January marks the first chapter of 2026. Amid a calmer market, the Viction ecosystem carried forward momentum and enduring resilience through consistent activity and ongoing building.

The new year opened with active community engagement, a renewed rise in active users, and the rewarding of contributors through Retrodrop Season 4. Across ecosystem activity, governance alignment, and community-led initiatives, January helped set a steady tone for the months ahead.

Ecosystem Highlights

Retrodrop Season 4: Contributor Rewards

Retrodrop Season 4 officially distributed 1.25M $VIC to active contributors, recognizing genuine on-chain participation across four key groups:

• DeFi activities: swaps, LP, bridging, and non-VIC staking
• NFTs and GameFi interactions
• VIC staking and Governance through Proposa Voting
• Ecosystem and campaign participation

This season continued the eligible NFT mint mechanism, ensuring that contributors actively verified their participation and claimed true ownership of the rewards. The initiative reflected Viction’s ongoing focus on recognizing meaningful, on-chain contributions from the community, even in a current cold market.

#1 Active Address Growth (7D)

Driven by Retrodrop Season 4, Viction returned to the Top #1 in 7-day active address growth this month (source), reflecting continued on-chain participation across the ecosystem.

Ecosystem Performance 2025 Report: Looking Back to Move Forward

For a comprehensive overview of Viction’s ecosystem-wide growth in 2025, Viction presented the 2025 Annual Report, which provides a detailed recap of progress and milestones throughout the year.

Viction Website Update

Parts of the Viction Website were refreshed with cleaner visuals and improved structure, making it simpler for users to explore the ecosystem and get a clearer view of what’s ahead.

Governance Highlights

VIP #08 - Growth Budget Proposal for 2026

As 2025 concluded, VIP #08 (Growth Budget Proposal for 2026) was introduced to sustain momentum and support the next phase of ecosystem growth.  The proposal passed with 99.7% YES votes from 60,201 participants, reflecting clearly a broad consensus across the community and a collective commitment to growing together in the Viction ecosystem in 2026.

Community Highlights

2026 Year Ahead: FrontierDAO’s Community Vision

FrontierDAO released the 2026 Year Ahead Plan, outlining key strategic directions to sustain and grow the community across the Viction ecosystem.

• Viction Local Chapters: activating local communities, coordinating contributors on the ground, and driving real adoption within regional ecosystems.
• Viction Discord: a global hub for discussion, learning, and collaboration, where ideas, feedback, and initiatives come together.
• Viction Vanguard:  the creator hub for bounties and missions, where community contributions are tracked, recognized, and rewarded based on the quality of real outcomes across the Viction ecosystem.

Viction Vanguard - Creator Hub

Throughout January, Viction Vanguard remained actively supporting ecosystem participation through partnerships, bounties, and contribution tracking.

Partnership Spotlight

This month marked the launch of the partnership between FrontierDAO and Dagora. This expands access to the Dagora NFT marketplace on Viction and paves the way for upcoming creative and ecosystem-focused bounties on the Vanguard platform.

To celebrate this, a Dagora × FrontierDAO NFT campaign was launched on Dagora and has already recorded 3,750+ mints, reflecting community interest and active participation around this milestone.

Bounty Update

The XP Leaderboard was released to track the quantity, quality, and overall impact of completed missions, providing a clearer view of contributor performance.

Throughout the month, 10 new bounties were launched across diverse categories, with 300+ participations, ranging from creative missions such as GIF and sticker creation for Viction to partner-led bounties such as Vanguard × Dagora.

New UI coming very soon

Looking ahead, a new bounty platform UI is currently under development by FrontierDAO, designed to deliver a more transparent and user-friendly experience for community members.

Local Community Activities

Local communities across regions continued to stay active, with initiatives and AMA discussions driving engagement and contributions on the ground.

Viction Thailand — NFT Artwork Contest

Viction Thailand announced the Thailand NFT Artwork Contest in collaboration with Dagora NFT marketplace. The initiative helped expand the utility of VIC by enabling VIC-based NFT minting, allow the community to support their favourite artists directly, and provide artists with a practical way to connect culture and creativity through on-chain NFTs.

Viction Philippines — AMAs and Gaming Conversations

Viction Philippines kicked off 2026 with a series of AMAs and discussions centered around gaming and the ecosystem’s journey in 2026, including:

• Play-to-Earn Games: The New Frontier of Gaming and Crypto
• Kicking Off 2026: Viction Philippines Embarks on a New Journey! With 1,000 $VIC prize pool giveaway 

Community members shared, discussed, and engaged around gaming-related topics and the Viction’s journey in 2026, fostering open conversations and alignment on what lies ahead.

Viction Indonesia — Gaming-topic AMAs

Viction Indonesia hosted a community AMA session in collaboration with W3GG, bringing members together for an open discussion around Web3 gaming ecosystem.

The AMA created space for casual exchange, and community questions, with $500 VIC rewards for the best questions.

Initiatives from community members 

Community members proactively organized independent initiatives that contributed to the collective growth of the Viction community, with support from FrontierDAO.

• Community AMA: a discussion-based session where members shared Retrodrop experiences and participation insights.
• On-chain Mini-Game: an action-based activity that repurposed 400 $VIC rewards from Retrodrop Season 4 to encourage on-chain actions such as swapping, staking, minting NFTs, and participating in governance.

With active users returning, community contributions being recognized, and steady participation across the ecosystem, Viction continued to move forward even in the absence of broader market noise. January offers a clear snapshot and direction of how the ecosystem is operating at the start of the year, and continue to progress in the months ahead.