Use BARD
Claim and govern with Lombard’s governance and utility token.
What is $BARD?
Total supply: 1,000,000,000 $BARD (1 billion). Fixed supply at TGE, no inflation. Initial circulating supply was 22.5% at launch, with the remainder unlocking over 48 months.
$BARD exists on Ethereum mainnet only.
Claiming BARD
Open Claim Event
Season 3: Claims opened July 27, 2026 at claim.lombard.finance and close October 29, 2026 at 00:00 UTC. Allocations are based on Season 3 Lux held at a snapshot taken July 20, 2026 at 00:00 UTC. Referral Lux is included. Check your allocation on the Rewards page .
Addresses below the minimum threshold of 5,000 Lux did not receive an allocation in this claim event. Addresses appearing on sanctions or compliance screening lists were excluded, and smart contract addresses received no allocation.
Closed: The Season 1 Phase 2 and Season 2 claim windows have ended. Unclaimed tokens were returned to the Ecosystem Fund and cannot be recovered.
Important: Unclaimed tokens from any claim window are returned to the Ecosystem Fund when the window closes and cannot be recovered.
How to Claim
- Go to claim.lombard.finance
- Connect the wallet you used for Lombard activity
- Agree to the terms and conditions
- Sign the claim transaction
- Tokens are sent to your connected wallet
The claim destination cannot be changed after submission.
Solana and Sui Users
Connect both your Solana or Sui wallet and an Ethereum wallet. Your allocation is delivered on Ethereum, since $BARD only exists on Ethereum mainnet. The Ethereum address you connect is the permanent claim destination, so do not use an exchange deposit address.
Lux earned on Avalanche, MegaETH, or Base is claimed with the same address on Ethereum.
Kaito Yappers
Kaito Yappers rewards are distributed through Kaito directly: kaito.ai/airdrops
Staking BARD
BARD staking closed on 17th September 2026, one year after launch.
What this means
New staking is no longer available.
No staking rewards will be paid after 1st October.
Unstaking
Unstaking remains available. It is now handled directly through Mellow’s interface, rather than inside the Lombard app. The 21-day withdrawal period, is unchanged.
Steps:
- Connect your wallet at https://app.mellow.finance/vaults/ethereum-staked-bard?tab=withdraw
- Initiate withdrawal
- Claim after the 21-day period completes.
Why now
BARD staking was built to help secure early cross-chain transfers of LBTC and BTC.b, with staked BARD acting as slashable collateral monitored by Symbiotic and validated through Chainlink CCIP.
Lombard is consolidating LBTC and BTC.b onto a hub-and-spoke model anchored on Ethereum and adopting Chainlink’s CCIP v2. Both reduce the number of bridge paths and integration surfaces that require securing, and strengthen native security guarantees on the paths that remain. That combination is what BARD staking’s supplementary security layer existed to backstop during the network’s earlier phase. See https://docs.lombard.finance/use/bridging for details on the chain migration.
What stays the same
BARD retains its governance rights, priority access to new products, and role in ecosystem grant direction. None of these are staking-dependent.
Governance
BARD holders can vote on:
- Protocol parameter adjustments
- Validator sets and fees
- Treasury allocation decisions
- New chain deployment approvals
- Strategic partnership ratification
- Protocol roadmap direction
Next Steps
- Token Economics, Full details on $BARD distribution, vesting, and protocol revenue
- Lux Rewards, How Lux points convert to $BARD airdrops
- Lombard Finance Foundation, Governance and ecosystem development through the Foundation