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SHALE Protocol brings CDO-style risk tranching to DeFi. Three tiers — CORE, SEAM, APEX — share one yield pool but absorb losses and receive profits in strict waterfall order, enforced entirely on-chain. An AI agent (Groq Llama-3.3-70b) rebalances strategies every 2-minute epoch, autonomously optimizing yield without human intervention.

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技术栈

Solidity
Next
React
Node
Ethers
Web3

描述

https://shale-frontend-971342541474.us-central1.run.app/

SHALE Protocol is an AI-managed 3-tier CDO-style yield vault on Arbitrum. Depositors choose a risk tier: CORE (stable, last-loss), SEAM (balanced, second-loss), or APEX (high-yield, first-loss buffer). All capital is deployed into multiple yield strategies, but profit distribution and loss absorption follow a strict waterfall enforced by smart contract.

An autonomous AI agent (Groq Llama-3.3-70b) monitors live APY across three strategies, analyzes multi-epoch yield trends, and rebalances strategy weights every 2 minutes. When market conditions shift significantly, the agent submits an APY target update proposal to ShaleGovernor, which enforces a 5-minute timelock before permissionless execution.

Key mechanisms: APEX Buffer Gate blocks new CORE/SEAM deposits if APEX TVL drops below 15% of total — ensuring structural loss protection always exists. ERC-4626-style share math prevents yield dilution for existing depositors.

本次黑客松进展

Built end-to-end during the buildathon: 3-tranche Solidity vault with CDO waterfall, capital loss absorption, and withdrawal queue (20/20 Foundry tests). Deployed StrategyRouter with 3 simulated strategies (Aave V3, Camelot V3, Morpho P2P models) and ShaleGovernor with PROPOSER_ROLE pattern. Shipped autonomous Node.js AI agent with Groq LLM reasoning + rule-based fallback. Built full Next.js frontend (6 pages: dashboard, deposit, portfolio, analytics, safety monitor, scenario modeling). Deployed live on Arbitrum Sepolia — 383+ epochs settled, 847+ AI proposals submitted.

融资状态

Not Fundraising
队长
GGeon Park
项目链接
赛道
AIDeFiInfra