Hugh
Hey Hugh, thanks for the comments!
The Arbitrum official bridge is the best way to bridge from any chain - would be happy to introduce you to that team as well. They could use some carbon offsets!
WRT non-SC risks, jUSDC is a pristine asset in that the way jGLP is built and even with max leverage, all potential losses are directed at the jGLP side of the equation which is why jUSDC should (aside from SC risks) remain accruing interest (Currently jUSDC yields over 20%!).
We have had two proposals pass, one for Sperax and one for Redacted. We have also worked privately with other DAOs but are not able to disclose amounts or whom as requested. I will say that we have sourced 5 deposits from projects so far.
As far as access, jUSDC has a unique feature in that unlike AAVE utilization will not freeze withdrawal functions. We do this by enforcing a GMX retention which de-levers the jGLP vault based on your withdrawal. As you may know, GMX has a minting retention in order to mint GLP and as such, we pass that to the jUSDC withdrawer. We also outline this in greater detail in the whitepaper which I can unpack also for the treasury team! There is also a 24 hour lockup on withdrawals from jUSDC side which helps lower any potential attack surface.
Hope that helps, happy to discuss more!