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Ajey

Ajey

Agentic DeFi Yields, Now on Octant!

Created on 3rd November 2025

Ajey

Ajey

Agentic DeFi Yields, Now on Octant!

The problem Ajey solves

Problems Solved & Use Cases

The Problem

  • Public goods funding gap
    Public goods struggle to secure recurring funding. Traditional donations are one‑off; DeFi yield is typically kept by users or protocols. Funding is often single‑cause, missing the chance to support a portfolio of public goods.

  • Friction in impact investing
    Many people want to support causes without sacrificing principal. Existing flows force a trade‑off (yield or impact), involve manual harvesting + sending, and introduce cognitive overhead that makes recurring impact unlikely.

  • Fragmented DeFi infrastructure
    Building yield strategies across assets requires swaps, market selection, and protocol integration. Cross‑asset allocation typically implies custom code, higher surface area, and audit burden.

  • Trust & transparency
    Donors want to know where funds go and confirm that donations occur. Multi‑cause distribution and the timing of donations need to be provable on‑chain.


What Problems It Solves

Problem 1: Sustainable public‑goods funding
Solution: Automatic, multi‑recipient yield donation

  • 100% of realized yield is donated on‑chain using preset split mixes:
    Crypto‑Maxi (60% crypto public goods / 20% humanitarian / 20% hygiene),
    Balanced (40% / 30% / 30%),
    Humanitarian‑Maxi (20% / 40% / 40%).
  • Donations recur as TVL accrues yield; no manual steps. Realization occurs at controlled checkpoints (harvest/fee‑take), then routed.

Problem 2: Capital preservation vs. impact
Solution: Keep principal; donate only yield

  • Users deposit into ERC‑4626 single‑asset vaults (WETH/USDC/USDT/DAI) that supply to Aave v3.
  • Depositors keep their original principal (subject to protocol/market risks); all net yield is directed to public goods according to the chosen mix.
  • No performance/management fees to the team; the design focuses on donation‑first economics.

Problem 3: Complex DeFi integration
Solution: Composable architecture + agent orchestration

  • Instead of a heavy multi‑strategy vault, Ajey uses four small, single‑asset ERC‑4626 vaults + an agent orchestrator that:

    • monitors Aave v3 yields across WETH/USDC/USDT/DAI,
    • executes migrations between vaults (e.g., DAI → USDT) via a whitelisted swap aggregator,
    • enforces slippage/deadline guards and role‑gated execution.
  • This keeps code surface minimal and auditable while achieving multi‑asset optimization.

Problem 4: Trust & transparency
Solution: On‑chain verification, explicit addresses

  • All donations are on‑chain to published recipients; transactions and amounts are independently verifiable.
  • ERC‑4626 share/accounting and event logs provide a clear audit trail (deposits, harvests, migrations, donations).
  • Role‑gated actions and explicit allowlists (swap aggregator) reduce discretionary risk.

Who Can Use It

  • Impact investors
    Preserve principal while delivering automated, recurring, verifiable donations to multiple causes.

  • DAOs & organizations
    Align treasury management with mission: deploy idle capital to Aave v3 and stream yield to public goods—without new operational overhead.

  • DeFi users
    Prefer a hands‑off experience: deposit once; the system reallocates between Aave markets and donates yield by default.

  • Developers & builders
    Compose on a standard ERC‑4626 interface; integrate Ajey as a building block for impact‑driven apps and dashboards.


How It Makes Existing Tasks Easier/Safer

Easier: Automated donation process

  • Before: Manual yield harvesting; manual transfers; high chance of forgetting; per‑donation gas.
  • After: Automatic donation at each realization event; no manual steps; batched/efficient flows; predictable cadence.

Safer: Capital preservation

  • Before: Donation‑focused products sometimes commingle principal and donations; unclear rules and costs.
  • After: Principal remains in ERC‑4626 vaults supplying Aave v3; only yield is routed to causes; no team take or hidden performance fees.

Easier: Integration & maintenance

  • Before: Build cross‑asset logic from scratch; maintain complex debt/queue code; multiple audits.
  • After: Single‑asset vaults + orchestrator pattern; small contracts; standard interfaces; easier testing and review.

Safer: Smart‑contract execution

  • Before: Ad‑hoc donation logic, manual mistakes, centralized gatekeepers.
  • After: Role‑gated orchestrator, whitelisted swap aggregation, slippage/deadline checks, on‑chain logs.

Easier: Multi‑asset composability

  • Before: Integrate each protocol/asset pair separately; custom swap plumbing; brittle migrations.
  • After: One ERC‑4626 pattern across assets; orchestrator performs asset swaps + reallocation between Aave markets.

Challenges I ran into

Challenges I ran into

  • Wrong contract addresses on a mainnet fork: Deploys produced incorrect addresses due to a pre‑deploy chain simulation. Fixed by deploying with

    --skip-simulation

    .
  • Multi‑asset vault complexity: A monolithic multi‑asset vault added heavy debt/accounting overhead. I pivoted to one YDS strategy with four single‑asset vaults (WETH, USDC, USDT, DAI), preserving multi‑asset behavior via the orchestrator.

Tracks Applied (4)

Best use of a Yield Donating Strategy

Pure YDS economics: Profits are donated by design (minted to donation addresses), losses first burn donation shares—keep...Read More

Most creative use of Octant v2 for public goods

YDS semantics with multi-cause routing: We apply Octant v2’s Yield Donating Strategy mechanics but add a multi-recipient...Read More

Best public goods projects

Direct, ongoing funding for multiple causes: All realized yield is automatically donated (not retained by depositors) an...Read More

Best use of Aave v3 (Aave Vaults)

Native Aave v3 integration: Our vaults are ERC-4626 Aave vaults that supply underlying to Aave markets and realize yield...Read More

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