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| Period | Protocol income | Buyback funds | Burn funds | Buyback ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | $197.24K | -- | -- | -- |
| Sep 2026 | $197.81K | -- | -- | -- |
| Aug 2026 | $273.39K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jul 2026 | $362.29K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jun 2026 | $341.08K | -- | -- | -- |
| May 2026 | $343.35K | -- | -- | -- |
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About Saturn
Saturn is a yield-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum. It operates a dual-token system: USDat, a stablecoin backed by tokenized U.S. Treasuries, and sUSDat, a staked version that accrues yield from digital credit exposure, targeting 11%+ annualized returns.
Its core value proposition is separating liquidity from yield. While USDat serves as a liquid medium for payments and DeFi, sUSDat channels deposited funds into STRC (Strategy's preferred equity, collateralized by Bitcoin) to generate income. This allows users to earn a higher yield than traditional stablecoins without sacrificing the underlying stability of a Treasury-backed asset.
The market pain point it addresses is the low yield on conventional stablecoins. By layering a credit component on top of a Treasury-backed base, Saturn offers a way to earn meaningful returns while maintaining a stablecoin peg.
In the past six months (March–September 2026), Saturn launched its mainnet in April 2026, ending a private testing phase. Institutional participants including Flowdesk and Galaxy deposited $10 million at launch. The protocol also established operational partnerships with Galaxy, Securitize, and Clear Street.
However, there are notable governance risks. Three of the four core contracts are controlled by a single externally owned account (EOA) as proxy admin, with no timelock or multisig, creating a centralization risk. Additionally, sUSDat's yield depends on STRC dividend payments, which could be deferred under stress, and the oracle tolerance is set at a wide 20%.
Saturn, a DeFi yield protocol, launched on mainnet in April 2026 after a private test phase that attracted $10 million in deposits from firms like Flowdesk and Galaxy. Its core product, USDat, is a stablecoin built on M0 with operational partners including Galaxy, Securitize, and Clear Street.
In May 2026, Saturn completed a $2 million seed round led by The Spartan Group, with participation from Anchorage Digital and Susquehanna Crypto. The protocol is based on Strategy's STRC perpetual preferred stock, which offers an 11.5% annual dividend yield and has over $8.5 billion in outstanding value since its launch in July 2025.
A significant milestone came in late May 2026 when Saturn adopted Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to support multi-chain distribution of its digital credit products. This integration, chosen after a rigorous security review, enables non-U.S. investors to access Strategy's bitcoin-financed equity STRC. CCIP holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications, with 16 independent node operators per cross-chain channel, meeting institutional-grade risk management standards.
Within six weeks of launching USDat and sUSDat, deposits exceeded $220 million, demonstrating strong market demand for bitcoin-backed yield products in the DeFi ecosystem.
Saturn (stablecoin yield protocol) has made significant progress in the past six months. In March 2026, it launched USDat and sUSDat, with deposits surpassing $220 million within six weeks. In May 2026, it adopted Chainlink CCIP as its cross-chain infrastructure and integrated STRCx into Solana-based DeFi via Kamino. In August 2026, it partnered with Ondo Finance to tokenize STRC (Strategy's preferred stock) for DeFi integration, and announced the migration of USDat collateral to a new M0 issuer on August 19, with minting/redemption paused for 3-5 hours.
Future development focuses on: expanding STRC's DeFi integration across multiple chains, optimizing cross-chain operations through CCIP, and completing the M0 collateral migration to enhance stability. The roadmap emphasizes building a Bitcoin-backed digital credit layer, with STRC as the core asset, targeting broader institutional adoption and deeper liquidity.
Co-founder & CEO Kevin Li (Twitter: @kevinlhr88): M.S. in Data Science from UPenn, B.S. in Statistics and Data Science from UC Santa Barbara; former Research Analyst at ParaFi Capital, DATs Lead at Artemis, Analyst at NLVC, Co-Director of Investments at Penn Blockchain, and founder of Keo Plus Ai.
Co-founder & COO Ellis Osborn (Twitter: @ellisp_osborn): B.S. candidate in Finance, Operations & Computer Science at Wharton; currently Investor at M31 Capital and Co-President of Penn Blockchain; previously founded Fitcentive.
Co-founder & CTO Seb (Twitter: @0xpastaman): no detailed public biography available.