incentives

Aave announced: The Aave V4 tokenized stock liquidity pool deployed on the Base network has launched USDC deposit incentives. Users who deposit USDC can earn additional rewards on top of the base interest rate.

The founder of the Solana landing service analysis platform Circular, Ben, stated that he believes the trading terminal Axiom charges traders through misleading "validator bribes" and routes the related funds to the landing service Lunar under HelloMoon. Ben mentioned that since April, the bribes paid by Axiom traders to Lunar amount to approximately $55.7 million, but the latest 30-day analysis shows that only about 1% can be traced back to additional on-chain validator incentives, and he inquired whether Axiom shares in this tip revenue.Circular claims that it reconstructed the activities related to Lunar and Axiom from April 26, 2026, to October 19, based on on-chain payment flows: during this period, Lunar received 530,166 SOL in bribes, valued at approximately $55.67 million based on its quoted price of $105/SOL, corresponding to 189 million successful payments of bribes to Lunar from Axiom transactions. In the last 30 days, 45 million Axiom transactions made payments to Lunar, accounting for 80.6% of successful Axiom transactions; Lunar received 138,964 SOL, approximately $14.59 million, of which about 1,579 SOL was attributed to additional on-chain validator incentives, accounting for 1.14%.Ben also cited on-chain cases from September 26 and October 7, stating that after he paid bribes as suggested by the Axiom interface, the identifiable additional priority fee increase was about 1% of the amount paid to Lunar. He indicated that Axiom controls transaction routing and fee recommendations and has published its associated Lunar address on GitHub for verification. The above content represents Circular's on-chain statistics and personal judgment, and the post also states that the related proportions do not exclude other service costs or off-chain payments, and its estimate of the platform's revenue share is not based on tracked payments to Axiom.

On October 17, the decentralized stablecoin USDD announced an additional reward of 16,000 USDD for the ongoing Gate DEX Bonus event, covering both Ethereum and BNB Chain, raising the total prize pool to 154,000 USDD. The enhanced event will run from October 18 at 18:00 (Singapore time) to November 27 at 18:00.Among them, the daily reward for the Ethereum chain event has been increased from 1,000 USDD to 1,200 USDD, with a total prize pool of 68,000 USDD; the daily reward for the BNB Chain event has been increased from 1,300 USDD to 1,500 USDD, with a total prize pool of 86,000 USDD.Previously, on September 28, USDD announced the launch of a new dual-chain Bonus event in collaboration with Gate DEX, which will run from that day until November 27. The official reminder states that users can participate through the Gate DEX-Earn-Stablecoins-Bonus section, and existing user earnings will automatically and seamlessly connect. Please ensure that there is enough BNB or ETH in your wallet for Gas fees before participating.

ARC Terminal announced its return on October 13, launching AI-driven perpetual contract trading features. The platform captures market narratives through The Feed, which are then transformed into trading strategies by the AI agent ANIMA. Users only need to confirm to execute, supporting natural language commands like "go long on SOL, risk $40." ANIMA will automatically generate entry points, take-profit, and exit points, displaying them on the chart.The platform currently supports nearly 300 markets, with unified account balances, initially integrating with Hyperliquid, and will expand to more exchanges in the future. ARC Terminal stated that points previously earned by users are eligible for participation in future incentive programs, with all time spent on the platform counting towards future rewards. According to the roadmap, it will introduce more exchange integrations, a complete roadmap from the fourth quarter to next year, competitions with real prize pools, early points holder reward programs, and new supporters and partners.

TRON DeFi Summer S3 is in full swing, with a total prize pool of 2 million USD, covering four major asset pools: TRX, USDD, JST, and SUN, providing a 60-day Boosted APR incentive.JUST has simultaneously launched a community interactive vote, inviting users to share the asset directions they are more focused on this season, adding more community engagement to S3. Now, by entering JustLend DAO through Binance Wallet, you can choose the corresponding asset pool to participate------cast your S3 choice and simultaneously open your 60-day Boost earnings window.

Ethena posted that since the initial airdrop in early 2024, the token incentives related to the stablecoin USDe have decreased by about 85% compared to 2024. Starting at the end of this month, the token incentives and new inflation related to USDe will be completely eliminated, and future scale expansion will no longer be driven by additional token subsidies.

Zuckerberg stated that every lab has the responsibility and incentive to train models safely at the required speed and has the capability to take action independently. People will not use agents that are not aligned with them or do not act as required, so labs have a strong natural incentive to enhance model alignment. Trust and alignment are rapidly becoming the most important capabilities that distinguish agents from models, and any lab that does not focus on alignment will fall behind.Zuckerberg indicated that labs will face significant liability if their models cause harm, thus there is a strong incentive to prevent this. Meta has postponed the release of Muse by several months to focus on safety and security, and has not asked other labs to follow suit, but rather considers it part of their daily work. Hiring independent evaluators and consultants is an industry best practice, and MSL has been doing this in multiple areas. Allocating most computing power to serve people rather than competing for recursive self-improvement is one of the best ways to ensure the safe development of this technology, and Meta has made this commitment.

On August 27, the decentralized stablecoin USDD announced the end of the first incentive campaign for the sUSDD market in collaboration with Pendle and the launch of the second incentive campaign. During the first phase, USDD provided over $300,000 in reward subsidies, with the Pendle sUSDD market reaching a maximum TVL of nearly $40 million, and the PT fixed income rate maintained overall at above 7%.The total value of the second phase rewards is $600,000, with the event running from August 27, 2026, to November 26, 2026, lasting 91 days. Users can connect their positions from the first phase to continue participating.

The decentralized AI infrastructure network DGrid AI announced the $DGAI token economic model, with a total supply of 1 billion $DGAI tokens. Of this, 50% will be allocated to node network operations and node incentives, 15% will be allocated to community growth and ecological participation, 10% will be allocated to team incentives and long-term development, 10% will be allocated to early investors, 8% will be allocated to airdrop rewards, and 7% will be allocated to initial liquidity and secondary market support.According to previous news, DGrid AI opened the $DGAI airdrop eligibility inquiry and application channel on August 17, and the window will remain open until 16:00 Beijing time on August 22.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD announced that it will add TRX exclusive rewards to Pendle's sUSDD market and simultaneously increase the base USDD rewards. The total reward for this event is 21,000 USDD and 12,000 TRX, along with PENDLE tokens worth approximately 30% of the total value of the aforementioned USDD and TRX. The event will take place from August 13th, 8:00 to August 20th, 8:00 (Singapore time).The official statement indicated that Pendle has integrated PT-sUSDD into the PT Looping module, allowing users to further connect to the USDC and USDT markets on the Morpho platform to expand their earning potential. At the same time, they are preparing for the renewal of the sUSDD market with Pendle, and specific arrangements will be announced separately.

According to official news, Bitget C2C has officially launched the merchant ecosystem recruitment. This recruitment adopts a selective and invitation-based model, with dedicated business managers providing one-on-one access. The platform requires that applying merchants must be certified merchants from other platforms and have more than 180 days of industry experience; for senior high-level merchants, a "certificate direct upgrade channel" is open, allowing for direct upgrades to bulk merchants based on relevant certifications and transaction records, enjoying expedited review, 1V1 exclusive connection, and platform traffic exposure support.To accelerate ecosystem construction, Bitget has launched a dual incentive program. New merchants can receive a 100 USDT onboarding reward after completing specified tasks; existing merchants can receive up to 200 USDT referral rewards for each new merchant they successfully refer, with no limit on the number of referrals. The event will last until September 30 at 23:59 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

OneBullEx announces the launch of the TradFi perpetual contract position incentive activity, which will take place from August 4th, 18:00 to August 19th, 18:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 40,000 USDT in contract experience funds.The activity covers TradFi USDT-based perpetual contracts for technology stocks, indices, and gold. After completing registration, users can receive rewards based on their average daily position value, with the applicable reward ratio unlocked collectively by the total average position size of all registered users, with a maximum annualized reward rate of 21%.Of this, 35,000 USDT is allocated for position rewards; an additional 5,000 USDT is for the first order gift for new users. New users who have never completed contract trading on OneBullEx before registration are eligible. The maximum annualized reward rate is calculated based on the maximum 50x leverage supported by the specified contract and the actual margin used, and does not constitute fixed income or income commitment.

According to reports from Jiemian News, the prospectus shows that Changxin Technology has implemented a rare employee stock incentive plan in the semiconductor industry before its listing. The company launched two phases of employee stock ownership plans over four years, granting shares to a total of 6,760 individuals, accounting for 35% of the total number of employees, with a higher proportion of R&D and highly educated personnel. Chairman Zhu Yiming publicly promised to distribute the granted 768 million shares to current employees free of charge within ten years after the company has been listed for 36 months, and he personally committed not to reduce his holdings within ten years after the listing. This initiative aims to retain core talent and stimulate team motivation through a long-term interest-binding mechanism during the lengthy technology catch-up cycle.In terms of performance, benefiting from the AI-driven super cycle in the storage industry, Changxin Technology has achieved a strong turnaround and significant growth. The company expects to achieve revenue of 110 billion to 120 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of more than six times; the net profit attributable to the parent company is expected to reach 50 billion to 57 billion yuan.Previous news: According to the official website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Chinese storage giant Changxin Technology disclosed its intention to list on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board and the "Issuance Arrangement and Preliminary Inquiry Announcement" on July 9, officially starting the IPO issuance process on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board. The announcement disclosed that the offline subscription date and online subscription date for the company's new shares are both set for July 16, 2026. The stock code for Changxin Technology/offline subscription code is "688825," and the online subscription code is "787825." This public offering plans to issue approximately 6.688 billion shares (before the exercise of the over-allotment option), while the issuer grants CICC an over-allotment option not exceeding 15.00% of the initial number of shares issued; if fully exercised, the total number of shares issued will increase to approximately 7.691 billion shares.

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, MiniMax founder and CEO Yan Junjie issued an internal letter to all employees, responding to recent market fluctuations and emphasizing that the company's long-term direction remains unchanged. In the letter, Yan Junjie announced that starting today, until the day the company achieves AGI, he will no longer receive any salary from the company. Over the next four years, he will allocate personal shares equivalent to 4% of the company's total equity to incentivize team members who work alongside the company to create value together; at the same time, he will set aside 1% of the shares to establish a special fund to continuously support the development of relevant open-source communities.

According to Cointelegraph, Polkadot OpenGov recently proposed two new staking proposals (Proposal #1909 and #1910) aimed at strengthening validator incentives, eliminating the nominator penalty mechanism, and reducing the unbonding period from approximately 28 days to 2 days.

According to CoinDesk, Base ecosystem's largest DEX Aerodrome plans to launch a Predictive Allocation mechanism, which allocates incentives based on predicted future liquidity demand, replacing the traditional model based on historical data.

According to The Block, Curve Finance has launched the lending protocol Llamalend v2 on Optimism as the first phase of its major upgrade, with plans to deploy it to the Ethereum mainnet in the second half of this year.Llamalend v2 removes the restriction of only supporting crvUSD, allowing for almost any collateral to be combined with lending assets, and introduces LlamaRisk as the market auditor responsible for evaluating new collateral and managing the market lifecycle.Users can use Curve LP tokens as collateral, allowing them to lend funds while maintaining market-making exposure, thereby improving capital efficiency. The launch on Optimism received a subsidy of 250,000 OP (approximately $50,000) provided by the Optimism Foundation, which will be used for liquidity and activity incentives over the next two months. Initially, the lending limit will be zero, only allowing for lending, and the lending limit will be determined through a seven-day DAO vote, with full functionality expected to gradually open from June 16.