Introducing EDGE Ascent

Introducing EDGE Ascent

Today, we’re introducing EDGE Ascent — our flywheel for token benefits and platform growth.

Imagine if holding UNI rewarded trading activity or if every trade on Coinbase earned you COIN stock. We’ve designed EDGE Ascent to set a new standard for token utility: one that rewards users for trading on Definitive as their preferred platform.

EDGE Ascent drives direct value and demand for the EDGE token and provides quantifiable benefits for traders, all while accelerating Definitive’s platform growth.

Our growth is powered directly by your trades, and you deserve a stake in our shared success. It’s time we win together.

EDGE Ascent is comprised of two components:

1. Tiered Staking, launching TODAY
   Scaled fee reductions — Stake EDGE to upgrade your fee tier by capturing historical trading volume. Tier benefits are determined by your trading volume — staking more EDGE maximizes your volume lookback window.
2. Trader Rewards, launching this SUMMER
   Earn EDGE on every trade — Rewards will be fully powered by Definitive trading activity, NOT emissions. Additionally, EDGE stakers receive bonus rewards on their volume.

See where you stand on the Staking page and unlock the best Tier before Trader Rewards launches.

How EDGE Tiered Staking Works

Tiered Staking accounts for your historical trading volume — letting you unlock better fee tiers faster and for longer.

The more EDGE you stake, the longer your historical volume lookback window.

Staked EDGE Lookback Window

For example, if you traded $500K per month for the past 2 months on Definitive,

• Staking 20K EDGE would immediately move you from Tier 4 to Tier 3 by extending the volume lookback window to 60 days.
• On every $100K trade, you’d save $100 on trading fees by staking 20K EDGE — moving you from the Tier 4 Standard to Tier 3 Staked Fee Tier. This saves you 40–50% in trading fees on every trade.

A minimum of 2,000 staked EDGE unlocks the Staked EDGE fee tiers, immediately reducing advanced trading fees by 50% in perpetuity at Tier 5.

Staking just the minimum EDGE amount instantly unlocks 6x lower trading fees on Definitive (0.15%) vs other trading platforms (1%+). Staked EDGE trading fees on Definitive are among the most competitive for funds, DAOs, and institutions.

Trading Fee Tiers

Early Staker Bonus

For our first 1,000 stakers who staked at least 1,000 EDGE for 30 days — your bonus +1,000 EDGE will be automatically staked and displayed on your staking page.

This immediately reduces your advanced trading fees by 50% (even with 0 trading volume) at Tier 5. Unstaking below 2,000 EDGE removes your Staked EDGE fee tier benefits and places you in the Standard fee tier.

All unclaimed EDGE will be removed from circulating supply and reallocated towards Future Community Rewards.

Trader Rewards — launching this Summer

Every trade on Definitive will earn EDGE rewards, with EDGE stakers earning an additional bonus. Rewards will be powered directly by Definitive trading activity, NOT emissions.

The more EDGE you stake, the more rewards you earn on your trading volume. Each tier will have different reward amounts, we’ll be dynamically optimizing rewards for each tier.

Trader Rewards will be launching this summer — make sure to follow and join our community to be the first to get updates on EDGE Ascent.

Stake EDGE to unlock trading benefits:

staking.definitive.fi

Find our full documentation for Staked Tiering here.

Real product, real users, real utility.