpho, Euler, Fluid, Compound
Automated Market Makers: Providing liquidity on Aerodrome, Uniswap, Curve
Liquid Staking: Capturing ETH staking rewards
Concentrated Liquidity: Maximizing capital efficiency
Smart Allocation: The system continuously optimizes between strategies based on:
Real-time yield comparisons
Risk-adjusted returns
Liquidity needs
Market conditions
Future AI Integration: While currently operating through programmatic rules, the Endaoment's architecture is built to support AI treasury managers that could dynamically rebalance across integrated protocols, finding optimal yield opportunities 24/7.
4. Strategic Partnership Programs
The Endaoment enables win-win liquidity partnerships:
For Partners:
Co-invest alongside protocol treasury
Share in liquidity provision rewards
Reduce impermanent loss through diversification
Access protocol-generated GREEN liquidity
For Ripe Protocol:
Deepen liquidity without dilution
Establish ecosystem relationships
Expand market presence
Generate additional revenue streams
Where Protocol Revenue Goes
Every fee the protocol earns? It goes somewhere useful.
The Revenue Split
Borrowing fees and interest get split two ways:
RIPE Buybacks: A portion buys RIPE off the market (good for RIPE holders)
sGREEN Yield: The rest flows to sGREEN holders
The split ratio is adjustable by governance. More borrowing = more revenue = both tokens benefit. See RIPE Value Accrual for the full breakdown.
Treasury Yields (Future)
Right now, all Endaoment earnings stay in the treasury — compounding, growing the war chest.
But governance can change that. Future options include directing treasury yields to:
RIPE stakers — reward the long-term believers
sGREEN holders — boost returns beyond stability pool earnings
Real yield from real operations. Not inflation. That's the difference.
What Sets The Endaoment Apart
Unlike traditional protocol treasuries that rely entirely on manual decisions, the Endaoment combines automated mechanisms with strategic oversight. It doesn't just hold assets — it actively manages them to:
Generate sustainable yield without taking excessive risks
Defend GREEN's stability through market-based mechanisms
Grow protocol wealth in both bull and bear markets
Operate transparently with all actions verifiable onchain
The Compound Effect
Here's what most people miss about treasuries: they're not just backstops. They're growth engines.
Every bond sold adds fuel. Every yield harvest compounds. Every market intervention strengthens the peg. The Endaoment doesn't just protect the protocol—it makes it unstoppable.
While other treasuries measure success in dollars held, the Endaoment measures it in dollars earned. That's the difference between surviving and thriving.
The treasury is working. The yields are compounding. The protocol is growing.
Are you in?
For technical implementation details, see the Endaoment Technical Documentation.
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