# LPDAO Proposal: Launch REGEN Single-Sided Staking Pool on Hydrex (Base) **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 7, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546 "2025-11-07T05:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/1 "2025-11-07T05:01:40Z")
**Context** Hydrex is a **liquidity infrastructure and MetaDEX on Base** that automates yield generation and revenue sharing through its token, HYDX. Similar to Aerodrome’s ve-model, Hydrex allows single-token staking and automatically compounds rewards into “Earning Power,” which earns continuous protocol revenue. **Objective** Deploy part of LP DAO’s REGEN emissions to create a revenue-generating position on Hydrex, expanding REGEN’s on-chain presence and liquidity footprint in the Base ecosystem. **Structure** - Deposit **$5,000 – $10,000 USD equivalent in REGEN** from LP DAO holdings. - Enable **single-sided staking**. - Optionally contribute a **REGEN bribe** , which Hydrex will **match 1:1 in HYDX** , directing governance votes and emissions to the REGEN pool. - Rewards accrue as **oHYDX** , which under **Anchor Club automation** convert into **Earning Power** —a continuously compounding revenue-share position. - **Earning Power is permanently locked** ; automation can be paused anytime for manual reward claims. - **Governance:** LP DAO and individual participants who lock HYDX gain voting power. These votes can be used weekly to **direct emissions back to the REGEN pool** , compounding returns and reinforcing the cycle. **Rationale** - Converts idle REGEN emissions into an **active yield-bearing treasury position**. - Establishes REGEN on Base while waiting for ReFi DEX and Aerodrome whitelisting. - Tests Hydrex’s compounding and governance infrastructure for future regenerative-finance integrations. - Maintains principal fully in REGEN, limiting downside exposure. **Deliverables** 1. Submit Hydrex partnership form → [https://docs.hydrex.fi/](https://docs.hydrex.fi/) 2. Execute deposit and optional matched-bribe cycle. 3. After 30 days, report HYDX emissions earned, Earning Power growth, and vote weight impact. **Ask** Authorize allocation of up to **$10,000 in REGEN** from LP DAO emissions to seed the Hydrex pool and enable governance participation in subsequent emission votes. **Reference Docs** - Main site: [https://www.hydrex.fi/](https://www.hydrex.fi/) - Docs: [https://docs.hydrex.fi](https://docs.hydrex.fi) ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/2 "2025-11-07T18:44:29Z")
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**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/3 "2025-11-08T03:34:18Z")
### **1. REGEN single-sided staking on Hydrex** - REGEN is deposited into a Hydrex **single-sided staking account**. - The account earns **HYDX rewards** over time. - The REGEN principal remains withdrawable; staking does not lock the underlying REGEN. * * * ### **2. HYDX rewards vs Anchor Club** There are two layers: 1. **Plain HYDX rewards** - Show up next to the stake as a **“Claim”** amount. - If you press Claim, HYDX goes to the wallet as a normal liquid token. - That HYDX can be held, sold, or restaked elsewhere. - This is the **only** part that is truly liquid. 1. **Anchor Club automation** - Optional automation that runs **once every 24 hours**. - If the account has at least a threshold of rewards, automation: - Auto-claims HYDX, - Applies a **250% bonus** , - Mints **Anchor Credits**. - Anchor Credits do nothing by themselves; they are “boosted points” waiting to be converted. * * * ### **3. Conversion to Earning Power** - When Anchor Credits are available, you can press **Convert**. - Conversion turns those credits into **Earning Power** in a Protocol Account. - From that moment forward, Earning Power: - Earns a share of **protocol revenue** each epoch, and - Gives **voting power** to direct HYDX emissions to chosen pools (e.g., a REGEN pool). Important: - Conversion is **one-way**. - Earning Power does **not** convert back into liquid HYDX. - The “return” on Earning Power comes as **new HYDX rewards** you can later claim from the protocol, not from redeeming the 1:1 principal. * * * ### **4. Epochs and voting** - Hydrex runs in **epochs** (weekly). - At each epoch snapshot time, the protocol checks all Earning Power balances. - Those balances determine: - How much protocol revenue each account gets. - How much voting weight each account has to **direct HYDX emissions** to specific pools. Practical effect for REGEN: - If LP DAO converts some HYDX into Earning Power, it can then **vote emissions** toward a REGEN single-stake pool, boosting its APY. - Any Earning Power created **before** the epoch snapshot counts from that epoch onward; anything converted after only counts from the **next** epoch. * * * ### **5. Liquidity and exit** - **REGEN principal:** - Fully withdrawable by unstaking from the single-stake account. - Not affected by Anchor Club, Credits, or Earning Power. - **HYDX rewards:** - Any HYDX visible under “Claim” is liquid and can be withdrawn and sold. - Once HYDX has been routed into Earning Power (via Anchor Credits), it is no longer redeemable as HYDX; it only produces future HYDX rewards. So the risk/effect profile is: - **REGEN at stake** = liquid, reversible. - **HYDX in wallet** = liquid, sellable. - **Earning Power** = permanent governance + revenue-share seat. * * * ### **6. How LP DAO should likely use this** For REGEN: - Use **single-stake REGEN** to earn HYDX. - Treat HYDX flows as: - **Mostly liquid yield** (claimable HYDX), and - **Partially converted** into Earning Power to secure governance and the ability to vote emissions to REGEN pools. - Keep conversion **deliberate and limited** : - A small portion of HYDX → Earning Power for voting and long-term revenue share. - The rest remains liquid HYDX to avoid getting “stuck” and to preserve treasury flexibility. * * * That’s the full picture in structured form: REGEN in → HYDX out → optionally boosted via Anchor Club → optionally made permanent as Earning Power for governance and revenue share. ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/4 "2025-11-09T00:08:36Z")
Quick Hydrex update: because our liquidity on Base is still relatively low, Hydrex requires a **$10k full-range LP** in either ETH or USDC for REGEN to be listed. Once that full-range pool is live, we can optionally add a **single-sided stake LP** on top. I think the requirement is fair given their routing and risk model. Next step is confirming where the $10k comes from and in which base asset (ETH or USDC), then we can proceed. ---
**Author:** ![guda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/guda/32/111_2.png) [@guda](https://forum.regen.network/u/guda)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/5 "2025-11-09T00:28:39Z")
Guda Sol 🔺 cXc.world Map of Music onchain, [Nov 7, 2025 at 11:42:33 AM]: This is a big red flag, a one sided asset pool has no backing, for it to work requires a tight control of supply. Makes sense on a new chain, but misrepresenting the fees A one sided asset has a price point that there’s NO fees below that. If you have a single-sided asset you need 0 token emissions for market stability in all conditions. So long to start earning fees when price goes up, and the price ever goes below it stops earning fees In a broader sense, single sided liquidity can be used for a project to capture value without providing it, not in all cases, but mechanically, if looking at it like spot, you’re placing sell orders between a range that also put buy orders for less when sold. Please update your proposal with exact ranges of prices and a accurate representation of fees ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/6 "2025-11-09T01:50:48Z")
I’m presenting this as an **emissions + revenue-share pilot with withdrawable REGEN**. The exact internal mechanics (ranges, IL, fee routing) are on Hydrex’s side. Please treat any ambiguity in my earlier wording as caveated by that. ---
**Author:** ![RegenChristian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RegenChristian](https://forum.regen.network/u/RegenChristian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/7 "2025-11-11T17:22:17Z")
We had a zoom meeting with the Hydrex team and this sounds really interesting to me. To address Guda’s concern, this is not a one sided pool, the “one sided” position that someone would be adding would basically backstop and add to a two sided LP pool to create a particular ratio of REGEN and WETH or USDC, and the pool would periodically adjust to maintain that ratio. The main point that Brandon is pointing out is not only could we be earning fees on these pools, but that we could be pointing veHYDX at the pools, generating rewards and the HYDX team is willing to match those rewards for some amount of time. Over time, the LP position gains more veHYDX and can point more rewards, and this creates a certain amount of that flywheel dynamic we have been talking about with aerodrome or [regenerative.fi](http://regenerative.fi) I’m not ready to deploy any liquidity just yet as we are currently in a REGEN accumulation phase but will be wanting to deploy liquidity much more deeply before too long. Perhaps two or three weeks out? Let’s go. ---
**Author:** ![James](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/james/32/53_2.png) [@James](https://forum.regen.network/u/James)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/8 "2025-11-12T17:46:13Z")
This all sounds great thanks @brawlaphant . I am game, lets go for it. Sounds like you guys already had a call with them too. I don’t think LP DAO is ready to go right now so two options, we can either wait for that or someone can provide some liquidity if we want to get going right away (I can if needed). I think providing bribes right away makes a lot of sense. Taking a shot at participating early in a protocols success makes a lot of sense especially since [regenerative.fi](http://regenerative.fi) and aerodrome don’t seem to be working out. ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/9 "2025-11-12T18:19:29Z")
Earning Power is effectively **permanently locked HYDX** in a Protocol Account: it can’t be redeemed back to liquid HYDX, but it earns ongoing protocol revenue and voting power forever. Hydrex has three account types: **Liquid Accounts** (no lock, normal yield), **Flex Accounts** (2-year lock with a boost and early-exit penalty), and **Protocol Accounts** where converted HYDX becomes **Earning Power** , the permanent veHYDX-style governance and revenue-share weight. ---
**Author:** ![James](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/james/32/53_2.png) [@James](https://forum.regen.network/u/James)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/10 "2025-11-12T20:20:44Z")
@brawlaphant but you can provide single sided liquidity as in just $REGEN and implement bribes which will be matched by their team right? ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/11 "2025-11-12T21:21:52Z")
Yeah, that’s correct — we can provide single-sided REGEN liquidity and set up bribes that Hydrex will match. ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/12 "2025-11-29T14:23:41Z")
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**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/13 "2025-11-30T19:51:52Z")
The WETH/REGEN pool on Hydrex is now live and already showing strong early traction, with liquidity at ~$36.9k and APRs around 500%. Christian personally facilitated a direct token swap to secure an initial governance position so we can vote emissions toward the REGEN pool each epoch snapshot flip. This replaces the earlier idea of single-sided staking as the primary mechanism; Hydrex confirmed that the full-range LP is the foundation for listing, and that’s the pool the LPDAO will be incentivizing through bribes. The community can now LP directly into the full-range WETH/REGEN pair and earn HYDX, whether they want to accumulate it, compound it, or liquidate it as they see fit. With the flywheel active, liquidity growing, and a governance foothold established, the REGEN pool is well positioned for ongoing support through Hydrex’s emissions and voting system. I’ll keep this thread updated as additional details come in from Hydrex and as the pool evolves. ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/lpdao-proposal-launch-regen-single-sided-staking-pool-on-hydrex-base/546/14 "2025-12-25T20:12:42Z")
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