Unlock Protocol has been teaming up with ApeBond, a platform that helps projects with their own token, like us, grow safer and more stable. Suppose you've ever wondered why some tokens jump in price or fade away after a big promotion. It’s often because the project doesn’t actually control its own liquidity (the money available for trading). ApeBond flips this script, helping us build DAO-owned liquidity that lasts and, in turn, makes us more stable and self-sufficient.

DeFi's original promise is "banking the bankless." Now that a few years have passed, we as users understand the original idea spans much further: empowering everyone to be in control and responsible for their own finances and financial decisions without unnecessary middlemen and/or cost. Yet, financial literacy is not something we get taught at school, and sometimes we have to learn that the hard way. Being part of Web3 communities can help ease and pave the way to understand that world a bit better.

Unlock Protocol DAO is part of the DeFi world inherently since our governance medium is an ERC-20 token, also called a fungible token. Our token's primary use case is governance; nonetheless, a market is attached to the token, and we'd rather see it as a stable market! ApeBond and its mechanics can help with that. The system will benefit individual token holders in our community as much as the protocol itself and its contributing members. With more value in our treasury, we can start to create more regular marketing campaigns and make strategic decisions that are not limited by liquid resources.

ApeBond is like a marketplace for discounted tokens where buyers get our $UP tokens at a lower price. In return, the buyer receives a bond onchain with a 30-day vesting period attached. Instead of giving away lots of rewards that disappear soon, Unlock gets lasting resources, powering up the community and making the token more resilient. Check out the ApeBond docs here to level up your knowledge on how bonds in Web3 work:

While we have been a bit quiet over the summer, our Council of Stewards was quite busy sorting things out for the second half of the year. We have been strategizing, planning, and meeting to get Unlock Protocol the attention it deserves. This bond campaign is just one part of many strategies we are driving, now that we do have more organizational and structural clarity.

Growing our treasury by spinning up more DAO-owned business models and collaborating with communities on a global scale is our goal for the second half of this year and beyond. A collaboration with Ethereum Bolivia and Scout Game is right around the corner, while the winners of the Devfest Kampala Hackathon are conceptualizing a governance dashboard for our community. Furthermore, we are negotiating terms for an exciting marketing and influencer campaign, as well as additional integrations.

We want to invite you to become an active member together with all of us. Here are five easy ways you can do it:

1. Get an ApeBond yourself and actively support our growing treasury.

2. Get on our Discord and start being involved and earning $UP tokens for your active participation (content creation, tutorials, mini applications, GitHub contributions, etc.).

3. Join our weekly community calls via Huddle01 every Tuesday at 3 pm EST (until the times change again).

4. Actively vote on the onchain proposals via our Tally platform and activate the email notifications.

5. If you are not already subscribed to our weekly newsletter, consider subscribing here.

Join, participate, and help build the next chapter with us!

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