Add DeFiPulse Index ($DPI) as a collateral asset to CREAM market

Summary

DPI is an index that tracks the top DeFi tokens, launched by the well known DeFi Pulse and Set Protocol teams. Adding $DPI as collateral to CREAM will give us a more stable collateral asset, give us revenue from a top 50 DeFi token (Coingecko Top 100 DeFi tokens) and allow DPI holders to leverage their position.

About $DPI

The DeFi Pulse Index is a digital asset index designed to track tokens’ performance within the Decentralized Finance industry. The index is weighted based on the value of each token’s circulating supply. The DeFi Pulse Index aims to track projects in Decentralized Finance that have significant usage and show a commitment to ongoing maintenance and development. It aims to be for DeFi what the S&P500 is for the U.S. stock market.

The index methodology is managed by DeFiPulse, one of the leading DeFi analysis websites, and runs on top of Set Protocol, an OG DeFi dapp with ~$26M TVL. The ETF itself is managed by a DAO called Index Coop, with DeFiPulse providing the rebalance weights and assets in accordance with their rigorous methodolohy. You can read about the methodology for how tokens are added and rebalanced for $DPI.

Stats:

• $14M marketcap (elastic supply, tokens are minted/redeemed, maximum potential marketcap is sum of all DeFi token marketcaps in the index)
• 1,538 token holders (average ~$9,000 per holder)
• $DPI currently controls ~0.3% of the total supply for all DeFi governance tokens
• Over 90% of DPI is provided as liquidity on Uniswap
• More DPI/ETH liquidity on Uniswap than the major tokens in the index
• DPI/ETH is top 10 liquidity pools on Uniswap right now with $24M locked

Motivation

I try to be an active contributing member to CREAM as much as possible and I think adding $DPI is a great opportunity for us. You guys may have seen me talk about CREAM before. I've proposed new UI designs, suggested we count timelocked CREAM in governance which was approved by governance (original twitter convo), and other general twitter shenanigans.

Why should CREAM add $DPI?

1. CREAM already lists ~50% of the tokens held in the $DPI index - YFI, UNI, LEND, BAL, and COMP
2. Because it is an index, DPI price is more stable than the underlying tokens making it a safer form of collateral.
3. DPI is one of the most liquid pools in Uniswap with over $20M making it a top 10 pool which means there is enough liquidity for liquidations on CREAM platform.
4. Substantial community support - Spencer Noon, David Hoffman (Bankless), DeFi Rate, $YAM, DeFi Dad, etc.
5. Control of $DPI was transferred to Index Coop DAO about two weeks ago so we have just started marketing, integrations, and business development (this proposal included). If CREAM is the first lending protocol to accept DPI then the DeFi whales we are targeting will come to CREAM over other protocols to leverage their $DPI positions in order to yield farm, do spread trades, short the market, go leverage long, and create structured products.

It would be dope if DPI deposits/withdrawals got CREAM rewards but that will be a secondary proposal if this one is passed and CREAM community/team is interested in doing so.

Before someone asks - no we can not add CREAM to the index unless it falls under our strict methodology which is managed by DeFi Pulse, not the Index Coop DAO.

-----Contents above are drafted by Kiba-----

Discussion link: https://forum.cream.finance/t/add-defipulse-index-dpi-as-a-collateral-asset-to-cream-market/61