Centrifuge (CFG): Substrate-native RWA token with PoS inflation.
Native of the Centrifuge Chain (Polkadot ecosystem). ~3%/yr PoS inflation; original vests long done; Centrifuge Foundation as Tag B.
The setup
Centrifuge is the original on-chain RWA platform — tokenizes off-chain credit (invoices, real estate, treasury bills) into DeFi-usable assets. CFG is the native token of Centrifuge Chain, a Substrate-based parachain. CFG also has an ERC-20 wrap on Ethereum (0xc221…d8e312) for DeFi composability.
- Total supply: ~578.4M CFG
- Genesis ~400M at launch (2021); current reflects PoS inflation since
- Inflation: ~3%/yr nominal (~17M CFG/yr to nominators + collators)
- Price ~$0.29 → market cap ~$170M (no hard cap, just nominal inflation)
The sell ledger
What the design predictably puts on the market.
Inflation is the headline. ~3%/yr nominal — typical for Substrate PoS chains. ~17M CFG/yr to nominators and collators who help secure the chain. Vesting is essentially done (2021 distribution had 1–4 year vests; last cliffs concluded by 2025). Tag B = Centrifuge Foundation + ecosystem operators, discretionary deployment.
The buy ledger
What the design predictably takes off the market.
No structural buyback or burn. RWA pool fees generate protocol revenue but don't route to CFG.
Net position
~3%/yr structural dilution, buy ledger essentially zero. Same shape as NEAR — modest scale of dilution, unfavorable structurally. A protocol revenue routing to CFG buyback would flip it.
What to watch
1) Centrifuge Chain validator + nominator stake (Polkadot.js / Substrate explorer). 2) RWA pool TVL on Centrifuge — fees + demand. 3) Centrifuge Foundation activity. 4) Any governance proposal on fee-share / buyback.
Data note. Total supply cross-checked via CoinGecko. Inflation rate per Centrifuge official tokenomics docs; precise per-epoch reward requires querying the Centrifuge Chain via Polkadot.js. Foundation balances TBD pending Substrate-aware enumeration.