Question 1

What is EDGE, and what is its current use?

Accepted Answer

EDGE is Definitive’s platform utility token and the asset used to participate in EDGE Rewards. Eligible users who stake EDGE can participate in weekly rewards supported by protocol revenue; eligible stakers who also trade on Definitive can additionally participate in rewards calculated by trading volume. Accordingly, EDGE’s role in this mechanism is not to automatically give holders fixed returns: staking eligibility must first be met, and reward amounts then depend on the staked amount, or, for the trading-reward portion, on trading volume.

Question 2

How are EDGE weekly rewards generated and distributed?

Accepted Answer

Each week, 10% of protocol revenue is used to buy back EDGE, and the repurchased EDGE is then distributed as staked EDGE to eligible stakers. The mechanism is funded by protocol revenue, and the distribution outcome is not equivalent to a pre-committed fixed rate. This 10% is split into two pools: 2.5% is for all eligible stakers and is distributed according to their staked EDGE amount; 7.5% is only for eligible stakers who also trade and is distributed weighted by trading volume. In other words, staking alone can qualify a user for the former portion; staking and trading are required to potentially participate in the latter portion. Rewards remain in a staked state when credited. To make that portion freely usable again, users must initiate unstaking and wait for the cooldown period to end.

Question 3

What conditions must be met to participate in EDGE Rewards?

Accepted Answer

The minimum requirement for participating in EDGE Rewards is staking at least $200 worth of EDGE. Definitive aggregates a user’s staked EDGE across all of the user’s portfolios into the total staked allocation, so eligibility is assessed on the aggregate value. After reaching this threshold, users can participate in the 2.5% revenue pool distributed by staked amount; only users who also trade on the platform enter the 7.5% pool weighted by trading volume. Trading is not a basic eligibility threshold, but it determines whether a user can participate in the trading-reward portion.

Question 4

When does unstaked EDGE become usable again?

Accepted Answer

After unstaking is initiated, the relevant EDGE enters a 7-day cooldown period. During these 7 days, that portion of the assets cannot be traded or withdrawn. After the cooldown ends, EDGE automatically returns to the portfolio in which unstaking was initiated, and only then is it no longer staked. This waiting stage separates, over time, the “staked balance eligible for rewards” from the “balance available for trading or withdrawal.”

Question 5

How was EDGE allocated in the launch announcement?

Accepted Answer

In its April 2025 launch announcement, Definitive disclosed that EDGE has a total supply of 1 billion tokens. The allocation at the time of the announcement was: community 49%, treasury 9.5%, investors 14.5%, and team 27%. Of the community allocation, 16% was planned as an initial TGE airdrop for Definitive users and addresses associated with external protocols, while 33% was reserved for future community rewards. The announcement also stated that the allocations of airdrop claimants would become unrestricted on day one. These were allocation arrangements at the time of that announcement, not current circulating-supply statistics.

Question 6

On which network is EDGE deployed, and how do team and investor allocations unlock?

Accepted Answer

EDGE is a transferable ERC-20 token deployed on the Base network. The 2025 launch announcement disclosed that team and investor allocations would first be subject to a 12-month lockup; after the initial lockup ends, they unlock monthly over a further 24 months. Accordingly, this arrangement does not make all tokens from those two categories available at launch: there are no monthly releases from those allocations during the first 12 months, and monthly releases begin only afterward. It describes the lockup schedule for the team and investor allocations at that time and does not represent the circulation status of all EDGE.

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