Updated Budget for 2025
In response to the current market situation, the dYdX Operations subDAO (“Ops subDAO”) has reworked its 2025 budget. As a result, our average monthly spending will decrease from $600k to just under $440k per month.
Additionally, we are working closely with the dYdX Treasury subDAO to minimize the market impact of any necessary DYDX token sales.
Breakdown of Forecasted Monthly Spend in 2025
*This is a Forecast that is subject to change in response to variables outside of the control of the dYdX Operations subDAO
Cost Control Measures
Indexer (62%)
Even if the absolute number has increased, we have been able, with support from Imperator, to further optimize the infrastructure setup to reduce AWS spending. This cost center is our constant focus and additional savings will be realized through long-term, flat-rate-like commitments with AWS.
Personnel (21%)
All hiring plans have been paused for the foreseeable future.
Legal
Our recently hired Senior Legal Counsel has significantly reduced reliance on external law firms, thereby meaningfully lowering the legal footprint in our budget.
Quarterly Vendor Reviews
We have implemented quarterly vendor reviews, all vendors and subscription services (also reviewing service tier, amount of seats etc) etc. are reviewed regularly to make sure the dYdX Operations subDAO is not paying for unnecessary services.
Getting USDC
It is important to note that we have not yet swapped any DYDX tokens and remain mindful of current market conditions. We are working closely with the dYdX Treasury subDAO to mitigate, as much as possible, market impact from any necessary token sales.
To date, as mentioned above we have staked 14M of the 16.6M granted through the funding proposal discussed in this thread, via the dYdX Treasury subDAO. Staking rewards will be sent from the dYdX Treasury subDAO to the Ops subDAO on a monthly basis.