just ray ⌘

i interned at sig 6 yrs ago when the sports trading desk had been around for 3 it was also early in covid when we talked about how a market on deaths could converge to truth about its severity (morbidly but quickly) as a public good fitting to see sig on kalshi's $1B bracket

used obsidian early on, then stopped for no real reason. coming back into it now with AI integration and it’s been pure joy.

Season 1 of APR Boost has concluded. We are distributing allocations to all eligible participants across direct interactions and ecosystem partner waves. Looking forward to the next phase.

aprMON is now a Cross-Chain Token (CCT), powered exclusively by Chainlink CCIP. @aPriori also integrated Price Feeds to secure its APR & aprMON markets.

New listing - World Liberty Financial (WLFI) 🙌 You can now find $WLFI @worldlibertyfi on Bitvavo. Explore it here ➡️ account.bitvavo.com/markets/WLFI-E…

We’re excited to roll out APR Boost. A few things to note and add: ⌘ "65% goes to users who interact directly with aPriori’s products, using a fixed public formula." Most incentive programs keep their scoring rules vague for good reasons, but we decided to open source ours completely. We are unfazed even if people want to gamify or farm the system. We built APR Boost expecting users to optimize, but in all honesty, genuine activities alone should get you a long way. Since $APR is already a liquid token instead of a points system, users can immediately get a sense of the value they are earning with their actions. We want to stay fully transparent while still growing the business in a healthy way. Have fun: apriori-docs.gitbook.io/apriori-docs/a… ⌘ "The daily-updating dashboard goes live later this week." The team is pushing hard to make sure the data is accurate and easy to follow. ⌘ We’ve assembled an amazing group of partners who will be sharing more about how $APR fits into their protocols. I’m genuinely grateful for their support. ⌘ Mainnet airdrop claim opens in 3 days, and you can check your status now. We originally planned for instant claims on day one, but launching on a brand new L1 takes more time to get everything fully ready. This includes infrastructure, trading venues, and especially liquidity. The team will be working around the clock to make sure $APR pairs have enough liquidity across different venues through both incentives and a direct provision on the bid side with MON and USDC. Once claim opens, the entire amount will be claimable instantly. Our short term goal: when users claim, they should be able to trade or use a meaningful size of $APR directly on Monad without needing to bridge out. Our long term goal: $APR becomes the most liquid asset on Monad. ⌘ When checking your airdrop status, make sure you connect your social, Discord, and EVM wallet so you do not miss out. ⌘ Looking forward to sharing more as we keep building. Thank you to everyone in the community who has been with us from the start.

1/ Introducing APR Boost: The largest protocol-run liquid incentive program on Monad, transparently rewarding users in $APR across our products and ecosystem partners. Season 1 distributes 10,000,000 APR based on usage over 2 months. P.S. Mainnet airdrop checker is live. 👇

@aPriori Results over rhetoric: any big talk or empty promises before a live product on mainnet are just fluff. So, I’ll save everyone some time and let execution do the talking. See you Monday on Mainnet.

aPriori is aware of reports regarding possible Sybil activity targeting the $APR launch. We found no evidence that anyone on the contributing team or from the foundation has claimed the airdrop. We are excited to announce that more $APR will be airdropped to the Monad community on Mainnet Day 1 with no cliffs or lockups, primarily based on social contribution. Any existing holders will be able to bridge their $APR to Monad Mainnet on Day 1. To support genuine users, aPriori has significantly lowered the requirements to unlock airdrop allocations on Monad Mainnet, making it easier for real participants who waited to access their tokens on Monad. apriori-docs.gitbook.io/apriori-docs/a… Both liquid staking and dex aggregator products will be live on Day 1, with broad integration across ecosystem and strategic partners. Stay tuned for more announcements.

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Fun fact: @aPriori raised from 2 Echo groups 1⃣ Voted in a TG chat by @lawmaster when Echo was still in beta; sold out instantly via Big Brain Collective 2⃣ Sold out via 4 Ventures by the amazing @cmsholdings Built for the community since Day 1 Thank you for participating

“…10-30% of chain value. do the math on monad's $20b fdv.” i don’t make the rules

@michael_lwy @jumptrading no kidding

@sing_me_a @jumptrading sells HVAC supplies in the midwest

i absolutely loved my time at @jumptrading, but come on what is this new logo

and the worst post-crash PR award goes to

Monad is trading at $20B implied FDV on hyperliquid someone got a little too excited

@aPriori @moonbirds oh hey

aPriori’s feeling birbish today... Join us and @Moonbirds for an AMA that you won’t want to miss. 📅 October 6th 🕑 2:00 PM UTC 📌 x.com/i/spaces/1eaKb…

Most people talk about Monad’s speed. But imo the most underrated edge is its credible neutrality. Credible neutrality is incredibly hard. You need decentralized tech without sacrificing performance, and you need a culture that refuses intervention. The tech alone is an engineering problem; the culture is a coordination problem. With its hype and pressure, staying neutral is almost Monad Foundation’s superpower: it requires discipline across support, marketing, incentives, and every decision. In the short run, many will want the ecosystem to take on a more active role. But in the long run, Monad's absence of intervention and king-making will prove to be the right choice, if the goal is as ambitious as building a decentralized, consumer-grade internet.

In a recent @Benzinga article, our founder @sing_me_a asks: What if DeFi didn’t just chase TradFi, but rewrote the rules? After years in high frequency trading on Wall Street, he sees a future where speed, transparency, and programmable capital win. benzinga.com/Opinion/25/10/…

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