Overview
Epoch 2 ended with 9,592,874 veCAKE votes, an increase from 8,260,413 in Epoch 1 (please view report here).
We appreciate the enthusiastic adoption of veCAKE, and would like to encourage community members and project teams to apply for gauges whitelisting here.
Kitchen’s veCAKE Votes
In Epoch 2, the Kitchen continued allocating veCAKE votes to core pairs, such as BNB-USDT and CAKE-BNB on BNB Chain, ensuring optimal incentives for pairs driving protocol revenue.
These pairs contribute significantly to trading volumes and therefore, CAKE buyback-and-burn; by ensuring incentives continue to flow to these core pairs, we can continue on our path of ultrasound CAKE.
Gauge Characteristics
Non-core gauges retained their 5% emissions cap, while core gauges retained their 25% emissions cap.
Whitelisted Gauges
The Kitchen added more gauges to the whitelist, according to the table below.
We are either already in discussions with these project teams or have plans to onboard them as future veCAKE lockers and/or bribers.
| Gauge | Chain / Type | Fee Tier | Gauge Boost | Emissions Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUJI-BNB | BNB V3 | 1.00% | 1x | 5% |
| BONK-USDT | BNB V3 | 1.00% | 1x | 5% |
| BONK-BNB | BNB V3 | 1.00% | 1x | 5% |
| HZN-BNB | BNB V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| BONK-USDT | ETH V3 | 1.00% | 1x | 5% |
| INSP-USDT | ETH V3 | 1.00% | 1x | 5% |
| ID-USDC | ETH V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| AIOZ-BNB | BNB V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| ACE-USDT | BNB V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| esRDNT-RDNT | BNB V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| AIOZ-ETH | ETH V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| INSP-WETH | ETH V3 | 1.00% | 1x | 5% |
| WBNB-USDV | BNB V3 | 0.05% | 1x | 5% |
| USDV-USDT | BNB V3 | 0.01% | 1x | 5% |
| WETH-USDC | zkSync V3 | 0.05% | 1x | 25% |
| WETH-USDC | zkSync V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| USDC-USDT | zkSync V3 | 0.01% | 1x | 25% |
| CAKE-WETH | zkSync V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| WETH-BTC | zkSync V3 | 0.05% | 1x | 5% |
| BUSD-USDC | zkSync V3 | 0.01% | 1x | 5% |
| WETH-USDC | zkSync V3 | 0.01% | 1x | 5% |
| BUSD-USDT | zkSync V3 | 0.01% | 1x | 5% |
| rETH-ETH | zkSync V3 | 0.05% | 1x | 5% |
| USD+ -USDC | zkSync V3 | 0.01% | 1x | 5% |
| RDP-BNB | BNB V3 | 0.25% | 1x | 5% |
| sdCAKE-CAKE | BNB StableSwap | 1x | 5% |
We are maintaining a publicly accessible Google Sheets of:
(i) Whitelisted Gauges
(ii) Gauges under consideration
You can find this information here