# kaal:claim:5583610-008

**Claim.** Reward accrual scales with holding duration, for example thirty to ninety day windows, which encourages prolonged ownership in the same way DeFi liquid staking yields encourage retention, but without locking up the shareholder's ability to sell.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- rewards keyed to verified holding periods

**Source quote.**

> Similar to how DeFi liquid staking leverages yields to encourage retention, these payments increase over time based on holding durations (for example, 30–90 days), encouraging prolonged ownership without locking up liquidity.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Liquid Equity Rewards in Corporate America* (2025), 2.1. How LER Works, page 6

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Liquid Equity Rewards in Corporate America (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5583610

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** time-weighting, liquid-staking, holding-period, retention

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