The second $BASED airdrop has been distributed.
It was automatically deposited into our staking account, and if we want to sell, we must first unstake.
In my case, I received approximately 4,670 tokens, which is equivalent to $467.
The token price continues to hold very well at $0.1, with a valuation of $100 million.
@BasedOneX
The expansion of Krakenand its token $INK looks unstoppable.
They just announced another major acquisition: Reap, for up to 600M— a B2B payments infrastructure built on stablecoins that connects traditional banks, Visa/Mastercard networks, bank accounts, business APIs, international payments, and card issuance.
This move is not isolated. Giants like Mastercard, Stripe, MoonPay, and Ripple are also aggressively acquiring companies in payments and stablecoins. The pattern is clear: whether it's card networks, exchanges, or payment fintechs, everyone is racing to build the best on-chain money movement infrastructure.
Kraken is on a full acquisition spree
Lately, the @krakenfx ecosystem has been on fire:
🔸 Ninja Trader ($1.5B) → Futures trading platform
🔸 Bitnomial($550M) → CFTC-regulated exchange, clearing, and derivatives broker
🔸Small Exchange($100M) → U.S. retail derivatives
🔸 Backed Finance → Tokenized stocks (xStocks)
🔸 Magna → On-chain token infrastructure
🔸Breakout → Funded trading accounts
🔸Capitalise → Trading strategy automation
The list keeps growing.
📋The big picture: Kraken isn’t just buying companies it’s building a fully integrated financial infrastructure**. Each acquisition adds a missing piece, reducing reliance on third parties and unifying everything under one powerful financial layer.
The best way for us to benefit from this aggressive growth is through exposure to their upcoming token: $INK
@inkonchain
@HyperliquidX It launched its first HIP-4 prediction market just 1 hour ago
You'll find it in the Outcome section, and from what I can see, they'll be adding markets every 15 minutes and every 1 day, just like Polymarket does. I don't know about the others, but this first one has 0 fees for both Taker and Maker. So if you still believe in future Hyperliquid airdrops (I still do), it's definitely a good idea to move some volume on the HIP-4 markets.
🧷:https://t.co/wfGXTqKeGU
To trade, you'll need USDH, which you can buy here.
The $INK Ecosystem: A Strategic Guide to Exposure
Kraken is evolving from a standard exchange into a financial powerhouse through its new Layer 2 network, Ink. With a $13.3B valuation and massive partnerships with Nasdaq and Deutsche Börse, getting early exposure to the $INK ecosystem is a top-tier opportunity
You don't need to do everything—choose the path that best fits your investor profile:
1⃣. The Passive Provider (DeFi & Lending) — Tydro
Best for those who want to put their assets to work without the stress of daily trading.
🔸The Play: Deposit funds (Lending) to earn yield and potentially borrow against them.
🔸The Edge: It’s the primary liquidity hub for the Ink network. Soon, you’ll be able to use tokenized stocks (xStocksFi) as collateral.
🔸Effort Level: Low (Passive).
2⃣. The Active Speculator (Perp DEX) — Nado
Best for on-chain traders looking to maximize rewards through volume.
🔸The Play: Trade perpetual futures with leverage. Unique because it integrates RWAs (Real World Assets) like the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and tech giants (Google, Nvidia, Tesla).
🔸The System: Earn points based on trading volume and duration of open positions.
🔸Access: Currently in Private Beta (Invite-only).
🔸Effort Level: High (Active risk management).
3⃣. The Power User (Centralized Exchange) — Kraken Pro
Best for those who prefer the security and interface of a world-class regulated platform.
🔸The Play: Use the "Pro" dashboard for Spot and Futures trading or the Earn section for staking.
🔸The Campaign: Kraken recently launched the official Ink Points program directly within the Pro interface.
🔸Bonus: New users can often benefit from deposit incentives (like the 15€ bonus for a 100€ trade using specific partner codes).
🔸Effort Level: Medium (Routine activity).
🚀 Why $INK is a Game Changer
Kraken isn't just following trends; they are leading them during market downturns:
🔸Regulatory Dominance: The first crypto platform with a Fed Master Account and the acquisition of Bitnomial for US-regulated derivatives.
🔸Institutional Backing: A $200M investment from Deutsche Börse solidifies their place in global finance.
🔸The RWA Narrative: Their partnership with Nasdaq for 24/7 tokenized stock trading positions Ink at the forefront of the "Real World Asset" explosion.
@inkonchain 🔥🔥
They've released beta access to Polymarket's perps; you can sign up
How to Join the Early Access Waitlist for PerpsGo straight here:
🔗:https://t.co/KMdnXVqnlk
Is it bullish?
YEAH
🔸Retail non-crypto advantage: Polymarket already attracts a huge number of normal people (not just crypto degens) who bet on elections, sports, news, etc. If they launch perps with reasonable fees (not too greedy), they could capture serious volume from users who want leverage without dealing with Binance or Bybit. That means high recurring fee revenue.
🔸Differentiation: It combines the liquidity and accuracy of prediction markets with perpetual leveraged trading (no expiry). Could be a very sticky product.
🔸Risks: Leverage on event-based markets can get extremely volatile (some call it a "recipe for chaos"), but if they manage risk properly, it's a big win.
@Polymarket 🔥
$BTC Daily Chart
1. White arrow! It's manipulating the 79k level and heading downwards.
2. Yellow arrow! What I see as most likely is that it will test the 82k-85k zone, closing the gap we have at 82k, before falling again.
I am working full time to make one project succeed completely for free, just to pump our points and value of this project long term.
Daily dms, meetings, connections, time spent thinking how to make it better.
I could make $15/20k a month easily by doing this for someone else, but I’ll make much more with my points going through the roof in value.
You can still expect more from me thou
The first xStocks are now live on @nadoHQ ! 🔥
SPY and QQQ are now available on the PERP DEX with up to 20x leverage.
Both also come with a 4x points boost, so you earn points much faster.
Strategies you can use right now:
🔸Run Delta Neutral strategies between different perps.
🔸Buy in Spot→ deposit into lending → and hedge with a short position.
🔗:https://t.co/64ykkr53RR
🚀 New Feature on @Rabby_io: “Convert Dust
Rabby just dropped one of the most useful features for active users and farmers.
The Convert Dust tool automatically turns all those worthless tokens, leftover dust, tiny amounts, and random micro-holdings scattered across your wallet into the native gas token of the network you're on.
# Practical examples:
🔸On HyperEVM → converts everything into $HYPE
🔸On BSC → converts to $BNB
🔸On Ethereum→ converts to $ETH
And so on, for every supported network.
Instead of cluttering your wallet with dozens or even hundreds of worthless tiny tokens, you can clean everything up in just one or two clicks and get useful gas in return.
This is especially perfect for yield farmers, airdrop hunters, and heavy DeFi users who constantly accumulate random dust from interactions.
📍Current limitation:
It only works with wallets created natively in Rabby. It doesn't support hardware wallets (Ledger, Trezor, etc.) yet.
Once again, @Rabby_io proves why it's one of the most advanced and user-friendly wallets in the entire crypto space.
The second Vault was launched @hibachi_xyz
This is called the Fire Liquidity Provider (FLP), a new vault on Hibachi that uses a market-neutral strategy managed by a professional market maker.
It’s currently offering a very high APR of 280% Obviously, this yield will gradually decrease over time as more capital flows in, since such a high return isn’t sustainable long-term. Still, being among the first to deposit could be a smart move.
Depositors earn in three ways:
🔸 From the performance of the vault itself.
🔸 A share of the platform’s trading fees.
🔸 Approximately 10% of Hibachi’s weekly points
Right now, the vault only has $276K in TVL because access is quite restricted. Only users in the top 10% of points earned since April 15th, or those ranking in the weekly PnL leaderboard (top 3 per tier), can deposit.
Just like with the first vault, they will gradually increase the deposit capacity over time. If I see it performing well and staying stable, I’ll also put in some of my funds, just like I did with the previous one.
@alturax
HyperEVM protocol that generates returns through RWA, Funding Rates, and Market Making strategies by arbitraging inefficiencies.
The returns can be high, but keep in mind that the risk is higher than with basic lending. We are implementing "advanced" strategies that we delegate to Altura.
To deposit, USDT is required on the HyperEVM network.
🔗:https://t.co/WtY6dmm21e
$INK is Kraken's Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain (built on the Optimism Superchain/OP Stack). It aims to bring easier onchain DeFi access to Kraken's large user base, with key apps like Nado (a CLOB perp/spot DEX from the Kraken team) and Tydro (a non-custodial liquidity protocol powered by Aave v3 for lending/borrowing).
Your summary is largely accurate based on recent community and media reports (as of mid-April 2026):
🔸TGE window: Expected July–September 2026 (Q3 2026). This comes from statements by PonziTrader, who is an advisor to both Ink and Nado. No official exact date from the Ink Foundation yet, but this timeline is widely cited.
🔸Airdrop: Officially confirmed and will be distributed via Kraken Drops (Kraken's compliant airdrop/rewards program for verified users).
It targets:
🔸Active Kraken Pro / CEX users (via the new Ink Points program, with Season 1 already live and points distributed as of April 13, 2026).
🔸Onchain participants in the Ink ecosystem, especially on Nado and Tydro.
🟧Tokenomics:
🔸Fixed total supply: 1 billion $INK (permanently capped, non-inflationary).
🔸45% allocated to airdrop rewards (a very community-heavy portion).
🔸Remaining buckets for DeFi/NFT ecosystem incentives, governance/community, ecosystem growth, etc. (exact full breakdown not fully public/official in all sources, but the 45% airdrop figure is consistently reported).
The next 2–4 months (basically now through mid-2026) are indeed important for accumulating eligibility through consistent activity, as points and onchain metrics are tracking real usage.
🟧Quick ways people are farming eligibility right now:
🔸Kraken Pro side — Trade, hold, or engage on the CEX to earn Ink Points (levels/leaderboards reset periodically; first drop already happened).
🔸Onchain side — Bridge assets to Ink, trade perps on Nado, supply/borrow on Tydro, and maintain consistent activity. Some protocols have their own points/badges too.
Note: This is still pre-TGE, so nothing is guaranteed beyond the confirmed airdrop intent. Airdrops often favor genuine, sustained activity over obvious farming (Kraken has anti-Sybil measures in mind).
Always DYOR, manage risk, and remember points/tokens have no guaranteed value.
@inkonchain
Yesterday, the official points for @inkonchain , @krakenfx 's network, were launched.
We already know they're trending right now because they're one of the strongest exchanges in the market: They partnered with Nasdaq to tokenize traditional assets 24/7, secured a Fed Master Account, and have been operating successfully in the market for over 13 years.
This points system is only available with a Kraken account. You can register here:
https://t.co/tKfSHzVqbB
Within Kraken, there are several ways to earn points:
🔸Depositing funds,
🔸Holding assets,
🔸Trading on Kraken Pro (Kraken's section),
🔸Generating returns in their Earn section.
Note: This doesn't mean that the only way to qualify is by using Kraken Pro. You can also earn points in these two ways:
1⃣. Trading on Nado, their Perp DEX, and
2⃣. Using Tydro, their lending platform: https://t.co/VHQuEvgwdB
I've started farming on @monad.
The theory is that it's going to be the SUI of this cycle. It's a network with few users, but VCs behind it are interested in manipulating the token and pumping it up. I think the best way to take advantage of this is by farming the network, since there are usually good APRs due to MON incentives, and we can also get very good airdrops from native projects.
My thesis is that Monad is going to be the SUI of this cycle.
It's a network that still has very few users, but it has strong VCs behind it who are clearly interested in pumping the token hard.
In my opinion, the smartest way to take advantage of this is by farming the network. APRs tend to be very high thanks to the MON incentives, and there's also a good chance we'll get solid airdrops from native projects.
Here's what I'm farming at the moment (I'll keep updating the list as I add more):
shMonad — the main liquid staking protocol on the network. You can see all the ways to earn points here: https://t.co/cQWgAtEbDO
🔸The safest option: just hold shMON → ~15% APR and 1x points.
🔸Another option: stake MON in the Degen Pool → 0% APR but 10x points (this one doesn't really convince me).
What I'm doing right now (riskier but much more efficient): I'm using shMON in DeFi to multiply my points.
Currently:
🔸Lending shMON on Neverland (1x points)
🔸Borrowing MON and then lending that MON on Curvance (decent APR + 8x points, and I'm also farming Curvance points in the process).
You can also provide MON-shMON liquidity on Uniswap for 3x points. I keep adjusting my strategy depending on how the lending and borrowing APRs move across the different protocols.
Am I exposed to the MON price?
Not for now. Everything is hedged.
I'm farming with 100,000 MON, for example, I short 100,000 MON on a perp DEX. Right now I'm getting around 15% APR on my MON (plus airdrop farming) and another ~10% APR from the hedge.
It's possible that the hedge APR turns negative in the future (this usually happens with tokens that have high native incentives). At that point, I'll decide whether to close the hedge and take directional exposure or keep it as is.
For now, this is all I'm farming. I'm already looking at several other protocols and will add them to the list once I start farming them.
PD: Be careful depositing large amounts into new protocols on a new network. Personally, I've only allocated a small % of my portfolio that I'm fully willing to lose.
Secondary Airdrop
If you were around during the OG era when we farmed airdrops for zkSync, Scroll, Starknet, EigenLayer... among many others—basically the ZK privacy L2s and such—then take a look and see if you received any allocation in this airdrop. I honestly don't know what it's about, but you probably qualified for something, and every little bit helps.
I received 1500 tokens in a wallet. It's not much, but hey, something is better than nothing.
Checker: https://t.co/Z9nYJbNHnl