Category: Ecosystem Fund Allocation
Author: EZ Labs, EZVERSE Team, EZ Secure (@ezlabsbuild, @myezverse, @ezsecureteech)
Co-Authors: ApeChain Community Contributors (via ApeChain DAO Forum feedback)
Video Overview: https://youtu.be/4XGyUL9oE00?si=KqsQurffiWY1kQ8n
(note: infographic mentions $APE buybacks but we transitioned to fee recycling instead)
Abstract
We propose launching $EZVERSE on ApeChain to empower an on-chain proof of human user, gaming and staking hub, with the goal of attracting at least 10,000 daily active users, $900K–$1M in liquidity, for a $10M–$20M $APE Market Cap lift through our live Play-to-Earn (P2E) and staking dApp’s gas fees, plus our tooling for scaling ApeChain token liquidity through our open source tokenization framework.
With fixed smart contract-controlled mechanics—5% P2E, 1% DeFi, 2% NFT fees and 30% fee recycling into $APE, a 0.25% yearly $EZVERSE burn, $APE (Banana Bill Dependent) and $EZVERSE staking rewards assisted by two year one airdrops, and two post year one $EZVERSE Airdrops. The EZVERSE dApp ecosystem ensures sustainable rewards, $APE gas usage, new liquidity pairs and pools, and enhanced ApeChain ecosystem growth. Our Relay.Link bridge will connect $APE and $EZVERSE and ApeChain Tokenized pairs to Ethereum’s $1T+ liquidity pools, DEXs (e.g., Uniswap, post 1 year and 900K Camelot milestone with a flexible graduation contingency upon AIP updated vote).
Our AIP focuses on benefitting $APE and $EZVERSE growth largely through technology based mechanisms, while clearly communicating how ApeChain benefits from $EZVERSE and dApp usage, while also outlining a clear path for supporting the growth of future ApeChain Tokens with our tokenization framework with strategic graduations that incentivizes future ApeChain Tokens to benefit from the platforms and technologies that the ApeChain Ecosystem already provides.
This is why we are contributing 103.5M $EZVERSE Tokens towards the ApeChain Ecosystem in order to support the EZVERSE Tokenization Launch Framework which we are proposing as a toolkit for benefitting all future ApeChain Tokens. This AIP will activate 103.5M $EZVERSE tokens for benefitting ApeChain, and is an independent EZVERSE spend in addition to the 200.5M Staking, P2E, and Airdrop Rewards that are already budgeted for generalized EZVERSE rewards.
This proposal aims to describe specifically how our AIP dependent 103.5M $EZVERSE Tokens will enhance the liquidity and scaling of ApeChain tokens while benefiting ApeChain’s Market Cap.
Our aim is to launch the EZVERSE on ApeChain in a way that provides a tool driven roadmap for tokenized ApeChain growth.
$EZVERSE plans to:
- Drive Engagement: Attract 10,000 daily active users (DAU) generating 30,000 transactions/day, yielding 109,500 $APE/year in fees ($60,225 at $0.55/APE).
- Enhance Liquidity: Seed a $EZVERSE<>$APE Camelot pool with 360,000 $APE and 36M $EZVERSE ($378,000 TVL), scaling to 654,545–981,818 $APE ($900K–$1M) via Beefy’s 10–20% APY.
- Sustain Rewards: Use fixed reward schedules for P2E, staking, and liquidity, smart contract bonded and enactment of tiered usage fees (5% P2E, 1% DeFi, 2% NFTs).
- Control Supply: Burn 0.25% of $EZVERSE supply yearly, with a 30% recycling of all EZVERSE fees into $APE.
- Boost Adoption: Distribute two year one airdrops (2M and 3M $EZVERSE) and two discretionary post year one airdrops upon ApeChain DAO notice).
- Scale Tokenization: Enable 5+ ApeChain token launches by Q3 2026 with Tokenization Framework.
Trajectory
With existing partnerships (Opera, Unicorn.ETH, Chainlink) and 270,000 $APE ($148,500) for additional marketing, we conservatively project 60,000 trial users (25% retention for 10,000 DAU). We request 1.49M $APE ($820,000) from the ApeChain DAO AIP process, and are concurrently seeking 500,000 $APE ($275,000) from the BANANA Bill (Separately, with parallel goals like enhancing in dApp staking rewards, and with contingencies planned in case of rejection).
Our aim is to create a $10M–$20M $APE Market Cap lift within year one, regardless of $APE or $EZVERSE price shifts.
Motivation
ApeChain’s exciting technology has unlocked great gaming and DeFi opportunities, but tokenization and liquidity can be enhanced with ETH compatible scaling. EZVERSE delivers a self-sufficient gaming and staking ecosystem, supported by the $EZVERSE Tokenization Framework, an open-source ApeChain Strategic Toolkit for launching tokens, staking, bridging, and $APE liquidity pools.
With fixed, smart contract-controlled mechanics—bonded fees, yearly burns, and strategic airdrops—$EZVERSE sets a blueprint for future ApeChain projects. Our live dApp, upcoming NFT launch, and partnerships project to:
- Generate 109,500 $APE/year ($60,225) in fees.
- Scale TVL to $900K–$1M (654,545–981,818 $APE).
- Burn 0.25% of $EZVERSE supply yearly (burns, gas, recycling fees to benefit ApeChain)
- Distribute two year one airdrops to boost adoption.
- Enable 5+ token launches by Q3 2026, driving ApeChain’s liquidity availability and ecosystem growth.
- Deliver a $10M–$20M $APE Market Cap lift.
Market Cap Impact Analysis
Conservative Projection (10,000 DAU, $EZVERSE at $0.005–$0.05):
- Gas Fees: 30,000 tx/day × 0.01 $APE = 109,500 $APE ($60,225) × 20x multiplier = ~$1.2M.
- Burn Impact: 0.25% of supply (2.5M $EZVERSE) = $12,500 ($0.005) to $125,000 ($0.05).
- Liquidity Impact: TVL of 654,545–981,818 $APE + 7.2M–10.8M $EZVERSE ($900K–$1M, at $0.05).
- Total Lift:
- At $0.005: $1.2M + $12.5K + $900K = ~$2.11M.
- At $0.05: $1.2M + $125K + $900K = ~$10.13M.
- Optimistic ($0.10): $250K burn + $1M liquidity = ~$20M.
*Conservative network effects (Compared to Axie Infinity’s ~100x).
Rationale
- Gaming & Staking Hub: Launch $EZVERSE with a live P2E dApp, $EZVERSE and $APE holder staking (1–6% APY), targeting 10,000 DAU via Opera, Unicorn.ETH, Chainlink partnership benefits and marketing, to drive 30,000 tx/day.
- Liquidity Engine: Seed a $EZVERSE<>$APE pool on Camelot with 360,000 $APE and 3.6% of $EZVERSE supply (36M), scaling to $900K–$1M TVL with Beefy’s 10–20% APY. Relay.Link bridges $wEZVERSE to Ethereum for $ETH/$USDC swaps.
- Sustainable Tokenomics: Fixed fees (5% P2E, 1% DeFi, 2% NFTs, burns (0.25% yearly), 30% fee recycling, two year one airdrops, and two post year one airdrops upon DAO notification.
- Tokenization Framework: Open-source tools and support for token launches, staking, bridging, and liquidity pools, enabling our goal of assisting 5+ ApeChain projects by Q3 2026.
- NFT Marketplace: Integrate our NFT Smart Marketplace website into our dApp.
- Price Resilience: Contingencies (post year one airdrops, fee reallocation, BANANA Bill fallback) addressing $APE/$EZVERSE price fluctuations.
Team
- EZVERSE Team: Created our user-friendly On-Chain gaming dApp for mass adoption.
- EZ Labs: Full-stack Web3 developers integrating Chainlink VRF and ML bot detection into the live EZVERSE dApp.
- EZ Secure: Experts in secure Web3 environments, ensuring trusted solutions.
Token Launch
- Platform: Ape Express (Months 1–3)
- Supply: 1B $EZVERSE
- Bonding Curve: 0.01 $APE/1,000 $EZVERSE ($0.005/EZVERSE at $0.55/APE)
- $APE Utilization: 360K $APE (pool), 90K $APE (Ape Express)
- $EZVERSE Utilization: 3.6% (36M, pool), 0.5% (5M, airdrops, via Ecosystem Reserve)
- Framework Deliverable: Token Launch Framework, Airdrop Framework
dApp and NFT Marketplace
- dApp: Live, with P2E and staking activation post-tokenization, and ongoing distribution partnership discussions in addition to our Opera Browser, and Unicorn.ETH partnerships.
- NFT Marketplace: Migrate EZVERSE NFT Smart Marketplace into dApp, API listing integration for Magic Eden.
- Accessibility: EZVERSE Game is playable without NFT integration.
- $EZVERSE Utilization: 0.5% (5M, $25,000, NFT rewards)
- $APE Utilization: 45K $APE ($24,750, migration), 45K $APE ($24,750, smart website), 22.5K $APE ($12,375, Magic Eden API integration)
Human Verification
- Technology: Chainlink VRF, ML bot detection, smart wallets.
- $EZVERSE Utilization: 5% P2E, 1% DeFi, 2% NFT fees to Operational Treasury.
- $APE Utilization: None, funded by $EZVERSE budget.
Bridging (Relay.Link)
- Objective: $EZVERSE/$wEZVERSE for $ETH/$USDC/$APE swaps.
- Budget: 45,000 $APE ($24,750):
- Smart Contracts: 18,000 $APE ($9,900)
- Relay.Link APIs: 13,500 $APE ($7,425)
- Chainlink CCIP: 9,000 $APE ($4,950)
- Audits: 4,500 $APE ($2,475)
- $EZVERSE: 0.25% (2.5M, $12,500, bridge liquidity)
- Timeline: Months 0–3 (planning), 4–6 (deployment), 7–12 (optimization)
- Framework Deliverable: Bridging Framework
Liquidity Pools
- Camelot (primary, Year 1), Uniswap ($wEZVERSE<>$ETH, post-Year 1, upon achieving $900K–$1M TVL on Camelot, flexible upon additional ApeChain DAO Vote.)
- Pairs: $EZVERSE<>$APE, $wEZVERSE<>$ETH
- TVL Goal: 654,545–981,818 $APE + 7.2M–10.8M $EZVERSE ($900K–$1M at $0.05)
- Seeding: 360,000 $APE ($198,000) + 3.6% $EZVERSE (36M, $180,000) = $378,000 TVL
- LP Incentives: 5% $EZVERSE (50M, $250,000, 6–8% APR, 10–20% APY with Beefy), 140K $APE ($77,000), fixed 2.5%/year (25M) for 2 years, then 1%/year (10M) from Treasury.
- Beefy Integration: Auto-compounds rewards for 10–20% APY.
- $EZVERSE Utilization: 3.6% (36M $EZVERSE), 0.5% (5M, $APE liquidity), 0.25% (2.5M, bridging)
- $APE Utilization: 360K $APE (seeding), 140K $APE (incentives)
- Framework Deliverable: Liquidity Framework (Camelot, Beefy integration)
Staking and Burns
- dApp Staking: $EZVERSE (150M) and $APE (250K) Banana Bill contingent, smart contract mediated.
- Yearly Burn:
- Amount: 0.25% of total $EZVERSE supply in Month 12, fixed, no adjustments.
- Execution: Smart contract
- Projected: 0.25%/Year 1, deflation supporting $APE and $EZVERSE price goals.
- $EZVERSE Utilization: 0.5% (5M, $APE liquidity), 0.5% (5M, $APE staking), 5% (50M, LP incentives)
- $APE Utilization: 360,000 $APE (liquidity seeding), 250K $APE (staking, Banana Bill dependent), 140K $APE (LP incentives over 2+ years).
- Framework Deliverable: Staking Framework (rewards and burns).
Airdrops
- Year 1 Airdrops:
- Month 4: 2M $EZVERSE Supply, targeting new users.
- Month 8: 3M $EZVERSE Supply, targeting active players and stakers.
- Funding: EZVERSE Ecosystem Reserve
- Execution: Smart contract distributed.
- Post-Year 1 Airdrops:
- Two Discretionary Airdrops: 1M $EZVERSE each, Years 2–3, at team discretion.
- Budget: 0.2% of supply, 2M $EZVERSE, reserved in Operational Treasury.
- Execution: EZVERSE Ecosystem Reserve and DAO notification.
- $EZVERSE Utilization: 0.5% (5M, Year 1), 0.2% (2M, post year one)
- Framework Deliverable: Airdrop Framework (distribution logic)
Security
- Audits: Certik, Trail of Bits ($90K each).
- Insurance Fund: 0.1% $EZVERSE (1M, $5,000), smart contract-managed.
- Compliance: KYC for >10K $EZVERSE transactions; U.S./EU legal counsel.
- $EZVERSE Utilization: 0.1% (1M, insurance rewards).
- $APE Utilization: 287,100 $APE ($157,905, audits, insurance, compliance).
Phase-Driven Implementation
- Phase 1: Ape Express Launch (Months 1–3): Token launch, NFT marketplace migration, audit #1, airdrop (Month 4).
- $APE: 180K ($99,000)
- $EZVERSE: 5% (50M, $250,000)
- Framework: Airdrop
- Phase 2: Camelot/Relay.Link (Months 4–6): $378,000 pool, bridging, NFT launch, Beefy integration, 0.3% airdrop (Month 8).
- $APE: 360K ($198,000)
- $EZVERSE: 10% (100M, $500,000)
- Framework: Bridge, Liquidity
- Phase 3: Scaling (Months 7–9): Framework beta, audit #2, 5,000 DAU.
- $APE: 360K ($198,000)
- $EZVERSE: 10% (100M, $500,000)
- Framework: Liquidity, Staking, Token Launch Framework
Budget Request (1.49M $APE, ~$820,000)
Component | $APE Amount | USD (@ $0.55) | Purpose |
---|---|---|---|
Framework Development | 470,000 $APE | $258,500 | Token Launch, Bridging, Liquidity (Beefy), Staking, Airdrop Frameworks |
Liquidity Seeding | 360,000 $APE | $198,000 | $EZVERSE-$APE Camelot pool ($378,000 TVL) |
Security & Compliance | 287,100 $APE | $157,905 | Audits, insurance, Chainlink CCIP, KYC |
Partnerships & Marketing | 270,000 $APE | $148,500 | Opera, Unicorn.ETH, Chainlink, 60,000 trials |
NFT Marketplace Migration | 45,000 $APE | $24,750 | Integrate Smart Marketplace into dApp |
Contingency & Legal | 58,809 $APE | $32,345 | BANANA Bill fallback, compliance, price shifts |
Total | 1,490,909 $APE | $820,000 |
Note: Framework Development includes 20,000 $APE ($11,000) for Beefy integration.
BANANA Bill Request (Separate Proposal)
Seeking 500,000 $APE (~$275,000) to fund $APE staking rewards, commercial partnerships, and technical partnership integrations for $APE, $EZVERSE, and ApeChain tokens.
Contingency And Planning
- $APE Price Drop (< $0.40):
- Reallocate 30K $APE ($12,000) from Contingency & Legal (58,809 → 28,809 $APE) to marketing for 60,000 trials.
- Trigger post-Year 1 airdrop (0.1%, 1M $EZVERSE) from Treasury to boost adoption.
- $EZVERSE Price Stagnation (< $0.01 by Month 6):
- Trigger post-Year 1 airdrop (0.1%, 1M $EZVERSE) early to ApeChain NFT holders.
- Increase marketing budget by 10,000 $APE ($5,500) from Contingency & Legal.
- BANANA Bill Failure:
- Reallocate 28,809 $APE ($15,845): 15,000 $APE ($8,250) to $APE Liquidity Incentives, 13,809 $APE ($7,595) to marketing (270,000 → 283,809 $APE).
- Budget Underutilization: If <50% utilized by quarter-end, DAO vote repurposes funds: 50% to $EZVERSE<>$APE LP, 30% to airdrops, 20% to Framework.
Risk Mitigation Framework
Risk | Mitigation |
---|---|
Smart Contract Risk | Certik/Trail of Bits audits, Chainlink CCIP, 0.1% $EZVERSE insurance fund |
Adoption Risk | Opera (250K DAU), Unicorn.ETH, Chainlink, $148,500 marketing (60,000 trials) |
$APE Price Volatility | Reallocate 30K $APE to marketing, 0.1% $EZVERSE airdrop if < $0.40 |
$EZVERSE Price Stagnation | 0.1% $EZVERSE Airdrop, increase marketing if < $0.01 by Month 6 |
BANANA Bill Failure | 28,809 $APE reallocation to LP/marketing |
Regulatory Risk | KYC for >10K $EZVERSE tx, $45K legal budget |
$APE Value Capture
- Fee Recycling: 30% of transaction fees (5% P2E, 1% DeFi, 2% NFTs) convert to $APE.
60% $APE via Camelot’s $EZVERSE<>$APE pool to liquidity mining contract.- 20% to $APE staking contract.
- 20% Retained in the EZVERSE General Fund for $APE benefitting DAO-directed initiatives.
- Liquidity Mining: 15% $APE rewards for $EZVERSE<>$APE LPs (140K $APE).
- Ecosystem Growth: Framework enables 5+ tokens, increasing $APE demand.
Governance & Transparency
- Dashboard: Real-time $APE<>$EZVERSE Treasury on ApeScan explorer.
- Audits: Monthly on-chain burn/recycling reports on DAO Forum.
- AMAs: Quarterly developer AMAs, starting Month 3.
- Reports: Monthly Forum updates, quarterly Snapshots.
Milestones
- Months 1–3: Token launch on Ape Express, NFT marketplace migration, audit #1, Airdrop #1 (Month 4).
- $APE: 180K ($99,000)
- $EZVERSE: 5% (50M, $250,000)
- Framework: Staking, verification
- Months 4–6: Camelot pool ($378,000), Relay.Link, NFT launch, Beefy integration
- $APE: 360K ($198,000)
- $EZVERSE: 10% (100M, $500,000)
- Framework: Bridge, Liquidity
- Months 7–9: Framework beta, audit #2, 5,000 DAU , Airdrop #2 (Month 8)
- $APE: 360K ($198,000)
- $EZVERSE: 10% (100M, $500,000)
- Framework: Staking $APE enhancements, $APE recycling.
- Months 10–12: Framework release, $900K–$1M TVL, 10,000 DAU, 0.25% burn
- $APE: 360K ($198,000)
- $EZVERSE: 15% (150M, $750,000)
- Framework: Token Launch, full release
Tokenomics Plan
- Total Supply: 1B $EZVERSE
- Initial Circulating Supply: 30% (300M): 3.6% (liquidity), 2.82% (P2E), 3% (staking), 0.5% (Year 1 airdrops), 0.5% (NFTs), 0.25% (bridging).
- Allocations
- Liquidity Pool: 3.6% (36M $EZVERSE) + 360K $APE ($378,000 TVL, scaling to $900K–$1M).
- P2E Rewards: 14.1% (141M $EZVERSE), quadratically smart contract bonded.
- Staking Rewards: 15% (150M $EZVERSE), smart contract mediated.
- LP Incentives: 50M $EZVERSE from Treasury, supporting $APE pairs.
- NFT & Bridge Rewards: 0.75% (7.5M $EZVERSE, 0.5% NFTs, 0.25% ETH bridging post year one, smart contract-managed after Camelot TVL goals accomplished.
- Insurance Fund: 0.1% (1M $EZVERSE) for smart contract risks.
- Team & Advisors: 10% (100M $EZVERSE), 3-year vesting (3.33%/year).
- Ecosystem Reserve: 36% (360M $EZVERSE), 2-year lock, 3-year vesting, funds airdrops, partnerships (e.g., Opera, Chainlink), and EZVERSE Marketing.
- Operational Treasury: 4.05% (40.5M $EZVERSE), 3-year lock, funds P2E, staking, LP incentives, burns, buybacks, technical operations.
Yearly Burns: - Burn: 0.25% of total $EZVERSE supply, smart contract-executed immutably.
- Transaction Fees (Smart Contract Enacted):
- 5% on P2E Rewards
- 1% on DeFi Transactions
- 2% on NFT Transactions
Conclusion
The EZVERSE dApp, token, and open source ApeChain tokenization tooling and framework proposed re-confirms ApeChain as a long term gaming, staking, and tokenization hub by:
- Driving 109,500 $APE/year ($60,225) from 30,000 tx/day.
- Scaling TVL to $900K–$1M (654,545–981,818 $APE).
- Burning 0.25% of $EZVERSE supply yearly with 30% fee recycling into $APE
- Locking and strategically distributing $APE and $EZVERSE smart contract bonded staking and in game P2E rewards.
- Enabling 5 or more token launches via the $EZVERSE Tokenization Framework by Q3 2026.
With the EZVERSE dApp already live, smart ApeChain NFT website and P2E token launch upcoming, and technology providing and distribution partnerships locked-in and being added to, $EZVERSE projects incentivize 10,000 DAU and a technologically mediated $10M–$20M $APE Market Cap lift within year one.
Our $820,000 budget, with robust contingencies, ensures a clear return for ApeChain DAO.
We are happy to build on APE Chain as we seek your support to utilize the EZVERSE Ecosystem and growth potential as an opportunity to scale ApeChain’s Ecosystem with a technical Web3 tool centric and reproducible long term model.