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- BERA surged over 11% after the approval of RFRV Batch 20, featuring Jiko BET and Smilee’s new liquidity pools.
- Jiko’s gamified vault and Smilee’s wgBERA pools bring fresh incentives to the Berachain ecosystem.
The BERA token surged 11.51% in the past 24 hours, following the Guardians’ approval of Batch 20 of Berachain’s Reward for Risk Vaults (RFRV) proposal.
This immediately captured market attention, as the latest batch approval involving projects from Jiko and Smilee Finance appears to be quite an uplifting moment for the Berachain ecosystem.
Decisions on the latest batch of RFRVs have been delivered by the @bgtfdn on behalf of the Guardians.
Batch 20 adds Jiko’s gamified DeFi vault and two new weighted swBERA/wgBERA pools from Smilee Finance.
Read the full update: https://t.co/xLgjcXCfU2
— Berachain Foundation 🐻⛓ (@berachain) August 11, 2025
Gamified Vaults and Bribed Pools? Berachain Just Got More Fun
Jiko presents a rather unusual but intriguing idea: a gamified DeFi vault. Through a product called Jiko BET, a portion of game revenue will be channeled directly into the vault to generate returns. So, players can not only play the game but also contribute to the ecosystem’s yield.
Smilee Finance, on the other hand, proposed two weighted pools that utilize a combination of swBERA and wgBERA. These two tokens are designed to attract active liquidity and provide incentives through weekly bribes, rather than the auto-compounding system common in traditional staking.
Furthermore, wgBERA itself is a wrapped token of gBERA and was intentionally created without a rebase. The main reason was to better suit its use in a Proof of Liquidity (PoL) system. Smilee wasn’t playing around—all validator rewards were channeled to encourage participation through a much more active liquidity model. It’s no surprise that the community immediately responded positively to this move.
Earlier Batches, New Tools, and a Protocol That Keeps Growing
But it wasn’t just Batch 20 that brought BERA back into the spotlight. A few weeks earlier, Berachain also approved Batch 19, which included the BERA LST vault on BEX and the game-style vault from Narra Agent. To complement this, Guardians also opened proposals to build a real-time analytics dashboard to increase transparency in vault reward monitoring.
Furthermore, the CNF reported at the end of July that PoL v2 now locks 25% of all wBERA on-chain. PoL v2 itself offers a 180% yield while still providing direct access to BERA staking rewards thanks to a new module.
Berachain’s facilities and features are indeed becoming increasingly dense. In June, they launched Beratown, a sort of gateway to the entire ecosystem in one place. There’s also McBera—a feature that allows users to interact with the protocol simply through text commands. There’s no longer the need to switch apps to perform simple DeFi actions.
Furthermore, structural updates are constantly being worked on. Berachain has introduced native Proof of Liquidity, a smart wallet, and a more flexible staking scheme. In fact, as of July 21st, the latest version of PoL v2 officially went live, allowing BERA staking to generate native yields. Dolomite also quickly took action by integrating staked BERA as collateral for loans.
Furthermore, on August 5th, Bybit added USDT0 support to Berachain. This simplifies stablecoin swaps without withdrawal fees. So, for users actively moving funds, this is quite exciting.
Returning to price movements, at the time of writing, BERA is trading at about $2.07. The increase over the past week has reached 18.54%. Quite wild, considering the volatility of the past few weeks has made BERA seem calm. However, the Batch 20 decision appears to be the new fuel that is pushing market sentiment in a more optimistic direction.
