Monad, the high-performance EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, has officially announced that its airdrop claim portal for the $MON token will go live on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
This marks a key milestone ahead of the project’s mainnet launch, though the team has emphasized that the portal opening is separate from the actual token distribution and mainnet rollout—those details, including exact eligibility criteria, allocation amounts, and vesting schedules, will be revealed later.
Based on community speculation and past testnet activities, potential qualifiers include users who interacted with the Monad testnet launched February 2025, such as claiming test $MON tokens, minting NFTs like Monadverse or Lil Chogstars using DeFi apps like PancakeSwap or Ambient Finance, or earning Discord roles like “Full Access” or “Monad Recognizer.”
No first-come-first-served (FCFS) claims— you’ll have weeks to claim. Ignore unofficial links; stick to @monad’s announcements. No eligibility checker exists yet. $MON-USD perpetuals on Hyperliquid are trading around $0.12, implying a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of ~$12B based on 100B tokens.
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Trading volume has hit $28M+, signaling strong anticipation. On X, excitement is building with users prepping wallets and sharing guides. Recent posts highlight the portal as a “game-changer” for parallel execution on EVM, with over 1M daily active users already on testnet.
Polymarket odds currently sit at 33% for a full October airdrop, with November/December more favored, so temper expectations.
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Zora ($ZORA), the Ethereum-based protocol powering the creator economy built on its own OP Stack Layer 2 network, was surprise-listed on Robinhood on October 9, 2025, triggering a massive 80%+ surge in its token price within hours.
The token hit an intraday high of $0.092 before settling around $0.082, pushing its market cap to ~$374M and 24-hour trading volume to $419M up 369% day-over-day. As the smallest market cap token ~$150M pre-listing ever added to Robinhood, it opened doors to millions of retail traders, frontrunning inflows and boosting visibility.
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The project announced via X that the claim portal will go live on October 14, 2025, but details on who qualifies, allocation amounts per user, vesting schedules, or snapshot dates remain undisclosed.
A Monad representative confirmed to outlets like Decrypt that only the portal itself launches next week—not the full airdrop or mainnet—and further tokenomics and eligibility info will be shared “in the near future.”
This opacity has fueled community speculation and skepticism, with Polymarket odds at just 33% for a full October drop higher for November/December. While waiting for official word, early testnet activity launched February 2025 is widely expected to form the basis of rewards, following patterns from projects like zkSync and Blast.
Monad’s team has emphasized rewarding “active and diversified engagement” to build a genuine ecosystem, not just sybil-farmed volume. Eligibility is likely tied to a points-based or tiered system from testnet interactions, with multipliers for quality over quantity.
Execute on-chain actions: swaps, staking, lending, or bridging on Monad-compatible dApps. Aim for 50+ unique transactions across categories to signal “genuine user.” Wallets with 100+ TPS-equivalent activity leveraging Monad’s parallel execution may qualify for higher tiers.
Monad’s inaugural L3 campaign rewards testnet tasks like bridging or liquidity provision. Track progress for badges that could boost scores. Wave 1/2 of Monad Cards distributed to active X users and nominees may retroactively qualify holders, as they rewarded early Twitter supporters.
Monad uses advanced detection via testnet snapshots. Multi-wallet farming could disqualify you; one high-quality wallet is safer. Ignore unofficial checkers or links promising “eligibility scans.”
Stick to verified channels. With $MON perps at ~$0.12 (FDV ~$12B), rewards could be substantial for top users—but vesting is probable.