Alephium Launches Core Dapp,“Powfi” On Testnet, Progressing 'Phase Two' Of Its Aligned Economics Vision

NEUCHÂTEL, Switzerland, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alephium, the sharded Layer-1 Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchain, has officially launched Powfi, its Core dApp, on Testnet. This significant milestone signals the activation of Phase Two: Aligned Economics, a strategic shift that transforms the network from a high-performance infrastructure layer into a self-sustaining, fee-generating economic ecosystem.

Powfi is designed to go beyond the usual parameters of a decentralized exchange, acting as a protocol-owned benchmark to showcase the full power of Alephium's unique technology. Built from the ground up on its own sUTXO (stateful Unspent Transaction Output) model, the dApp consists of a Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker Decentralized Exchange (CLMM DEX) that aims to deliver institutional-grade security and capital efficiency.

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Powfi establishes a vertical integration model and“Aligned Ecosystem Loop”, intended to anchor Alephium's capital formation. As the network's primary liquidity venue, the dApp routes economic value directly back to the native asset. DEX transaction fees will be used for $ALPH buybacks, staking rewards, and burns. This design ensures that as trading activity increases, long term participants (stakers) are rewarded.

A core objective of Phase Two is to solve the structural fragmentation often seen in Layer 1 blockchains, where application-level success fails to benefit the base-layer token. Alephium's upcoming composable staking layer will act as a unifying economic anchor. While Powfi's DEX is the inaugural contributor to this model, other revenue streams will progressively be added to further unify Alephium protocol activity with ALPH.

Alephium COO, Maud Bannwart, explains that“Powfi is designed to serve as a trusted, open-source cornerstone of Alephium's DeFi ecosystem. It lowers the barrier to entry into DeFi and ALPH utility, while providing a composable base layer that other ecosystem applications can integrate with and build upon. More than just a DeFi product, it's a foundational building block that empowers other applications to integrate, extend, and grow alongside it.”

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