Staking Rewards Update

Today, XAI stakers receive rewards equal to 25% of SideShift.ai profits, paid in XAI from the undistributed XAI reserve. SideShift.ai profits already accrue to treasury/inventory.

We are terminating the staking program. The final staking reward distribution will be made on Wednesday, 3rd June 2026. After that, no further XAI staking rewards will accrue, be allocated, or be distributed.

Any XAI already distributed to users remains theirs. Any staked XAI also remains theirs and can be unstaked through the existing unstaking process.

We plan to burn the remaining undistributed XAI reserved for future staking rewards. This would permanently remove those tokens from circulation and eliminate the overhang of future reward emissions.

Why we’re making this change:

• Simpler XAI token economics.
• No ongoing staking reward emissions.
• Reduced uncertainty around undistributed XAI reserves.
• A stronger treasury/inventory position for long-term growth, liquidity, operations, security, and product development.
• The staking program has become increasingly concentrated, while the complexity affects the token model for all XAI holders.

Going forward, XAI will no longer be positioned as a yield-bearing token. The focus is on a simpler model: reduced future emissions, a stronger treasury, and XAI’s role being tied to the long-term growth of the SideShift ecosystem.