Berachain Governance Update: RFRV Batch 11 Approved

The governance guardians have approved a new set of reward vault requests (RFRV).

This batch of requests introduces an innovative fee-centric trading reward model and expands Berachain's lending layer through deeper integration with the Infrared ecosystem. Both vaults continue the trend of extending the liquidity proof (PoL) incentive mechanism from passive TVL to high-value activities such as trading volume, lending, and composability.

In addition to approving new reward vaults, two protocol-level governance improvements have been enacted:

Eligibility Requirement Changes

On April 7, 2025, an announcement was made stating that to qualify for reward vaults, staked tokens must have at least 100 holders. The governance guardians have decided to remove this requirement. This update lowers the entry barrier for new protocols.

Validator Allocation Queue Acceleration

In addition to governance guardian voting, the allocation queue for validator reward vaults has been shortened to 450 blocks (approximately 15 minutes), down from the previous minimum of 2000 blocks. This update allows validators to respond more quickly to changes, creating a more efficient market feedback loop for the BGT booster and participatory protocols.

Non-DEX Reward Vaults (Proposer - Utility)

Honeypot - All-in-One Vault

Euler - MEV Capital Red Cluster wBERA Lending

Additionally, all adjustment requests for existing reward vaults have been approved, and the Labs team has collaborated with various project parties to complete incentive replacements or necessary adjustments.

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