Berachain sees $1.6B pre-launch liquidity surge, would technically making it the 10th largest chain by TVL.
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Promote with Leviathan NewsBerachain, a forthcoming EVM‑identical Layer 1 blockchain built around a novel Proof‑of‑Liquidity (PoL) design, has attracted roughly $1.6 billion in pre‑launch deposits into “Boyco,” its pre‑launch liquidity platform deployed on Ethereum. According to Blockworks, this capital—largely driven by users seeking prospective airdrops and yield opportunities—would already place Berachain around the 10th-largest blockchain by total value locked (TVL) if it were live and counted alongside established networks. Boyco was created in collaboration with teams like LayerZero, Stargate, Royco, and Enso to solve the “cold start” liquidity problem by letting users lock blue‑chip assets such as ETH and BTC into pre‑launch liquidity markets that will transition onto Berachain once mainnet goes live. In parallel, Berachain’s ecosystem has also used a broader “pre‑launch vaults” program across protocols like Pendle, Ethena, ether.fi, StakeStone, Lombard, Concrete, PumpBTC, Kelp, Usual, CIAN, Veda, Bedrock, Kodiak, and Dolomite, which Berachain says has attracted more than $1.5 billion in TVL on its own as of mid‑January 2025. Together, these initiatives position Berachain to launch with unusually deep liquidity compared with typical new L1s, directly supporting its PoL model that ties block production incentives to on‑chain liquidity and DeFi activity. The surge is notable because Berachain is still pre‑mainnet in this context but already competing in TVL terms with mature chains, highlighting both intense market speculation around future BERA/BGT/HONEY token economics and growing interest in PoL as an alternative to conventional proof‑of‑stake. It also reflects the growing role of airdrop farming and structured pre‑launch deposit programs in how new blockchains bootstrap liquidity and users, with Berachain’s approach now serving as a high‑profile test case for whether large, coordinated pre‑launch liquidity can translate into sustainable activity once the network fully launches. "entities":["Berachain","Boyco","LayerZero","Stargate","Royco","Enso","Pendle","Ethena","ether.fi","StakeStone","Lombard","Concrete","PumpBTC","Kelp","Usual","CIAN","Veda","Bedrock","Kodiak","Dolomite","BERA","BGT","HONEY","Blockworks"]}'}니다}
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