# Vault Proposal: PERQ USDC Vault

**URL:** <https://gov.silo.finance/t/vault-proposal-perq-usdc-vault/570>\
**Category:** Proposal Discussion\
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://gov.silo.finance/t/vault-proposal-perq-usdc-vault/570 "2025-06-12T15:16:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JohnPERQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@JohnPERQ](https://gov.silo.finance/u/JohnPERQ)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://gov.silo.finance/t/vault-proposal-perq-usdc-vault/570/1 "2025-06-12T15:16:04Z")

</div>

# Project Introduction

**PERQ** is a community bootstrapping infra provider that brings **Supercharged Launchpools** on-chain, enabling protocols to raise from and align with their communities. Stake your idle capital on **ETH Mainnet** , **Sonic** , and **Base** , and exchange your yield towards your favorite upcoming projects to earn **guaranteed airdrops** on launch day.

* * *

We’ve recently expanded on this initial product and have gone live with our two Pods:

- **[Sonic Pod](https://perq.finance/pods/SONIC)**
- **[Sui Pod](https://perq.finance/pods/SUI-2.0)**

These are **ecosystem-wide Launchpools** , enabling **one-click exposure** to an entire ecosystem’s pre-TGE projects.

# How Does It Work?

Deposits in **PERQ Pools** and **Pods** are placed into vaults powered by various blue chip DeFi protocols. These vaults generate **yield** that is continually streamed to the project offering the Pool or to the projects comprising the Pod.

Your **idle assets** are put to work in favor of the projects you choose to support, enabling those projects to reward users with tokens they love in return.

* * *

PERQ Pools and Pods are built on a **heavily audited blue-chip DeFi stack**.

- The underlying vaults are created via the **[Yelay](https://www.yelay.io/)** factory contracts.
- Yelay is a **battle-tested DeFi middleware** , with **5 independent audits** from:
  - Trail of Bits
  - Chainsecurity
  - Quantstamp
  - PeckShield
  - Omniscia

- It also maintains an active **ImmuneFi bug bounty**.

* * *

The vaults exclusively leverage **blue-chip, battle-tested DeFi platforms** , including:

- Aave
- Compound
- Curve
- Silo
- Euler
- Convex
- Morpho
- Lido
- Gearbox
- Frax

# Team Information

The **PERQ team** consists of **5 semi-anon DeFi builders** from the early DeFi days in 2020. What started as a fun idea inspired by the **airdrop meta** has quickly evolved into a serious project.

Following the deployment of our **MVP** , which reached a **peak TVL of $25M** , the PERQ team **doubled in size** and now continues building **full-fledged infrastructure** to support our **Economic Restaking** model — encompassing:

- **Pods**
- **Treasury Management**
- **Metapools and more!**

# Proposal for a PERQ-Managed Silo Vault

We propose the creation of a **PERQ USDC Sonic Vault** on **Silo** , with a **50% performance fee** redirected in its entirety to the **PERQ Sonic Pod**.

### Structure:

- **Silo users** who deposit in this vault:
  - Keep **50% of the yield** generated by their capital
  - The remaining **50% of yield** is directed to the projects participating in the **PERQ Sonic Pod**
  - Yield directed to these projects is **converted into tokens** upon each project’s **TGE**

* * *

### Why This Works:

This setup introduces a **speculative upside** for Silo users, allowing them to:

- **Speculate on project token performance** instead of just stable yield
- Retain **half the traditional APY**
- Enjoy the **same utility and exposure** as depositing directly on [perq.finance](https://perq.finance/), from the comfort of a natively deployed Silo Vault

A high-performing token at TGE can **significantly outperform** a traditional stable yield, offering a **unique value proposition** for high yield-seeking DeFi users.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tenzent](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/gov.silo.finance/tenzent/32/88_2.png) [@Tenzent](https://gov.silo.finance/u/Tenzent)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://gov.silo.finance/t/vault-proposal-perq-usdc-vault/570/2 "2025-06-13T18:14:17Z")

</div>

Hey guys!

Thank you for the proposal and introduction to the DAO, we look forward to onboarding you on Silo!