Governance Proposal: Deployment of New $stkADX Staking Mechanism
It is time for the AdEx community to decide whether or not to deploy the new staking mechanism for $ADX. Check out the full details of the proposal in our latest article.
We recently shared our plans for 2026 - evolving AURA to a full agentic AI assistant, brand refresh, wallet integration, as well as revamped staking. It is time to put it out to the community whether to execute the deployment of the new $stkADX staking mechanism.
Proposal overview
It was previously already decided to revamp the staking mechanism for ADX. Now we propose concrete steps to deploy it:
- Final audit cycle (internal) of stkADX contract: https://github.com/AmbireTech/adex-protocol-eth/blob/6e1fa68b68f71332955a86274af2358adb5a2243/contracts/StakingPool.sol
- Stop current ADX minting that goes to the existing pool, or in other words, stop staking rewards temporarily
- Deploy the new stkADX contract and migrator; from the deployment date, users will have a 60-day deadline to migrate
- Set rage leave % to 50%
- Immediately after the contracts are deployed and the UI is updated to support the migration, announce the migration on all communication channels
For anyone who fails to migrate within the 60-day deadline, there will be a further governance proposal to decide whether the deadline will be extended.
Once the migrator contract goes live, rewards in the old pool will stop. Your original stake stays migratable and will enter a 60-day lock period in the new contract.
Voting options
- For - go ahead and execute
- Against - do not execute
- Abstain
Proposal motivation
We are proposing this vote to align our tokenomics with AURA’s ecosystem (specifically, token-curated DeFi lists). It introduces a new staking pool token, $stkADX, with a simple 1:1 ratio (1 $stkADX always equals 1 $ADX). It would also allow for smart staking mechanics, such as variable lock times for boosted rewards, permit ERC-2612 support for gasless interactions, and enhanced security during unstaking windows.
Voting eligibility
- Hold $ADX-STAKING or $ADX-LOYALTY before the snapshot.
- Any token changes after the snapshot will not affect the voting power. For example, staking your $ADX tokens after the snapshot will not double their voting power.
Voting timeline
- Vote start: Voting period begins on January 23rd, 2026, at 11:51 am UTC
- Vote end: Voting closes on February 1st, 2026, at 11:51 am UTC
How to vote
- Open the proposal on Snapshot
- Connect your wallet holding $ADX-STAKING or $ADX-LOYALTY staked tokens
- Choose one of your voting options and confirm
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