dYdX Chain initiates distribution of trading rewards after successful governance vote. Validators and stakers can now receive DYDX rewards as full trading commences on the decentralized derivatives trading protocol.

dYdX Chain began distributing trading rewards after a governance vote enabled the protocol’s “Full Trading” phase, moving the network beyond its earlier beta stage. Under the new setup, eligible traders receive DYDX-denominated rewards automatically on a per-block basis, while staking rewards continue to be paid separately. The dYdX Foundation says the system is designed to incentivize activity directly at the protocol level and does not require manual claiming for trading rewards. The change matters because it marks a more complete rollout of dYdX Chain’s incentive design, which combines trading rewards, staking rewards, and a launch incentive program aimed at bootstrapping liquidity and activity. The foundation says Trading Rewards are capped by protocol fees and are distributed in DYDX, while the broader incentive framework includes retroactive rewards tied to governance approval and additional community programs such as the launch incentive initiative. That makes the governance vote important not just operationally, but also for how dYdX allocates emissions and rewards across traders and stakers going forward.

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