At YC, we have two goals:
#1 - send projects to the top of Kaito leaderboard
#2 - feed kaito nft holders & stakers
Sent 11 projects to the top since Feb 2025
Yapper Collective aims to be the one-stop solution for projects to reach the top of Kaito Connect leaderboard.
We have sent 7 to the top since Feb 2025, 1 month after the creation of YC.
We align ourselves with @KaitoAI, and aim to add value to staked $kaito and NFT holders.
. @KaitoAI has been one of our favorite launches in recent times.
At the minute, its reward station is zeroing in on a real problem: how to reward genuine contributors (not just the loudest voices or mob KOLs) in a reliable way?
Predictions on the street say that Kaito is poised to hit $1 billion in total value distributed (TVD).
How realistic is this target and where do things stand currently?
As of now, the TVD figure (excluding $KAITO airdrop rewards) is hovering around $72,364,255.
As far as the breakdown is concerned, @ollieblocmates has chalked out all the projects that have distributed rewards to yappers:
- @boopdotfun - $37.5 million
- @StoryProtocol - $14.68 million
- @eigencloud - $18.95 million
- @berachain - $10.99 million
- @initiaFDN - $2.33 million
- @AIWayfinder - $3 million
- @animecoin - $1.74 million
- @YapCol - $1.07 million
- @QuaiNetwork - $2.10 million
- @zed_champions - $136k
This means, the platform needs to distribute over $927,635,745 more in creator rewards to hit the $1 billion benchmark, and well, that's plenty of ground left to cover.
If you are in the Kaito ecosystem and aren't in @YapCol's TG group, you are missing an incredible source of alpha.
Literally anything that happens in Kaito is discussed and dissected immediately.
I would have missed a bunch of information had it not been for this group.
we have been very fortunate to be the trusted partner for many of the projects we worked with.
honestly, can't thank them enough for the support, and trust they've given for us to deliver for them.
you know who you are.
@KaitoAI INFOFI is printing, and the Flywheel effect is truly making waves! I can personally testify to this incredible journey, as I have received nearly 65k USDT from @nellimkopi and the DAO in just under 30 days , just by owning Kaito Genesis boxes and enjoying the benefits of $Kaito voting power. Keep pushing forward, everyone – great things are happening! Huge thanks to @Punk9277 for leading of this amazing community!
Our door is opening a little, slowly.
We have gotten a lot of interest from people who have Yap votes, but no NFT and staked $kaito.
We are opening a few slot for people who only have Yap votes into YC.
If you have tons of yap votes, and wanna join YC, drop me a dm.
We have distributed another $40k worth of $KAITO to @KaitoAI genesis NFT holders and $KAITO stakers in Yapper Collective (@YapCol), and more is coming next week!
and with that, we are proud to say that we have distributed $1,000,000 in value to members of Yapper Collective.
but we are not done. we will not stop.
Yapper Collective.
Bear Market Farming 101
- Market is crabbing
- Trading edge is pretty low with volatile macros
- Farming up points / tokens of protocols with decent founders and edge in their market segment
- Overall low TVL across various ecosystems = Less dilution for points
- Sustainability is key. Protocols must be able to outlast extended market volatility
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1. $ETH Farm
- @mETHProtocol Yes I'm biased with this one.
- $ETH have been underperforming severely over the past year but I still keep a decent stack.
- $cmETH currently still offers one of the highest baseline $ETH staking yields + Multiple restaking rewards
- Methamorphosis S3 just launched
- Deposited $cmETH into @mizulabs vaults
Yield : $ETH Staking yield + Potential $COOK rewards + Restaking Rewards +HypeEVM Rewards
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2. Stables Farms
- My bread and butter during market downturns
- @pendle_fi and @TradeNeutral remains my choice of stable farms
- $sUSDe Bera PTs offer stable and reliable returns
- @TradeNeutral JLP Traders Rekt Vaults offer 20-50% APR on $USDC with 3x NT Points
- There are higher yielding stable farms if you are willing to loop on lending markets but I am avoiding them for now due to the lack of time to monitor the markets.
Yield : Pendle PT Fixed Yield or Neutral Trade $USDC yield + 3x NT Points
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3. Perps Platform Points Farms
- Not really a farm but rather platforms that I utilize to farm up points of potential upcoming platforms.
- @ranger_finance and @ostium stands out for me
- @ranger_finance aggregates perps liquidity across @solana w a growing trading vol
- @ostium allows you to trade crypto along with commodities & Forex markets
- Pretty nifty markets to trade on as both are relatively new but have niche markets that they are targeting
Ref Links :
- https://t.co/pGC0QculTv
- https://t.co/4qtig43amI
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4. Consumer App Points Farms
- Feels that this would be an emerging category in the next cycle
- Simple and easy to use Apps that allow normies to access crypto
- UX is king for such Apps and we start to see a number of them with different approach launching
- @defiapp feels like the app with the best UX for now. Cross chain swaps are seamless and gasless
- Perps and Earn feature will be launching in the future
- Feels like it could be the first app to onboard many retail users once they push out mass marketing
Ref link :
https://t.co/gPsi29EqH6
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5. InfoFi App Points Farms
- A emerging economy that leverages on the financialization of social data
- Attention is integral in the crypto market and I'm confident that @KaitoAI will be a key player in the space regardless of market conditions
- @KaitoAI have also steadily pushed updates and improvements to the protocol over the past few months
- $Kaito staking offers decent staking yield + yield from bribes from protocols launching on the launchpad
- @YapCol have been steadily streaming rewards from bribes to users
- Yaps earned from posting on X also serves as a form of potential yield for users that does not want to farm w capital
- @KaitoAI did a first round of $KAITO airdrops and i believe we would see future airdrops for ecosystem participants in the future
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Final thoughts:
- Been through many cycles and I don't really feel this cycle would be any different.
- As the markets gear up for the next move , look out for teams with longevity and sustained efforts to push adoption.
- There are various different ways to farm and gain exposure to projects and its really up to the user to identify what suits your portfolio set up
- A healthy mix of farms that focuses on short term liquid yield + longer term points farming is my preferred exposure
Happy farming~
Cheers.
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11 projects sent to the top by Yapper Collective, till date since Feb 2025.
4 vote records broken by Yapper Collective, till date since Feb 2025.
we take our votes very seriously. we vote as one.