Pendle points meta surge event

Event · PageRank 0.0008

Overview

The 'points meta' describes the 2024 practice of protocols — most prominently EigenLayer and the liquid restaking tokens built on it — awarding off-chain 'points' as a proxy for a future airdrop. Pendle became the central venue for trading that exposure because it splits a yield-bearing token into a principal token (PT) and a yield token (YT), and YT carried the accruing points. Buying YT let traders gain leveraged exposure to expected airdrops for a fraction of the capital, while PT buyers locked in fixed yield. This dynamic drove Pendle's TVL from under $200 million to several billion dollars during 2024.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the points meta?

A 2024 pattern in which restaking and LRT protocols issued points as a placeholder for future token airdrops, and traders speculated on the eventual value of those points.

Why did Pendle become central to it?

Pendle separates a yield-bearing asset into PT and YT; because points accrued to the YT, buying YT became the standard way to take leveraged exposure to a future airdrop while PT buyers took the fixed yield side.

What effect did it have on Pendle?

Pendle's total value locked grew from under $200 million to several billion dollars over the course of 2024, making it one of the fastest-growing DeFi protocols of the cycle.