# BAL Whitelist - Round 28

**URL:** <https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bal-whitelist-round-28/652>\
**Category:** Liquidity Mining \[deprecated\]\
**Created:** [January 3, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bal-whitelist-round-28/652 "2021-01-03T22:12:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![rabmarut](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/rabmarut/32/55_2.png) [@rabmarut](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/rabmarut)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bal-whitelist-round-28/652/1 "2021-01-03T22:12:58Z")

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On behalf of the Balancer community, I’d like to propose the following modifications to the token whitelist used for $BAL governance token distribution. All new tokens will be placed at `cap1` ($1M) as described in the [updated whitelist proposal](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/proposal-to-update-the-whitelist-process/217). At any time, community members may propose on the forum to increase a token’s cap to the next tier.

As a reminder, these whitelist proposals are pre-approved on objective technical criteria, so they are not subject to community vote. To suggest a token for inclusion in one of these proposals, please use the #token-requests channel in the [Balancer Discord](https://discord.gg/ARJWaeF). Requested tokens will be vetted in a single batch at the end of each week. The official instructions and listing criteria can be found [here](https://docs.balancer.finance/core-concepts/bal-liquidity-mining/exchange-and-reward-listing).

For reference, the active whitelist can be found [here](https://github.com/balancer-labs/assets/blob/master/lists/eligible.json). Note that the additions suggested within this proposal are unlikely to appear on the official list until a few days after publication. Also see the [original motivation](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/proposing-the-token-whitelist-for-bal-distribution) for creating the whitelist.

**Proposed Modifications**

I would like to propose adding the following new tokens to the whitelist:

```
    ADD IDLE	0x875773784Af8135eA0ef43b5a374AaD105c5D39e
    ADD OPEN	0x69e8b9528CABDA89fe846C67675B5D73d463a916
    ADD RARE	0x93dfaf57D986B9cA77Df9376c50878E013D9c7C8
    ADD SEED	0x30cF203b48edaA42c3B4918E955fED26Cd012A3F
    ADD UST 0xa47c8bf37f92aBed4A126BDA807A7b7498661acD

```

The proposed changes will go into effect at 00:00 UTC on Monday, January 4. Pools containing newly whitelisted tokens will begin to accrue $BAL rewards beginning at 00:00 UTC on Monday; but they may not appear on the Balancer pools UI with symbol/logo until a bit later in the week, most likely Tuesday or Wednesday. Please be patient. Furthermore, whitelisted tokens will _not_ be added to the Balancer exchange UI; the core team adds tokens to the official exchange UI at their own discretion and considers a variety of factors. Tokens can always be traded using contract addresses in place of symbols, and anyone is free to fork the open source exchange UI to add more symbols.

**Resulting Soft/Hard Pegs**

The following price pegs will be added to the $BAL mining scripts in response to the whitelist changes. At time of writing, soft pegs receive a `wrapFactor` of 0.2 and hard pegs receive a `wrapFactor` of 0.1. For reference, please see the [`wrapFactor` proposal](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/modifying-wrapfactor-applying-a-0-7-factor-to-soft-pegged-pairs/108).

```
    SOFT	UST <-> USD group

```

**Omissions**

Some requested tokens were omitted this week.

The following token lacks a price feed via the [CoinGecko API](https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/token_price/ethereum?contract_addresses=0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2&vs_currencies=usd), which is a violation of Whitelist Criterion #7: _The token must have a price feed accessible via CoinGecko’s API. This is instrumental to calculating a pool’s eligibility for BAL rewards._

```
    NO PRICE FEED	wLOKI	0x5ff668ddfDcBB7505f41ED56e626E4D4719DcB26
```