Mike Griff

@Picolas_Caged Similar for us. The flights from California were the cheapest of just about any destination at the time. We stayed mostly in hostels but “splurged” on the hotel in Reykjavik for $150/night

10 years ago I went to Iceland from the UK, hired a car and drove around the entire perimeter for 7 days. Total cost was about £600 for 2 people lol. I was totally broke back then, so it's the only way we could've done it.

KAT on Base with Aerodrome. veAERO voters should take a look at vKAT, a ve(3,3) for the whole chain

Voting weekly with veVELO/veAERO since genesis, I was excited to learn @katana was implementing ve(3,3) at the network level to allocate KAT emissions across AMMs, money markets, perps, and more. We dive into it all with a new @edge_pod featuring @mfisher10x, due out next week!

@mfisher10x @coinbase @binance @okx @krakenfx @bitget @bitvavocom Strong day 1 coverage

10 months, 26 days later... KAT is liquid and tradable across leading global exchanges @coinbase, @binance, @okx, @krakenfx, @bitget, regional exchanges like @bitvavocom, and many more Year of the Blade ⚔️

KAT is live. The Armory is open⚔️ Katana introduces something new: A chain that routes revenue back into the ecosystem to reward active users. At the center is KAT. Stake, vote, earn here: app.katana.network/stake

Bold time to go to market right now. The token launch window has shut for many companies. We even saw OpenSea delay again based on market conditions. Almost every project I talk to is pushing their token launch date. But that may actually be good timing for Katana. Less noise, more attention.

KAT token goes live today and it represents a number of firsts. Firsts for me: First time contributing to a project going through a major TGE. There's a lot more moving parts that I thought, and I have new respect for teams that push through and make them happen with little or no issues. I'm also proud of the Katana team for not letting "market conditions" delay this date. It's the start for us, not the end. First for DeFi: vKAT will be the first ve(3,3) token to govern incentives for a whole chain. Curve, pioneered the concept, Aerodrome applied it as a primary DEX on Base, but Katana has evolved the concept further and will encompass a fully coordinated capital market across spot, lending/borrowing, and derivatives (perps). This will also be the first time that a major chain recycles revenue directly back into the ecosystem. KAT isn't a worthless L2 governance token (yeah I remember OP and ARB from the L2'22 campaign and the ensuing "governance" waste). Instead KAT incentives, revenue, and vote incentives will all flow back through the system to increase yields and drive more adoption. Finally, Katana will be one of the first chains to fully own the stack. From the revenue sources: Sequencer fees, protocol fees, app fees; to the UX via the Katana App, users will benefit from a coordinated approach to the chain and how to access the core apps within it. Excited for the next phase of Katana! If you haven't already, go check it out.

Can it be that easy? Let the spice flow…

Katana (KAT) token circulation will begin at 11:00 (UTC) on March 18, 2026. Users who have claimed Prime Sale Keys can check their balance and start trading KAT tokens on Binance Alpha as soon as the token goes live.

Coming soon: $KAT @katana is a DeFi blockchain built to generate real revenue and recycle it into deep liquidity and sustainable yield for its users. Trading starts Mar 18 at 13:00 UTC Get ready → app.kraken.com/JDNW/KAT

S/O to @Blockworks for the dashboard here: blockworks.com/analytics/kata…

Katana's total revenue over the last 7 days came in just shy of $200,000. Mostly driven by Vaultbridge revenue, which get's cycled back to productive TVL on the chain. Excited to share what's coming up later this week. A new revenue source for the chain that should eventually dwarf this Vaultbridge revenue.

@eigenrobot dont give the llms any sticks

we got they asses x.com/i/status/20329…

sticks are goated technology. prerequisite for fire, more fundamental. simple tool you can use to kill things you couldnt before. imagine being the first primate who figured out he could kill with a stick. competitive advantage over your peers

We've written about Katana in Yields of the Week, but making assumptions around future $KAT price has been cumbersome. Excited to see the token in the wild so there's no more assumptions on yields. It will be a better UX going forward IMO.

KAT TGE coming next week

most staking launches - stake and pray enter @katana pre-staking - guaranteed 35% yield for 60 days. no prayer needed. pre-stakers before TGE get everything - 3x voting power - 3x reward weight - 35% yield floor - Founding Staker status - Earn from early exits - Auto-executed, gas free the game theory is clean - 80% exit fee in the first 2 weeks means early sellers are literally paying you to stay. fee taper down over 60 days and settle at 25%. first 350M $KAT committed gets the guaranteed 35%. after that, normal staking yield. early = everything here.

It's a good time to stake that KAT for vKAT. Bonus yield, 3X vote power, and first entry into the start of the Katana flywheel. If you've seen what happened with early AERO or CRV participants, imagine those but for an entire chain

@pronounced_kyle Are you writing checks yet? I just had one helluva minute

My preferred definition of "ARR" is your single-highest grossing minute of the year, times 525,600

Six hundred seventy-six million dollars in Productive TVL powering the Katana DeFi Flywheel ⚔️