Real Launches $75,000 USDC Staking Campaign Ahead of Public Testnet

By Lidia Yadlos

Real is giving its community another opportunity to earn rewards before its public testnet goes live.

The institutional-focused Layer 1 blockchain has launched a new90-day $ASSET staking campaign, offering a fixed 75,000 USDC reward pool as it prepares for the next stage of network development.

The campaign follows the completion of Real's Genesis staking program, where more than 2.8 million $ASSET was staked across 145 wallets, and increases the total fixed rewards distributed across the two campaigns to 125,000 USDC.

Staking Opens Before Testnet

The new staking window opened on August 12 at 16:00 UTC and will remain active until November 10 at 16:00 UTC, overlapping with Real's planned public testnet launch later this quarter.

In addition to earning staking rewards, participants will become eligible for selected early testnet initiatives as they are introduced, including testing network applications, completing technical and community tasks, and helping prepare the ecosystem ahead of launch.

The company said details of each program and any additional incentives will be announced separately.

How Rewards Are Calculated

The 75,000 USDC reward pool will be distributed using a time-weighted, pro-rata model.

Final rewards will depend on several factors, including the amount of $ASSET staked, how long tokens remain locked, applicable bonus multipliers and each participant's share of the overall staking pool.

Users who withdraw before the end of the 90-day campaign will forfeit any USDC rewards they have accumulated. An early withdrawal penalty also applies to the staked $ASSET, beginning at 50% and gradually declining to zero by the end of the campaign.

Bonus Incentives for Returning and New Participants

Users who participated in the Genesis staking campaign can claim their previous rewards before choosing to restake, increase their position or withdraw.

Those who increase their original stake may qualify for pool-weight bonuses ranging from 10% to 50%, depending on how much additional $ASSET they commit. The bonus applies across their entire staking position when rewards are calculated.

New participants can also take part in the campaign. Those who stake within the first 10 days will receive a 5% pool-weight bonus on the tokens deposited during the early participation period.

Building Toward Mainnet

Real says the staking campaign is designed to encourage community participation ahead of its public testnet rather than secure the network through validator operations.

The project is developing an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain focused on real-world assets, providing infrastructure for tokenization, compliance, settlement, asset lifecycle management and institutional financial applications.

As tokenized real-world assets continue to attract growing interest from financial institutions, Real is using staking and early ecosystem programs to build participation ahead of the network's next development milestone.

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Real Launches $75,000 USDC Staking Campaign Ahead of Public Testnet