# UMIP 72 -Add BAL as approved collateral currency

**URL:** <https://discourse.uma.xyz/t/umip-72-add-bal-as-approved-collateral-currency/1483>\
**Category:** technical UMIPs\
**Created:** [March 2, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.uma.xyz/t/umip-72-add-bal-as-approved-collateral-currency/1483 "2022-03-02T13:49:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mhairi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.uma.xyz/mhairi/32/48_2.png) [@Mhairi](https://discourse.uma.xyz/u/Mhairi)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.uma.xyz/t/umip-72-add-bal-as-approved-collateral-currency/1483/1 "2022-03-02T13:49:16Z")

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This UMIP will add BAL as an approved collateral currency. This will involve adding BAL to the whitelist and adding a flat final fee to charge per-request. The proposed final fee is 8 BAL per request.

> <https://github.com/UMAprotocol/UMIPs/blob/master/UMIPs/umip-72.md>