Authors: Tofu, Deep Tide TechFlow; Harvey, Monad
With various long-dormant projects gradually issuing tokens, the market's interest in airdrop hunting has been reignited.
The wealth effect of major projects like Movement, Magic Eden, Pudgy Penguins, etc., also fully stimulates the market's expectations for this round of bull market token issuance, and people are turning their attention to high-quality projects that are about to issue tokens.
Among the many projects that have not yet issued tokens, the cross-chain narrative leader L1 public chain Monad is definitely one of the most anticipated star projects in the market, with a massive financing of $244 million also raising expectations for Monad's mainnet launch.
On December 17, Monad announced the establishment of a foundation, increasing market expectations for Monad's upcoming token issuance. While the official testnet of Monad has not yet launched, paying attention to and participating in projects related to Monad inside and outside the ecosystem may yield benefits when the mainnet goes live.
Currently, there are actually many officially announced projects to build on Monad, many of which are cross-chain, and many are also native. Given that there are already many introductions or reviews of Monad ecosystem projects on the market.
This time, the Deep Tide TechFlow editorial team has compiled some Monad native projects and potential participation methods for readers' reference.
Specifically, we will select some projects for interpretation and keep updating in the long term.
Project introduction
1. DeFi facilities
aPriori - Liquidity staking platform
aPriori is Monad's ecosystem-native MEV-driven liquidity staking platform, aiming to optimize Monad's network performance and user experience by developing new MEV and liquidity staking architectures, greatly reducing latency and maximizing compatibility with Monad's high performance.
After several rounds of financing, aPriori's total financing amount has reached $10.7 million.
Team members come from the professional trading field, and founder Ray S. previously worked at Jump Crypto and Flow Traders, and also participated as an ecological contributor in the construction of Pyth Network. Co-Founder Olivia Z was previously a senior software engineer at Coinbase.
Participation method:
Previously, aPriori officially released the first community task, which is to post creative articles, videos, memes, or research articles related to aPriori on Twitter and tag @aprMEV, sending the link to the official designated Discord channel. Excellent tweets will be adopted and the creators will be granted special roles.
Before the project officially launches, you can join aPriori's official Discord to learn about the team's latest developments.
Kintsu - Liquidity staking protocol
Kintsu is Monad's native liquidity staking protocol that attempts to solve liquidity issues in traditional PoS staking, offering users a more flexible and valuable staking method, allowing them to fully utilize their assets while ensuring the safety of their funds.
The term Kintsu comes from the Japanese word "金继" (Kintsugi), which is a traditional Japanese art form for repairing broken pottery. Just as Kintsugi repairs broken pottery with gold, Kintsu is described as "the golden thread that repairs liquidity fractures," aiming to "repair" the "fractures" in the blockchain ecosystem, suggesting that the Kintsu protocol can resolve the contradiction between staking and liquidity in PoS blockchains.
Kintsu has announced a funding of $4 million, led by Castle Island Ventures.
Participation method:
Kinstu's project construction is relatively complete, and the current galaxy task that can participate in the project is: https://t.co/6GwQTptniT
At the same time, the project provides ambassador and OG roles for Discord community members, allowing them to earn different ambassador roles by creating memes, analyzing project data, or contributing to project development. Users who are active in the community and reach level 35 can obtain the OG role; see the official documentation for details.
Kintsu Official Discord:
https://discord.gg/JWRGmVRW
Jigsaw - DeFi protocol based on liquid collateral
Jigsaw is a DeFi protocol based on the concept of liquid collateral, with the main product being the stablecoin jUSD issued based on the CDP mechanism. The core innovation of the protocol lies in the dynamic collateral mechanism, allowing users to continue managing their assets after depositing collateral, including transferring and reallocating collateral between whitelisted protocols.
Hyperplex - Optimizing DeFi liquidity management
Hyperplex is an innovative project in the Monad ecosystem focused on optimizing DeFi liquidity management, attempting to solve a core issue in DeFi: how to maximize capital efficiency and yield without significantly increasing risk, enabling users' funds to work more intelligently.
Symphony - Chain abstraction aggregation trading platform
Symphony, formerly known as Cadence Protocol, is a DeFi platform focused on solving cross-chain trading and liquidity aggregation issues. Its unique selling point is cross-chain and simplified user experience.
Symphony applies chain abstraction technology to DeFi trading, with an intent-based innovative trading architecture allowing liquidity to be unified between chains and protocols while providing simplified low-cost on-chain transaction execution. At the same time, Symphony uses account abstraction smart contract wallets to help users skip the pain of multiple on-chain operations.
KuruExchange - Decentralized exchange
KuruExchange is Monad's native decentralized order book exchange, whose Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) can provide better performance than AMM, enabling market makers to proactively quote liquidity and provide users with better prices and lower slippage. It is worth mentioning that Monad's CEO Keone Hon has also personally invested in Kuru.
Participation method:
Currently, Kuru is still in a very early stage, and the official has only announced the official Discord: https://discord.gg/mtq3cXHy, and the Discord is temporarily closed for the role list. You can join the channel to wait for the reopening news.
Narwhal - AI-based trading platform
Narwhal is Monad's native AI-driven trading platform, with the main feature being gamifying and socializing the trading experience. The platform offers a variety of synthetic asset trading, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, indices, and forex, through Pyth, and promises to provide deep liquidity and low slippage.
The platform adopts a self-custodial model, allowing users to trade without depositing funds into the platform before opening positions. To lower the trading threshold, Narwhal has designed a copy trading feature that allows ordinary users to follow the strategies of excellent traders for investment.
Participation method:
Currently, Narwhal has not yet officially launched, and the official also calls for joining Discord to learn about the latest developments:
https://discord.com/invite/bzTQuxr3ME
Composite Labs - Integrated trading leverage platform
Composite Labs is Monad's native decentralized trading infrastructure, providing one-stop services for spot trading, perpetual contracts, and lending. Its main feature is the use of a unified central limit order book, achieving a fully functional cross-margin mechanism that allows users to utilize funds more efficiently. Regardless of the transaction scale, a flat fee rate is applied. Technically fully decentralized, all code runs on-chain and can be deployed on any EVM-compatible network, allowing for free combination with other DApps.
2. GameFi
Sparkball - 4V4 sports fighting game
Sparkball is Monad's native 4v4 MOBA-style competitive game developed by Opti Games. The core innovation of the game is combining ball sports with fighting elements, requiring players to score by controlling the ball and competing against opponents. The game incorporates the MOBA team battle mode (like League of Legends) while integrating sports competition characteristics (like Rocket League). The special aspect of Sparkball is that it does not intentionally emphasize Web3 attributes but focuses on creating a high-quality gaming experience.
Participation method:
Currently, Sprakball has opened account registration, and you can log in through the official website. The game is expected to launch on Steam in the second quarter of 2025, and you can currently apply for early participation in Season Zero on Steam and pre-download it.
RareBetSports - On-chain sports culture competitive entertainment platform
RareBetSports is Monad's native decentralized sports competition platform, primarily providing core services such as Daily Fantasy Sports and traditional sports betting. The platform's distinctive feature, the RareLink system, allows users to choose athlete combinations for competitions based on their own analysis. In the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) mode, users need to form virtual teams within budget constraints and earn points and rewards based on the performance of selected athletes in actual matches.
Participation method:
Currently, RareBetSports is open for invitation-only experiences. You can interact actively with the official on Twitter to join the Discord community and obtain an invitation code through active participation in community activities.
LEVR_bet - Decentralized leverage entertainment platform
LEVR is Monad's native decentralized leverage entertainment platform that combines sports entertainment with decentralized trading strategies, allowing users to invest on-chain with up to 5x leverage. It introduces oracle-driven liquidation engines to ensure the security and fairness of trading outcomes.
MVP Vault is one of the core components of the LEVR platform and also an innovative mechanism of LEVR. It acts as a counterparty automated market maker (Counterparty AMM) in the buy (collateral) market and redemption market, meaning that users are actually trading with LEVR's vault rather than directly betting against other users.
Participation method:
Join the LEVR Discord community to participate in daily activities for a chance to win community rewards.
Breath of Estova - Pixel-style MMORPG game
Breath of Estova (BoE) is a Monad native pixel-style 2D MMORPG play-to-earn guessing game. Players can earn the native token $ESTOVA as a reward through game time. The project is under continuous development and has announced that it will soon launch a test version for players to experience.
3. Wallet
HaHa Wallet - Monad's native wallet
HaHa Wallet is Monad's native smart wallet, supporting interactions with DeFi applications in the Monad ecosystem. In July 2024, HaHa Wallet established a strategic partnership with Kintsu, planning to enhance the Monad DeFi ecosystem through the integration of liquidity staking services.
Currently, the project is in the product development and ecological layout stage, continuously updating progress through official Twitter and Discord community channels.
Participation method:
Currently, HaHa Wallet has been launched in the app store, and you can pre-register by entering your email on the official website and download the browser extension/mobile app through the app store. Join the official Discord to learn more about the latest developments:
https://discord.com/invite/MhPYjRQEa2
Mozi Wallet - DeFi yield and integrated application wallet
Mozi Yield Wallet is also a native wallet project of Monad, with the core feature of converting the rewards generated by staking tokens into directly usable assets. Users can manage their wallets through a Telegram mini-program without the need to download additional applications. This wallet supports using staking rewards to pay for various services, including in-game purchases, Web2 subscription services (such as Netflix), and DeFi services.
The official tweet introduces that Mozi Wallet's vision is to bridge the connection between cryptocurrency yields and actual payment scenarios, allowing users' staking rewards to be directly converted into disposable assets. In the future, Mozi debit cards will also be launched to facilitate users' use of these rewards at any time.
Deep Tide Note: Mozi won the Community Favorite Award in the second Monad Madness roadshow competition. At that time, it participated as a DeFi yield application, and the team's recent focus has shifted to a more comprehensive Mozi Wallet direction.
Participation method:
Currently, Mozi Yield Wallet is in preparation for the testnet phase and will be launched after the Monad testnet opens.
Official Discord:
https://discord.gg/6gWK6TKcRk
4. AI projects
PLAYBACK
Playback is a decentralized AI project focused on developing large action models (LAM) within the Monad ecosystem. Its core technology can translate human intentions into specific computer operations, achieving automated control and overcoming the limitations of traditional AI that can only provide suggestions. The project is establishing a decentralized training data contribution system, allowing users to earn rewards by providing privacy-processed screen recordings.
Unlike existing LAMs that rely solely on screenshots and pre-trained language models, Playback is committed to building a dedicated training dataset to advance the substantial development of LAM technology.
Participation method:
The project emphasizes a sense of mystery, with many coded text introductions in tweets or observations, speculating that detailed disclosures will occur after the project goes live. You can currently submit a waiting list application through the official website:
https://www.playback.network/
Fortytwo
Fortytwo is a Monad native AI project. Unlike traditional AI projects that require supercomputers, Fortytwo allows ordinary individuals to participate, enabling them to run AI nodes using personal computers. The project adopts a beehive-like network structure, completing complex AI tasks through collaboration among nodes.
Monadata.ai
Monadata is a native AI project developed on the Monad network, primarily focusing on the development of personal AI Agents and data labeling. The project adopts a community collaboration model, allowing users to participate in project construction through knowledge contributions and data labeling, while receiving corresponding incentives. The project emphasizes user data sovereignty and ensures user control over personal data through blockchain technology.
5. SocialFi
Kizzy - Mobile social guessing platform
Kizzy is an innovative social media guessing application built on Monad, allowing users to predict and guess social media events, such as YouTube video views or Twitter account follower counts. Through decentralized liquidity pools and dynamic odds mechanisms, Kizzy ensures transparency and fairness in the guessing process. Compared to traditional guessing platforms, it offers lower fees and faster transaction speeds. This project gamifies social media activities, allowing users to earn rewards by making predictions on platforms they use daily, while fostering a highly interactive community ecosystem.
Participation method:
Currently, Kizzy is still in a closed testing phase, and joining the official Discord and Telegram is temporarily closed. The official will periodically release invitation codes in Twitter announcements. To obtain an invitation code, activate it in Discord to gain the Insider role, and finally apply for a test code in Discord.
Tezza Poker - Poker social
Tezza Poker is Monad's native poker social project. It has already held community poker tournaments through an invitation code admission system, and regularly hosts poker night competitions in the community.
Join the Tezza Poker community to learn more:
https://discord.com/invite/TezzaPoker
Dusted - Tokenized social protocol
Dusted is a social platform developed on Monad, with the core function being to create tokenized chat rooms through the CommunityFi mechanism. The platform employs smart contracts for community governance, allowing token holders to participate in rule-making, content review, and feature voting.
Dusted's CommunityFi model quantifies community contributions through tokenization, transforming user behaviors that are hard to measure in traditional social platforms into on-chain verifiable value proofs.
Participation method: Currently, you can register for the whitelist on the Dusted official website, and more information will be announced by the official.
6. Business & DePin (Monad Madness Award-winning project)
Pulse - Wearable health monitoring device
PULSE (Pulse No Limits) is a native DePin project of the Monad ecosystem that combines blockchain technology with wearable health devices. The core product of the project is the Pulse One wearable device, which features physiological data collection capabilities, including heart rate, blood oxygen, and activity level monitoring, equipped with wireless charging and a battery life of 5 days, while also incorporating a digital wallet function.
Currently, PULSE has completed $1.8 million in seed round financing, with investors including Lemniscap and Collab Currency. The project plans to launch products in the first quarter of 2025 and is working on building a data-sharing ecosystem.
PULSE's application scenarios include personal health management, medical research data collection, clinical data analysis, and the construction of decentralized medical databases. The project addresses traditional medical data ownership disputes, sharing restrictions, and other issues through blockchain technology, providing new solutions for the collection, storage, sharing, and application of health data.
Plato - Web3 popular review
Plato gamifies restaurant consumption by collaborating with offline restaurants, providing cashback in the form of its token $FAT for users who consume at partner restaurants.
By combining offline consumption with cryptocurrency technology, Plato aims to promote user spending and enhance restaurant revenue while collecting user data sets (images, reviews) about food to create an on-chain food map.
PaperPlane
Monad's native project PaperPlane combines payment/loyalty programs for dining and accommodation with $Token/Cashback, promoting the popularization of Web3 through consumption rewards. The platform puts real-world transaction data on-chain to achieve cross-border integration.
Within a year of its launch, PaperPlane has already gained over 10,000 users and partnered with over 100 top dining establishments, including 50 major bars in Asia and Michelin recommendations; clients/partners include Taiwan's largest cryptocurrency exchange MaiCoin, the world's second-largest wine merchant Pernod Ricard, and the Ford Mustang brand.
EarnOS - Business platform based on chain abstraction
EarnOS is an advertising platform based on on-chain technology, employing chain abstraction technology. Chain abstraction essentially hides complex on-chain operations in the backend. On the user side, logging into the platform requires only an email, while seamlessly interacting across all devices. The low entry threshold provided by chain abstraction technology enables EarnOS to advertise through various methods such as social media traffic, customized advertising, and AR immersive experiences, changing the user acquisition, participation, and reward mechanisms in the digital advertising field.
EarnOS has connected to physical businesses, collaborating with world-renowned companies like The North Face and Uber, directing traffic to offline brands through on-chain entry, with over 200,000 verified users participating in over 1.3 million brand interaction activities.
7. NFT
Lil Chogstar
Lil Chogstar is a unique PFP NFT based on the Monad ecosystem. Its biggest feature is that the design inspiration directly comes from the Monad ecosystem mascot "Chog," and the Monad community naturally loves this NFT project.
Participation method:
Lil Chogstar will officially launch when the Monad mainnet goes live. You can currently register information through Premint to obtain a whitelist:
https://www.premint.xyz/chogstar/
Monadverse
Monadverse is one of the most anticipated NFT projects on the Monad chain, with the core product being the Monanimals NFT series. The project has received support from Monad co-founder @keoneHD. Currently, a whitelist system is in place, with only 100 whitelist slots open for community members to compete for.
Whitelist application form: http://monadverse.land
Monadians
Monadians is a futurist-style PFP NFT project initiated by Monad community members @barrybutterhand and @edenwagmi. The project is currently in active development, and the official website is still under construction.
Spiky Nads
Spiky Nads is an early NFT project built by Monad community members @andlfthegreat, @jakxpixel, and @0xkaya_. Currently, Spiky Nads is in the pre-release phase, distributing whitelist slots through community interaction.
How to participate outside of ecological projects?
Deeply involved in the community, be a good man
Many quality projects have previously airdropped to Monad community members, and Monad is also known for its strong emphasis on community development.
Monad welcomes healthy dialogue within the community and encourages community members to actively communicate and participate in project construction. Thus, actively joining the community for discussions is a good way to strive for Monad token rights. In the community, actively participating in discussions can earn a DC group identity.
Every week, the Monad community holds various activities, including AMA on Twitter, community poker entertainment, brainstorming, and more.
The community also encourages users to introduce Monad to others in their own way, including but not limited to making meme images, writing introduction articles, etc.
For more details, please refer to: Monad: How to join the community and contribute?
Hold NFT & staking tokens - Some speculations on the network
In addition to participating in the community, Twitter user @FabianoSolana has summarized some mind-blowing speculations regarding Monad's potential airdrop eligibility:
Backpack wallet users & Madlads holders
Because Monad invested in Backpack and announced that Monad's testnet will integrate the Backpack wallet on the first day; and the Solana NFT leader Mad Lads holders have consistently maintained support and cooperative relations with Monad.
Wassieverse NFT holders
The founder of the Wassieverse project is an angel investor in Monad, and the current floor price of Wassieverse is 20 SOL.
Wormhole related users
Previously, Wormhole has provided the Monad community with a considerable $W airdrop share, and Wormhole's co-founder Robinson Burkey is also an angel investor in Monad. Therefore, $W stakers are likely to receive a Monad airdrop.
Pyth related users
Monad's co-founder is also a maintainer of Pyth and has previously released the Pythenian NFT. At the same time, Pyth will serve as Monad's official oracle. Users holding about 4,000 $Pyth tokens can enter the top 10,000 to qualify for airdrop eligibility.
Original link:
https://x.com/FabianoSolana/status/1870474174789251100
Image: Source from Twitter user @FabianoSolana
Rumor has it that Monad will launch the testnet in Q1 2025. The above is only a partial introduction to Native projects, and theoretically, more projects will be launched or support Monad in the future. Stay tuned.
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