ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, announced continued growth across its ecosystem as cumulative trading volume approached $1 billion, reaching $946.29 million alongside $20.71 million in Total Value Locked (TVL), according to on-chain data from DefiLlama.
This surge is directly driven by the protocol's native VIP Program, which aligns active traders with ecosystem success by distributing 30% to 50% of platform fee revenue back to high-volume users. With annualized protocol revenue currently tracked at $1.07 million, the VIP reward pool distributes hard USDC yield directly back to participants, offering a sustainable, real-yield alternative to traditional inflationary token emission models.
The VIP program features tiered fee discounts scaling down to 0.001% Maker and 0.035% Taker at VIP 5, qualified via rolling 30-day volumes that consolidate master and sub-accounts. Operating natively on AFX's sovereign L1 architecture, the program enables sub-100ms, zero-gas execution. Active traders can monitor their aggregated volume, tier status, and real-time reward pool allocations via the AFX VIP dashboard.
"The parabolic curves prove that capital and volume migrate to where incentives are structurally aligned," said Ken C, Head of Growth at AFX. "Unlike exchanges that view customers to monetize, AFX treats them as growth partners and stakeholders in the ecosystem. By returning up to 50% of our real, annualized fee revenue back to our VIPs, we have created a self-reinforcing flywheel. Combined with our 45x capital velocity, we are proving that sovereign L1 orderbooks can deliver both institutional performance and true decentralized yield."
The latest growth figures highlight increasing demand for decentralized derivatives infrastructure that combines professional trading performance with community-aligned economic incentives. As the protocol continues to expand its ecosystem, AFX remains focused on building a trading environment where active participation is directly rewarded through the value generated by the network itself.
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AFX is a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives. By synthesizing the rapid execution of a centralized exchange with the immutable sovereignty of blockchain, AFX delivers a professional-grade Perp DEX environment characterized by sub-100ms finality, institutional liquidity, and unmatched capital efficiency.
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AFX Shares Up to 50% of Protocol Revenue with Traders as Cumulative Volume Approaches $1 Billion
BEIJING, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Green Agriculture Chain section of the fourth China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) brought together more than 100 agribusinesses from around the world. Focused on the future of technology-enabled agriculture, the section showcased innovations spanning the agricultural value chain and provided an international exchange platform to safeguard global agri-food supply chain security.
A coalition of global supply chain partners, including China State Railway Group, ICBC, China Telecom, SINOMACH, COSCO Shipping, Huafeng Meteorological Media Group, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Company, CP Group, Syngenta, and McDonald's China, led by COFCO, released a Joint Initiative on Building a Secure and Resilient Global Agriculture and Food Supply Chain. The initiative calls on all stakeholders to share supply chain best practices, strengthen risk resilience, accelerate the adoption of new technologies across the agricultural value chain, and support agricultural modernization, digital transformation and sustainable development.
AI was one of the section's key themes. Beidahuang Group presented a compliance-focused agricultural AI model, supported by autonomous farm machinery and a five-dimensional farmland monitoring network. SINOMACH exhibited its portfolio of intelligent agricultural equipment and an AI-powered farming operations platform. Inner Mongolia Jishuo Technology made the global debut of its AI consultation system for livestock, with proprietary sensors enabling long-term animal health monitoring.
Leading Chinese and international food companies presented the full farm-to-table ecosystem. CP Group showcased its Agriculture 4.0 integrated supply chain model. McDonald's China and Yum China highlighted regenerative agriculture partnerships and autonomous logistics solutions capable of supporting temperature-controlled delivery requirements. Syngenta released a practical handbook on regenerative agriculture practices in China. Yili, Feihe, and Junlebao showcased dairy traceability systems and proprietary breeding technologies, while regional exhibition delegations from Qinghai and Tianjin featured highland organic farming products and specialty consumer foods.
The section also featured more cross-border services. Agricultural Bank of China made its debut at the expo and showcased smart agriculture-related solutions. Optimize Integration Group demonstrated how AI can help reduce customs clearance times for agricultural products. International warehousing providers and sustainable soybean certification organizations also participated in the section.
Bringing together multinational firms, leading Chinese agribusinesses, regional industrial clusters, and technology innovators, the section showcased developments in agricultural modernization and digital transformation across the sector. Digital innovation enables more precise and efficient farming, and cross‑border cooperation is enhancing the resilience and sustainability of the global agri-food supply chain.
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Green Agriculture Chain Section at the 4th CISCE: AI-Driven Innovation Across Global Agri-Food Supply Chains
