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Berachain Founder Outlines Proof of Liquidity Next
Proof of Liquidity Next (PoL Next) is a structural shift from the chain's original permissionless incentive marketplace toward a curated revenue-financing model in which Berachain performs due diligence on protocols with growth potential and locks in fixed-return-rate agreements. The core economic thesis is that tying emissions to protocols generating real onchain revenue allows each dollar of token supply growth to return more than a dollar in value, converting what would normally be dilutive inflation into a net positive for BERA holders. Publicly traded Greenlane ($GNLN) is positioned as the institutional arm of this strategy, building a BERA treasury to bridge chain incentives and institutional capital, while Liquid Royalty demonstrates an early use case by enabling Asian ecommerce companies to conduct pseudo-IPOs on Berachain. Future chain differentiation will move away from TPS and finality benchmarks as TradFi adoption commoditizes those metrics, with Berachain instead targeting a mature ecosystem of revenue-generating businesses that receive chain emissions in place of traditional VC capital.
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