Staking
Staking $XI is a core pillar of the token’s utility and Xi’s “real yield” model (meaning rewards are backed by actual platform revenue, not just emissions).
To kickstart community participation, Xi allocated 100 million $XI (5% of total supply) to be paid as staking rewards over the first two years. This large pool is disbursed to stakers, providing a baseline APR. Early on, when relatively fewer people are staking, the effective APY can be very high. This intentionally rewards early adopters of staking.
Xi further offers vested staking options: stakers can choose to lock their $XI for longer periods to earn bonus yields.
1
3 months
Variable
+1%
2
9 months
Variable
+3%
3
18 months
Variable
+7%
So, users who commit to longer lock-ups get higher rewards. If a user unstakes early (before the vesting period), an early unstaking fee may apply, part of which is redistributed to honest stakers – this mechanism discourages churn and rewards those who remain staked.
APR Base explained
Beyond token emissions, Xi’s staking is fundamentally about sharing the platform’s revenue with $XI holders. 10% of all Trading Agent fees (which include the 1% trading fee on every buy/sell, and any platform performance fees) are allocated to the staking rewards pool on an ongoing basis. This is often distributed as $XI (the platform could use the fee revenue to market-buy $XI and then distribute it) or directly as the fee currency (e.g. USDT), which is then converted. The key point is, even after the initial two-year emission reward program ends, fee sharing continues, providing sustainable staking yield from real trading activity. As Xi grows and volume increases, stakers benefit from higher fee dividends. Conversely, this also means staking rewards are not purely inflationary – they are backed by economic activity.
To illustrate, imagine one year in, a total of 500M $XI is staked platform-wide. In that year, suppose Trading Agents generated $50M in fees (volume fees, etc.). 10% of that ($5M) goes to stakers. If $XI’s average price that year was $0.20, $5M equates to 25M $XI bought and distributed. With 500M staked, that’s an effective 5% annual yield from real fees, on top of any remaining token emissions. If the platform does better (more volume), yield is higher; if it’s smaller, yield is lower – aligning with actual performance.
This “real yield” means stakers earn along with the platform’s success, akin to dividends, rather than solely from inflation.
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