MakerDAO purchases $700 million in Treasury bonds, grows holdings to $1.2 billion

MakerDAO, the core development organization behind the DAI stablecoin, completed the purchase of over $700 million in U.S. Treasury bonds. 

Following $500 million bond purchase in October 2022, the organization's total bond holdings now sits at $1.2 billion. MakerDAO invested in the bonds as a way to increase exposure to low-risk, liquid traditional assets.

The digital asset manager Monetalis Clydesdale Vault, born from the DeFi lender Monetalis Group, completed the purchase on behalf of MakerDAO, according to a statement.

"MakerDAO is a pioneer and leader in the DeFi space and has built up a large volume of funds in its peg-stability-module, which ensures the stability of the DAI stablecoin," Monetalis Group CEO Allan Pedersen said.

Real-world asset exposure

"Through the diversification of its collateral pool with this U.S. Treasury ladder strategy, Maker is taking advantage of the current yield environment and putting its assets to work," Pedersen added. "Given the success of the initial deployment and today’s robust bond market, this increase in Maker’s real-world asset exposure is a strong, reliable, and flexible solution that will generate more revenue for the protocol.”

MakerDAO raised its debt ceiling from $500 million to $1.25 billion in March. Additionally, MakerDAO proposed to raise the DAI Savings Rate to 3.33% on May 26, which could raise the stablecoin's market capitalization by increasing the demand for holding DAI if approved.