This week, the Governance Guardians approved one of the largest batches of Reward Vault Requests (RFRVs) to date, adding new applications, expanding liquidity across core assets, and showing how Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) can support a wider range of user experiences on Berachain. All of the Governance Guardians were represented in this batch. 

One example is the approval of a sports betting vault for SX.Bet. As one of the largest decentralized prediction platforms, SX.Bet shows how PoL incentives can be used to reward real user activity, not just liquidity provision. If successful, it could bring a new group of users— bettors, retail participants, and prediction market traders— into the Berachain ecosystem, while helping prove that PoL can drive adoption beyond traditional DeFi.

At the same time, Berachain’s liquidity layer is expanding with new opportunities for LPs. Projects like Concrete and Ether.Fi are rolling out vaults across major assets including stablecoins, ETH, BTC, and Berachain-native tokens like $HONEY and $BERA. These new vaults are an important part of preparing for the upcoming May 6 unlock of the Boyco pre-deposit programs. With the unlock approaching, Boyco depositors have a clear path to put their capital to work, earn rewards, and take part in Berachain’s next phase of growth.Core DeFi infrastructure continues to mature. Bearn and Infrared both received approval for vaults that deepen liquidity around Berachain native liquid staking tokens for BGT and $BERA, creating the foundations needed for a robust staking and boosting economy in the months ahead.

As always, every vault was reviewed using the updated Governance Standards with a focus on sustainable ecosystem growth, alignment with $BERA value, and user participation. A few applications are still under review and will be revisited after additional diligence.

For teams looking to participate in the next batch, RFRV submissions are due every Thursday at 00:00 UTC. Proposals must be posted on the forums and meet the updated criteria to be considered for approval.

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

• Kodiak — Bearn — yBGT/yBERA
• Kodiak — Infrared — iBERA/iBGT 
• Kodiak — Bedrock — brBTC/uniBTC
• Kodiak — Beradrome/Goldilocks — LOCKS/BERA
• Kodiak — GRQ — GRQ/WBERA

NON-DEX Vaults (Proposer - Utility)

• Ether.Fi — Liquid BeraBTC Vault
• Ether.Fi — Liquid BeraETH Vault
• Concrete — HONEY Vault
• Concrete — USDC.e Vault
• Concrete — USDT0 Vault
• Concrete — USDe Vault
• Concrete — WETH Vault
• Concrete — BeraETH Vault
• Concrete — LBTC Vault
• Concrete — uniBTC Vault
• Concrete — WBERA Vault
• Concrete — sUSDe Vault
• Concrete — WBTC Vault
• Concrete — FBTC Vault
• Concrete — Berabaddies HONEY Vault
• Concrete — Berabaddies WBERA Vault
• SX Bet — SX Bera Receipt Token Staking
• ZeroLend — NECT Vault on Euler

All requests for incentive changes on existing reward vaults were approved, with the Labs team coordinating with teams in swap out incentives