Title: Asset Expansion Strategy
Author(s): SaucerSwap Labs
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Submission Date: 2026-03-04
Summary
This proposal approves a Asset expansion strategy to accelerate SaucerSwap’s growth by actively expanding the protocol’s token offerings and liquidity depth. The strategy targets asset categories already showing strong market growth and relevance—including RWAs, tokenized securities, tokenized commodities, liquid staking tokens, and yield-bearing stablecoins—and establishes the operational framework needed to bring those assets and their liquidity onto SaucerSwap.
The initiative consists of three coordinated components: (i) a structured token listing program that covers onboarding and cost on integration, (ii) a community-governed treasury allocation framework for seed liquidity, and (iii) a protocol-owned liquidity strategy built around partner co-liquidity commitments. Until the end of Q2 2026, this proposal allocates 100% of the currently unallocated 12.25% portion of buybacks (50% of POL + Incentive Reserve) to support this initiative.
Motivation
SaucerSwap should not rely on passive expansion. The next phase of growth requires an intentional strategy to broaden the protocol’s asset base, deepen liquidity, and attract new categories of users and capital to Hedera. This proposal is designed to move SaucerSwap from reactive listing activity to a deliberate expansion model centered on asset categories already demonstrating meaningful growth across on-chain markets.
This is particularly important ahead of V3. Concentrated liquidity materially improves SaucerSwap’s value proposition to prospective listing partners, but that advantage only matters if the listing pipeline is already active before launch.
Specification
This proposal authorizes the following protocol expansion strategy:
1. Structured Token Listing Program
SaucerSwap Labs will actively source and pursue listings in high-growth asset categories:
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RWAs — on-chain representations of real-world financial assets, particularly treasury-backed and yield-bearing instruments that connect DeFi liquidity to traditional capital markets. Illustrative targets include Blackrock’s BUIDL, or Ondo’s USDY, OUSG.
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Tokenized securities — on-chain representations of equities and funds that broaden SaucerSwap’s reach beyond crypto-native order flow and position the protocol for the continued migration of capital markets on-chain. Illustrative targets include tokenized COIN, bCSPX, and TSLA.
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Tokenized commodities — commodity-backed tokens, particularly gold-linked assets, that expand the protocol’s addressable market and add a differentiated store-of-value and macro-hedge category. Illustrative targets include PAXG, and XAUT.
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Liquid staking tokens — staking-derived assets that are structurally important to DEX liquidity because they are continuously swapped, rebalanced, and deployed into yield strategies. Illustrative targets include stETH.
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Yield-bearing stablecoins — stable assets that embed yield at the asset layer, creating a stronger reason to hold liquidity on-protocol and reducing the incentive burden required to retain TVL. Illustrative targets include USDe.
2. Community-Governed Treasury Allocation
The DAO will establish a governance framework for deploying treasury capital to co-invest in seed liquidity for approved listings where that capital materially improves launch quality, market depth, and partner alignment. Treasury participation under this initiative is governance-directed, not automatic. We will update the community with any new proposal that would allocate part of the treasury to these pools, which will go to vote in accordance with our governance framework.
3. Protocol-Owned Liquidity Program
SaucerSwap Labs will negotiate co-liquidity commitments from listing partners in order to reduce reliance on mercenary capital and build more durable TVL as a backstop to the V3 orderbook. If appropriate, ecosystem partner-backed seed liquidity for HBAR and USDC trading pairs may also be pursued.
Funding
For the next quarter, this proposal allocates 100% of the currently unallocated 12.25% portion of the 1/6 fee switch to this initiative. Based on current run rate, that amount is approximately $8,500 per month, with realized value varying based on protocol fee generation and SAUCE price.
Rationale and Benefits
The rationale for this proposal is straightforward: asset categories such as RWAs, tokenized securities, tokenized commodities, LSTs, and yield-bearing stablecoins are already attracting meaningful capital and attention across on-chain markets. SaucerSwap should compete for that liquidity directly rather than waiting for it to arrive indirectly. A structured expansion strategy increases the likelihood of securing quality listings, building deeper markets, and broadening the protocol’s relevance on Hedera.
This strategy also strengthens SaucerSwap’s position ahead of V3. The protocol should enter the V3 window with active partner conversations, prepared listings, and credible liquidity plans already underway.
Scope and Guardrails
This proposal approves the strategy and funding framework. It does not automatically approve listing, incentives, or treasury deployment for every asset referenced above. All listings pursued under this initiative remain subject to SaucerSwap Labs’ technical, operational, and legal review, and any treasury-backed seed liquidity remains subject to governance direction and transparent reporting.
Voting Options
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YES — Approve
Approve the Protocol Expansion Strategy, authorize SaucerSwap Labs to implement the three-part initiative described above, and allocate 100% of the currently unallocated 12.25% portion of the 1/6 fee switch to the initiative for the next quarter.
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NO — Reject
Do not approve the Protocol Expansion Strategy and do not allocate the currently unallocated fee-switch portion to this initiative.
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ABSTAIN