BENQI Unveils Future Plans at Avalanche Summit LATAM

**Major Institutional Move on Avalanche** AVAX One has deployed over 800,000 AVAX into Treehouse Finance's tAVAX strategy, marking a significant step for institutional DeFi adoption. **How tAVAX Works:** - Built on BENQI's infrastructure using sAVAX as foundation - Combines liquid staking rewards with lending market efficiency - Delivers base sAVAX rewards plus additional yield through interest rate arbitrage - Designed to offer highest risk-adjusted returns on Avalanche **Why It Matters:** This deployment demonstrates growing institutional confidence in structured DeFi strategies that layer multiple yield sources while maintaining liquid positions. [Read full details](<https://www.treehouse.finance/blog/avax-one>)

**Anchorage Digital has integrated BENQI's liquid staking solution**, enabling institutional clients to stake AVAX and mint sAVAX directly through their platform. **Key Integration Benefits:** - Seamless AVAX staking and sAVAX minting for institutional clients - Access to Avalanche's liquid staking ecosystem at institutional scale - Built on sAVAX's proven reliability and composability **BENQI's Growing Dominance:** - 23.3M AVAX currently staked (+5.7M month-over-month) - sAVAX represents 4.3% of all AVAX in circulation - Over 63,000 active stakers using the protocol This partnership extends **institutional-grade access** to Avalanche DeFi, allowing clients to earn staking rewards while maintaining liquidity for other DeFi activities across the ecosystem.

**NXPC token is now available on BENQI's Avalanche lending markets** Users can supply NXPC to earn rewards, with full reward details coming this week. **What is NXPC?** - Powers the Nexpace ecosystem and MapleStory Universe Web3 game - Enables true NFT ownership and trading of in-game items - Built on Avalanche for scalability **The ecosystem uses:** - NXPC for transactions - NESO for gameplay mechanics - Avalanche L1 infrastructure This integration brings nostalgic gaming into modern DeFi through [BENQI's lending platform](https://app.benqi.fi/lending).

**BENQI introduces tangible governance** through its new Node Voting system, allowing users to leverage BENQI Miles for enhanced validator rewards. **Key Features:** - Use BENQI Miles to vote for personal validators - Earn increased $AVAX validation rewards - Validator owners can receive delegations from BENQI Liquid Staking - Amplify validation rewards through increased stake **Community Impact:** This system represents a step toward BENQI's goal of becoming a **truly community-led protocol**. Validator operators can now leverage their Miles to boost their node's delegation and rewards. The voting mechanism creates a direct connection between governance participation and financial incentives, making protocol decisions more tangible for users.

**BENQI strengthens its position as Avalanche's liquid staking foundation** with expanded sAVAX integrations across partner protocols. **Key developments:** - Partner protocols now integrate sAVAX directly into their platforms - sAVAX works seamlessly across DEXes, lending markets, and restaking protocols - Users can simultaneously earn staking rewards while using sAVAX for other DeFi activities **Multi-utility benefits:** - Provide liquidity in pools while earning staking rewards - Use sAVAX as collateral for borrowing - Participate in restaking protocols - Maintain capital efficiency across the ecosystem **Previous momentum:** - Boosted LP rewards launched for tAVAX-sAVAX pairs with extra QI tokens - Zero fees and no lock-up periods maintain user flexibility This expansion demonstrates **growing adoption of liquid staking** on Avalanche, allowing users to maximize their AVAX utility without sacrificing staking rewards.