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big wins across the Kaito eco today

Magic Newton are a great example of what we’re increasingly focusing on fostering - yappers bringing real users with real adoption (Kaito ecosystem referrals represent 1/3 of all Newton verified agents)

on this note, we are thinking about incorporating opt-in onchain reputation to help further filter out AI slops and reward high-quality *real* users

keen to hear thoughts about it

loudio has distributed ~522 SOL from their fees to kaito

we'll be distributing the full amount as sKAITO to our community once we have our embedded claims live on Yaps, allowing more seamless airdrops, including Yapper Payouts

once live we'll then also share more on distribution eligibility

as the fees are currently in SOL, we'll OTC to sKAITO and update you all with the sKAITO address in the replies once done

for now, you can see the SOL in the address below!

one of the fun of being in the Kaito ecosystem is

you get to learn all the projects and try their products

i've become a power user of many that launched on Kaito

and those experiences also helped shape the roadmap of Kaito

$90mn total value distributed to yappers & holders

the more value the network helps distribute

the more value the network captures (fees & drops)

the more improvement and innovation the network continues to push through

it's clear that in the future there will be two types of drops -

those that are pre-announced (listed on Kaito Earn)

and those that are surprise-drops - like Boop and Loudio, both of which brought significant TVD to the Kaito Eco

in general, surprise-drops are typically projects that are:
- mostly community-bootstrapped
- allocated a larger % to the Kaito Eco
- more deeply integrated with Kaito tech (some are InfoFi experiments themselves)

we’ll see a wider variety of surprise-drops as the tech expands from powering mature use cases to unlocking nascent innovations

forward

as much as people love chasing dopamine in the space

people should be thinking much more long term

and be rewarded with outsized returns

the $5,000 sKAITO weekly Yapper Payouts have accrued to $30,000 so far -

they'll be going to the top 50 yappers, and the top 50 emerging yappers, each week

this is our way of recognizing the highest-quality discussions across CT -

regardless of views, alignment, or sentiment toward any project (including Kaito)

what you can expect in the coming weeks:
- once Kaito is live with embedded wallets, you’ll be able to directly claim these accrued rewards into your Kaito wallet
- there could be a whole new mechanism on top of Yapper Payouts to reward both top and emerging contributors on CT - stay tuned!

it’s been pretty insane to see the growth and hype the loudio team has pulled off in just a week

far beyond what i imagined when @0x_ultra first came to us with the idea for an experiment

a few words from me ahead of their launch tomorrow -

$loud is an experiment. it’s testing a perpetual engine for attention generation, subsidized by speculators. it’s testing a new bootstrapping mechanism - initial attention offering (IAO)

Kaito is the social and attention layer - we empower applications building on top of it

Kaito is also pro-innovation - we're always open to experimenting with new ideas, mechanisms, and partnerships

while the Loud experiment is centered on attention, InfoFi is so much more

new primitives are forming around trends, reputation, influence, sentiment, opinion, and beyond

and yes, you WILL be seeing more launches soon across the Kaito eco

the InfoFi supercycle is real - one of the most active frontiers, with new ideas and innovations emerging every day, every week. i’m genuinely excited about what’s coming

now, back to loudio -

with less than 24h to go, i’m wishing them the smoothest launch

it’s now up to @0x_ultra and the team to take it even further

and in the meantime, while crypto is inherently hyper-financialized, i hope everyone involved stays patient, grounded in expectations, and guided by good intent

let’s keep pushing boundaries

gkaito

on a day when everyone seems to be talking about loudio

the top l24h yaps gainers were talking about
- OpenSea OS2
- Bitcoin PoW security
- Farcaster & Fantansy Top

if you want signals, don't forget about Yapper Feeds

link below

this yapybara just sold for 7.7e

happy yapy

Kaito has grown to become a huge community at this point

we started the journey with Kaito Pro - with more 700 teams of builders, researchers, investors, marketers, traders using the tool

in dec 2024, we launched our first major retail expansion, Yaps. quickly grown to ~1mn registered users and 200k active monthly yappers. till this date it’s one of the most widely used applications in crypto with more than 60 leaderboard teams joining us in the family and growing rapidly

in feb 2025, we airdropped KAITO to the overwhelming majority of CT, including all registered users regardless if they had any yaps, as the key to join us on the InfoFi journey

that’s our version of the web3 evolution - let users become owners of the network

so, what does Genesis NFT come into play?

it represents the OGs of the InfoFi network. It’s the first onchain asset we ever issued. and it represents the culture and community element of the Kaito ecosystem

the goal of the Yapybara Genesis NFT is every yapper would want to own one. and every owner of the Kaito InfoFi network will want to own one eventually as well

also, capybaras (other than the name fit) felt a perfect match - known as highly-sociable, well connected and inclusive

while KAITO represents the ownership of the network, Yapybara Genesis NFT acts as a multiplier to everything we do in the ecosystem. as KAITO increasingly gets distributed, the value of the multiplier becomes an ever-appreciating asset

as part of the Yapybara reveal, we will work on a future featuring, highlighting everyone using their Yapybara as their pfp

oh, and new pfp time

Yapybara. gyap

if market were efficient, it would react to every unexpectedly announced drop to Kaito eco

but the market isn't efficient

so that's the opportunity for the people willing to do the work

Kaito accelerates

the number of new interesting ideas coming to us is truly insane

the attention and information oracle is what makes it all possible

Kaito eco is going to be so strong

InfoFi supercycle

30% of Genesis NFT minted and never moved despite going up 100x

majority of KAITO stakers staked right after receiving one of the largest airdrops in 2025

top 1000 KAITO stakers have an avg smart followers of 600 (!) - so many cracked builders who think long term in our space

the Kaito community is built different

people who bought YT-sKAITO made all the money back from 1 drop

meanwhile YT has been making virgen points daily and appreciating in value

yes there are 10 more announced drops coming to Kaito Earn

but do bear in mind YT has time expiry - value goes to 0 in 2 months. it's a leveraged play for drops that gives up exposure to KAITO

for most of the people, holding sKAITO would be the most balanced play
- gives you the underlying KAITO
- meanwhile have access to all the drops

dyor

not every feature we launch is going to be successful

not every protocol building on top of Kaito - or more generally, leveraging Kaito - is guaranteed to succeed either

what Kaito positions itself as is an enabler

we are the attention layer that empowers both existing and new use cases

nothing should be taken as an endorsement

but we do our part in pushing boundaries and advancing new ideas

and if any of the new experiments actually work, the Kaito ecosystem becomes stronger than it was before

always exercise caution. always have patience.

gkaito

KAITO stakers are the diamond-handed core of the yappers

majority staked from day 1

they are the true believers in the InfoFi era

everything we do at Kaito is to be aligned with them

proof?

KAITO stakers have been printing on BOOP and Virtuals (via virgens)

KAITO stakers will be printing on another 10 drops already announced (watch out for next week)

KAITO stakers will be printing on all other unannounced drops in the works (also - watch out for next week)

Kaito accelerates

defi mindshare seems to be the most counter-cyclical to the altcoin bull cycle

- up only summer/autumn 2024 when btc was range-bound between 50-60k

- down only in Q4 2024

- up only again from Jan 2025 to this point

would we see a local top here again this time?

(source: Kaito Pro)

strategizing a time-weighted, loyalty-based system

to incentivize and reward long-term behaviours

long-term staking

long-term yapping

believers will eat

some insane stats to illustrate the demographics of sKAITO stakers -

- top 100 sKAITO stakers:
avg 1200 smart followers, 2700 yaps

- top 1000 sKAITO stakers:
avg 550 smart followers, 800 yaps

among the sKAITO stakers, top 20 smart followers:
1/ @jessepollak
2/ @AndreCronjeTech
3/ @Zeneca
4/ @Arthur_0x
5/ @kaiynne
6/ @mrjasonchoi
7/ @hosseeb
8/ @Cooopahtroopa
9/ @beijingdou
10/ @pet3rpan_
11/ @gametheorizing
12/ @tomhschmidt
13/ @OGDfarmer
14/ @waleswoosh
15/ @Jihoz_Axie
16/ @thedefiedge
17/ @0xDesigner
18/ @Zagabond
19/ @binji_x
20/ @jillrgunter

and the list goes on 🫡

running list of all the upcoming drops announced in the past 2 weeks -

have not seen any analysis quantifying the $ value yet so believe we are in the early innings

industry benchmark for bnb and other mature yield bearing assets is 10-15% return a year

that was one drop we did with BOOP

iykyk

- @humafinance part of the 50bps to Kaito eco

- @0xSoulProtocol 50bps to Kaito eco

- @infinex 20bps to Kaito eco

- @MagicNewton up to 25bps drop to Kaito eco

- @tryfomo 50% fee-share with Kaito eco

- @Novastro_xyz 25bps drop to Kaito eco

- @virtuals_io daily virgens points to eligible sKAITO stakers