NEAR Voters Approve Plan to Cut Annual Issuance to 1.6%
NEAR’s HSP-029 passed its tokenholder vote, backing a 24-month issuance cut from 2.5% to 1.6%. Security Council review and validator adoption remain.
Real Yield
Real yield refers to the return on investment generated by a decentralized finance protocol through actual revenue rather than the emission of highly inflationary native tokens. In the early stages of decentralized finance, many platforms offered astronomically high annual percentage yields by constantly minting new tokens to reward users, which frequently led to price collapse due to market oversupply. Conversely, protocols offering real yield generate income by charging users fees for actual services, such as decentralized exchange trading fees, borrowing interest, or liquidations. This collected revenue is then distributed proportionally to liquidity providers or token stakers in the form of established assets like stablecoins or Ethereum. This concept represents a structural shift toward more sustainable economic models in the cryptocurrency industry. It allows investors to distinguish between platforms generating genuine economic value and those relying entirely on unsustainable tokenomics.
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Travala Adds AVA Buyback Multiplier Tied to Travel Rewards
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Axis Robotics’ AXIS Starts Trading on Coinbase, Upbit and Bitget
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Dogecoin Labs Launches to Expand DOGE Payments and DeFi
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Grayscale’s Crypto Yield Rankings Put HYPE and CAKE on Top
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PancakeSwap Opens Vote on 88% LP Fee Share and 69% CAKE Emissions Cut
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DefiLlama and Trueo Launch DeFi Revenue and Exploit Markets
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