# Buffer Digest

By [Buffer Digest](https://paragraph.com/@buffer-digest) · 2023-01-20

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Welcome to the _second edition of the weekly newsletter_. Each week, we will provide **updates** on **product development** along with **_verified statistics on protocol and community growth_**.

_Let’s get started!_

This week’s edition comprises :

*   **Quote of the week**
    
*   **Platform Statistics**
    
*   **Ecosystem News**
    
    *   _Optopi Launch_
        
    *   _Revest Finance partnership_
        
    *   _GMD partnership_
        
*   **Additional News**
    

Quote of the week is …
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> **_Today is a big day for all our partner WL participants! Stay tuned!_**

Platform Statistics
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![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fffc1087f5fcbe6b14d8031c6710704602218c245c836cd1eb197a9fd518b8da.png)

Ecosystem news
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### Optopi Launch

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/38e33aa180cc81c5c14c5dfcd626f585896957f7404623d1a6e605f586c57230.png)

A lot of Buffer community members reading this report are now proud Optopi parents! It’s thrilling to see you flaunt the octopi on Twitter, and today our **partner WL members will get to do the same starting at 4:00 PM UTC**. Recently we also hosted a community call where we discussed many **exciting narratives, including real yield on Buffer, the testnet, Buffer’s upcoming roadmap**, and last but not least, the **Optopi collection and its many utilities for holders**. In case you missed the call, you can still tune into the recording, [**available here**](https://twitter.com/Buffer_Finance/status/1615456954029314048?s=20&t=BedC6xMmYjKWEAA-oo-ImQ).

But **let’s make it short**, here are **_some of the important infos you need to know_** :

*   **_19th - mint for our community WL_**
    
*   **_20th - mint for our partner WL_**
    
*   **_21th - public mint_**
    
*   **_for all latecomers_**: [**mint via this website**](https://optopi.buffer.finance/ARBITRUM)
    

Please **refer to the table below to know the different mint prices** :

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0dc3331d2be5970ffb7bd45c161ea0e1194cd33fae204f7dd9f4e866adae004e.png)

The collection has also been uploaded to Opensea. _Please_ **_be careful with any other collection than the one_** [**_available here_**](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://opensea.io/collection/the-optopi-collection%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1674233165801824%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw0UBm7r0XVGrro4rzB9LdvC&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1674233165812066&usg=AOvVaw2PyMUJXHy-S2oiZ29kXfLe). This is Buffer’s **only official Optopi collection**!

**We look forward to the upcoming mint phases, and we are excited to see you flaunt your Optopis** 🐙!

### Revest Finance partnership

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3a2858606aced1d9ec3012c7a79df650850bf193437f4c46beedb1a5bd96f2b9.png)

We are extremely pleased to announce our partnership with **Revest Finance**. For those of you wondering what this partnership entails – Buffer has allocated 15,000 USDC to be utilized in Revest’s Resonate pool, **allowing users to take advantage of yield at 18.2% APR on their USDC**! Pretty awesome right?

Access **more details on this partnership** [**here**](https://revestfinance.medium.com/resonate-announces-deployment-partnership-with-buffer-finance-f13ddd967e2d).

### GMD partnership

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/12c30f3721cf72b34fc28c3e8302f68e6c49b15199843800a146c5d08cd21150.png)

_Another fine day, another fine partnership!_ 

**We love collaborating with all of the exceptional protocols on Arbitrum**. Our most recent partnership highlight was GMD protocol.

This partnership allows users to :

*   **Earn real yield via delta-neutral USDC vault**
    
*   **Stake USDC to mint BLP** (BLP tokens being _staked automatically_)
    
*   Earn trading fees through BLP
    

You can **read more about this fabulous collab in** [**this article**](https://medium.com/@gmdprotocol/introduction-gmd-x-buffer-usdc-vault-bb14ca0256dd).

Additional News
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[https://twitter.com/Buffer\_Finance/status/1616103386289475585?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw](https://twitter.com/Buffer_Finance/status/1616103386289475585?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw)

[https://twitter.com/Buffer\_Finance/status/1616110215300087809?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw](https://twitter.com/Buffer_Finance/status/1616110215300087809?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw)

[https://twitter.com/Lysis1501/status/1613926333045968898?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw](https://twitter.com/Lysis1501/status/1613926333045968898?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw)

[https://twitter.com/MeRoowd/status/1615756604292333585?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw](https://twitter.com/MeRoowd/status/1615756604292333585?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw)

[https://twitter.com/Super\_Launcher/status/1615710311188959234?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw](https://twitter.com/Super_Launcher/status/1615710311188959234?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw)

[https://twitter.com/DaoDragonz/status/1616114071119577107?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw](https://twitter.com/DaoDragonz/status/1616114071119577107?s=20&t=OWbdxP8Ny3qY0Ld-G4b9Tw)

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