What is TREEHOUSE (TREE)

I. Project Introduction

1. What Is Treehouse (TREE)?

Treehouse is the first DeFi protocol dedicated to building a Decentralized Fixed Income Layer (DFI). Its core products include tAssets (tradeable staked assets) and DOR (Decentralized Offered Rates). It aims to address interest rate fragmentation in the crypto market and provide a stable, unified yield benchmark for digital assets.

2. How Does Treehouse Work?

tAssets (LST 2.0) Staking Arbitrage: Users deposit ETH or LST into the protocol to mint tETH. They can earn profits through rate arbitrage across platforms while contributing to DOR's consensus mechanism.

DOR Rate Mechanism: Panelists and Operators participate in on-chain consensus to set standardized rates (e.g., TESR), similar to LIBOR/SOFR in traditional finance.

Rate Querying Fees: Accessing DOR data requires TREE tokens as payment. These fees are distributed to reward Panelists and Delegators who maintain the network.

Governance and Ecosystem Incentives: TREE holders can participate in protocol governance and voting. Token allocation also includes an ecosystem prize pool to support project development.

3. Who Founded Treehouse?

Team Structure: Team members have expertise in blockchain infrastructure, financial markets, and technical implementation. CEO Vijay Chetty previously worked at Ripple, dYdX, Uniswap, and so on.

Funding Milestones:

March 2021: Pre-seed round was completed, with participation from CoinHako, CRC Capital, and Global Founders Capital, among others.

March 2022: Around $18 million was raised in a seed round from investors such as YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Jump Capital.

April 2025: Private round was completed at an estimated valuation of $400 million, with investors including Jordi Alexander and MassMutual Ventures

4. Treehouse Tokenomics

Token Name: TREE

Total Supply: 1,000,000,000

Circulating Supply: 156,122,449 (15.6% of total) unlocked at TGE for airdrops, liquidity, etc.

Token Allocation and Vesting Schedule:

Community Rewards: 20%, primarily distributed as rewards for staking, contributions, and ecosystem activities.

Strategic Investors: 17.5%, multi-year vesting after lockup (details to be disclosed).

Team: 12.5%, linear vesting after lockup, typically over 36–48 months.

DAO Treasury: 12.5%, managed by the DAO for protocol upgrades and ecosystem development.

Airdrops: 10%, rewards for early contributors, distributed around TGE.

Ecosystem Fund: 10%, for developer subsidies, project integrations, and DOR product incubation.

Core Contributors: 5%, allocated as rewards for research and protocol design, subject to long-term lockup.

Exchange Partnerships: 3.75%, used for online promotions and marketing incentives.

Future Airdrops: 5.75%, to support future growth and user incentives.

Liquidity Provision: 3%, unlocked at TGE to bootstrap on-chain liquidity pools.

5. Timeline of Key Milestones

Q4 2024: Completed technical development of tAssets and DOR and launched the beta version.

Q1 2025: Announced the TREE Token contract and token issuance plan.

July 29, 2025: Launched the HODLer Airdrop, distributing 1.25% of the total supply (12.5M TREE).

Q3–Q4 2025: Launch DAO governance, release the official roadmap, and roll out the community proposal system.

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