STRATO x Book of Ethereum: BOOE Stakers Get 2x Points in Season 2
STRATO and Book of Ethereum are partnering for Season 2 of the STRATO Rewards program. During Season 2, if you hold $BOOE, staking it gets you 2x points on every dollar you put to work on STRATO, on top of APYs already running into triple digits at current pool sizes.
Welcome to HardFi, members of the holy order!
How the 2x Boost Works
Stake $BOOE to double the points you earn on your USDST activity. The boost applies up to a cap determined by how much BOOE you stake: the more you stake, the larger the position that qualifies for 2x. The conversion rate is fixed at season start with no mark-to-market, so there are no surprises mid-season.
At $0.04/BOOE as a reference: staking $500 worth of BOOE covers up to $5K of USDST activity at 2x; staking $5K covers up to $50K. USDST above your cap earns at the standard 1x rate.
Points accrue continuously while your BOOE is staked. Unstake anytime — you keep everything earned to that point, but the multiplier stops. There's no minimum stake, though small stakes proportionally cover small positions.
Three Ways to Earn
There are three boosted yields for $BOOE holders:
Mint USDST via CDP: Post collateral, borrow USDST at 2-3%, deploy into yield-bearing positions. Without the boost, CDP minting runs 8-21% total return depending on leverage. With the BOOE 2x, the incentive portion doubles — and that incentive is currently the largest single emission pool in Season 2 at 3,333 points per day.
For ETH holders, this is worth paying attention to: post wstETH or rETH as collateral and loop. Deposit your LST, borrow USDST, buy more LSTs, redeposit, borrow more. You stay long ETH the entire time, stacking staking yield plus carry spread plus CDP incentives on every loop.
LP in the metastable pool: The pool pairs saveUSDST with syrupUSDC, sUSDS, and sUSDe. Every side earns organic yield, swap fees add on top, and Season 2 incentives bring the total to 12-16% at target depth. Early LPs earn significantly more: at $1M TVL, incentive APR alone runs 62%. With the BOOE 2x, you earn double on the incentive slice.
Hold saveUSDST: Wrap USDST into the savings vault for passive yield plus Season 2 emissions. Base total runs approximately 6%+; the BOOE 2x doubles the incentive portion on top of that.
All three positions earn simultaneously if you run the carry trade i.e. open a CDP, deploy the minted USDST into a pool or savings vault, and collect points on both legs.
Season 2 runs through Q2 2026. The rewards pool covers approximately 1% of STRATO's total token supply, and points convert to the native token at TGE. APYs fall as TVL grows — the earlier you're in, the larger your share of fixed daily emissions.
What is STRATO?
STRATO is a HardFi protocol: it puts hard assets — physical gold, silver, ETH, BTC, and liquid staking tokens — to work in DeFi. Every ounce of gold and silver on STRATO is vaulted 1:1 in New York City and redeemable in person. You deposit those assets as collateral, mint USDST (STRATO's stablecoin) against them via a CDP, and deploy that capital into yield-bearing positions. The stability fee runs approximately 2-3% annually — well below the 8-15% typical of other DeFi lending protocols. That gap is where the carry trade lives.
What is Book of Ethereum?
Book of Ethereum ($BOOE) is an Ethereum-native community built around a 17-chapter illustrated history of Ethereum — hand-crafted art, original writing, and a book you can actually flip through. The ecosystem runs deeper than the content: there's a DEX with spot and perpetual trading (HolySwap), live NFT staking (Pilgrimage), ENS subdomains, and a utility token ($HOLY) that powers it all. Community members have sponsored Ethereum conferences, spoken on stage at ETH Prague, and won third place at ETHGlobal New York. Learn more at bookofeth.xyz.