0G Staking & Incentive Simulator
Work sample · DeFi PM homework · not affiliated with 0G Labs
The staking flywheel a DeFi PM at 0G owns: stake secures the chain and earns rewards, liquid staking (Gimo's stOG) makes that stake composable, looping it through a lending market amplifies both yield and DeFi TVL. Move the sliders to see how emissions, staking ratio and leverage trade off, and where the risk sits. Numbers are illustrative; 0G's exact reward schedule is not public. Editable defaults below.
Network parameters
Staking ratio (% of circulating staked)45%
Annual staking emissions (% of total supply)4.0%
Liquid staking (stOG)
LST adoption (% of stake that is liquid)30%
Looping LTV (stOG collateral to re-borrow 0G)60%
Borrow rate on 0G (annual)3.0%
Market assumptions (editable)
Base staking APR
8.9%
emissions ÷ staking ratio
stOG looped net APY
17.4%
leverage 2.5x
Security budget
$20.1M
value of stake securing 0G
DeFi TVL from staking
$10.0M
stOG collateral + looped position
Where the staked capital sits
of circulating supply
The PM read
Method & honesty
- Staking APR = annual staking emissions (as % of total supply) ÷ staking ratio (as % of circulating). This captures the real dynamic a PM designs around: the more that is staked, the lower the APR per staker, so emissions and target staking ratio have to be set together.
- Looped APY uses leverage = 1 ÷ (1 − LTV), net = APR × leverage − borrow rate × (leverage − 1). This is the standard LST-looping payoff, and it makes the risk obvious: leverage lifts yield but a falling APR or a rising borrow rate can turn it negative.
- DeFi TVL from staking counts the stOG used as collateral plus the borrowed leg, since both sit in the lending market. It is one slice of total DeFi TVL, meant to show how liquid staking alone can dwarf today's roughly $3M on-chain TVL.
- Defaults (supply ~213M, price ~$0.21) are mid-2026 public figures that move; emissions and borrow rate are illustrative placeholders, not disclosed 0G parameters. Swap them for real numbers and the logic holds.
Edward Tay · work sample for 0G Labs, Product Manager (DeFi) · edwardtay.com · figures illustrative