Saga Migrates to Merkl to Scale its Community Reward Program

Saga, the blockchain powering web3 gaming and AI applications through infinite horizontal scalability, is migrating its rewards program to Merkl.

After managing its incentive programs internally, Saga is now partnering with Merkl to gain flexibility, automate reward distribution, and unlock more possibilities for its community. A strategic move to better support its growth and ecosystem.

What is Saga?

As a Layer-1 protocol purpose-built for scalability, Saga enables anyone to deploy their own EVM-compatible blockchain — known as Chainlets — offering a dedicated environment for every dApp. Instead of competing for blockspace, developers on Saga get their own chain, giving them the freedom to focus on building, not infrastructure.

This innovative design has attracted a vibrant ecosystem of web3 gaming and AI applications, drawn to Saga’s speed, scalability, zero gas fees, and seamless EVM compatibility.

To support and foster this growing ecosystem, Saga has introduced its own reward program.

Saga’s reward program: effective but challenging to scale

Since 2024, Saga has been running its own program to reward stakers who locked their tokens into Saga vaults. In early 2025, these efforts expanded to include liquidity providers (LPs) for Saga tokens. Rewards were distributed via a custom-built claims page.

While effective, managing this reward infrastructure internally came with its share of challenges — from allocating internal resources to building and maintaining the system. As the program scaled, it became clear that a more flexible, feature-rich, and future-proof solution was needed.

Streamlining rewards through Merkl

To scale its incentive efforts, Saga is migrating its rewards program to Merkl — the leading platform for managing and distributing onchain incentives, with over $100M in rewards already distributed.

By partnering with Merkl, Saga gains access to:

• A seamless interface to launch and manage onchain incentive campaigns in just minutes
• Advanced features and customization (boosts, bridging, forwarders, etc.) to create more engaging and rewarding campaigns for top contributors
• Streamlined reward distribution for both stakers and liquidity providers (LPs)
• Maximum visibility, with campaigns automatically listed to over 10,000 daily DeFi users exploring reward opportunities on the Merkl app
• A dedicated team of incentive strategy experts, ready to support Saga’s campaigns and assist any protocol building on Saga in launching their own rewards

This migration marks a shift from a manually managed system to a modular, automatic, scaled, incentive platform, allowing the Saga team to focus on growth rather than internal tooling.

What's next?

In the coming days, Saga will be fully integrated with Merkl, allowing anyone — users or protocols — to launch incentive campaigns through Merkl, rewarding participation and activity within the Saga ecosystem.

At the same time, Uniswap v3 on Saga will also go live on Merkl, enabling SAGA liquidity providers to start earning rewards via Merkl — a key step toward boosting token liquidity and strengthening Saga’s DeFi presence.

This marks the beginning of a new chapter in incentive design for Saga: more flexibility, more control, and more impact!