I recently shared a full flow of some of my interactions on Curvance, looping with shMON and earning yield and extra APR rewards along the way.
and I must say, the quality of UX on @monad DeFi power apps is not talked about well enough.
because so far, my experience has genuinely been top quality.
the pairing of shMON and Curvance is just insane, and aside from the holistic use of shMON, a big part of why the experience feels so clean is how Curvance is designed under the hood.
beyond being just a lending market, its liquidation design is fundamentally different in a way that keeps your shMON capital productive in the system while resolving risk faster and more efficiently.
that’s why you pay less in friction, can lever and loop more cleanly, and the protocol actually takes on less risk in the process.
I’ve looped my MON multiple times on Curvance and used the same single deposit to explore different pools, both on Curvance and on other protocols, while being very careful around risk.
here’s a brief recap if you’re new to it:
stake MON into shMON on FastLane,
use it on Curvance as collateral and start earning shmon points,
loop part of it back into FastLane,
and redeploy across pools - same capital, multiple roles, no exits in between.
(earn fastlane points and curvance bytes)
the experience and flow were cleaner than I expected.
so if you’ve not utilized your shMON yet, @Curvance is a very solid place to start.
[bringing back this OG visuals of mine to your faces :)]
monad brought a lot of apps to the limelight and exposed me/us to a couple of solid ones.
but as the app needs the chain to thrive, the chain also needs the app to thrive
It might look unrealistic or unproductive for some of these projects to leave after years of building, but I believe there’s more to it, and some of these moves probably came from tough, necessary decisions.
I may be wrong, but I stand to be corrected. Some of these apps have and still have v v great offerings, and a good example is OpinionLabs. It would’ve been amazing to see them on monad, but they’ve now moved to bsc.
does that affect the product? No.
does it affect the community? Yes.
but i guess whatever they feel needs to be done has to be done.
Still, this is a signal, and like @0x_yash21 said, to not only focus on the frontline apps but to also support builders and projects trying to stand out and showcase their ideas. Even though in the long run, few would grow with or without the support.
But this kind of shift is what actually opens space for healthy competitions, and that’s how ecosystems evolve. Because as the apps need the chain, the chain also needs the apps.
And to the OGs, please know that the ecosystem is just as important as the chain itself. The priority should be expanding and strengthening it, not fueling internal rivalries
To the teams that left for whatever reasons (as long as it’s not just farming, or larping), personally I wish you good luck and as long as you keep building with intent, you would thrive and for those that left and are dunking right on our faces you're going to dig for gold deep deep gold.
Maybe what this moment is teaching us is simple, ecosystems aren’t built by loyalty alone, they’re built by alignment, chains need time to mature, and builders need room to grow.
Sometimes that journey aligns, sometimes it doesn’t, but in the long run, the ones who keep pushing innovation, regardless of where they deploy, are the ones who’ll shape the next wave.
Monad will thrive, and so will those who keep building forward.
[image is to show that builders thrive on monad so if you're new come build on monad]
staking has been activated on monad
and tbh the last time staking was really fun to me was far back in 2021.
on bnb then, I remember seeing ridiculous 1k%, 5k%, e.t.c, pools printed like magic then, but it didn’t last for too long.
why? because most of those yields weren’t real.
they came from:
- unsustainable reward emissions (projects minting tokens to pay old stakers)
- poor staking design (no composability, most funds were just locked and remained idle)
- misaligned incentives
as a result, staking stopped being worth the risk, and the narrative faded so bad.
but with @0xFastLane on Monad, that story’s about to change.
shmonad on FastLane is the first super holistic staking protocol, and it’s not only about locking tokens anymore, there’s now the introduction of programmable liquidity, MEV redistribution, and smart yield routing that actually make sense.
FastLane enables programmable value flows, meaning that your staked assets don’t just sit idle; they become active, automated, and participate in transaction flow, redistribution, and network fairness.
for example, before staking was even activated, there were already six different yield streams connected to staking $shmon, all designed to make rewards sustainable, fair, and MEV-aligned, not just hype-driven.
that alone shows how big and yield-productive FastLane is.
staking on Monad with FastLane is about to make staking worth doing again.
ic: @j_u_l_i_a_o
kalshi is currently leveraging on community expansion for more growth
and ngl whatever @j0hnwang is doing, he's doing it so well
over 260m volume in the past 24h
If it could finally become full ct native it'll be more and more greens for Kalshi
prediction market supercycle!
Be careful what you wish for. People want Jerome Powel gone despite markets continuing to reach new ATHs. I wouldn't be surprised to see this backfire on all the so-called CT experts. Better the devil, you know, than the devil you don't. 🤝