: The move was controversial. Some early investors left the project, viewing the inflation as a breach of the "social contract" of immutability. Current State of YFI (as of April 2026) Yearn Finance Considers Minting $200M in New YFI Tokens
: YFI began with a hard cap, no pre-mine, and no founder allocation. This scarcity drove the token price to all-time highs above $90,000 in 2021. : The move was controversial
: This marked Yearn's transition from a community experiment to a more professionalized DAO. More recently, in September 2025 , the protocol proposed further overhauls to direct 90% of revenue to stakers , moving even further away from pure scarcity toward a value-accrual model. in September 2025