🏦Token $CYC Economic

Cycle Network, as the first all-chain settlement layer, designs its economic model around CYC token’s multi-functional applications, liquidity incentives, staking security mechanisms, and market expansion strategies to ensure proper token circulation, long-term value growth, and sustainable ecosystem development.

1. Token Economics

1.1 Token Supply

• Total supply: 1 Billion $CYC. No additional tokens will ever be minted.

1.2 Token Distribution

Distribution	Allocation	Release mechanism
Team and Advisor	20%	12-month cliff after TGE and vesting in 48 months linearly
Investors	15%	12-month cliff after TGE and vesting in 24-36 months linearly
Treasury	10%	Cliff 6 months and Unlock after next 48 months, release determined by governance
Market Expansion & Platform Staking	10%	Used for project TGE and subsequent platform partnerships and liquidity expansion
Business & Ecosystem Incentive	20%	Used to incentivize applications on the Cycle Network, released based on contribution to network usage. After the voting system is established, distribution will be decided by community votes.
Community	15%	Incentives for community users who use Cycle and contribute revenue to the Cycle network are released every half year and fully unlocked after three years.
Staking & Share Security Rewards	10%	Incentives for network security after TGE will be released linearly over 60 months.

1.3 Token Utility

1. SDK Usage Fees:

• Developers must pay CYC to call Rollin/Rollout SDK.

1. Mainnet Gas Fees:

• Deploying dApps on Cycle requires paying CYC for gas fees.

1. Staking Mechanism:

• Users can stake CYC via Symbiotic for staking, enhancing Cycle’s security.

• New networks or appchains wishing to join Cycle’s unified liquidity network must also stake CYC tokens.

1. Liquidity Mining:

• ETH, USDT, and USDC mainstream assets require liquidity, incentivized through all-chain settlement LP staking rewards.

1.4 Market Strategy

• Growth Strategy: Assisting RWA growth by helping more Web2 enterprises complete full cross-chain asset issuance, coordinating on-chain and real-world business revenue, and enabling more Web2/Web3 users to safely and seamlessly own and trade diverse assets across any chain, including but not limited to native on-chain assets, RWA assets, and various stablecoins.

• CEX/DEX Listing: Cycle plans for TGE in 2025, targeting major CEX listings. Initial liquidity provisioning will be conducted through Uniswap, PancakeSwap. Currently cooperating to complete data audits and actively integrating assets into major mainstream ETFs.

• Liquidity Mining (LP Staking): Since ETH, USDT, and USDC mainstream tokens still require liquidity, Cycle incentivizes LP mining to maintain efficient capital flow across different ecosystems.

• Developer Growth: Cycle provides a developer grant program, organizes developer education and advocacy, and fosters widespread knowledge of Cycle’s technology. The goal is to help developers directly build application-centric products, creating groundbreaking Web3 applications and popularizing Web3 technology adoption.

• B2B Ecosystem Expansion: At this stage, Cycle is focused on building Showcase Products to demonstrate the capabilities of chain abstraction. Key products include Golden Goose (Chain Abstraction DEFAI) and Piggy Bank (chain abstraction NFT Launchpad), serving as client examples and educational tools. After TGE, the strategy will shift toward integrating with well-known applications, assisting them in implementing chain abstraction.

1. Ecosystem Circulation

• B2C Business Model: Developers (B2B) must purchase CYC for SDK usage & gas fees, while end users (B2C) can pay via native gas fees without holding CYC, lowering Web2 adoption barriers.

• Tokenized Asset Liquidity: Projects can issue fully full-chain tokens without requiring additional liquidity, but ETH, USDT, and USDC mainstream assets still require dedicated liquidity providers.

1. Long-Term Token Sustainability

• Staking APR Adjustments: Initially, staking APR will be high to attract early stakers & LP providers. Over time, staking rewards will gradually decrease as the ecosystem matures to prevent inflation.

• Buyback & Burn Mechanism: Currently, no buyback or burn mechanism is in place, but governance may introduce it in the future.

• Governance Mechanism: The short-term governance structure relies on a governance committee & multi-signature decision-making, with long-term plans to transition to a DAO model.

1. Keep Building and Roadmap (1-3 Years)

Powering full-chain RWA settlement and bridgeless payments for the real world.

Phase 1: Foundation and Ecosystem Expansion (2025)

• Token Generation Event (TGE) and CEX listings to attract early investors and liquidity providers

• Expansion to additional L1 and L2 ecosystems, including Solana, Cosmos, and the broader Move ecosystem

• Promotion of Cycle SDK to onboard dApp developers and grow B2B integration

• Cycle mainnet staking support for $CYC to increase network participation and security

• Early demonstration of Cycle’s Settlement-first architecture, decoupling messaging and settlement for better asset security and composability

Phase 2: Infrastructure Upgrade and RWA Enablement (Q2 2025 – Q2 2026)

• Mainnet Phase 2 and SDK 2.0 release, improving scalability, developer experience, and abstraction APIs

• Onboarding multichain DEXs, stablecoins, payment systems, and RWA issuers

• Enable Web2 enterprises to verify, issue, and distribute assets across chains, with on-chain revenue mechanisms

• Launch of Multichain Stablecoin Settlement System, providing a full-chain, settlement-native backend for issuers across both EVM and non-EVM chains

• Rollout of Cycle’s Bridgeless Payment Layer, enabling direct, wallet-to-wallet cross-chain payments without third-party bridges or wrapped assets

• Targeted deployment in high-growth regions such as LATAM and Southeast Asia, using CYC as the universal gas and settlement medium

Phase 3: Decentralization and Chain Abstraction at Scale (2026 and beyond)

• Build global chain abstraction infrastructure integrating over 100 blockchains, with native routing and settlement

• Explore native stablecoin issuance to serve on-chain financial activity

• Introduce DAO-based governance for protocol upgrades and resource allocation

• Continuous tokenomics optimization to sustain long-term growth and participation

• Position Cycle as the go-to settlement backbone for RWA projects seeking secure, scalable, bridgeless full-chain distribution