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Farming Opps:
- 🟠 BTC: 35% APR with Aerodrome’s tBTC-cbBTC pool on Base
- 🟠 BTC: 12% APY with Pendle’s WBTC (Bera) PT on Ethereum
- 🔵 ETH: 25% APR with Convex’s ETH-xETH vault on Ethereum
- 🔵 ETH: 19% APR with Aerodrome’s cbETH-WETH pool on Base
- 🟢 USD: 54% APR with Aerodrome’s USDS-USDC pool on Base
- 🟢 USD: 18% APR with Convex’s crvUSD-sFRAX pool on Ethereum
Airdrop Hunter:
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- 🏮 Infrared: Hold iBGT and iBERA
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Berachain has quickly become one of the fastest-growing chains in the space, surpassing Base and Arbitrum in total value locked (TVL) according to DefiLlama, and its mainnet has been live for less than a month! This rapid growth signals that users are migrating to Berachain to put their capital to work. But why not maximize your earnings by securing potential airdrop rewards while providing liquidity or lending out your tokens?
Here are our top five airdrop opportunities on Berachain! 👇
1️⃣ Kodiak Finance
Kodiak Finance is a Berachain-native AMM that has quickly become the go-to platform for token swaps. The project has already processed over $500M in volume, boasts a TVL of just over $1B, and has seen a 42% increase in weekly fees collected over the past month.
In addition to these impressive metrics, Kodiak is running a pre-TGE campaign where users can provide liquidity to select pools to earn xKDK. Once Kodiak officially launches its token, xKDK will be redeemable for KDK at a 1:1 ratio. While details on KDK’s utility remain sparse, Kodiak’s dominance on Berachain suggests it could become one of the chain’s blue-chip assets.
How do you know which pools to provide liquidity to in order to earn xKDK? Head to the “Liquidity” section on Kodiak Finance and select “Sweetened” pools. There, you'll find a list of pools offering xKDK rewards, such as BERA/WETH, BERA/HONEY, and BERA/WBTC. For a full breakdown of quests that earn you xKDK, check out the Airdrop Hunter!
2️⃣ BeraBorrow
BeraBorrow is a lending and borrowing platform that allows users to deposit collateral to mint its over-collateralized stablecoin, NECT. Despite launching recently, BeraBorrow has already amassed over $380M in TVL, largely driven by the Boyco event, cementing its position as one of Berachain’s largest lending platforms.
BeraBorrow has yet to launch a token, but users can start earning POLLEN points, which will later be redeemable for POLLEN tokens. These tokens will play a vital role on the platform, as all revenue from interest rates will be used to support POLLEN’s value.
The primary way to accumulate POLLEN points is by using NECT across the Berachain ecosystem. This includes providing NECT to liquidity pools on Kodiak Finance, depositing it on Beraborrow, or simply holding the NECT token.
3️⃣ BurrBear
BurrBear is a stablecoin-centric DEX that offers multi-stable pools and 20x more capital-efficient trading when swapping between stablecoins. The platform follows a similar model to Curve, utilizing stable math to enable efficient swaps.
According to BurrBear’s documentation, 5.6% of the BURR token supply is allocated for airdrop incentives, distributed over five quarters. Additionally, BURR will play a crucial role in governing fee distribution on the platform.
Stablecoin DEXs may not seem flashy, but let’s not forget Curve has become a backbone of DeFi, generating over $30M in annual fees with a $1.8B TVL. By simply providing stablecoin liquidity to BurrBear’s “Curated” pools you are not only receiving airdrop rewards from BurrBear but are also stacking additional rewards from other protocols running airdrop campaigns.
4️⃣ Infrared Finance
Infrared Finance is a liquid staking platform that enables users to tokenize staked BERA or BGT. With $1.78B in TVL, it is currently the most-used dApp in the Berachain ecosystem.
While Infrared Finance has not officially announced a points program since Berachain’s mainnet launch, there’s strong evidence that an airdrop could be on the horizon. Infrared Points were previously distributed through Boyco markets and during Berachain’s testnet phase, as noted in the Infrared DAO GitHub documentation.
Staking BERA and BGT will likely be key to earning future Infrared Points, but there are additional strategies to maximize rewards from iBGT and iBERA holdings. Providing liquidity to the iBERA/WBERA and iBGT/WBERA pools on BEX, then staking the LP tokens in Infrared Finance, could be another way to earn Infrared Points.
5️⃣ Berachain
Berachain has already conducted its main airdrop campaign, but there’s still an opportunity to earn future BERA rewards by using specific applications. According to Berachain’s tokenomics, 13.1% of the BERA supply is allocated to future community initiatives.
A tracking site monitors which projects have received allocations from this fund. By keeping an eye on updates, you can stay ahead of the curve and farm any new dApps that become eligible for incentives.
With so many new applications launching, figuring out the best airdrop strategy can be overwhelming, but we’ve got you covered!
Head over to Airdrop Hunter on the Bankless site for a step-by-step guide on how to maximize rewards from each of these Berachain airdrop opportunities!
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Catalyst Overview:
AAVE’s price saw an uptick following a recent governance post that proposed implementation of a buyback and distribution program, alongside alterations to GHO revenue allocation. The plan would purchase $1M worth of AAVE every week for six months, and 50% of revenue generated from GHO will be allocated to anti-GHO, which can be used to reduce a user’s GHO debt position or is convertible to StkGHO and then later converted to GHO, with 80% of that going back to AAVE stakers.
Pros:
- Since the start of 2025, GHO’s total supply has increased by 42%, indicating rising adoption of the stablecoin. As the supply of GHO continues to grow, AAVE stakers will benefit from increased fees paid by users borrowing the token.
- Aave’s recent launch on Sonic Chain reached $35M in TVL within 24 hours. With this much traction this quick, Aave may continue expanding into new ecosystems, as they are currently looking to hire a Move engineer, driving higher fee generation and revenue to the platform.
Cons:
- Aave’s utilization rate has dropped from 41.5% in December 2024 to 38.74%, reflecting lower demand for leverage in the current market.
- Reduced capital utilization has impacted fee generation, with monthly fees collected down 25% compared to December.
Price impact:
The Bankless Analyst Team is issuing a bearish rating for AAVE, citing declining capital utilization and fee revenue, as well as overall macroeconomic conditions that have caused investors' exodus from crypto markets in recent weeks.
For a bullish case to materialize, endogenous crypto demand for leverage must materialize. Additionally it would help for broader economic uncertainty, such as fears around Trump's tariff policies and looming recessionary conditions, to resolve.
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