馃毚 Tea Protocol Joins Superchain as Velodrome Expands Multi-Chain DEX Operations
馃毚 Tea Protocol Joins Superchain as Velodrome Expands Multi-Chain DEX Operations
馃嵉 Tea Brewing Something
Velodrome is launching on Tea, the new L2 from Tea Protocol designed as Ethereum's open source layer.
Tea's Mission:
- Enhance open-source software sustainability
- Restructure software incentives
- Create secure OSS supply chains
- Deliver modern onchain app UX
Coming Features:
- Vote on OP Mainnet for Tea pools
- Bridge xVELO to Tea LPs
- Deposit voter incentives across networks
- Claim rewards on Tea
- Access Slipstream CL
Launch Details:
- 2M veVELO locked
- 1M allocated for incentives
- Emissions directed to key pools
- Boosted liquidity on Velodrome
This expansion continues Velodrome's Superchain growth strategy, following their 1M OP grant to deepen TVL across the Optimism ecosystem.
馃毚 Tea Time 馃嵉 New Superchain Alert: Velodrome is launching on Tea, the L2 from @teaprotocol that is designed to serve as the open source layer for @Ethereum. More about this latest Superchain expansion馃憞
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