Monad mainnet launch: A glimpse into popular ecosystem projects and monetization opportunities.

Original article | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )

Author | Asher ( @Asher_0210 )

In partnership with Telegram, deposit MON tokens for a flexible interest rate of 17%.

Yesterday, Monad officially announced a partnership with Telegram, allowing users to deposit and redeem MON tokens in the Telegram in-app wallet. A "Deposit MON, Earn MON" activity was also launched (link: https://t.me/wallet/start?startapp=v2-b3BlcmF0aW9uPWVhcm5fY2FtcGFpZ24mY2FtcGFpZ25JZD0yOQ ). Details are as follows:

• Depositing MON tokens will earn you a 17% annualized token reward, but your account can hold a maximum of 25,000 MON tokens (minimum deposit 100 MON tokens).
• Earnings are credited daily, and rewards will be added to the earnings balance and automatically reinvested.
• No additional fees;
• No lock-up period.

FastLane Labs launches a program to earn points by staking MON.

FastLane Labs focuses on the development of Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) infrastructure. Its core product optimizes transaction execution efficiency, reduces order-squeezing attacks, and improves the fairness and availability of DeFi through a validator-centric serialization and transparent MEV relay system. To date, it has raised a total of $8.3 million in funding.

Following the launch of the Monad mainnet, FastLane Labs introduced a mainnet points-earning program. Users can stake MON, mint shMON, and deposit them into eligible on-chain projects to immediately start earning points (shMON minting link: https://shmonad.xyz/ ). Currently, over 122 million MON have been staked.

In addition, users can check their points earning status at shmonad.xyz/points (not yet online).

Magma launches a MON staking earning points event.

Magma is a liquidity staking protocol based on the Monad blockchain, and its total funding to date is $3.9 million. Magma has now launched a program to stake MON to mint gMON points, with a current annualized yield of 15%.

Folks Finance offers deposit rates exceeding 37% on Monday.

Folks Finance is a decentralized lending protocol that has launched on the Monad mainnet and is offering $45,000 worth of FOLKS token rewards. The platform offers an annualized return of over 37% on MON tokens deposited. The promotion ends on December 23 (deposit link: https://xapp.folks.finance/ ).

In addition to staking MON, it currently also supports staking USDT0, AUSD, sMON, wBTC, and wETH to earn coins.

A list of stablecoin deposits for mining MON tokens on Merkl

Besides earning MON tokens through staking, there are also many opportunities on Merkl to mine MON tokens by depositing stablecoins (link: https://app.merkl.xyz/chains/monad?sort=tvl-desc ), which you can choose according to your own situation. Currently, the highest TVL earning MON tokens is the Gearbox project, with a TVL of $23 million, and the annualized interest rate for earning MON tokens by depositing USDC is 11.43%.

It's worth mentioning that Accountable, which raised $2.3 million, has also launched a program to mine MON tokens by depositing the stablecoin USDC. Currently, its total valued at $1.7 million is 62.72% annualized (link: https://yield.accountable.capital/ ).

Curvance's first-month rewards of over $750,000 are now live.

Curvance is a decentralized lending protocol designed to optimize DeFi yields, and has raised a total of $3.6 million to date.

Curvance announced on its X platform that its first-month reward program, offering over $750,000 in incentives, is now live (link: https://app.curvance.com/ ). Users will earn Bytes and partner rewards for every deposit, loan, and settlement they make.

Lumiterra wins 1 million MON tokens.

Lumiterra is an open-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where players explore and survive while fighting alongside intelligent AI companions. These AI companions learn the player's playstyle to help them acquire resources and win battles more quickly.

With the launch of the Monad mainnet, Lumiterra is introducing a "Survival Season" for players who have previously participated in Lumiterra, with a total prize pool of 1 million MON tokens. To participate, simply complete the following steps:

• Download the game and complete the beginner's tasks;
• Purchase at least one Energy Potion (priced at 100 MON).

By completing the above steps, you can share in a prize pool of 1 million MON tokens, and the 100 MON tokens you purchased will be refunded (for more information on how to share the prize pool, please follow the official Lumiterra account ( @LumiterraGame )).

Kuru launches a promotion where users can share 25% of the platform's transaction fees.

Kuru is an on-chain order book DEX based on the Monad blockchain that uses a "hybrid CLOB-AMM model" to combine the Automated Market Maker (AMM) functionality with the Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) architecture of traditional exchanges. To date, it has raised a total of $13.6 million in funding.

This morning, Kuru launched its Monad mainnet launch rewards program (participation link: https://www.kuru.io/mystery-egg ), distributing 25% of the platform's transaction fees weekly in MON tokens to platform users. According to the platform, participation is only required for a trading volume exceeding $5,000 in the first week, with a prize pool of 270,000 MON tokens. The three luckiest users will each receive 36,000 MON tokens.