There are 2 major milestones regarding Astar Network $ASTR in Feb 2024 :
dApp Staking v3 :
Already launched on Feb 12, this marked with the new UI Portal and a whooping dynamic ~7% bonus reward for early stakers/voters during Vote phase
By default there are 230 slots for dApps/projects on Staking Portal which currently filled by 66 dApps/projects where the rest of the unfilled dApp slots will trigger massively less inflation
At the time of writing, ~37% from max supply were staked
Vote subperiod consists 11 days (stakers didn't get any reward but eligible for bonus), Build&Earn consist ~4 months (users get usual rewards plus bonus if they stake during full period of both Vote + Build&Earn
Tier systems for dApps / Projects were introduced, where the highest tier give higher rewards for projects
2 confirmed airdrop of their native tokens if user stake their ASTR on DeStore and Neurolaunche (DYOR TnC)
1 confirmed giving kickback reward in ASTR if user stake on Astar Degens (DYOR TnC)
By launching dApp Staking v3, then Tokenomics 2.0 is 100% deployed with more less inflation (counted ~5.8% - 7% could be less with ASTR buyback and burn , previously was 10%)
dApp Staking v3 new UI
Yoki Origins
Campaign will probably started in early March / Late Feb until Late April 2024
According to the team's X, there's no airdrop. But suspected there's a massive amount of reward for participants since they will holding an event like Linea DeFi Voyage (stable / rare NFT / ASTR? - To Be Confirmed)
Rarible, Pyth and several big names already partnering with Astar zkEVM
Confirm ETH gas fee will be cheap like Arb, Op, zkSync, etc
Confirm there are several big enterprises joining their launch campaign
Confirm there will be tokens called OMA that being distributed on their launching event as a reward and its utilities to evolve the NFT monsters
Currently there are no reward for using their zKatana testnet (tx or deploying contracts) - To Be Confirmed
From Astar Network Community Call on Feb 2024