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SIGN\u2019s 100M \u201cOrange Basic Income\u201d locks rewards on-chain and pays higher yields to wallets that keep SIGN in self-custody instead of on centralized exchanges.<\/p>\n
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SIGN has unveiled its \u201cOrange Basic Income\u201d (OBI) initiative, a 100 million token incentive program designed to pay users for holding SIGN in self-custody wallets rather than on centralized exchanges. The project describes OBI as a way to \u201creward real on-chain holders\u201d and to \u201credefine value rewards for long-term holders\u201d by tying payouts directly to wallet balances and how long tokens remain under self-custody.<\/p>\n
SIGN is the native utility token of the Sign ecosystem, an omni-chain attestation and token-distribution infrastructure originally incubated by the EthSign team. The protocol underpins products like Sign Protocol, TokenTable and SignPass, which handle on-chain identity, credential verification, airdrops, vesting and unlocks across Ethereum and other major networks. SIGN launched its token in late April 2025 with a total supply of 10 billion, following several funding rounds backed by venture investors and a large community airdrop allocation. The project is now positioning SIGN as a long-term governance and incentive asset for builders, institutions and the \u201cOrange Dynasty\u201d community aligned around self-custody and transparent on-chain distribution rails.<\/p>\n
According to the launch materials, Season 1 of OBI will distribute up to 25 million SIGN, with 9 million tokens reserved purely for holding rewards. \u201cTo participate, users must hold their SIGN in a self-custody wallet,\u201d one explainer states, adding that \u201ctokens held on exchanges or locked in third-party platforms do not qualify.\u201d The token itself trades under the ticker SIGN, with live pricing and market data available on its dedicated page in the crypto.news market-cap section.<\/p>\n
OBI is explicitly framed as a break with yield products that resemble traditional staking. Rather than promising a fixed percentage return, SIGN calculates rewards using a time-based formula that tracks on-chain balances over the course of a season, favoring wallets that commit to holding through volatility while avoiding exchange custody. The team argues this approach \u201cabandons the traditional fixed staking model\u201d in favor of a mechanism that more closely aligns incentives with decentralization and user control.<\/p>\n
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In its announcement thread on X, SIGN called the program \u201cHolder Supremacy,\u201d urging users to \u201csecure your eligibility by moving your $SIGN to a self-custody wallet\u201d before each snapshot. The launch comes as DeFi protocols from lending platforms to liquid-staking services race to distinguish themselves with more transparent reward structures, and mirrors a wider industry trend of traders shifting away from centralized venues toward self-custody and on-chain liquidity.<\/p>\n
To back the scheme, the foundation says all 100 million OBI tokens are locked in a public on-chain custody address, with funds sourced from a prior strategic buyback. This, SIGN argues, ensures that \u201ceach quarterly reward is fully collateralized and publicly transparent,\u201d a structure aimed at institutional users and regulators wary of opaque token incentive programs and DeFi yield promises.<\/p>\n