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Synthetix looks to turn off the SNX money printer once and for all

The founder of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Synthetix, Kain Warwick, has submitted a proposal that would turn off very high yield returns for SNX stakers and cap the total SNX token supply at 300 million.  The Synthetix protocol allows traders to issue synthetic versions of crypto native assets, traditional financial assets, and commodities on the Ethereum and Optimism networks. In an Aug. 25 Synthetix Improvement Proposal (SIP) Warwick explained that SNX reward inflation was initially intended to “bootstrap the network”, however, he believes it’s no longer necessary as they can generate sustainable fee yields from atomic swaps. monthly trading volume on @synthetix_io pic.twitter.com/QCWYbB5Xu4 — Token Terminal (@tokenterminal) August 25, 2022 A big rise in fee revenue has be...