I missed the best LP benchmark in DeFi.
@JasonvuTech from @brownfiamm told me something I didn't know: @GMX_IO, the first perpetuals protocol to popularize revenue sharing, benchmarks its pools against @Uniswap v2.
The outperformance charts are public and the gap is insane. I've been using the wrong reference point entirely.
> I honestly don't know if there are structured products on top of GMX that hedge the 50% volatile exposure. Do you?
BrownFi v2's original pitch was that LPs earned more than simply holding the underlying 50/50 pair. That worked well until October's crash, where it basically stopped.
> BrownFi v3 is adding more customization layers with the explicit goal of competing against both benchmarks; not just v2 but GMX too.
The benchmark was always there. I just wasn't looking at the right chart.
GMX DAO has reacquired 11,340 $GMX for ~$75,000 at an average of ~$6.61 between May 27 and June 2, 2026.
Program Total (Mar 5 β Jun 2):
212,800 GMX tokens have been repurchased for ~$1,395,000 at a blended average of ~$6.56 π΅
The GMX DAO has reacquired 11,330 $GMX for approximately $75,000, at an average of ~$6.62 between May 20β26, 2026.
Program Total (Mar 5 β May 26):
201,460 $GMX re-acquired for roughly $1,320,000 at a blended average of ~$6.55 π΅
I wrapped 3 weeks across Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Seoul. 50+ in-person meetings with regulators, fintechs, allocators, and major institutions.
A few things stood out:
β Asia sits on both ends of the risk curve at once: some of the most aggressive, risk-tolerant players in crypto on one side, and highly institutional actors waiting for regulatory clarity on the other.
β Demand for US financial products is real and growing.
β Recent hacks rattled some players, but the appetite for onchain finance hasn't gone away. It's maturing.
β There's no substitute for being in the room. Asia is the deepest onchain liquidity hub in the world right now, and we've been seriously under-investing here. That changes now.