Berachain’s Proof of Liquidity (PoL) is entering its next phase. Starting Monday, March 24th, the first batch of reward vaults beyond existing BEX pools will officially go live, enabling more dApps to compete for emissions and direct incentives to validators and users.

This marks a major step in Berachain’s governance evolution—moving from a limited launch within native BEX pools to a more open, application-first ecosystem where projects can now drive sustainable growth through PoL.

The First Approved Reward Vaults

The first batch of whitelisted reward vaults is focused on DEX liquidity pools, ensuring a strong foundation for PoL emissions before expanding to non-DEX contracts in future phases. This includes pools on BEX as well as other DEXes in the Berachain ecosystem.These pools were selected based on economic value, security, and alignment with Berachain’s ecosystem, with key criteria including:

• Liquidity & Economic Value – Meaningful TVL, trading volume potential, or strategic importance to Berachain.
• Security & Decentralization – Standard or audited contracts, reputable tokens, and no undue centralization risks.
• Synergy with Berachain – Direct integrations or benefits to ecosystem growth.
• Community Support – Demonstrated demand and active participation.
• Operational Safety – Clear ownership, upgradeability details, and compliance considerations.
• Pairing with Major Ecosystem Tokens (Recommended) – Priority was given to pools paired with BERA, HONEY, BYUSD, USDC, wETH, or wBTC to maximize liquidity depth.

After review by the BGT Foundation and Guardians, the following pools have been approved for BGT emissions:

BEX POOLS (Vault Proposer — Pool)

• Bera Paw — WBERA/LBGT
• Dinero Protocol — DINERO/WBERA
• Dinero Protocol — WETH/beraETH
• Infrared — WBERA/iBERA
• Stride — stBGT/WBERA

NON-BEX POOLS (DEX — Vault Proposer — Pair)

• Kodiak — Avalon Labs — USDa/sUSDa
• Kodiak — Bedrock — WBTC/uniBTC
• Beradrome — Bera Plug — Kodiak PLUG/WBERA/V2 token
• Beradrome — Beradrome — hiBERO/HONEY
• Kodiak — Beramonium — BERA/BERAMO
• Kodiak — BM — WBERA/BM
• Bulla Exchange — Bulla Exchange — WBERA/HONEY
• Bulla Exchange — Bulla Exchange — WBERA/iBGT
• Kodiak — Dinero Protocol — STONE/beraETH
• Kodiak — Dinero Protocol — WETH/beraETH
• Kodiak — Etherfi — wBTC/eBTC
• Kodiak — Etherfi — wETH/weETH
• Kodiak — HarryPotterObamaSonic10inu — WBERA/BITCOIN
• Kodiak — Infrared Finance — BERA/iBERA
• Kodiak — Infrared Finance — BERA/iBGT
• Kodiak — Holdstation — HOLD/WBERA
• Kodiak — Kodiak — WBERA/HONEY/0.3%
• Kodiak — Kodiak — WBTC/WBERA/0.3%
• Kodiak — Kodiak — WETH/WBERA/0.3%
• Kodiak — NAV — NAV/BERA
• Kodiak — NOME — USDbr/HONEY/0.05%
• Kodiak — Olympus — OHM/HONEY
• Kodiak — Ramen Finance — RAMEN/BERA
• Kodiak — Renzo — ezETH/wETH 
• Kodiak — Reservoir — rUSD/HONEY
• Burrbear — Smilee Finance — wgBERA/NECT
• Burrbear — Smilee Finance — wgBERA/wBERA
• Kodiak — Solv Protocol — SolvBTC.BBN/SolvBTC
• Kodiak — Solv Protocol — SolvBTC/WBTC
• Kodiak — Stakestone —wETH/STONE
• Kodiak — Stride — stBGT/BERA
• Kodiak — Yeet — YEET/WBERA

Detailed Request for Reward Vault (RFRV) proposals can be found at https://hub.forum.berachain.com/

What’s Next? More Vaults, More Protocols

This is just the beginning. Starting next week, additional RFRVs will be reviewed for whitelist, expanding beyond DEX pools into new use cases with future batches—including RWAs, DeFi, gaming, and more. The cutoff point to be reviewed in the second batch of RFRV will be Thursday, March 27th at 00:00 UTC.

Berachain was built to support applications. With PoL live and governance scaling, dApps now have a permissionless way to attract liquidity and users, while BGT holders ultimately dictate where incentives flow. If you’re a builder looking to get your contract whitelisted, RFRV submissions remain open and batches will continue to be reviewed weekly. Visit the Hub Forum to learn more.  

Welcome to Phase 1 of Berachain Governance.