Original | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )
Author | Asher ( @Asher_0210 )
Recently, due to the jumping up and down of Bitcoin prices, the market has not shown the unilateral rise expected by the market, resulting in poor performance of mainstream altcoins, and even money-making opportunities on the chain have become few and far between. According to Dune data, Pump.funs trading volume fell sharply in the first two months of 2025. The trading volume in February fell 63% compared to January, from US$119 billion to US$44 billion, which shows that the market heat has obviously declined.
In the cold market, the word empty drop is mentioned frequently in the community. At the end of last month, with the launch of the Monad test network, a top project ( click here to view the article: Hand-in-hand guide to interact with the Monad test network ), Monad quickly became the focus. According to on-chain data , as of today, the Monad test network has nearly 5.5 million active users, which shows how popular it is.
Monad testnet data
However, as the number of projects in the Monad ecosystem continues to increase, many community members are generally confused: Which projects are worth interacting with? Which specific functions should be interacted with? How to control the frequency of interaction?
Therefore, Odaily Planet Daily will take you to review the projects worth interacting with in the Monad ecosystem, the specific interactive content, and the overall interactive strategy of the Monad ecosystem.
List of popular Monad projects
The official has not given clear interaction tasks, so the key point for choosing Monad ecological projects is to kill two birds with one stone - that is, to have the opportunity to get Monad token airdrops, and also to bet on the ecological projects own token airdrops. According to this logic, the priority of interaction should first consider the projects that have obtained financing, especially the well-known venture capital institutions that invest in Monad ecological native projects. The second is the projects that have not disclosed the amount of financing but are supported by the head projects. Finally, there are projects that have not yet announced their financing situation but are hotly discussed in the community. Based on this, the following Monad ecological projects are worth paying attention to.
aPriori
Project Introduction: Liquidity staking platform based on Monad blockchain.
Financing: In July 2024 , aPriori announced the completion of a seed round of financing of US$8 million, 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. So far, its total financing amount has reached US$10 million. In addition, Yzi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) announced an investment in aPriori, a liquidity staking platform of Monad ecosystem, but the specific amount has not been disclosed.
Interactive content (link: https://www.apr.io/ ): After clicking “Stake Now”, enter a small amount of test coins and click “Stake”. In addition, you can click “Withdrawals” to withdraw some of the staked tokens and increase interactive data.
Kintsu
Project Introduction: Liquidity staking protocol based on Monad blockchain.
Financing situation: In July 2024, Kintsu announced the completion of a US$4 million seed round of financing, led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, Spartan Group, Breed VC, CMS Holdings, Animoca Ventures and others.
Interactive content (link: https://kintsu.xyz/staking ): Enter the number of test coins and click Stake below. You can also perform the Unsatke operation to add transaction records.
Magma
Project Introduction: Liquidity staking protocol based on Monad blockchain.
Financing situation: In October 2024 , Magma announced the completion of a US$3.9 million seed round of financing, with participation from Bloccelerate, Animoca Ventures, CMS Holdings, Maelstrom, Veil VC, Builder Capital, Infinity Ventures, RockTree Capital, Wise 3 Ventures, Stake Capital, Relayer Capital and others.
Interactive content (link: https://www.magmastaking.xyz/ ): Click “Stake” and enter the number of test coins and then click “Stake” below. You can also perform the “Unsatke” operation to add transaction records.
Kuru
Project Introduction: On-chain order book DEX based on Monad blockchain.
Financing situation: In July 2024 , Kuru announced the completion of a US$2 million seed round of financing, led by Electric Capital, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, CMS Holdings, Pivot Global, Breed and Velocity Capital, as well as angel investors such as Keone Hon, Jarry Xiao and Eugene Chen.
Interaction content (link: https://www.kuru.io/markets ): First transfer the test coins to your personal Kuru Wallet on the platform to interact with the buying and selling of tokens. In addition, you can also perform Swap interactions in the Lite version to exchange MON test coins for USDT, USDC and other tokens.
Narwhal Finance
Project Introduction: A decentralized perpetual trading platform based on Monad blockchain.
Financing situation: In May 2023 , Narwhal Finance announced the completion of strategic financing with a valuation of US$25 million (the specific amount of financing was not disclosed). This round of financing was participated by Animoca Ventures, Hailstone Ventures and angel investors.
Interactive content (link: https://testnet.narwhal.finance/ ): After receiving 1 M USDT, you can experience the contract operation interaction.
Bean Exchange
Project Description: A hybrid order book-oracle Perp DEX based on the Monad blockchain, powered by Pyth Network, aims to incorporate SocialFi and gamification elements into the trading world.
Interactive content (link: https://perp.bean.exchange/#/trade ): Experience the interactive operation of the contract. In addition, you can also perform Swap operations to increase the interactive records.
Monorail
Project Introduction: Liquidity staking protocol based on Monad blockchain.
Interactive content (link: https://testnet-preview.monorail.xyz/ ): Exchange MON test coins for WMON.
Nostra
Project introduction: Lending platform, but not a Monad native project.
Interactive content (link: https://monad.nostra.finance/lend-borrow ): Deposit WMON (which can be exchanged in the Monorail platform) and then borrow other currencies.
Nad.fun
Project Introduction: A social MEME launch platform based on Monad blockchain.
Interaction content (link: https://testnet.nad.fun/ ): Choose any internal project and participate in the buying and selling of tokens. In addition, you can also create tokens to increase interaction records.
Overall interaction strategy
First, insist on collecting test coins every day. A good cook cannot cook without rice. When interacting with the Monad ecosystem, the most common feedback from the community is that there are not enough test coins. When the test network was just opened, there was a phenomenon of buying test coins off-site to make money. The three specific effective channels are:
Channel 1: Official collection (link: https://testnet.monad.xyz/ ). Enter the wallet address and complete human-machine authentication, then click Get Testnet MON to collect. The collection frequency is once every 12 hours.
Channel 2: Cross-chain from Sepolia testnet to Monad (link: https://testnet.orbiter.finance/en?src_chain=11155111tgt_chain=10143src_token=ETH ). This method requires ETH assets in Sepolia testnet, select Sepolia and Monad Sepolia, and click “Bridege”.
Channel 3: Pay to purchase mainnet assets (link: https://www.memebridge.xyz/gas ), select ARB chain (OP chain), select Monad as the target chain, and click Transfer.
Although there are various ways to receive test coins in various communities, the above three are sufficient for daily interaction with order numbers. In addition, based on previous experience in airdrop project interactions, the interactive wallet must leave a small amount of ETH in the main network (it is recommended to be more than 0.005 ETH, that is, the value is at least more than 10 US dollars), and have transaction records in the main network.
Second, persistence is the key. Monad ecosystem projects randomly select 1 to 2 projects for interaction every day. The above list has listed the popular projects in Monad ecosystem. You can choose according to your preferences. The key is to maintain daily, weekly and monthly activity data.
Third, Monad’s official Twitter mentioned that the sector should be paid attention to and participated in. This week, Monad mentioned that this week is NFT Interaction Week. Therefore, on the one hand, we should participate as early as possible to find NFT projects with high popularity, low casting costs or even free casting; on the other hand, we should buy and sell NFTs in the secondary market to increase interaction records.
