what's Dual Finance?

Dual Finance is a Solana-based options protocol and incentive infrastructure designed for Web3 communities and DAOs. It enables sustainable yield generation and treasury value extraction through innovative liquid option-based incentives, such as Staking Options. Users stake assets to earn call or put options on various tokens, which can be traded onchain or exercised, promoting community participation without diluting token supplies via traditional airdrops. The protocol features productized market making tools and supports permissionless options markets on central limit order books (CLOBs), facilitating advanced DeFi composability. $DUAL, the governance token for the Dual DAO, is distributed exclusively through staking options, serving as a model for partner projects to bootstrap liquidity and engagement.

Dual Finance collaborates with Manifest Trade to launch options markets on Solana.