The Berachain Buffet's Secret Menu: Unreleased Projects + Extended List

In yesterday's Article, we barely scratched the surface, covering only 12 out of 225 projects on Berachain. Yesterday, we focused on providing key protocols to play around with on bArtio Testnet to learn about the eco and what to expect from mainnet (thoooon).

As for today's piece, it only felt right to share some alpha on projects I've been watching closely. The following list includes protocols live on bArtio Testnet, plus a special treat of two projects that have yet to launch.

DeFi

This time, starting off with what keeps the Flywheel community spinning, here are six DeFi protocols to check out during the tail end of testnet.

IVX

IVX is a decentralized liquid options AMM enabling users to trade zero days to expiry option (0DTE) contracts over various blue chip crypto assets and real world assets (RWAs). 0DTE option contracts expire within 24 hours starting from 8:00 AM UTC or 3:00 AM EST. Additionally, IVX offers two core products on top of 0DTEs, Portfolio Margin accounts, and Dynamic Hedging. Oh, also, did we mention they provide up to 200x leverage exposure...

Official Link: https://www.ivx.fi/

Beradrome

Beradrome is the native restaking and liquidity marketplace on Berachain. The project allows for fellow ecosystem protocols to develop deeper liquidity at a lower cost in addition to providing liquidation-free $HONEY loans (Berachain's native stablecoin backed by $USDC). The project has three native tokens, $BERO (the $SOLID of Berachain), $hiBERO (gov token), and $oBERO (LP call option for $BERO). For now, users can swap, earn through their LP farms (up to 116%), bribe, and vote on bribes for some juicy APR in various eco-native tokens.

Official Link: https://bartio.beradrome.com/

BGT Market

BGT Market is a decentralized auction marketplace for spot $BGT (Berachain's governance token). Using BGT Market, users can sell their $BGT in auctions using a Dutch auction structure. This is interesting since BGT cannot be bought and isn’t transferable. $BGT can only be earned by providing liquidity and then staking the LP token into a whitelisted reward vault. However, by leveraging liquid staking solutions such as Infrared's $iBGT, $BGT is now technically available in the market, allowing BGT Market to thrive and fill the market gap by unlocking $BGTs potential through their auction marketplace.

Official Link: https://app.bgt.market/

BeraTrax

BeraTrax is a mobile-optimized app (and web app) that seeks to make DeFi on Berachain easy and accessible for both vetted and new users. By combining high yields of up to 500% with their seamless UX and one-click deposits, BeraTrax is levelling the playing field for all beras. Even though beras can't read, they can surely click and deposit into high-yielding vaults. Having only launched two weeks ago on testnet, users have flocked towards the protocol to farm $BTX points during their beta phase, which ends Jan 12th.

Follow da Trax.

Official Link: https://www.beratrax.com/

Origami

Origami Finance is building the automated leverage layer for DeFi, offering different leverage levels in their vaults in 3 key ways. The protocol offers 1: Max leverage vaults, which are reserved for specially selected tokens that can safely be max-looped or max-levered (i.e. their up-and-coming hOHM vault). 2: Smart Leverage vaults, which provide automated leverage farming for yield-bearing assets such as LRTs, LSDs, and Pendle PTs, in addition to Directional Leverage on blue chips like $BTC and $ETH. Their third vault is a no-leverage product; however, it provides auto-compounding and auto-optimized yield farming for users. Users can hold "lovTokens" (Leveraged Origami Vault Tokens) to gain automated leverage exposure on directional or delta-neutral strategies without the need to manage their positions or stress about health factor. Just leverage and chill in one click. Users will be able to earn up to 110% eAPY, in addition to their gov/reward token $KAMI. 

It is time to bring it hOHM.

Official Link: https://bartio.origami.finance/ (bArtio Testnet)

https://origami.finance/ (Mainnet)

Arbera

Arbera is a DeFi protocol that focuses on capturing the maximum value from the market's volatility. Arbera transforms market swings into profit through its innovative Volatility Farming mechanism. By wrapping any ERC-20 token on Berachain into a Den (Vault) users receive brTokens (i.e. $HONEY into $brHONEY). This, in turn, reduces the circulating supply of the original token, thus amplifying price movements and creating lucrative arbitrage gaps. This process boosts token value and unlocks yield opportunities, allowing users to farm any token and earn more alongside BGT rewards. Users can earn up to 845% in Holder APR and up to 150% in LP APR by depositing or creating new Dens. Their native governance token is $ARBERA, which right now acts as a reward token for users who LP.

"Volatility isn’t just chaos—it’s opportunity"

Official Link: https://arbera.io/

Culture & Vibes

Without the freedom to expand your creative paws and brain, there would be no Berachain. If bears with bongs can turn into a chain, anything is possible. Here are three key cultural projects I am ESPECIALLY excited about and highly recommend paying close attention to.

Babybera Finance

Babybera is a project that asks users how they will transcend - medicate or meditate. The project is all about the vibes... Stop grinding, start chilling. Their main focus lies within the bounds of music and fashion. Through in-house music production, scoring and [redacted], [redacted], [redacted] Baby is empowering the creative community from the ground up, bringing value back into the hands of artists and creative talent as well as truly incentivizing consumers to become prosumers. Their physical pieces are what every bera dreams of having. Namaste.

Mad Chill.

Official Link: https://babybera.finance/

Steady Teddys

This Berachain-native generative NFT project has taken the space by a storm. With a severe case of tedism, the disease has spread across the entire eco. Even the Berachain founders we unable to runaway from grips of tedism. This project is the most anticipated generative NFT project coming into mainnet, beras are losing their minds trying to get whitelisted for the official mint.

Steady then all at once...

Official Link: https://www.steadyteddys.com/

ApiologyDAO

ApiologyDAO (apDAO), incubated by The Honey Jar (THJ), functions much like a "hive"; mutually supporting and benefitting the overall berachain eco by bootstrapping cultural value and financial liquidity. apDAO has a total of 5,898 seats, where 3,232 are pre-allocated to MijaniDAO, THJ, and partners. This means that there are only 2,666 seats that remain for users which are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

"Like bees, apDAO pollinates across the application layer, all for the strategic benefit of the hive."

In order to join apDAO and receive a seat users must collect seven different THJ NFT collections. 6 Honeyjars (one from each generation which were minted on different chains such as Optimism, Zora, Base, Arbitrum, and ETH Mainnet), and 1 Honeycomb (which holds great benefits). Once users have a completed set they must deposit it into the DAO treasury to get a seat (this action is irreversible).

Official Link: https://www.apiologydao.xyz/