With nearly 150 vaults already created, SZN0 is in full swing. It’s time for a mid-season update to cover the following:

• UI/UX improvements

• New tokens available for trading

• User Feedback

• Who is creating vaults on Valio, and why

Let’s dive in.

Protocol Improvements

Two essential upgrades to the user interface were made early in Valio’s debut; adding a visualization of CPIT usage and turning on fee collection.

As you may recall, CPIT is Valio’s proprietary mechanism for limiting the price impact of managers’ trades. It’s a necessary safeguard to prevent managers from using depositor funds to pump and dump a token for personal gain and a huge step forward for on-chain asset management. For managers to better plan trades with CPIT in mind, the daily usage percentage is now clearly displayed on the vault management dashboard.

The second adjustment was the activation of fee collection for managers. Here’s a brief refresher on how Valio manager fees work:

• Management fees are flat fees for depositing in a given vault, expressed as an annual % and released to managers each block to be claimed at any time.

• Performance fees are return based and can be claimed at a “high water mark,” meaning when vault value surpasses the point at which the manager previously claimed fees.

• Both types of fees are fully customizable during the vault creation process.

New Token Additions

Wen more tokens? We’re constantly getting requests to add support for trading pairs on Arbitrum and Optimism. Our list of available tokens on Valio is currently 50 and growing. Here’s what we most recently added on Arbitrum:

• agEUR

• HMX

• ARCHI

and Optimism:

• KWENTA

• LYRA

• PIKA

• THALES

• BOB

• rETH

• VELO

• TAROT

• EXTRA

Expanding the investable universe on Valio is a high priority, and this is only the beginning. If there’s an Arbitrum or Optimism token you’d like to see next, let us know! More tokens and new chains are always in the works; we can guarantee that as a manager, you will have access to everything you need to make money on Valio.

And we’re adding support for Ethereum mainnet real soon, so be ready for this list of new token additions to grow!

Reward Chest Campaigns

We’ve got an exciting rewards program set up for our devoted SZN0 participants, and you can learn more about the specific details here. While we periodically issue reward chest spins (you can find all updates on our Twitter), we’ve got some unique programs LIVE to help sweeten the deal.

GMX Traders

Anyone who has previously used GMX for trading will recieve EXTRA reward chest spins just for opening a vault on Valio. Why?

Valio currently supports GMX for leverage trading (Kwenta soon👀), and we love our friends building GMX, so we wanted to sweeten the deal for the blueberry community and give them a taste of what Valio offers. For traders on GMX, creating a vault on Valio just makes sense:

Zealy Campaign

Want to get more involved? We’re frequently adding fresh quests to our Zealy page and rewarding the top spots on the leaderboard with reward chest spins.

Check out our Dashboard here:

Of course, all Discord members know these updates, so make sure you join the community and get involved in the conversation.

User Feedback

We’re constantly looking for ways to improve Valio from both a user and manager perspective, so if you have any feedback you’d like to share, don’t hesitate to drop a message in the suggestions Discord channel → discord.gg/valio.

Here’s what SZN0 users have been saying so far:

“Valio offers a unique opportunity not found anywhere else in crypto. As a depositor, it's helped me discover winning traders to back, so I can spend more of my valuable time with family. As an asset manager, it's helping me establish my community. I look forward to the platform's continued growth and, with Valio's help, assisting Web3 users on their journeys. New or old to crypto, there's a way to win with Valio!”

Who’s Managing Vaults on Valio?

It’s incredible to see 140+ vaults already created, with new managers joining Valio ranks daily. What we’ve seen so far is that managers typically fall into a few categories.

Established Crypto Players

Crypto Linn is the quintessential example, with an established brand and following from consistently delivering alpha via Twitter and a newsletter. Linn’s audience believes in their theses, and Valio is the ideal way for Linn’s followers to bet on their long-term success. Depositors get to leverage Linn’s extensive knowledge and experience rather than having to handle research and trade execution themselves.

Linn can monetize their expertise through management and performance fees. Valio also makes it easy for Linn to advertise their vault and communicate directly with depositors through Discord and Twitter integrations. Whether you’re a respected CT alpha hunter, running a Discord or Telegram trading group, or are a well-known DeBank whale, Valio is the optimal platform for offering your asset management services. Your followers will be much better off depositing with you than mindlessly trying to copy-trade your moves.

Talented Anon Traders

On the other end of the spectrum are the undiscovered traders with no time to build a Twitter following. Too busy sifting through on-chain data and researching new trade setups, these traders seek ways to create an audience and leverage their trading skills.

Take your talents to Valio and let your trades speak for themselves as you build a public track record. If you’re sitting high on the leaderboard and proving your success, it won’t be long before depositors notice, and you find your vault at the top of the explore page. Moreover, depositors don’t need to trust managers thanks to Valio’s safeguarding mechanisms, making it much less risky to take a chance on an undiscovered trader. And again, Valio’s social integrations make it easy to communicate with depositors on your strategy and start to build a following if that’s your goal.

SZN0 and Beyond

It’s phenomenal to see the traction that Valio has gained over just a few weeks since its launch. We’re excited to have a slew of upgrades in the queue that will only improve your experience on Valio, one of them being ETH mainnet support!

SZN0 rewards and trading competition will be live, so explore everything the platform offers, keep up with Quests on Zealy, and join the community on Twitter & Discord to stay updated on what’s coming next.