Slingshot expanded to the Optimism network at the end of last year and we’ve continued to see impressive user and volume growth. We’re sharing Slingshot data from January and August to show what an eight month difference looks like in regard to swapping volume and the number of active wallets (i.e., wallets actively swapping on Optimism using Slingshot). We’ll also include an overview of our first OP Promo, past swap bonuses, and DEX integrations available on Optimism. Let’s dive in.
14x increase of wallets using Slingshot to swap assets on Optimism
During January, there were 1.3k wallets active on Slingshot that were swapping assets on the Optimism network. Last month, during August, there were 18.8k wallets active, showing a 14x increase in monthly number of Optimism wallets on Slingshot from January to August. We’ve seen a consistent rise in wallet activity throughout the past eight months, with a median amount of 4.2k active wallets in April, and recent months accounting for the largest increase in swapping activity. Overall, Slingshot has been used by 38.8k individual wallets on the Optimism network since the beginning of this year.
$26m of volume was swapped on Optimism using Slingshot during August. And nearly $70m so far this year.
January brought the first full month of volume insight for Slingshot on Optimism, with $2.7m volume swapped. This past month, there was $23m more volume swapped in August than in January, with last month bringing a total of $26.1m in swapping volume on Optimism. Our other largest months were April and June, with $12.5m and $13.2m in swapping volume. In relation to USD, Slingshot swapping volume on Optimism grew by more than 9x in just eight months, with a total of $69.6m volume swapped from January through August, 2022.
OP Token Promos & Bonuses
During August, we teamed up with Layer3 to run an OP token promo for users to get up to 12 OP tokens when they swapped on Optimism using Slingshot. In under 24 hours, $10m of volume was swapped by 7k+ participants. The promo was intended to run from August 15th until August 21st, but within a day, our 50k OP tokens of rewards had already been accounted for.
Shortly after the OP Token Promo, we surprised select users when we awarded OP tokens for the first time as a bonus for swapping certain tiers of volume on Optimism from August 22nd until August 31st. Those who achieved Tier 3 were eligible to claim 25 OP tokens.
From August 15th through August 21st, Slingshot was ranked top user project in the Optimism ecosystem, and #1 amongst similar applications for transaction count and number of users. Since then, we have consistently remained a top three project on Optimism, as ranked by Dune.
Looking Forward
As Slingshot continues to expand within the Optimism ecosystem, we’re excited to see further growth in swapping volume and number of active wallets. We anticipate future integrations to deepen liquidity, with four DEX integrations currently available on Optimism, including Curve, Beethoven X, Uniswap V3, and Velodrome. Stay tuned for future promos we have coming soon (hint: there’s a reason we said ‘first OP promo’ and ‘first past swap bonus’). And thank you always to our community for your support and excitement!
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