Berachain Governance Update: RFRV Batch 12 Projects Approved
The governance guardians have approved a new batch of reward vault requests (RFRV). This week's proposals cover support for stablecoin infrastructure, NFT lending, liquid staking integration, meme coin speculation, and the expansion of Berachain's first native RWA incentive model.
The Kettle vault introduces a volume-based reward mechanism for trading tokenized luxury watches, marking the first time real-world asset activities are directly tied to BGT issuance. Eden's Gachapon vault brings bribery on-chain through physical capsule toy machines and gamified ticket sales, blurring the lines between DeFi and entertainment. Paddle Finance launches NFT-based lending features and provides incentives through a utility vault linked to Steady Teddys.
Meanwhile, the upgraded BurrBear multi-stablecoin liquidity pool integrates NECT, USDC, USDT0, and HONEY liquidity, laying a stable foundation for future integration with lending markets and tokenized real assets.
This week also approved: meme-based WBERA | ZERO vault, LST liquidity vault supported by Smilee, and Beraborrow vault linking wgBERA collateral with PoL rewards through NECT minting.
These vaults collectively showcase the ongoing evolution of the Berachain incentive model. The focus of this batch is no longer solely on TVL, but on meaningful and targeted behaviors within the reward emission ecosystem.
Non-BEX Vaults (Proposer — Utility)
Kettle — Kettle Trading Reward Vault
Eden — Gachapon Reward Vault
Paddle Finance — WBERA | Steady Teddys
BurrBear — NECT | USDC | USDT0 | HONEY Multi-Stablecoin Pool
GOING to ZERO — WBERA | ZERO
Smilee — WBERA | wgBERA
Beraborrow — bb.wgBERA
In addition, all adjustment requests for existing reward vaults have been approved, and the Labs team has collaborated with each project to complete incentive replacement or necessary adjustments.
