Exponent Rewards

First and foremost, thank you to everyone who participated in Exponent.

After careful consideration, we have reached a decision regarding Exponent rewards following Linea’s reduction in the overall rewards allocation (in USD value), as well as the removal of several other reward opportunities that would have benefited the community, participants, and the project as a whole.

Reward Breakdown

To clarify:

The rewards distributed by Linea to T3 Play, after taxes, total $16,200 USDC (originally received as LINEA tokens).

Yes, taxes must be paid. We spent considerable time working with legal and tax professionals to explore potential alternatives, but unfortunately there was no way to avoid the tax obligations.

As originally communicated, the plan was to allocate:

• 100% of rewards toward $TBAG buybacks
• 50% of rewards total toward community participants in $TBAG

Based on the final reward amount, approximately $8,100 worth of $TBAG will be distributed to participants.

What This Covers

The participant allocation will cover:

• Main Transaction Leaderboard (most overall transactions)
• Baggiez NFT allocations
• Double Bagz bonus $TBAG rewards

We will be proceeding with the distribution of over $8,100 worth of $TBAG to eligible participants.

Claim Details

A claim portal will open this Friday, with two separate claim options:

1. Main Transaction Leaderboard + Double Bagz Claims

• Rewards vested over 3 months

2. Baggiez NFT $TBAG Claims

• Distributed through four monthly unlocks of 25% each

Why Vesting?

The reasoning behind vesting should be fairly obvious.

We care deeply about the long-term value of $TBAG, and we all want to see the value of $TBAG increase significantly over time. Reducing immediate sell pressure while encouraging long-term participation and buying demand is important for the health of the ecosystem and benefits everyone involved — Especially in difficult market conditions.

For Baggiez NFT holders specifically, the vesting structure will operate differently. Rewards will unlock across four separate periods, each with a limited claim window.

This approach serves several purposes:

• It allows holders flexibility to buy and sell Baggiez throughout the unlock period.
• It prevents the NFTs from becoming effectively worthless overnight due to a single holder claiming all associated token rewards at once, even if those rewards are vested.
• It aligns incentives toward increasing the long-term value of $TBAG.

Our objective is simple: grow the value of $TBAG over time, which in turn increases the potential value of the remaining Baggiez token claims.

Buybacks

There will still be buybacks.

However, we will not deploy the entire buyback allocation immediately. Instead, we will deploy capital strategically when market conditions improve, Linea sentiment improves, or if we ultimately decide to expand onto another chain.

Deploying all available capital into buybacks during unfavorable market conditions only to see it absorbed by sellers would be an inefficient use of resources. We believe a more measured approach creates greater long-term value for both T3 and $TBAG holders.

While the Exponent reward situation and distribution process have created challenges over the past year, we have continued building behind the scenes.

We have been quietly developing a substantial amount throughout this period, and we have some very significant developments planned for both T3, $TBAG, $T3P and all T3 asset holders over the coming weeks and months.

The best is still ahead.