Odaily Planet News: Berachain has released a year-end summary for the end of 2025, reviewing annual progress and announcing its 2026 plans. Data shows that over 25 million BERA tokens were staked in the Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) program throughout the year, distributing more than $30 million in PoL revenue to BGT/BERA holders. The PoL program supported a total value locked (TVL) of over $250 million, with on-chain stablecoin volume exceeding $100 million. The team emphasized reducing reliance on market sentiment and third parties, with a core goal of long-term value appreciation for BERA.
Strategically, Berachain has proposed "Bera Builds Businesses," focusing on 3–5 high-certainty applications through internal incubation, mergers and acquisitions, or deep partnerships. These applications will be supported by PoL incentives, product, and engineering resources to directly create demand for BERA and HONEY. The goals include achieving emission neutrality, protocol profitability, and reinvesting or repurchasing profits. Recent progress includes the launch of the native money market BEND, annualized income contributions from HONEY staking, ecosystem projects listed on multiple exchanges, and full recovery of user funds.
The team simultaneously disclosed several challenges: pressure on pricing and sentiment, loss of some projects, a shift in marketing focus, and the departure of a few key core members. Looking ahead to 2026, Berachain will prioritize partnerships with entities that have real revenue and are not purely dependent on cryptocurrency, aiming to drive network effects and value circulation back into the ecosystem.