πŸ’°| Token Economics

The token economy is a central component of a DEX and a key factor in its long-term success or failure. $METRO is the native Reward and Governance Token of Metropolis which can be earned through farming, via the initial $METRO Fairlaunch or by purchase. The central use case for $METRO is to stake it for real yield from protocol fees and to vote on 30% of total $METRO emissions on the DEX.

Metropolis Protocol Value Flow

Protocol Value Flow of Metropolis DEX on Sonic

Liquidity Providers (LPs) earn fees directly from all trading activity on Metropolis as well as $METRO tokens through Simple AMM farms and Liquidity Book DLMM farms.

  • 70% of $METRO token emissions will be distributed to major pools managed by the protocol.

  • 30% of $METRO token emissions are controlled by $METRO stakers. Projects can permissionless bribe $METRO stakers to vote for a $METRO farm.

Stake METRO for Real Yield

$METRO can be staked for real yield (payed in $USDC) from fees earned by the protocol through all trading activity on the DEX. Through a locking mechanism in the staking contract a multiplier is applied to the earned fees. The longer the locking period, the higher the multiplier to the staking rewards (max. 365 days = 3x multiplier).

Staked METRO to Vote for Emissions & Earn Bribes

$METRO stakers need to lock their $METRO token for a minimum of 90 days in order to be eligible to vote in 2 weeks long epochs. $METRO voters can vote on Simple AMM pools as well as on Liquidity Book DLMM pools. If a minimum voting threshold is reached for a pool, it receives a farm with $METRO emissions.

With each epoch, the allocation of the 30% $METRO emissions is reset and gets voted on again. Projects or individuals can bribe locked $METRO stakers to vote for a specific pool. The earlier the vote is casted to a pool with allocated bribes, the more the voter will earn from the bribes.

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