Kintsu

We've been building this for over 12 months now, and I had a realization... At the core, Kintsu is like managing a fantasy football team. Except instead of football players, it's validators. And instead of overseeing it ourselves, we decided to build a DAO where the team is managed by the community The goal? Maximize staking rewards for everyone. Make the ultimate DeFi money lego. Do it on Monad, the blockchain that we believe is going to be the most important ecosystem in crypto. It needs to be the most decentralized and efficient LSP ever. And it needs to be ready for Day 1. We were given this incredible opportunity to rethink and fundamentally optimize what a Liquid Staking protocol could really be, and build it for Monad - the network that will set a new paradigm for what it means to be a blockchain. The game theory in this beast is elegantly simple, and we hope it will inspire the community & other developers alike to build on top of the sMON LST to integrate yield & make Monad the deeply unified, liquid, and composable DeFi ecosystem we envision it becoming After Monad Foundation launches the chain, Kintsu’s sMON smart contracts will orchestrate delegation through our Vault & novel on-chain Validator Registry. The Validator Registry weights are the core levers the Kintsu DAO governance protocol will inherit, giving the community real power over the percentages delegated to each validator. The DAO structure is purpose built to incentivize efficiency and security for one of Monad’s most important DeFi primitives: Liquid Staking. And I have to say—it’s really focking cool. This might be a tad late, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy New Year! 2025 is going to be an insane time for web3 as a whole. Take this as your invite to come stake & build with us. Kintsu is the gold lining integrating staking rewards into everything. In case you didn't catch the hint - I did indeed imply that Kintsu will be there for Day 1 of Monad Testnet AND Day 1 Monad Mainnet

Excited to announce that I’ll be attending Emergence in Prague on December 5-6! It’s always great to meet and exchange ideas with incredible minds shaping the future of Web3. If you’re attending and would like to connect, feel free to reach out—let’s chat! Check out the event details here: https://www.emergence.xyz/

Hit me up to hang if you'll be at Art Basel in Miami this week. I'll be there representing Kintsu and diving into the vibrant intersection of art, the internet, and value 🎨 🌴 Let’s connect and explore how innovation and art can shape the future. Whether you're curious about liquid staking, Web3, NFTs, or just looking to nerd out about digital art and contemporary creators, I'm here for it!

What is it that makes a DeFi network successful? One big part is the amount of staked capital, but you've gotta ensure that everyone can still use the staked capital throughout the ecosystem — that's where Kintsu comes in. Our mission is to enable the most composable and capital efficient LST in the space so that Web3 never runs out of fuel. I'll be at Staking Rewards Staking Summit today and tomorrow, and I'd love to chat if this vision resonates with you, especially if you're long Monad!