Case Study
Bootstrapping a brand-new chain's DeFi TVL
Pharos launched with almost no DeFi TVL. One Barker launchpool became ≈95% of it.
- Chain
- Pharos
- Product
- USDC consumer-credit RWA vault (ERC-4626)
- Window
- 2026.06.15 – 06.29
- Partner type
- Web3 wallet (chain's official wallet)
Results
On a chain with under $1M total DeFi TVL, the boosted pool effectively became the chain's DeFi economy for the campaign window.
Verify on the live campaign page ↗The brief
Pharos, a new RWA L1, had almost no DeFi TVL at launch. TopNod, the chain's official Web3 wallet, wanted a credible first yield venue — with real depositors bridging in from ecosystems where they already lived.
What Barker ran
- 1
Launchpool campaign across Barker's community with bridge routing guidance — users moved USDC from other chains into a vault on a chain most had never used.
- 2
Boost APY on top of the vault's base yield plus the protocol's native rewards — all folded into one on-chain claim so users collect everything in a single transaction.
- 3
Weekly reward operations with the partner: cross-checked time-weighted attribution, weekly top-ups folded into the same distributor, and a live dashboard for the partner.
On-chain attribution
Every routed deposit is attributed wallet-by-wallet: deposits are verified on-chain, rewards stream through Merkle distributor contracts, and anti-sybil accounting uses time-weighted min(deposit, live balance). Partners get a live dashboard; users claim rewards directly from the contract. Barker never takes custody of principal.
Run your own campaign
Design a boost campaign or launchpool in minutes — self-serve — or talk to us about target TVL, timing, and chain.
More case studies
Campaign metrics are time-boxed observations verifiable on the linked live pages; past performance does not guarantee future results. Commercial terms of individual campaigns are confidential.