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Origin Protocol
Origin Protocol offers audited, scalable yield products including Origin Ether, Origin Dollar, Super OETH, and ARM Vaults. Its yield-bearing tokens are...
Origin Protocol
Origin Protocol offers audited, scalable yield products including Origin Ether, Origin Dollar, Super OETH, and ARM Vaults. Its yield-bearing tokens are productive ERC-20s that compound automatically, with Ethereum liquid staking and USD yield through lending vaults. Fees from Origin’s yield bearing products are used to buy back OGN for stakers. Products share a codebase with multiple audits and years of operation.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
2020
Location
Region
North America
Country
Canada
City
Vancouver
Corporate office
Vancouver, Canada
Additional offices
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Tokyo, Japan
Principals
Rafael Ugolini
CEO
Josh Fraser
Cofounder
Matthew Liu
Cofounder
Domen Grabec
Engineer
Shahul Hameed
Engineer
Clément Moller
Engineer
Christopher Jacobs
Senior Engineer
Kelly Hwang
Investments/Treasury
Justin Charlton
Head of Finance
Peter Gray
BD Manager
Alyssa Cherif
BD Manager
Ryan McNamara
Product Marketing Manager
Jonathan Snow
Product & Engineering Lead
Nick Addison
Sr Solidity Engineer
Antoine Codogno
Sr Engineer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How does Origin Protocol generate yield differently from other liquid staking protocols?
Origin relies on an Automated Redemption Manager vault that buys discounted liquid staking tokens and redeems them for underlying collateral. That arbitrage capture layer sits on top of standard staking issuance, creating additional yield from pricing inefficiencies. The model depends on validator exit queues and LST market liquidity, not just PoS rewards.
What is the role of OGN in the Origin Protocol ecosystem?
OGN is the protocol's governance and fee-sharing token. Holders stake OGN to earn a portion of protocol fees and vote on protocol decisions. It does not directly generate yield from staking or lending but derives value from the revenue activity of OETH and OUSD.
How does Yield Forwarding work, and why does it matter?
Yield Forwarding redirects staking rewards to external contracts, primarily to incentivize liquidity providers in AMM pools and subsidize borrowing rates in lending markets. The Pool Booster sends yield to liquidity gauge incentives, while the Borrow Booster routes yield through Merkl to reduce borrow costs. This mechanism ties Origin's native yield generation to deeper market liquidity.
What onchain safeguards does Origin Protocol use to protect depositors?
Three known mechanisms are in place. Front-run protection secures validator deposits and exits against timing-based manipulation. Merkle Proof Validation confirms validator balances directly against Ethereum's Beacon Chain, removing oracle dependency. And the OETH/ETH peg is maintained without external price feeds, relying on onchain arbitrage paths linked to the Automated Redemption Manager.
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