New Opportunities in the Berachain Ecosystem: Exploring the BERA Earning Strategy of StakeStone Vault

As some emerging public chains are issuing tokens one after another, Berachain has become one of the most talked-about emerging public chains recently, thanks to its on-chain liquidity mechanism designed based on the Proof of Liquidity (PoL) mechanism. However, for ordinary users, participating in the Berachain ecosystem presents certain barriers: from pre-depositing to selecting applications, calculating yield strategies, and participating in governance voting, each step imposes high demands on users, hindering most users from maximizing their opportunities to acquire BERA tokens.

It is worth noting that StakeStone has launched the market's first one-stop Berachain liquidity provisioning product "Berachain Vault," aimed at helping ordinary users easily participate in the Berachain ecosystem and seize early benefits through simplified services. So, can this Vault product become the "expressway" for retail investors to participate in Berachain? This article will explore the potential and value of this product in reducing thresholds and optimizing yield management, based on the needs of emerging ecosystems like Berachain, combined with the core design of StakeStone Berachain Vault.

Berachain: The "Flywheel" and "High Wall" of the PoL Mechanism

The core innovation of Berachain lies in its liquidity proof mechanism ( PoL ): Users must provide liquidity to specific liquidity pools to earn BGT (, a governance token that can be converted into BERA ) rewards. The liquidity pools that can receive more BGT emissions are determined by votes from validator nodes delegated by BGT holders.

This mechanism is very similar to Curve's ve model. It can be said that Berachain is a "public chain version of Curve", or a public chain operating based on the ve model:

Under the PoL mechanism, the voting of validating nodes directly affects the emission and distribution of BGT, which greatly stimulates ecological projects to actively compete for BGT emissions, forming an ecosystem similar to the "bribery election" on Curve. Berachain integrates this logic into the underlying architecture of the chain, creating a highly collaborative "community of interests" among users, validating nodes, and applications.

Ideally, the interests of the validation nodes and the success or failure of the applications are aligned. Validation nodes are incentivized to allocate more BGT to applications with high transaction volumes and strong activity, while applications can attract more users to participate in the liquidity pool by increasing the incentive rewards for LP users, resulting in more substantial returns from these high-transaction-volume pools.

As more users flock to liquidity pools due to high returns, the governance support of the application and the scale of liquidity further enhance, thereby securing more BGT emission rights. This continuously expanding liquidity and governance weight not only strengthens the scale of the protocol but also attracts more users and funds into the ecosystem, gradually forming a strong positive flywheel.

But new problems arise. Once the Berachain mainnet is launched, how should ordinary users determine and choose where to provide liquidity to maximize their returns?

Whether it is the selection of validation nodes, the selection of ecological projects, or the selection of liquidity pools, each layer of choice faces the need to deeply research multiple options. This undoubtedly constitutes a "high wall" for participants.

Compared to Curve, the Berachain ecosystem undoubtedly also needs a complete ecosystem project to serve users, among which the voting delegation platform Convex and the one-stop yield platform Yearn.finance will be indispensable components to address the core pain points of ordinary users.

Typical user dilemmas include:

• Information asymmetry: The yield situation and governance weight allocation of different applications/liquidity pools are in dynamic change, retail investors need to invest effort and time to track and research the dynamics of each project in order to make optimal choices;

• Disadvantages of scale effects: The liquidity contribution of individual retail investors is small, making it difficult to compete with large funding projects or professional players in the process of competing for emission rights, and it is challenging to achieve scale effects through individual participation.

• Complexity of operation: Managing liquidity, participating in voting governance, and optimizing returns simultaneously creates a high threshold for ordinary users. A slight misstep could lead to missing the best opportunities, such as failing to adjust voting direction in a timely manner or reallocating liquidity, both of which could directly impact overall returns.

Under this demand, StakeStone launched the innovative product Berachain Vault, designed specifically for the Berachain ecosystem, becoming the official first-choice one-stop Berachain mining service platform in the market.

StakeStone Berachain Vault: One Deposit, Two Networks, Multiple Earnings

In the context of DeFi, a "Vault" is an automated investment strategy designed to simplify the user experience; users only need to deposit assets, and the protocol can automatically execute a series of financial transactions to maximize returns through various strategy combinations. However, while traditional Vault products offer convenient asset management, they have significant limitations in terms of yield enhancement and liquidity release.

On one hand, the assets that users deposit are usually non-yielding underlying native assets like ETH, which, despite having high market recognition, cannot directly generate returns; on the other hand, the liquidity is often locked after depositing into the Vault, making it difficult to utilize further and limiting users' investment flexibility.

As yield-bearing assets like stETH, pufETH, and rzETH gradually become mainstream, Vault products have also evolved to support these assets with embedded yield logic, allowing them not only to capture basic yields from PoS staking but also to further enhance returns through liquidity mining, lending, and other combined strategies, maximizing user investment returns.

That extends the thinking, if on this basis, the liquidity locked in the Vault is also released in the form of Vault LP Tokens, and allows participation in various DeFi yield scenarios, wouldn't it be possible to maximize the layering of yields?

Taking the newly launched Berachain StakeStone Vault as an example, it is an innovative product that not only continues the asset management function of the Vault but also, through the innovation of Vault + Vault LP Token, completely opens up all dimensions of multiple earnings for users:

• Wrap LP assets of Berachain Vault into interest-bearing assets: Allow users who want to participate in the Berachain ecosystem to deposit ETH, STONE, and other LP assets ( for interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing ). After the Vault receives the assets, it will maximize returns by wrapping the LP assets into interest-bearing Vault LP Token ( such as beraSTONE ) through liquidity mining and governance yield strategies under the POL mechanism, targeting specific liquidity scenarios.

• Based on the packaged income-generating assets to create a DeFi yield portfolio: Subsequently, Vault LP Tokens can be used in various mature DeFi infrastructures on Ethereum to achieve a brand new unique parallel universe structure, where the sources of income are on Berachain and other chains, while the financing activities for income generation occur on the Ethereum mainnet. This structure takes advantage of the high yields of new chains and the abundance of funds and mature DeFi infrastructures on the Ethereum mainnet, thereby having the opportunity to become a new paradigm in the DeFi market.

In the design mechanism of Stakestone, the wrapped Vault LP Token has top-notch composability just like ETH—it can participate in Uniswap liquidity mining, Aave/Morpho collateral lending, and even be split into PT and YT in Pendle, further amplifying returns.

So if we delve deeper, the true innovation of the StakeStone Berachain Vault lies in linking an asset through secondary utilization and deep release, connecting the emerging ecosystem of Berachain with the mature networks of Ethereum ( or other EVM chains ), creating a "multi-layered yield" flywheel effect:

• First layer returns, PoS returns of underlying income-generating assets: Users can deposit ETH to obtain STONE and other fully chain liquid assets, covering the underlying PoS returns of ETH.

• Tier 2 earnings, POL earnings of the Berachain ecosystem: STONE deposited into StakeStone Berachain Vault, earning liquidity mining revenue under the POL mechanism in the Berachain ecosystem, and further encapsulating this tier of earnings as Vault LP Token ( such as beraSTONE );

• Third-layer earnings, diversified DeFi strategy earnings on Ethereum: Vault LP Token in the form of beraSTONE can be further increased on Ethereum through strategies such as leverage and liquidity mining;

By combining the ecological characteristics of Berachain with the diversified on-chain yield scenarios of Ethereum, the StakeStone Berachain Vault achieves multiple reuse of an asset from emerging markets to mature ecosystems, maximizing returns while thoroughly unlocking liquidity potential, significantly enhancing the utilization efficiency of a single asset, and bringing higher capital liquidity and market recognition to the Berachain ecosystem.

Through these two assets, users can not only gain high BERA returns under the Berachain liquidity proof ( PoL ) mechanism, but also achieve yield stacking in mature ecosystems like the Ethereum mainnet. More importantly, users can also lock in future governance tokens STO in advance by participating in StakeStone Vault.

During the event, users can participate in a reward pool of a total of 15 million STOs by holding or using beraSTONE and beraSBTC, which includes 8.25 million Bera-Wave points rewards distributed in the form of ( points, TGE settlement of ), and an additional reward of 4 million STOs during the Boyco event; in addition, the first 10,000 early bird users who deposit ≥0.042 ETH or ≥0.0015 BTC ( will also receive an additional incentive of 150 STOs each.

So how do you earn Bera-Wave points? It is mainly divided into two parts: basic point rules + DeFi acceleration rewards. The recommended reward mechanism can be seen in the specific process below ):

1. Basic Points Rules:

• Holding 1 beraSTONE, you can earn 1 point per hour;
• Holding 1 beraSBTC, you can earn 25 points per hour. ( points accumulate hourly, no additional operation required );

2. DeFi Acceleration Reward - By putting beraSTONE or beraSBTC into the following DeFi protocols, you can significantly increase the speed of points accumulation:

• Uniswap provides liquidity: 5 times the reward for basic points.
• Precise liquidity range ( ±0.1% ): When the liquidity range remains within the current price ±0.1%, a reward of 6 times the base points can be obtained (, and continuous activity is required ).
• More protocol support: In the future, protocols such as Pendle and Morpho will be launched, providing more reward opportunities and further enhancing points earnings.

Overall, these rewards cover Berachain PoL, the Boyco protocol, and future ecological benefits, as well as the upcoming token airdrop from StakeStone, which can be described as "one fish, multiple meals," providing users with comprehensive participation opportunities in Berachain & StakeStone. The specific operational process is also very simple:

1. Enter the StakeStone Vault interface and click "Deposit" to access the StakeStone Berachain Vault interface.

2. Connect wallet in the upper right corner.

3. Enter the invitation code to receive a 10% points boost reward ( you can fill in 91852), share your personal invitation code on Twitter to earn more commission rewards ( 20% )

4. Deposit ETH/STONE/WETH to receive beraSTONE; deposit SBTC/WBTC/cbBTC/BTCB to receive beraSBTC. ( is not yet enabled. ). Holding beraSTONE or beraSBTC can earn points.

• Only Ethereum mainnet assets are allowed. If not, please click "Switch Network" to switch to the Ethereum mainnet.
• Select the asset to deposit on the left, enter the amount, and then click the "Deposit" button, and "Confirm" in the wallet.

5. Participate in DeFi protocols to earn more rewards.

It is worth noting that the current Berachain has not yet launched its mainnet, so the initial operation of the StakeStone Berachain Vault will mainly focus on the Berachain pre-deposit protocol, Boyco. The pre-deposit funds deployed to Boyco will not only earn direct BERA token rewards during the pre-deposit period but will also be mapped 1:1 to the mainnet, laying the foundation for comprehensive access to the future Berachain mainnet.

Once the Berachain mainnet is launched, the core functions of the Vault will switch to the POL system of the Berachain mainnet, providing users with one-stop Berachain liquidity mining services.

This progressive deployment path not only reduces technical and operational risks but also provides early users with the opportunity to participate in Berachain.