Berachain Prepares Hard Fork to Simplify Tokenomics, Shift Incentives

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Berachain is undergoing a hard fork on Wednesday to replace its dual-token incentive model with one focused on its main BERA token.
The change will end Bera Governance Token (BGT) emissions and shift block rewards to Wrapped BERA (WBERA), aiming for a simpler and more sustainable token economy.
APRs could triple post-upgrade, though initial yields may fluctuate.

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Berachain is undergoing a hard fork on Wednesday to replace its dual-token incentive model with one focused on its main BERA token. The change will end Bera Governance Token (BGT) emissions and shift block rewards to Wrapped BERA (WBERA), aiming for a simpler and more sustainable token economy. APRs could triple post-upgrade, though initial yields may fluctuate.

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