{
  "id": 14175645,
  "title": "Inside Seasons’ Next Phase of Growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/inside-seasons-next-phase-of-growth",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:58:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "HackerNoon",
    "slug": "hackernoon",
    "url": "https://hackernoon.com/inside-seasons-next-phase-of-growth?source=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Seasons, a crypto project, has been steadily growing since the beginning of 2026, as the crypto market recovered. The project's ecosystem has been strengthened to increase participation and adoption. This growth is evident in the network's numbers, with more nodes online, participation expanding, and the infrastructure evolving. As of October 13, 2026, Seasons users have earned over $334,786 in total yield. This is particularly attractive to crypto investors due to the erosion of purchasing power from inflation and macroeconomic uncertainty. Seasons' current Network APY stands at 21.6%. The project operates on Solana and generates yield from real-world assets, including gold, Bitcoin, and USD, for $SEAS token holders. Seasons achieves this through Transactional Transfer Tax (TTT), the Stablecoin Yield Module (SSYM), and Yield Asset Vaults (YAV), all of which are non-custodial. The platform's ease of earning yield, without staking or locking, is achieved by holding $SEAS tokens and qualifying as a Node. Notably, Seasons has launched two major product upgrades. The Node Software v2, introduced in August, lowered the entry threshold for earning yield from 10,000 $SEAS to just 1,000 $SEAS. This new tier, Builder Nodes, allows users to accumulate their yield in $SEAS, steadily growing their position toward the next level while Directors continue to receive the full real-asset payout basket. Additionally, Seasons launched GAIA, an AI agent, to provide a way for users to get answers about the protocol. To support this growing network, Seasons launched a new customer payout infrastructure, which reduced the cost of running a distribution by over 99%, improved latency and error rates. The Seasons Terminal has also been developed as the central interface for the ecosystem, with updates introducing Builder-specific wallet data, a dynamic Node Map, persistent dark mode, and clearer asset views. The company's growth has been further bolstered by a successful Germany community tour, held in June, with all events sold out. These developments mark Seasons' transition into a phase focused on scale, as the project expands its reach and accessibility.",
  "summary": "Explore Seasons’ latest growth, from Node Software v2 and lower entry requirements to improved yield infrastructure and expanding community participation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}