The popularity continues to rise, what native applications of Monad are worth interacting with?

Original Author: KarenZ, Foresight News

This week, the Monad testnet officially launched. We released the article "Gold Mining Manual: The King Chain Monad Launches Testnet, Quick Overview of Interaction Guide" at the first moment of the Monad testnet launch, introducing the interaction process of Monad. Given the high difficulty of obtaining test tokens on the Monad testnet and the continuous rise in ecosystem activity, many users wish to learn more about token acquisition channels and noteworthy ecosystem applications. This article will list them for you one by one.

Token Acquisition

Monad has already provided active EVM users with small amounts of test tokens. Other token acquisition addresses include:

Official test token acquisition link: https://testnet.monad.xyz/
http://stake.apr.io/faucet (requires Twitter connection, can receive 2 MON every 12 hours)
https://www.okx.com/zh-hans/web3/faucet/monad (requires completing a few simple social tasks, can claim once every 24 hours, 0.5 MON each time)
https://owlto.finance/Faucet/Monad (Users with more than 1000 Owlto points can claim 0.1 MON for free)

https://www.gas.zip/faucet/monad (Addresses with more than 0.033 ETH on the mainnet or addresses that have traded more than 20 times on Gas.zip can enter their address to receive 0.1 MON without connecting a wallet)

https://www.dusted.app/rewards (Five lasso attempts daily, with a chance to receive MON rewards)
https://thirdweb.com/monad-testnet (After registering on the site, can receive 0.01 MON daily)

Friendly Reminder: After receiving test tokens, try not to transfer them between wallets, especially transferring to multiple wallets, as it may be deemed as a "witch."

Highlight Ecosystem Projects

aPriori (Gained Attention from Monad Official Twitter)

aPriori is an MEV liquid staking platform based on Monad. In July 2024, it announced the completion of a $8 million seed round financing, led by Pantera. Previously, aPriori completed a Pre-Seed round financing co-led by Hashed and Arrington Capital, with a total financing amount reaching $10 million. Other investors include Consensys, OKX Ventures, Manifold Trading, and more. aPriori is currently live on the Monad testnet.

Interaction Strategy: Stake MON to earn aprMON. aprMON is an interest-bearing token, and as rewards accumulate, the value of each aprMON will increase, but the number of aprMON held by users remains unchanged.

https://x.com/apr_labs/

Kuru (Gained Attention from Monad Official Twitter)

Kuru is an on-chain order book DEX based on Monad, which is now live on the Monad testnet. Kuru completed a $2 million seed round financing in July 2024, led by Electric Capital, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital and others.

Interaction Strategy: Create vaults, trade.

https://x.com/KuruExchange

Kintsu (Gained Attention from Monad Official Twitter)

Kintsu is a liquid staking protocol in the Monad ecosystem, which completed a $4 million seed round financing in July 2024, led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, Spartan Group, Breed VC, CMS Holdings, Animoca Ventures, and others. Kintsu is now live on the Monad testnet.

Kintsu's governance system uses both KSU tokens and DAO NFTs. Users can place their KSU tokens into DAO NFTs to participate in governance.

Interaction Strategy: Stake MON to earn sMON, which allows users to unlock liquidity while accumulating rewards.

https://x.com/Kintsu_xyz

Fortytwo (Gained Attention from Monad Official Twitter)

Fortytwo is building a decentralized AI network that transforms idle computing into a coordinated swarm, enhancing the collective intelligence of the entire system.

Interaction Strategy: Currently, applications to become a Node Operator are open.

https://x.com/fortytwonetwork

Nad.fun (Gained Attention from Backpack Official Twitter)

Nad.fun is the "pump.fun" of the Monad ecosystem. Nad.fun indicates that it will distribute points through activities on the testnet and mainnet. The official documentation page has listed the token economics part, but detailed content has not yet been provided.

Interaction Strategy: Create and trade test tokens, refer others.

https://x.com/naddotfun

Perpl (Gained Attention from Monad Official Twitter)

Perpl is a native pricing engine for Monad.

Interaction Strategy: Currently, applications to join the waiting list are open.

https://x.com/perpltrade

Dusted (Gained Attention from Monad Official Twitter)

Dusted is an application based on Monad, focusing on creating communities around tokenized assets, where users holding specific tokens can join and participate in dedicated chat groups. The reward system includes MON, Dusted points, and whitelists for Monad ecosystem projects.

Interaction Strategy: After connecting a wallet, users can earn MON and points rewards through five daily lasso attempts.

https://x.com/dusted_app

PLAYBACK (Gained Attention from Monad Official Twitter)

PLAYBACK is a decentralized AI project that turns human intentions into computer actions.