BasisOS: AI-driven delta-neutral basis trading on Virtuals
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Summarizes BasisOS, which automates long spot and short perp basis trades to capture funding yield like Ethena but with AI agents handling rebalancing, leverage and execution. Vaults run about 11.6% APY on $4.6M TVL, with a Virtuals Genesis campaign.
Key claims
WBTC-USDC and LINK-USDC vaults yield about 11.6% APY with $4.6M TVL
Over $30K in rewards already distributed
Partnered with Axelrod and Arbus for DeFAI infrastructure
Among the @virtuals_io ecosystem projects I have recently started to look into, @BasisOS is def among the most interesting ones.
@Slappjakke, a.k.a. Virgen God, has been dropping quite a bit of alpha on it recently, and @francescoweb3 sums the case up well in his article below.
TL;DR ↓
The protocol automates delta-neutral basis trading (long spot / short perp) to capture funding rate yield, like Ethena, but fully AI-driven and across multiple assets, built for scale.
Key differentiators:
- AI agents handle rebalancing, leverage and execution, making operations fully autonomous, adaptive, and efficient.
- Vaults for $WBTC - $USDC & $LINK - $USDC (~11.6% APY, $4.6M TVL), looking to expand into long-tail assets with higher funding premiums.
- Offchain AI + onchain transparency = trustless, scalable yield engine.
- Robust risk management via dynamic leverage and market filters.
- Early Virtuals Genesis project with an active Mindshare Mining campaign; and >$30K in rewards already distributed.
- Partnered up with @AIxVC_Axelrod and @arbusai (two other strong Virtual genesis launches) to build next gen DeFAI infrastructure together.
One worth watching?
QUOTING @francescoweb3
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