WOW. Just wow.
We were celebrating 180 days of supporting @monad_xyz newbies. I was running my usual onboarding session… and then this happened (see video).
Can’t express how much it means to feel seen and appreciated by the community.
Truly touched. Love you all. 💜
🫧 BURST THE BUBBLE 🫧
For 7+ months, we've been building, creating, shipping, and growing one of the most passionate communities on Monad.
Now it's time to break out of our bubble.
Tag and nominate artists, collectors, builders, creators, NFT enthusiasts, community leaders, and KOLs from Monad and every other chain who you believe would genuinely vibe with the art, community, and vision behind 10k Squad. 🐣
Don't stop at Monad. Bring your friends from Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Base, Abstract, Avalanche, Polygon, Sui, Aptos, and beyond.
The most bullish nominations will be personally reviewed, and selected legends will be welcomed into the Squad with a gifted 10k Squad NFT.
Great communities deserve to meet great people.
👇 Drop your nominations below and tell us why they'd be a perfect fit.
#BurstTheBubble #Squadmania
@doranmaul@defiapp@wormhole@Merovingian0101 I remember how it all started. It was an amazing time! Thank you for creating such an incredible community!
We, your friends, will always be by your side wherever you go. And we’ll always be happy to build something just as awesome together with you.
Just say the word.
I've met many community managers, and most of them are great. But Doran… he's on another level. Way above the others. He's born to build the best communities in the World. Like Defiapp. It seems he was on vacation only once. Once in 3 years. The rest of the time he was building.
Friday was my final day at @defiapp.
Back in May 2024, I was a few weeks removed from a public exit at @wormhole. The tweet went semi-viral. My DMs filled up. One of those DMs was from @merovingian0101 - he'd seen the tweet, said they were building something, thought I should hear about it.
I was talking to four or five teams at the time. Called a friend whose opinion I actually trust and asked for his honest read on each one. He paused on one of them and said the team behind it was legit. Said he trusted them.
That was enough.
I think I literally had one or two interviews with Mero. He went back to the team with my number. A few days later I get a response from him in TG DMs that the offer was approved. I called my wife, she nudged me towards accepting, and the rest is history.
I didn't even meet any of the cofounders - Dan, Ken, Aaron - until I was already onboard.
Totally crypto, I know.
The first thing I noticed about this team wasn't the product. It was the vibe.
A few weeks in, Ken drops a message in the marketing chat - no context, totally unprompted - "Have a date tonight. Usually only try to do the girlfriend thing during bear markets but wish me luck." I remember reading that and laughing out loud and thinking: okay. These are my people.
What followed was the most intense and rewarding stretch of my career.
I joined pre-launch as the first community/growth hire. Built the community, social, and support functions from zero. The X account literally had 1,000 followers when I joined. It peaked at over 200k with me at the helm. I managed all socials from Day 1 and since then touched everything we scaled - multi-video series on TikTok, YouTube, and beyond. Helped scale Defi App to 1M+ registered users, $30B+ in trading volume, and $7M+ in annualized revenue within a few short months of going public with the product. We ran a $1M trading contest at the end of 2025 that was one of the most fun things I've ever been part of executing. I got to work alongside awesome people like @JD0x2e, @bigironchris and @shreddydefi - three of the sharpest people in this space - and learned a ton from everyone along the way.
S/O to Shreddy, @0xUxDesign, and @0xdcota RE: the Miami trip. 🚗
I got to discover and lock in generational talent like Paulo, whose animated video work over the last year set a standard I'm genuinely proud of. And I got to be guided, challenged, and trusted by Ken, Aaron, Dan, Ajdin, and @freshPizzaDev who is just, genuinely, one of the good ones - plus many more names than I have room to share.
I want to give a massive shout out to every member of the community, every KOL and partner I've grinded with, and every protocol team I've had the pleasure of collaborating with. You know who you are.
Defi App is in great hands. The product is real. The team is serious. The road ahead is long and I'm rooting for them hard. Got to work on some things the team will share when ready - grateful to have had a hand in what's coming.
As for me - taking a short break. Summer is coming and it feels freeing to think about enjoying that with my wife, who's a schoolteacher and has summers off.
Then, something new.
I've spent the last two years inside one of the fastest-growing DeFi startups in the space. I've seen what scales, what breaks, what the unglamorous middle looks like, and what it feels like when things actually click. If you're building something and need someone who's lived it - not consulted on it, lived it - my DMs are open.
And if you're early in your career and want to ask about any of it - the wins, the chaos, the stuff that doesn't make it into the highlight reel - AMA. I'll do my best to be brutally honest and genuinely helpful.
Godspeed and God bless.
fin.
AIRDROP TIME ! 🔥
@the10kSquad x @Lootify_xyz
Every holder of The 10k Squad collection is getting 5 lootify mystery boxes with up to 500$ in prizes 🔥
You still don't have 10k NFT? -go and get yours NOW!
SNAPSHOT: January 23., 2026. 14:00 utc
Happy Sunday parrots
MINT is still live and it will be closed in 1 day. (only use this link)
https://t.co/x19c5pQM9L
You can claim your holder roles in our discord.
After we close the Mint, if any supply remain will be sent to team wallet and used for future growth and plans.
(more info in our discord)
Every NFT has banger multipliers, boosts and bonuses from different projects but these have all of that plus 👇
Are you lucky to get 1 of these?
MINT:
GTD PHASE: 12:00 PM UTC
FCFS PHASE 17:00 PM UTC
LINK:
https://t.co/Y4rbe5QB1I
PHASE 1 The 10k Squad utilities
TREASURE HUNT (video 3/4)
Try to get any of these NFT and get @PinguExchange airdrop👇
THE 10K SQUAD MAINNET NFT:
🔹04.12.25 Mint on Magic Eden
🔹5555 Hand drawn NFTs
🔹5 Phases of utilities
🔹23+ benefits from partners
You don't wanna fade it!
Check your WL here: https://t.co/Spuir2XvOG
Legends aren't born, they are hatched!
December 4,@MEonMonad
Your portal through @monad_eco 🔥
20+ mainnet partners giving our holders such dope benefits.
+ 5 phases of utilities
Can we get G10k 👇
10K Squad x @Kintsu
The hunt begins.
Some NFTs in our collection now carry the Kintsu mark. Mint one and you’ll receive a 1.25× boost on your Kintsu Points.
Collector utility meets staking utility.
Find the any of 3 Kintsu mascots in our NFT → earn more.