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# Heart Bonds

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Almost two months ago, we released 🫀 [The Heart of Babylon](https://medium.com/babylon-finance/the-heart-of-babylon-defi-3-0-6d16e35817f2) a supercharged staking mechanic for BABL holders combining +10 token mechanics from the best of DeFi.

The Heart has already generated 27% extra BABL for stakers, averaging **160% APR.** It is not a surprise that the capacity was reached quickly and it had to be increased twice through [governance proposals](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12dx7CtJDZBmSKnF_07SklE1iMhj5njXmwEuAy5KFnNA/edit#heading=h.2lbbnnssblwx).

Today, we are excited to **introduce the Bond program**, so Babylonians can receive extra discounts on BABL staking — up to 10% — for giving the protocol assets that Babylon needs.

![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*WmQzYCxsY6sAEKUrT31gow.png)

## 📖 A brief note about bonding <a href="#id-596c" id="id-596c"></a>

According to Investopedia, a bond is a [fixed-income instrument](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fixed-incomesecurity.asp) that represents a loan for a specific duration made by an investor to a borrower. In the simplest case, upon maturity, the depositor receives the principal.

[Olympus](https://medium.com/babylon-finance/the-heart-of-babylon-defi-3-0-6d16e35817f2) (OHM) popularized the concept in DeFi to allow the protocol to accumulate *Protocol Controlled Liquidity* (PCV) in exchange for discounts to the bonder.

In Babylon, the protocol wants to acquire the following assets:

* 🦄 **BABL-ETH Uniswap V3 LP tokens**. We want to substantitally increase the liquidity of our pair to provide more depth for traders and prevent liquidation cascades i.e [MEV incident](https://medium.com/babylon-finance/the-mev-doom-loop-f0c0d5c9523b) 🤖.
* 🤝 [Babylon Gold Lender Fuse Pool LP tokens](https://medium.com/babylon-finance/babylon-lending-markets-e0aee652e8c2). We created **lending and borrowing markets** to allow Babylonians and Gardens to use BABL as collateral. We need to increase the liquidity to expand our support to partners.

## 🥇 How to bond BABL-ETH — 5% Discount <a href="#id-1957" id="id-1957"></a>

🦄 Our [BABL-ETH](https://info.uniswap.org/#/pools/0xe2de090153403b0f0401142d5394da897630dcb7) pair on Uniswap has now more than $1M in liquidity. Our goal is to increase this number to +$2M in the next 6 months.

To facilitate the process to add liquidity to the pair, we have paired with Gamma. Users only need to deposit [BABL-ETH](https://app.gammastrategies.org/) into gamma and receive typical ERC-20 tokens that then can bond into the heart.

Here is how to do it 👇

1. [Head to Gamma](https://app.gammastrategies.org/active-liquidity?pair=eth-babl)
2. Select Mint LP Tokens to Wallet

![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*VO54go46cq2IsAHHHeNDew.png)

3\. Select the amount of BABL & WETH that you want to deposit. At least $3k in combined value.

4\. Approve BABL & WETH and then send the transaction to get the LP tokens.

5\. Head to the heart page (<https://www.babylon.finance/heart>)

6\. Click on Bond

7\. Select BABL-ETH

8\. Approve it and send it

9\. **Receive 5% extra staked BAB**L 🎊

![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*yk1_rKQOMbHHmwFI_p3h-A.png)

## 🥈How to bond Babylon Fuse Tokens — 3% Discount <a href="#id-04aa" id="id-04aa"></a>

Our Fuse Pool currently has more than [**$6.3M in supplied capital**](https://app.rari.capital/fuse/pool/144/info). We want to increase this number to +$10M during the year to add tokens from different partners while keeping enough liquidity for all borrowers.

1. Head to our pool on Rari (<https://app.rari.capital/fuse/pool/144>)

![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*z-hEnEi03DQmZRksgJ0o0Q.png)

2\. Click on DAI or FRAX on the left side.

3\. Select the amount (at least $3k)

![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*glY5JUG-0M_m1HFlIg5LTA.png)

4\. Confirm the transactions to receive your LP tokens.

6\. Click on Bond

7\. Select fDAI or fFRAX

![](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*yk1_rKQOMbHHmwFI_p3h-A.png)

8\. Approve it and send it

9\. **Receive 3% extra staked BAB**L 🎊