Token Utility

The $AARNA serves as the native currency of the aarnâ protocol, providing essential functions within the DAO, the dApp, and the broader Agentic Onchain Treasury (AOT). Key utilities of $AARNA include:

1. Treasury Flywheel & Fee Recycling: $AARNA sits at the center of the treasury-growth flywheel. The AOT allocates the majority of the protocol treasury into whitelisted âtv strategies, while LPs can deposit directly into those same vaults. Both flows generate protocol fees. These fees are routed into a policy framework where supply is reduced via buyback-and-lock, and new productive capacity is added only when treasury conditions and marginal net yield clear a published hurdle. Token holders participate in this fee recycling via buyback-and-lock and veAARNA staking, aligning $AARNA value with sustainable TVL growth and disciplined treasury expansion.

2. Governance and Community Incentives: $AARNA holders can participate in the governance of the aarnâ DAO by locking their tokens for veAARNA, gaining the ability to propose and vote on key decisions that shape the protocol’s future. veAARNA represents both governance rights and a share of protocol revenue, with voting power and revenue share proportional to veAARNA holdings. The aarnâ DAO may also use $AARNA to reward community contributions such as bug bounties, content, research, and active participation in governance initiatives, fostering a decentralized, aligned, and engaged contributor base.

3. âTARS Access and Agentic Utility: $AARNA will be integrated into âTARS, aarnâ’s agentic execution and intelligence layer, as the primary participation and engagement asset. Holding and using $AARNA can unlock enhanced access to âTARS over time, including priority access to new âtv strategies, deeper analytics, and agentic workflows that simplify deposits, rebalancing, and cross-vault execution. As âTARS functionality expands, $AARNA will act as the core token for accessing, upgrading, and aligning with these agentic services, tying day-to-day product usage to long-term protocol ownership.

4. Staking and Rewards: Users can stake their âtv tokens to earn additional rewards. The âtv Timelock program, a secure and flexible staking mechanism, allows users to lock their âtv tokens for a chosen duration in return for boosted rewards. Rewards are distributed in âtv Staking Reward Tokens (ASRT), which can be exchanged for $AARNA. A predetermined reward cap ensures fairness and transparency, with the ability to halt staking activities before the full 24-month period is met. The contract owner can adjust the cap and pause staking for specific tokens if necessary. Even if staking is frozen for underperforming vaults, users can still claim previously earned rewards. When a user unstakes, rewards are calculated based on the largest lock period at the time of unstaking.