Hi @MatthewGraham, reviewing your comparison table I noticed there is some technical comparisons that are not clear or wrong.
- Balancer Staked ATokens would not require veBAL to work. Is desirable but totally optional and not needed for supplying LP assets and borrowing against the LP collateral, while being able to claim those rewards from Balancer liquidity gauges. This comes really handy and is a great utility not available in the current market, as far as I know, for Balancer LP suppliers.
- The Staked AToken primitive could also support Curve, Convex or Aura LP assets, with minimal changes, and could be built in the meantime. A standard Staked AToken ERC4626 could be supported as well, to allow any protocols to integrate it.
I totally agree that using Aura LP assets would come with greater APR for suppliers, but it contains more complexity and smart contract risk due there is more protocols involved, and that needs to be properly managed, tested and audited.
In my opinion supporting Aura is a short-term desirable goal and I agree it will be both beneficial for Balancer, Aura and Aave users.