Infrared Finance has officially announced its subsequent development plan after completing the $IR token issuance. This systematic plan revolves around the value release of $IR and ecological collaboration, indicating that Berachain's liquidity mining narrative is about to enter a new stage of evolution.

**Current Incentive System in Place**

Users can now stake $IR liquidity pairs on the Infrared platform to earn PoL-style rewards. The currently supported trading pairs include USDT0-IR, WBERA-IR (provided by Kodiak), and IR-USDT0, IR-WBERA (provided by Charm). This design provides early participants with a direct channel for asset appreciation.

**January 2026: Native Staking Mechanism Launches**

Staking $IR grants users sIR certificates, allowing direct participation in protocol revenue sharing. Infrared plans to regularly buy back $IR tokens using protocol income and distribute them to stakers, creating a self-reinforcing value growth mechanism. This model transforms token holders from passive holders into direct participants in ecological benefits.

**Q1 2026: Auction System Goes Live**

Third-party protocols on Berachain can bid to compete for $BGT incentive allocation rights through $IR bidding. Successfully bid $IR will enter the Red Fund and be locked for one year. This mechanism is cleverly designed—it creates sustained market demand for $IR while optimizing liquidity distribution efficiency within the Berachain ecosystem, forming a competitive market for $BGT incentive distribution.

**Long-term Vision**

Infrared is building a bid-based protocol auction and user profit-sharing two-way value cycle system. As staking, auction, and other mechanisms are gradually launched, $IR is evolving from a simple governance token into a coordinator of ecological value. Berachain's PoL ecosystem is about to enter a more sophisticated and sustainable new era.