As the reputation of zkSync, Layerzero, and Blast collapsed in the second quarter of 2024, people began to look for new ways to make money. Smart money will naturally not forget Aptos, which still has 48% of the community quota that has not been issued.

This is not just wishful thinking. On-chain data shows that the number of active users of Aptos has increased since March, and reached a record high in June. The data shows no sign of stopping:

Token Terminal data showed that on June 8, the number of daily active users hit a record of 1.3 million, the first time Aptos had 1 million users in a single day.

1. Aptos is the project with the lowest distribution ratio and the highest profit as a wallet among all the airdrop projects in history;

  • Aptos only airdropped 3% of tokens in the first round. Even with this 3% of token distribution, a single wallet can get 1000-3000u of airdrops. It should be noted that these wallets only completed a few tasks on Galxe, cast a few votes on Gitcoin, and issued a few NFTs.

2. Aptos has prepared 51% of the tokens for the community, and 48% has not been issued. According to the current price, there is more than four billion US dollars worth of wealth for us to tap. Such a large amount of wealth can support the conversion of millions of users.

3. Recently, a big industry OG praised Aptos on the social platform. He believes that Aptos will surpass Solana and become the second largest public chain;

  • Arthur Hayes, the founder of BitMEX, is not a talker. Not to mention the distant past, the Ethena stablecoin project that became popular this year was inspired by the concept of "Satoshi Dollar" by Arthur Hayes, the founder of BitMEX.

This indirectly shows that institutions are also paying attention to Aptos and are preparing to explore some new opportunities on Aptos.

https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2129240

2. Is Aptos really preparing for a second round of airdrops?

Aptos is not a matter of imagination whether to issue airdrops or not. Whether to issue airdrops, how to issue airdrops, and where to issue airdrops? Although the official does not tell us who are not qualified enough, we can infer from the side:

Inference 1: Aptos publishes four tasks on Galxe

Aptos launched four tasks on Galxe in the first and second quarters (ending in April). The tasks were simple, and all they needed to do was to obtain OAT. This might be a market test.

Generally speaking, if there is no operational plan, the project will not release some tasks on the task platform. This move shows that Aptos intends to launch a second round of airdrops. It may be that the trial phase has passed and the specific plan is now being worked out.

https://x.com/Aptos/status/1767594987594944587

Inference 2: Aptos official information

From the official Aptos data, we can see that Aptos distributes tokens as follows:

  • Of the 51% community token allocation of Aptos, 410,217,359.767 APTs are held by the Aptos Foundation and 100,000,000 by Aptos Labs.

  • Officials said that these tokens will be used to promote the growth of Aptos ecological projects, so many people call "community allocation" "ecological fund."

This means that the remaining 48% will be allocated to users in the Aptos ecosystem. We can also see this in the actions of Amnis, the largest staking platform of Aptos.

Inference 3: Aries Incentive Program, Rewarding APT

Aries, the largest lending platform in the Aptos ecosystem, tweeted in mid-January that it would issue APT rewards.

https://x.com/AriesMarkets/status/1745668145015410850

Well, this means that Aptos may have reached some consensus with the ecological projects, and the second round of airdrops of Aptos may focus on ecological projects.

In addition to the above, there is some other evidence that Aptos will have airdrops, such as the developers in the Aptos ecosystem:

  • Thala Project founder talks about an "Aptos airdrop season"

  • Many NFT project founders have announced that they will airdrop tokens to NFT holders;

For example, in December last year, the UNI GUI meme project airdropped to users who held OG NFTs, such as Aptos Monkey, Aptos Ape, Flames, Pontem Dark Ages... The Wapal NFT market project airdropped 5,000 gift boxes to users.

In addition, many projects on Aptos have not yet launched tokens and are expected to usher in an "Aptos airdrop season" like the Solana ecosystem.

So the direction is clear. In the next period of time, if we want to get the big bucks of Aptos, we must participate in the projects on Aptos. Only users who actively participate in ecological projects will receive airdrops.

Which projects should we focus on interacting with?

I checked the projects in the Aptos ecosystem and found five projects that have a special relationship with Aptos. They have supported the development of the Aptos ecosystem since the early days of Aptos and have strong backgrounds, technology, communities, and funding. They are:

  • Aries Markets

  • Liquidswap

  • Stream Finance

  • Merkle Trade

  • Kana Labs

These projects will issue airdrops in the third and fourth quarters. By interacting with these projects, you will not only receive the project’s own token airdrops, but also Aptos rewards, killing two birds with one stone.

Aptos Gold Mining Manual Chapter 1: Aries Markets Airdrop Guide

1. Introduction to Aries Markets

Aries Markets is one of the few DAPPs that has been qualified for the Aptos Foundation’s incentive activities. Now, with a TVL of over 250M, it has become the largest lending protocol on Aptos, accounting for nearly 50% of the TVL in the Aptos ecosystem, and the largest TVL protocol in all categories.

The platform’s loan volume has exceeded $100 million. The high loan volume highlights the activeness within the ecosystem and also establishes Aries Markets’ current core position in the ecosystem.

Since January this year, Aries has been running the APT incentive program, which provides additional rewards for both lending and borrowing. Currently, the APY interest rate for stablecoins on Aries is around 20%-30%, and the interest rate for stablecoin loans has even reached negative interest rates in the past, making it a good place for daily deposits and loans. The incentive program is still running and has reached cooperation with OKX and Pancake many times.

2. Aries Markets Status

Since Aries has not yet issued a token, many people may not be able to see the potential of the token in the future. Here is a comparison with similar projects on other public chains:

Atlendis: An unsecured lending protocol on Polygon that allows users to earn APY profits by depositing funds into a pool or becoming a borrower to optimize capital efficiency.

Jupiter: is a DEX aggregator protocol on Solana that allows users to search and execute swaps with good fees by integrating AMM (automated market maker) liquidity pools.

Users who participated in these two projects basically received their own currency and other airdrops that allowed them to kill two birds with one stone.

(III) About Aries Airdrop

Aries recently launched a points plan, where points can be earned through lending and recommending friends on the platform. The points will be directly related to the project airdrop in the future.

1. The conditions for obtaining Aries points are as follows:

  • To earn points, sign up on the points page https://points.ariesmarkets.xyz/rfw84n

  • ARIES points can be earned through Lending (Supplying), Borrowing and referrals;

  • Total deposits must be $100 or more;

2. Points accumulation rules:

  • Each platform provides assets worth 1 USD, and you can earn 1 point per day;

  • You can earn 3 points per day for every dollar of borrowed value, and there is no minimum borrowing requirement.

The longer the above two items are completed, the more points you will accumulate.

3. Recommendation system:

  • The referrer can get an additional 10% reward on the referee’s points. The best way is to use both big and small accounts.

(IV) Aries Practical Guide

Before the actual operation: please make sure that there is $APT token on the Aptos chain as a handling fee. It is best to withdraw more than 100u of $APT tokens to the Pontem wallet at one time, so as to avoid the second step of the cross-chain step below ($APT can be purchased on the exchange)

Step 1. Register an account

  • Registration link: https://points.ariesmarkets.xyz/rfw84n,

  • Link to Twitter

  • Bind a wallet (it can be Aptos chain of OK wallet or Pontem wallet)

  • To bind the invitation code, you can fill in this first: rfw84n

Step 2: Cross-chain (optional)

If you have withdrawn more than 100u of $APT tokens from the exchange, the cross-chain step can be skipped.

  • Click Launch App to enter the interactive page

  • Click Bridge and use LayerZero or Wormhole to complete the cross-chain. However, if you use a lot of wallet plug-ins, you cannot connect to the wallet on the LayerZero page.

  • So the best cross-chain tool here is to use Liquidswap

PS: If you have withdrawn more than 100u $APT tokens from the exchange, you can skip the cross-chain step and go directly to the interaction below.

Step 3. Deposit

  • Switch to the Lending page

  • There is an option to choose E-Mode, where assets in E-Mode have loan-to-value (LTV) ratios of up to 90%, while other assets have LTV ratios between 40% and 80%.

  • Choose a token to deposit, such as APT, USDC, USDT and other assets

Step 4: Borrowing

Since I just deposited USDC, I want to borrow other currencies, such as amAPT (to be used in the Liquidswap tutorial below).

  • amAPT is the liquid pledge agreement Amnis Finance. After staking APT, the platform issues a pledge certificate. Amnis also has a points program, and using amAPT can allow us to get at least 3 airdrops.

Methods as below:

  • Select amAPT token in the Lending interface

  • Click Borrow

  • Enter the amount to be borrowed or directly max

  • confirm

PS: When using lending tools, you need to pay attention to the risks. If the asset falls sharply, your margin will be forced to close.

Many people don't know how to repay their loans, so every time I ask them, I get frustrated. In fact, you can just translate it yourself. To repay, just follow the direction. Repay is to repay the loan, and Withdraw is to withdraw your deposit.

After the operation is completed, click Points to view your points.

Aptos Gold Mining Manual Chapter 2: Liquidswap Airdrop Guide (Key Points)

1. Background of Liquidswap

If Aries Markets is very low-key and the project owner cannot be found, then Liquidswap can be said to be a powerful presence on Aptos.

Liquidswap is one of the four flagship projects launched by Pontem Network Studio in strategic cooperation with Aptos. Pontem's strategic cooperation with Aptos involves developing tools, EVM, AMM, etc. to promote the widespread use of its L1 blockchain.

Pontem Network has created: Lumio L2, Pontem Wallet, Liquidswap DEX, NFT (Pontem Pirates, Dark Ages), Pontem also supports NFT...

2. Liquidswap’s performance

Liquidswap is the first and largest AMM protocol in the Aptos ecosystem, with a current TVL of $34 million and an average daily trading volume of $10 million, accounting for more than 80% of the Aptos ecosystem's trading volume. According to official data, its average daily active users are 10,000, making it the project with the highest number of daily active users in the Aptos ecosystem.

3. Is Liquidswap going to issue tokens?

Yes, the official @PontemNetwork has started a community survey in May and is expected to issue coins and airdrops soon.

https://x.com/PontemNetwork/status/1787208981041004873

4. What preparations should be made to play Liquidswap?

(1) Funding preparation

  • Fund 1: + 10.1 APT

  • Fund 2: +100u

These funds are used for the following purposes:

  • Volume: +$5,000

  • Number of interactions: +30

  • Add liquidity: + $100, add at least 3 pairs

  • Staking: +10 APT

The above are just basic estimates, the more interactions the better.

(2) Wallet preparation (using the same wallet as Aries)

  • Phantom Wallet

  • Metamask or OK Wallet

  • Pontem wallet (if you have previously paid APT fees on OK wallet, you can directly import the original mnemonic)

We will use Pontem wallet as the beginning of the tutorial here, and just import the original OK wallet mnemonic.

(V) Complete interactive tasks

First, log in to the Pontem airdrop page

https://airdrop.liquidswap.com/?ref=01HYAQ97X8M52ZCEJWEJBFVG7R

  • Link Pontem Wallet

  • register account

  • Click Go to Liquidswap

Task 1: Increase transaction volume on Liquidswap

  • Select any trading pair and trade

PS: If you want to be shortlisted, it is recommended that each account increase the transaction volume to more than + 5,000 US dollars and the number of interactions is not less than 30 times.

LiquidSwap officially sets the following transaction volume tiers:

  • 1–20$ — coke

  • 20–50$ — socks

  • 50–300$ — ledger

  • 300–3000$ — Ticket to NBA

  • 3000–6000$ — Vision pro

  • 6000–30000$ — Vacation in the Bahamas

  • 30000–100000$ — Cybertruck

  • 100000–10000000$ — House

You can view your transaction volume and tier level on the LiquidSwap Dashboard page.

Task 2: Pledge

  • On Liquidswap, click Earn

  • Choose Staking

  • Select any "Validators" section

  • Click stake

  • Stake at least 10.1 APT (it is recommended to choose a validator with a longer time)

Task 3: Adding liquidity (killing two birds with one stone)

In the above text, we have exchanged amAPT tokens in Aries. We can use amAPT and APT tokens to form liquidity (you need to have APT tokens in your wallet).

(1) Add liquidity. The specific method is as follows:

Step 1. Enter the Liquidswap platform

  • Click Earn

  • Select Farms

  • Add amAPT/APT

Step 3: Stake LP

  • Click on the "fish icon"

  • Click Balance

  • Click Stake to stake LP, the annualized return here is 30%;

After adding liquidity, the position will be locked for 7 days and can be withdrawn after 7 days. You can keep it there until the airdrop is issued.

You don’t need to complete all three tasks on the Liquidswap platform. You can increase the trading volume before working on liquidity, or you can just do any one of them.

The Pontem team also released two NFT series, Pontem Pirates and Dark Ages. Some farmers on Liquidswap can also get additional rewards by verifying their ownership of these two NFTs.

Aptos' most popular project should be Liquidswap. With TGE approaching, many airdrop hunters have released tutorials on how to get Liquidswap, plus the subsequent collaboration with the Pontem team's flagship project Lumio.

Aptos Gold Mining Manual Chapter 3: Amnis Finance Airdrop

Amnis Finance is a liquidity staking agreement on APT. Users can redeem APT at a 1:1 ratio for an equal amount of amAPT (need to wait for 1 month, or directly redeem it at a discount of about 1% on DEX), and further stake to obtain stAPT, which accumulates staking income all the time like wstETH.

Amnis Finance’s airdrop event has not ended yet, and there are many ways to participate.

First log in to the official website: https://stake.amnis.finance/retroactive, and then select a task to interact with:

(1) Mint amAPT and pledge stAPT, accumulating 1 point for each APT

(2) Hold am APT and st APT in your wallet and generate points hourly. You can accumulate 1 point per APT per month.

(3) Provide am APT-APT liquidity on Pancake Swap or Liquid Swap. The am APT in LP has a 3.5x multiplier compared to the points obtained by simply holding it in the wallet. (Liquid Swap is recommended)

(4) Lending stAPT to lending protocols such as Aries Markets will receive a 1.2x points multiplier. (Aries also provides a points bonus for stAPT)

https://stake.amnis.finance/retroactive

The above tasks have been introduced above, please understand them thoroughly.

Aptos Gold Mining Manual Chapter 4: Merkle Trade Airdrop

Merkle Trade is a full-chain perpetual DEX that provides cryptocurrency, forex, and commodity trading with up to 1,000x leverage.

On April 1, 2024, a $2.1 million seed round of financing was announced, led by Hashed and Arrington Capital, with other participants including Morningstar Ventures, Amber Group, Aptos Labs, Re7 Capital, and Dorahacks.

Merkle Trade has not yet issued a coin. You can get airdrop points by increasing the transaction volume on it. The rules are as follows:

(1) Weekly task (including 7 consecutive days of trading)

(2) Make 5 trades

(3) Make 2 trades on different trading pairs

(4) 2000, 3000, 15000 transactions

……

Resets every week at noon (UTC) on Tuesday; all unused MP is burned.

XP points and MP are used to level up and earn “loot boxes,” which are crates that receive MKL airdrops (in the form of pKML tokens).

The higher the level of the box, the more tasks you complete, and the higher the airdrop you get.

Merkle Trade link: https://app.merkle.trade/?ref=FNDP9T68

Aptos Gold Mining Handbook Chapter 5: Kana Labs Airdrop

Kana Labs is a collection of Web3 tools invested by DWF Labs, which helps users access DeFi, GameFi, NFT markets more easily... Kana Labs' main products include: liquidity aggregators from various blockchain chains, cross-chain bridge aggregators, wallets, SDKs for projects, and integrated developer toolkits.

https://cryptorank.io/ico/kana-labs

Kana Labs has not yet issued a token. It is expected that new user incentive activities will be launched after the launch of V2. As early users, we can stake and increase trading volume on its trading platform. The method is as follows:

  • Login platform: https://tinyurl.com/3e6n867d

  • Connect Phantom Wallet

  • Brush Transaction

The above is all the content for today. The market has entered a boring stage. Looking at the frequent orders from various QGs, I have a feeling that the funds released on ETH may enter the Move system.

As Solana gradually matures, investors are also looking for new breakthroughs. The flywheel generated by these rotating funds will bring many hot spots, and there are still 48% of tokens that do not have Aptos. The technology and ecology have been deployed, and it is an investment paradise with its own traffic.

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes said that "Aptos will surpass Solana and become the second largest public chain", which may be realized in the next six months to a year. This will inevitably directly trigger the Aptos airdrop season, just like the Solana airdrop season in December last year.

Each airdrop can be operated with multiple accounts. The multi-account tool I currently use is: MorLogin fingerprint browser. After testing, MoreLogin has made great efforts in security:

https://www.morelogin.com/?from=AANvwSB8onX4

As for the wallet plug-in that everyone is most concerned about, MoreLogin has done layers of encryption. Even if someone with ulterior motives hacks into your computer and takes away the wallet plug-in file, it cannot be cracked. This is what I have been using. The data of other chrome-based browsers is universal and not encrypted.

The multi-opening tutorials are as follows:

https://link.medium.com/XaKjrKeLTKb