# Blockchain@USC - Delegate Communication Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Delegate Updates\ **Created:** [April 12, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/blockchain-usc-delegate-communication-thread/5862 "2023-04-12T03:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![blockchainatusc](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/bc41dd/user_avatar/gov.optimism.io/blockchainatusc/32/4945_2.png) [@blockchainatusc](https://gov.optimism.io/u/blockchainatusc)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://gov.optimism.io/t/blockchain-usc-delegate-communication-thread/5862/6 "2024-01-07T00:37:59Z")
# Awesome Projects from Club Members. Go check them out! > [@Incentive Impact Analysis: Yearn](https://gov.optimism.io/t/incentive-impact-analysis-yearn/7255): > > Authors: @wyeeeh, @jamieha Special thanks to support from: [Blockchain@USC](https://www.blockchainusc.com/), @SatorProgram Overview Protocol: [Yearn](https://yearn.fi/) Yearn Finance is a DeFi yield aggregation protocol, allowing individuals, DAOs and other protocols to deposit digital assets and receive yield. The core product, [yVault](https://yearn.fi/vaults?chains=10&categories=boosted), are capital pools that automatically generate yield based on opportunities present in the market, each driven by one or more Strategies. Governance Fund Season/Cycle: [Grant Season 2, Phase 1, Cycle 7](https://gov.optimism.io/t/ready-gf-phase-1-proposal-yearn/3509) Incentive… > [@Incentive Impact Analysis: Velodrome](https://gov.optimism.io/t/incentive-impact-analysis-velodrome/7251): > > Authors: @blockchainatusc@sator@pancakes_mikey @ericf @RSRai Program Information [Velodrome Finance](https://velodrome.finance/) Phase 1, Cycle 8, Season 2 Date Funded: November 25, 2023 Wallet Funded: [0xb074ec6c37659525EEf2Fb44478077901F878012](https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/address/0xb074ec6c37659525EEf2Fb44478077901F878012) Key Takeaways Velodrome Finance was mostly successful in accomplishing its set KPIs in the original proposal. Although several metrics exhibited anomaly spikes and dips, the result of this delegation was a consistent increase in activity across all metrics. Taking a close… --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.optimism.io/t/blockchain-usc-delegate-communication-thread/5862)._