Sky $SKY will be listed on the OKX Exchange Pair With SKY/USD on September 11th, 2025 at 01:00 PM
Published By: divya choudhary
Published at: 2025-09-10
About Sky
Sky is the new name for MakerDAO’s token. It used to be called MKR, but now it’s called SKY.Sky also brings a new stablecoin called USDS (this replaces DAI). Sky Protocol is like a big upgrade of the old MakerDAO system.Sky. Money is an easy website where you can use Sky. You can save, stake, trade, and earn rewards on Sky. money without giving away control of your tokens.
How Sky Helps the Crypto World
Sky is built to make crypto simple and useful for more people:
Save and earn: You can save USDS and earn interest using the Sky Savings Rate. You can also earn extra SKY tokens with Sky Token Rewards.
Better voting: Sky has only one voting token (SKY). This makes voting faster and easier.
Strong supply plan: Sky buys back and burns some SKY tokens. This makes the remaining tokens more rare.
Bridges to other systems: Sky works on many Layer 2 Blockchain(L2) networks with SkyLink. You can also buy SKY or USDS with normal money (fiat) in many countries.
Sky’s Special Features
Sky has many features that make it stand out:
Non-custodial control: Your tokens stay in your wallet. Sky. Money is just a tool—you always keep your money.
Sky Savings Rate (SSR): Earn interest on USDS. No minimum deposit, no lock-up.
Sky Token Crypto Rewards (STRs): Earn SKY (and special Sky Star tokens) by using USDS. All non-custodial.
Staking Engine: Stake SKY to earn rewards, help govern Sky, or borrow USDS anytime with no exit fees.
SkyLink: Connects Ethereum to Layer-2 networks like Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism for faster, cheaper use.
Sky Stars: Small, independent projects inside Sky. They can have their own tokens but still belong to Sky.
Governance Structure: SKY holders vote on changes using decentralized on-chain voting and follow the Sky Atlas rulebook.
Sky Listing Roadmap
Here is Sky’s timeline so far:
May 2025: SKY becomes the only voting token. Penalties for late MKR swaps start.
June 2–30, 2025: Phase 2 & 3 of MKR ? SKY swap. USDS rewards for SKY stakers start. Extra SKY is burned.
July 4, 2025: Alchemy Pay lets people buy SKY and USDS with fiat money in 170+ countries.
August 2025: S&P Global gives Sky a B- credit rating—the first for a DeFi project. New funds, Sky Frontier and Fortification grants, begin.
Late August–Early September 2025: Exchanges (including OKX) help migrate MKR to SKY and delist MKR.
September 15, 2025: MKR pairs are removed; deposits and withdrawals paused.
September 17, 2025: SKY trading pairs go live on OKX.
Ongoing: Buyback program burns SKY tokens using staking fees. Over 1.11 billion burned so far.
Sky Team
Sky does not post a full team list. But we know some leaders:
Rune Christensen, co-founder of MakerDAO, is still deeply involved. He helped fund the buyback program.
Sky uses the old MakerDAO talent and a big community of contributors.
Governance is run by the Sky community through on-chain voting.
Conclusion
Sky is now live for trading on OKX.
Simple savings and rewards
Fast Layer-2 access
One strong governance token
Token scarcity through buybacks
Sky’s roadmap shows clear plans and a solid team guiding the project.