Original | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)
Author | Asher (@Asher_0210)
Recently, due to the "ups and downs" of the Bitcoin price, which did not present the market's expected "unilateral upward" trend, the performance of mainstream Altcoins has been poor, and even the "money-making opportunities" on the chain have become increasingly scarce. According to Dune data, Pump.fun's trading volume in the first two months of 2025 has dropped sharply. The trading volume in February decreased by 63% compared to January, from $119 billion to $44 billion, indicating a significant cooling of market enthusiasm.
In the sluggish market, the term "airdrop farming" has been frequently mentioned in the community. At the end of last month, with the launch of the Monad testnet (a click here to view the article: A step-by-step guide to interacting with the Monad testnet), Monad quickly became the focus. According to on-chain data, as of today, the Monad testnet has nearly 5.5 million active users, indicating its high popularity.
Monad testnet data
However, with the continuous increase of projects in the Monad ecosystem, many community members feel confused: Which projects are worth interacting with? What specific functions should be interacted with? How to grasp the frequency of interaction?
Therefore, Odaily Planet Daily will take you to review the projects worth interacting with in the Monad ecosystem, the specific interaction content, and the overall interaction strategy of the Monad ecosystem.
Overview of Popular Monad Projects
The official has not given clear interaction tasks, so the key point for selecting Monad ecosystem projects is to "catch multiple fish with one net" - that is, there is an opportunity to receive Monad token airdrops, and also to speculate on the token airdrops of the ecosystem projects themselves. Based on this logic, the priority of interaction should first consider the projects that have obtained financing, especially those supported by well-known venture capital institutions in the Monad ecosystem. Secondly, the projects that have not disclosed the financing amount but are supported by top projects. Finally, the projects that have not yet announced the financing situation but have a high discussion heat in the community. Based on this, the following Monad ecosystem projects are worth paying attention to.
aPriori
Project Introduction: A liquid staking protocol based on the Monad blockchain.
Financing Situation: In July 2024, aPriori announced the completion of an $8 million seed round financing, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from ConsenSys, OKX Ventures, CMS Holdings, ABCDE, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Flow Traders, Laser Digital, Chorus One, Everstake Capital and Staking Facilities, with a total financing amount of $10 million so far. In addition, Yzi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) announced an investment in the Monad ecosystem liquid staking protocol aPriori, with the specific amount undisclosed.
Interaction Content (Link: https://www.apr.io/): Click "Stake Now", enter a small amount of test tokens, and click "Stake". In addition, you can click "Withdrawals" to withdraw some of the staked tokens to increase the interaction data.
Kintsu
Project Introduction: A liquid staking protocol based on the Monad blockchain.
Financing Situation: In July 2024, Kintsu announced the completion of a $4 million seed round financing, led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, Spartan Group, Breed VC, CMS Holdings, and Animoca Ventures.
Interaction Content (Link: https://kintsu.xyz/staking): Enter the amount of test tokens and click "Stake" below, you can also perform "Unstake" operations to increase transaction records.
Magma
Project Introduction: A liquid staking protocol based on the Monad blockchain.
Financing Situation: In October 2024, Magma announced the completion of a $3.9 million seed round financing, with participation from Bloccelerate, Animoca Ventures, CMS Holdings, Maelstrom, Veil VC, Builder Capital, Infinity Ventures, RockTree Capital, Wise 3 Ventures, Stake Capital, and Relayer Capital.
Interaction Content (Link: https://www.magmastaking.xyz/): Click "Stake", enter the amount of test tokens, and click "Stake" below, you can also perform "Unstake" operations to increase transaction records.
Kuru
Project Introduction: An on-chain order book DEX based on the Monad blockchain.
Financing Situation: In July 2024, Kuru announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing, led by Electric Capital, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, CMS Holdings, Pivot Global, Breed, and Velocity Capital, as well as angel investors Keone Hon, Jarry Xiao, and Eugene Chen.
Interaction Content (Link: https://www.kuru.io/markets): First transfer the test tokens to the personal Kuru Wallet on the platform, and then interact with buying and selling tokens. In addition, you can also perform Swap interaction in the Lite version to exchange MON test tokens for tokens like USDT and USDC.
Narwhal Finance
Project Introduction: A decentralized perpetual trading platform based on the Monad blockchain.
Financing Situation: In May 2023, Narwhal Finance announced the completion of strategic financing at a valuation of $25 million (the specific financing amount was not disclosed), with this round of financing led by Animoca Ventures, Hailstone Ventures, and angel investors.
Interaction Content (Link: https://testnet.narwhal.finance/): Claim "1 M USDT" and then interact with the contract operations.
Bean Exchange
Project Introduction: A hybrid order book-oracle Perp DEX based on the Monad blockchain, supported by Pyth Network, aiming to integrate SocialFi and gamification elements into the trading world.
Interaction Content (Link: https://perp.bean.exchange/#/trade): Interact with the contract operations. You can also perform Swap operations to increase the interaction records.
Monorail
Project Introduction: A liquid staking protocol based on the Monad blockchain.
Interaction Content (Link: https://testnet-preview.monorail.xyz/): Exchange MON test tokens for WMON.
Nostra
Project Introduction: A lending platform, but not a native Monad project.
Interaction Content (Link: https://monad.nostra.finance/lend-borrow): Deposit WMON (can be exchanged on the Monorail platform) and then borrow other tokens.
Nad.fun
Project Introduction: A social MEME launch platform based on the Monad blockchain.
Interactive Content (Link: https://testnet.nad.fun/): Select a project from the internal platform, participate in token trading. In addition, you can also create tokens to increase interaction records.
Overall Interaction Strategy
First, persist in claiming test coins daily. "A good cook cannot work without rice," when interacting with the Monad ecosystem, the most common feedback from the community is that there are not enough test coins, and there was even a phenomenon of "buying test coins off-site" to make money when the test network just started. Specifically, there are three effective channels:
Channel 1: Official Claim (Link: https://testnet.monad.xyz/). After entering the wallet address and completing the human-machine verification, click "Get Testnet MON" to claim, the claim frequency is once every 12 hours.
Channel 2: Cross-chain from Sepolia testnet to Monad (Link: https://testnet.orbiter.finance/en?src_chain=11155111&tgt_chain=10143&src_token=ETH). This method requires ETH assets on the Sepolia testnet, select Sepolia and Monad Sepolia, and click "Bridge" to complete the operation.
Channel 3: Paid purchase of mainnet assets (Link: https://www.memebridge.xyz/gas), select the ARB chain (OP chain), and the target chain is Monad, click Transfer to complete the operation.
Although there are various ways to claim test coins in the community, the above three are sufficient for daily single-number interaction. In addition, based on the previous airdrop project interaction experience, the interaction wallet needs to have a small amount of ETH (recommended to exceed 0.005 ETH, that is, a value of at least $10) in the mainnet, and there should be transaction records in the mainnet.
Secondly, persistence is key, select 1 to 2 Monad ecosystem projects for daily interaction. The text above has listed the Monad ecosystem projects with relatively high heat, you can choose according to your preferences, the key is to maintain daily, weekly, and monthly active data.
Thirdly, focus on and participate in the sections mentioned by the Monad Official Twitter. This week, Monad mentioned that this week is NFT interaction week, so on the one hand, participate in NFT projects with high heat, low minting cost, or even free minting as soon as possible; on the other hand, buy and sell NFTs in the secondary market to increase interaction records.
