Why Restaking on BNB?

After CZ mentioned AsterDEX (backed by YZi Labs), it’s clear BNB Chain is doubling down on liquidity and restaking infrastructure.

With ListaDAO, AsterDEX, and now KernelDAO, BNB Chain is building its own version of the EigenLayer ecosystem — from scratch.

KernelDAO Highlights

  • 💰 $2B+ TVL across KernelDAO, KelpDAO, and Gain

  • 📊 3rd largest restaking ecosystem (per DefiLlama)

  • 💼 $40M Ecosystem Fund powering 30+ AI, ZK, and Infra projects

  • 🏦 Raised $10M from Nomura, YZi Labs, Hypersphere, and Bankless

  • 🔥 KelpDAO: 2nd largest Liquid Restaking Token (600K+ ETH, $1.8B ATH TVL)

  • ✅ Selected for Binance Megadrop

How It Works

KernelDAO lets users stake BNB or LSTs (like BNBx, slisBNB, BTCb) and then restakes those assets to secure dApps via Kernel’s validators.

It's similar to Symbiotic on Ethereum:

  1. Users stake BNB or LSTs

  2. Kernel allocates assets to dApps with custom terms

  3. dApps restake, securing their apps and sharing rewards

It’s designed for developers: flexible slashing, infra, and reward rules. Not groundbreaking — but a first for BNB Chain.

$KERNEL Token & Megadrop

  • ✅ 100,000+ wallets eligible for Season 1

  • 🎯 10% of supply to early users

  • 💠 $KERNEL used for governance, slashing insurance, and security

  • 📢 4% of supply in Binance Megadrop

  • 📈 Listing: April 14, 12:00 UTC on Binance

How to Join Megadrop

  1. Create a Binance account

  2. Buy & stake BNB in Simple Earn

Web3 Quest (starts April 9, UTC):

– Send 0.013 BNB/asBNB to Binance Web3 Wallet

– Stake 0.01 BNB/asBNB on KernelDAO

– Confirm on Megadrop page to earn points

🎁 Rewards: April 14, 06:00 UTC

📈 Listing: April 14, 12:00 UTC