Origin
Since
2017
About
Unlock superior yields with Permissionless DeFi—your gateway to innovative staking and liquidity.
Origin Protocol crafts permissionless DeFi products for superior ETH and stablecoin yields. Their flagship, Origin Ether (OETH), is a composable liquid staking token with higher yields than peers. Pioneers of the yield-bearing stablecoin OUSD and Super OETH—the first Supercharged LST on Base. Backed by leading VCs and Silicon Valley veterans, Origin boasts a fast-moving, diverse team from top tech firms, driving innovation in DeFi.
Use Cases
High-Yield ETH Staking
Users stake ETH with Origin Ether (OETH) to earn superior staking rewardsthrough liquid staking and rebasing tokens.
DeFi Liquidity Provision
Provide liquidity with Super OETH on Aerodrome or Plume to earn staking rewardsplus additional AMM incentives and token rewards.
Fixed-Income via Pendle Integration
Wrap OETH on Pendle to split into principal and yield tokens, enabling tradingand fixed APY earnings on decentralized markets.
Lending and Borrowing on Money Markets
Use wrapped OETH on Ethereum and Arbitrum money markets for lending, borrowing,and leveraging through automated looping strategies.
Key Features
DeFi Products and Innovation
- Origin Protocol offers yield-bearing assets like Origin Ether (OETH) andOrigin Dollar (OUSD).
- OGN holders stake tokens to govern the protocol and earn revenue from productslike OETH and OUSD.
- Origin Protocol uses smart contracts to automate yield optimization onEthereum, Base, and Arbitrum.
- Origin Protocol employs an Automated Redemption Manager (ARM) to ensurelow-slippage swaps for redeemable assets.
- Origin Protocol offers Super OETH, a supercharged liquid staking token (LST) on Base,leveraging L2 incentives for enhanced yields.
OGN Tokenomics and Governance
- OGN serves as the governance and revenue-sharing token within the OriginProtocol ecosystem.
- 20% of protocol fees are used to buy back OGN, with 50% distributed to stakers and 50% used to bootstrap liquidity.
- OGN stakers vote on upgrades, fee structures, and treasury allocations.
- Recent proposals shifted all protocol revenue to OGN buybacks, eliminatinginflationary rewards.
- The OGN token has a fixed supply of 1.4 billion tokens.
Headquarters
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California
Website
originprotocol.com
7M
OGN tokens repurchased in July
39.6% vAPY
OGN staking yield in July
