In a covered call strategy, you are selling some of the upside of the asset, also known as selling delta.
In a conservative strategy, you are selling short-dated options at reasonable distance from current price, and slightly longer dated options at higher distance, so that you remain relatively close to 100% delta on the portfolio.
Typically farming call premia gives you positive expected value over time, but the outcomes are lumpy and there is still exposure.
Running this within LBTC means that there can be in practice situations when BTC inventory inside LBTC decreases over a period of time. Which makes LBTC a floating NAV instrument rather than a 1:1 claim.
Also, when you sell calls, you would need to margin your counterparty's exposure to you, so you keep inventory with a third party.
So, a few questions to address here:
1/ is there a stability buffer to offset negative APRs? I would do one
2/ how is the collateral held, and is it triparty settled or sitting with the counterparty
The first iteration of
$LBTC established demand. The second is built for scale.
Same token. Same integrations. Same mint and redeem logic.
What changed is the yield-engine: from emissions that fade to options that scale.
If you hold LBTC today, there's nothing to do.