On February 18, 2024, the Starknet Foundation announced the launch of DeFi Spring with an initial budget of 40M STRK.
On July 1st, the Starknet Foundation announced the extension of DeFi Spring until at least December 31, 2024 with an additional budget of 50M STRK.As part of DeFi Spring, the Starknet Foundation worked with OpenBlock Labs to design a fair & equitable distribution of STRK tokens to participating DeFi protocols.
Participating protocols are sorted into four categories, each with its own assessment criteria:
- DEXs - depth of liquidity for eligible assets
- Borrow & Lend - total non-recursive supply for eligible assets
- Perps & Options - total deposits, volume and fees for eligible pairs
- Other - total deposits for eligible assets.
STRK is distributed directly from the Foundation to the participating protocols on a weekly basis based on each protocol's performance.
Participating protocols then distribute the incentives they've received onwards to their LPs & users through their own programs.