Welcome to the twenty-sixth edition of the Buffer Digest. Our goal is to keep the Buffer community up-to-date on the latest news, including partnerships, product launches, and ecosystem updates.

TL;DR:

• Key Stats: Protocol Growth, APR Adjustments, Airdrop & Burn

• Platform Updates: V2.5 launch, YouTube channel & tutorials, Notable Post Launch Growth Metrics (user growth)

• Ongoing Priorities: Risk Management (dynamic pricing), More UX Optimizations (in chart position management), User Onboarding & gamification (no loss tournaments), Coupons & Optopi NFT Revamp

• Community Engagement & Partnerships: Community Call #3, The Rollup Unleashed Episode, Buffer Featured on Crypto Pragmatist (by Jack Niewold)

Key Stats

Protocol Growth:

• Trading Volume: $6.8 million

• Total Fees Collected: $878,704

• Total Trades: 88,521

• Total Traders: 1,595

• Cumulative Buffer Burned: 32,225.7 $BFR

APR Adjustment for Sept. 6th:

• $BFR: 25.67%

• $USDC Vault (uBLP): 124.6%

• $ARB Vault (aBLP): 4.76%

Details & Staking: http://earn.buffer.finance

Airdrop & Fee Burn for Sept. 6th:

• 125 $ARB reserved for Airdrop to $BFR stakers

• 1,305 $BFR burned Platform Stats

Platform Updates

V2.5 Launch:

The much-awaited V2.5 update went live on Arbitrum on August 31st. Here’s what the V2.5 upgrade involves:

• 1 Click Trading

• Limit Orders

• Gasless Experience

• Early Close

• Commodities Pairs

• Private Trading

For a full breakdown of the upgrade, and how it changes the game for traders, read our V2.5 introduction article.

We’ve briefly halted 1-min timeframes due to some risk management tweaks. Hang tight, they'll be back in action soon!

Notable Post-launch growth metrics:

Buffer’s YouTube Channel & Tutorials:

Our first three tutorials are out on the recently launched YouTube channel:

📹 Watch here:

• How to Provide Liquidity:

• How to Stake BFR:

• How to Setup Your 1 Click Trading Account:

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Ongoing Priorities

• Risk Management R&D:

Dynamic pricing to support better risk management for lower time frames (e.g., 1-minute options) to quench traders' need for ultimate speed.

• UX Optimization R&D:

Features that make trading on Buffer even more seamless and convenient (e.g., in-chart position management features for market & limit orders) 👀

• Payout Boost Upgrade:

We’ll soon be launching a new novel payout boost mechanism using special coupons and Optopi NFTs.

• User Onboarding & Gamification:

No loss tournaments (coming very soon) 👀

Community Engagement

Collaborations and community engagement also fall under ongoing priorities. Throughout August, and especially the last week, we hosted several trading sessions and community AMAs.

Community Call #3:

The Rollup’s Unleashed Episode #5 - OptionsFi:

Crypto Pragmatist dives deep into v2.5 & it’s potential to simplify on-chain options:

Let’s stay connected!

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