This proposal seeks to list bCSPX (Backed CSPX Core S&P 500) on Aave V3 Gnosis - Instance, marking Aave’s first RWA token integration on Gnosis Chain. bCSPX represents 1:1 tokenized exposure to the S&P 500 index through a regulated ETF structure.
Motivation
Gnosis Chain Growth: Gnosis Chain currently holds $290M TVL (+18% QoQ) with $5M+ daily DEX volumes (DeFiLlama)
RWA Leadership: Position Aave as first-mover in RWA lending on Gnosis, following successful integrations like Reental RWA on Polygon and friendly forks like RealT on Gnosis.
Market Expansion: Enable exposure to traditional equities through DeFi primitives - a $15.6T addressable market (Galaxy Research)
Benefits for Aave
1. First RWA on Gnosis: Establish early dominance in RWA lending
2. New Market Access: Enable crypto-native exposure to S&P 500 returns (13.8% 10Y CAGR) via regulated token (CoinGecko)
3. TVL Growth Leverage: Tap into $2.5M existing bCSPX/sDAI liquidity pool with GNO incentives (Balancer)
4. Chain Synergy: Align with Gnosis’ 32% TVL growth in 2024 through strategic RWA integrations (DeFiLlama)
The current proposal has been edited by ACI, under Skywards. ACI has not received payment from original author and has not been compensated for future actions regarding this proposal.
Next Step
Publish a TEMP CHECK, and escalate proposal to TEMP CHECK Snapshot.
If Snapshot is positive, escalate to standard ARFC, collect community & service provider feedback before escalating proposal to Snapshot.
Publish an AIP vote for final confirmation and enforcement of the proposal.
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Regarding the proposal, the Aave DAO has refrained from onboarding securities in the past due to a clearly hostile regulatory environment. We have to admit that the world has changed, so perhaps it’s worth exploring and experimenting with this vertical.
The only use case for bCSPX is to be used as collateral, combining an off-chain exposure with an on-chain one. To be honest, I would close my off-chain ETF position and migrate to this if it were available, as the ability to use it as collateral to borrow EURe is attractive to me.
Yet, it’s a new type of collateral with emerging liquidity, and the business potential for the Aave DAO in this onboarding is not significant. Preferably, I would like to see this segregated with a GHO facilitator to increase protocol rewards relative to the risks of the onboarding.
Thanks for the feedback. For future reference may I get some pointers to get what was missing ? I did my best, based on [TEMP CHECK] Add EURC to BASE Aave V3.
Seems the standard for ARFC is quite high, making it quite hard for the average user to post, which is also why I mentionned Skyward.
My use case in mind is similar to yours. Maybe worth contacting the Gnosis DAO, to put in place an incentives program (similar to Balancer) which could in part remunerate the AAVE DAO as well ?
Hey @Alexos - David from Backed here. We fully support your proposal, and if you’d like any further info for this proposal and how we can help, please do get in touch via PM. Creating a proposal for an Aave integration was on our roadmap, but it’s even better to see this demand move so quickly from the community.
The landscape is changing rapidly, and we believe that it will be incredibly powerful to have bCSPX as a collateral asset on Aave.
As you and @MarcZeller mentioned, there is a clear use case for this, and we see many users interested in moving their off-chain exposure on-chain for use within DeFi.
Thanks @David-Backed , let’s see how the community reacts. Could you maybe give an overview of the adoption you have seen from your end so far ? I think it would be valuable.