Galaxy adds $100M of Sky's sUSDS to treasury and accepts it as loan collateral
Galaxy puts $100 million of sUSDS on its own books
Galaxy Digital has added $100 million of sUSDS, a savings token from Sky Protocol, to its corporate treasury, according to Sky. The same announcement says Galaxy will also accept sUSDS as collateral across its institutional trading business.
sUSDS is what users get when they deposit USDS into Sky's savings module. The token's balance grows automatically as it earns the Sky Savings Rate, which the source material describes as a variable return rather than a fixed one.
The two parts of the announcement are separate: Galaxy bought sUSDS for its own treasury, and Galaxy clients can now pledge their sUSDS to back loans.
Borrowing without giving up the savings rate
Under the new setup, a client can pledge sUSDS as collateral for a Galaxy loan and keep earning the Sky Savings Rate on the full position for as long as the loan is outstanding. In practice, that means clients can take out loan money without having to sell or pause a position that is still earning a return.
Sky listed the current savings rate at 3.6% APY on its sUSDS page at the time of the report, with total supply at 4.37 billion sUSDS. That rate is variable. Sky says it is funded from Sky Protocol's aggregate surplus and set through governance by holders of the SKY token, so it can change and is not guaranteed for the life of a Galaxy loan.
Key numbers from the announcement
- $100 million: the amount of sUSDS Galaxy added to its corporate treasury.
- 3.6% APY: the Sky Savings Rate shown on Sky's sUSDS page at the time.
- 4.37 billion: total supply of sUSDS on that page.
- More than 1,600: trading counterparties served by Galaxy's institutional platform, according to Sky.
- $1.4 billion: the average loan book of Galaxy's institutional trading business.
What Sky says about Galaxy's lending reach
Sky said Galaxy's institutional platform serves more than 1,600 trading counterparties, and that the institutional trading business carries a $1.4 billion average loan book. Approving sUSDS adds the yield-bearing token to the list of collateral accepted across that business.
The existing Grove lending link
Galaxy and Grove already run a $500 million warehouse lending facility that supplies USDS capital for institutional loans originated and serviced by Galaxy, according to the source material. Grove's financing is secured against the loan portfolio that results, while the borrowers behind those loans pledge crypto as collateral.
Grove said the facility reached 75% utilization after financing $375 million in overcollateralized loans since its July 15 launch, including a most recent loan of $71 million. Overcollateralized means the pledged collateral is worth more than the loan.
The earlier warehouse announcement listed bitcoin and ether, including natively staked and liquid-staked ether, as eligible collateral. Staked ether is ether that has been locked up to help secure a network in exchange for rewards.
What is still unclear
Sky said sUSDS was approved across Galaxy's institutional trading business, but did not say whether the terms of the separate $500 million warehouse facility would change. So it is not yet known whether sUSDS will also be accepted as collateral inside that facility.
The savings rate is also not fixed. Because it is variable and set by SKY token-holder governance, the return a borrower keeps earning while a loan is outstanding could rise or fall, and Sky does not guarantee it for the life of a Galaxy loan.
Why this matters
For Galaxy clients, the change creates a way to borrow against a savings token without stopping the return it produces. For Sky, it links sUSDS to an institutional lending business that Sky says handles more than 1,600 counterparties, adding another use for the token beyond holding it in a savings account.
Sources
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