[Direct to AIP] Onboard Strata srUSDe-22OCT2026 PT tokens to V3 Core Instance

[Direct to AIP] Onboard Strata srUSDe-22OCT2026 PT tokens to V3 Core Instance

Author: Aave Labs

Date: 2026-06-09


Summary

This proposal seeks to onboard PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 to the Aave V3 Core Instance on Ethereum. This proposal will be Direct-to-AIP.

Motivation

Given the established adoption of PT-srUSDe collateral on Aave and the upcoming expiry of PT-srUSDe-25JUN2026, this listing provides a natural rollover destination for existing users. The October maturity Pendle pool was deployed on June 5, 2026.

Specification

PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026

Maturity: 2026-10-22 00:00 UTC

Risk Parameters

Risk parameters will be provided by Risk Service Providers and the proposal will be updated accordingly.

Useful Links

Disclaimer

This proposal was prepared by Aave Labs in its capacity as a contributor to the Aave ecosystem. Aave Labs has no financial relationship with Pendle Finance or Strata Finance and has not received compensation from either party in connection with this proposal.

Next Steps

  1. DAO Service Providers to post Asset Risk Assessment and Asset Technical Assessment.

  2. Publish an AIP vote for final confirmation and on-chain enforcement of the proposal.

Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.

This proposal is a useful case study in what composable DeFi actually looks like at maturity, and I think the community should spend a moment appreciating the stack they’re being asked to accept as collateral: a Pendle principal token wrapping Strata’s srUSDe, which itself wraps Ethena’s USDe with a staking layer, listed as collateral on Aave V3 Core. That is three distinct protocol layers, each with its own smart contract risk surface, governance structure, oracle dependency, and failure mode, composing into a single collateral asset. The user who supplies this to Aave and borrows against it at whatever LTV the risk providers recommend is expressing a simultaneous view that Ethena’s delta-neutral basis trade remains solvent, Strata’s restaking mechanism works correctly, Pendle’s PT tokenization and maturity logic are sound, and Aave’s liquidation infrastructure can unwind this stack in real time during stress.

I’m supportive of the listing — Pendle PT tokens have proven themselves as a legitimate DeFi primitive, and the rollover from the June maturity to October is operationally clean. The Direct-to-AIP governance path makes sense for established asset types where the DAO has already evaluated the underlying risk frameworks. What I want to flag is the growing stack risk that accumulates as we keep layering protocols.

When the June 2026 PT-srUSDe was originally listed, each protocol in the stack was evaluated individually. What we don’t have — and what LlamaRisk’s new Risk Framework (Thread #5) starts to address — is a formal methodology for evaluating the joint failure probability of a multi-protocol stack. The individual risk of Ethena, Strata, and Pendle may each be acceptable, but the joint probability of at least one of them experiencing a failure event over the four-month maturity window is substantially higher than any individual probability suggests. If Ethena’s funding rate goes persistently negative (it traded below zero for 47 consecutive days in late 2024), the srUSDe backing degrades, the Pendle PT price drops below its implied discount, and Aave liquidators face a thin orderbook for unwinding a three-layer position. Each link in the chain amplifies the stress rather than diversifying it.

I’d like to see the risk parameters — when they’re published — explicitly address the stack’s correlation structure. What is the liquidation penalty that accounts for the illiquidity of unwinding a PT position during exactly the market conditions that would trigger liquidation? If the risk providers model this as independent failure probabilities multiplied together, they’re systematically underestimating the tail risk. If they model it as correlated (which it is — all three protocols share exposure to ETH funding rates, stablecoin confidence, and DeFi-wide liquidity conditions), the LTV should reflect that correlation.

The contract was deployed June 5, four days ago. What is the current liquidity depth in the Pendle pool for this specific maturity? A brand-new pool listing on Aave as collateral before liquidity has had time to develop is a sequence risk worth quantifying.

– Robby Greenfield | Tokedex.org

Summary

LlamaRisk supports onboarding PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 to the Aave V3 Core instance on Ethereum. At the time of this analysis, the asset has approximately 131 days remaining until maturity on October 22, 2026. The new maturity provides a rollover destination for users currently holding PT-srUSDe-25JUN2026 collateral on Aave V3 Core as that maturity approaches expiry.

The Pendle pool was deployed on June 5, 2026. It holds approximately $0.36M in liquidity and is expected to see additional inflows as liquidity rotates from the preceding maturity. The PT-srUSDe-25JUN2026 pool currently holds about $8.46M in Pendle AMM liquidity and backs approximately $46.8M of collateral on Aave V3 Core. As that maturity nears expiry, it is expected to be the primary source of both liquidity depth and user demand for the October pool. This onboarding recommendation is conditional on the successful migration of liquidity from the June maturity into the PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 pool.

Assessment of PT base asset: Link

Assessment of Pendle PTs: Link

Considered PT asset maturities: PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026

Asset State

Asset Growth

USDe’s circulating supply is ~$4.49B, down from a peak of ~$14.8B in October 2025. srUSDe, the Strata senior tranche, has ~59.6M tokens outstanding.


Source: LlamaRisk, June 13, 2026

Underlying Stability

The chart below shows the Chainlink USDe/USD and sUSDe/USD price feeds. USDe held a tight band around its $1.00 peg over the period and read ~$0.9996 at the snapshot. sUSDe, the staked USDe that srUSDe redeems into, accrued steadily with its yield, rising to ~$1.23.

srUSDe is the senior tranche token of a Strata vault collateralized by sUSDe, into which it redeems. It accrues value through an on-chain exchange rate against USDe, and as the senior tranche, it absorbs losses only after the junior tranche is exhausted.


Source: LlamaRisk, June 13, 2026

Underlying Yield Source

srUSDe earns its yield from sUSDe, which collateralizes the vault. The detailed yield mechanism is set out in the base asset assessment linked above. Pendle splits this position into PT-srUSDe, a fixed-rate claim that redeems at maturity for the quantity of srUSDe worth one USDe rather than for one srUSDe, and a yield token that keeps the floating yield. At the snapshot, the underlying yields 3.40% APY.

Market Analysis

Total Supply

The PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 Pendle pool was deployed on June 5, 2026, and holds ~$0.36M in total liquidity (178,743 SY-srUSDe and 183,471 PT). 184,848 PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 have been minted in aggregate via SY splits, of which ~99% sits inside the Pendle AMM.

The preceding maturity, PT-srUSDe-25JUN2026, holds ~$8.46M in Pendle AMM liquidity and backs ~$46.8M of PT collateral on Aave V3 Core, with expiry on June 25, 2026. As that maturity nears expiry, its AMM liquidity is expected to migrate to the October pool. This listing is conditional on that migration.


Source: LlamaRisk, June 13, 2026

Pool Composition

PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 Pool:

  • Total Liquidity: ~$0.36M
  • SY-srUSDe: 178,743
  • PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026: 183,471

PT and SY reserves are close to balanced by token count, as PT trading volume has met the seed SY liquidity requirement.


Source: LlamaRisk, June 13, 2026

Price and Yield

The PT implied yield stands at 5.47%, the underlying srUSDe APY at 3.40%, and the PT discount-to-par at 1.89%. The 207 bps spread between the underlying srUSDe yield and the PT-implied APY is the premium for locking in a fixed rate for the remaining 131 days.


Source: LlamaRisk, June 13, 2026

PT Yield in Context

PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 pays a fixed 5.47%. The three stablecoins borrowable against this collateral carry variable borrow rates on Aave V3 Core of 3.98% for USDC, 3.55% for USDT, and 2.97% for USDe, all of which are below the PT fixed rate. A leveraged PT-srUSDe position funded with any of them, therefore, carries positive carry at the snapshot rates.

Price and Implied APY Projection

The chart projects PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 price and implied APY from the snapshot through maturity, with the AMM’s structural maximum at the proportion bound shown as dashed lines.


Source: LlamaRisk, June 13, 2026

Maturities

PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 is the next maturity in the srUSDe Pendle market calendar. PT-srUSDe-25JUN2026 is the active rollover origin, with expiry on June 25, 2026, with the October maturity giving holders a market to migrate into. Subsequent maturities will serve the same purpose once the October market expires.

Recommendations

Specification

Parameter Value
Asset PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026
Borrowable No
Collateral Enabled No
Supply Cap 25,000,000
Borrow Cap -
Debt Ceiling -
LTV -
LT -
Liquidation Bonus -
Liquidation Protocol Fee 10.00%
E-Mode Category PT-srUSDe Stablecoins, PT-srUSDe USDe

Linear Discount Rate Oracle

Parameter Value
initialDiscountRatePerYear 5.31%
maxDiscountRatePerYear 10.22%

PT-srUSDe Stablecoins E-Mode

Parameter Value
Isolated True
LTV 88.42%
LT 90.42%
Liquidation Bonus 5.68%
Asset PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 sUSDe USDC USDT USDe
Collateral Yes Yes No No No
Borrowable No No Yes Yes Yes

PT-srUSDe USDe E-Mode

Parameter Value
Isolated True
LTV 91.06%
LT 93.06%
Liquidation Bonus 2.68%
Asset PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 sUSDe USDe
Collateral Yes Yes No
Borrowable No No Yes

Price Feed Recommendation

LlamaRisk recommends pricing PT-srUSDe-22OCT2026 with the same dynamic linear discount rate oracle already used for the other srUSDe maturities. This keeps it consistent with the deployed PT-srUSDe-25JUN2026 reserve.

The oracle treats the PT as a zero-coupon claim that converges to par at maturity, priced from a capped USDT/USD Chainlink feed. The maxDiscountRatePerYear parameter caps the discount, so the quoted price can never fall below the lowest price the AMM can quote. The initialDiscountRatePerYear and maxDiscountRatePerYear values are listed in the Linear Discount Rate Oracle table above.

The discount numbers come from LlamaRisk’s dynamic PT risk-parameter methodology.

Disclaimer

This review was independently prepared by LlamaRisk, a DeFi risk service provider funded in part by the Aave DAO. LlamaRisk serves as a member of Ethena’s Risk Committee and an independent attestor of Ethena’s PoR solution. LlamaRisk did not receive compensation from the protocol(s) or their affiliated entities for this work. The information should not be construed as legal, financial, tax, or professional advice.