Tokenomics (CTICK)

Allocation & Vesting (illustrative)

• Community Rewards: 40% — 48m linear
• Treasury/Ecosystem: 20% — 6m cliff + 36m linear
• Liquidity & MM: 10% — at TGE for pools/programs
• Team: 15% — 12m cliff + 48m linear
• Investors: 10% — 6m cliff + 24m linear
• Airdrop: 5% — proof-of-usage snapshot

Utilities

• Access tiers: Free (delayed) → Lite → Pro → Elite (priority latency)
• Pay-per-use (discount in CTICK): backtests, exports, API bursts
• Marketplace staking: creators stake to list; slashing for violations
• Governance: advisory votes on models/pairs/fees/burn cadence

Burn Mechanics

• Usage-driven buyback & burn: α% of net revenue buys CTICK weekly via TWAP and sends to burn address.
• Direct burns on CTICK payments: β% of CTICK received at checkout burns instantly.
• Slashing burns: γ% of slashed creator stakes burned on violations.

Default (governance-tunable): α=25% , β=30% , γ≤20% .

Treasury & Liquidity

• USDC/USDT/ETH reserves; quarterly reports.
• Initial CTICK/USDC pool on Arbitrum DEX; MM incentives time‑boxed.