peaq’s New VEO Program is Live: Better Token Dynamics, Fair Distribution

peaq has launched a new VEO (Vested Emission Offering) program to address a persistent challenge in crypto tokenomics: early investor unlocks that often lead to price volatility and reduced community trust. Traditionally, early-stage investors sell unlocked tokens to realize gains, which can depress token prices and destabilize ecosystems. peaq’s new approach, which is powered by Lucid Finance’s VEO platform that aims to transform this exit dynamic into a transparent, community-strengthening mechanism by redistributing vested tokens at a discount while reinforcing liquidity across its ecosystem.

Key Ideas

VEO Mechanism: Early investors offer vested tokens at a discount via Lucid’s smart contracts, ensuring gradual release and preventing market dumps.
Community Access: Anyone can participate in the VEO, receiving equal vesting terms and discounted tokens.
Liquidity Loop: Investors commit ~10% of proceeds to the peaq Foundation, which reinvests into MachineX liquidity pools and creates a positive feedback loop.
Onchain Transparency: All transactions are executed programmatically onchain, eliminating special deals or off-chain negotiations.
Proven Success: Initial VEOs have already boosted liquidity and received strong community feedback.

Why It Matters?

The change reduces sell pressure and volatility by managing investor exits more responsibly and encourages long-term investor engagement and shared incentives for ecosystem health. It also strengthens liquidity and trading conditions, benefiting all token holders. Overall, the new VEO program sets a precedent for other Web3 projects to adopt transparent, incentive-aligned token redistribution strategies.