# Utility * Protocol Governance\ Holders of $STOCKX can propose and vote on key decisions such as asset whitelist expansions, fee structure changes, treasury deployments, and strategic protocol upgrades. Governance will evolve into a DAO model once decentralization thresholds are met. * Ecosystem Incentives\ $STOCKX is distributed to users who actively contribute to platform usage—such as through trading, holding equity NFTs, participating in community initiatives, or engaging in governance votes. * Fee Benefits and Trading Boosts\ Users who hold or stake $STOCKX may receive fee discounts, higher priority during limited-stock releases, and privileged access to tokenized pre-IPO opportunities or new asset classes. * Loyalty and Dividend Multipliers\ Long-term holders and stakers of $STOCKX may receive boosted dividend rates or reinvestment multipliers, rewarding consistent participation in the protocol economy. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.stockxtoken.xyz/tokenomics/utility.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.