Kintsu Protocol (N/A)

Kintsu is a liquid staking protocol on Monad and Hyperliquid chains that lets users stake their assets to earn validator rewards while keeping them liquidity in the form of liquid staking tokens (LSTs) - $sMON and $sHYPE.As the Kintsu crypto project matures, it aims to expand to more blockchain networks to build interoperable liquid staking infrastructure and turn staked assets into usable liquidity. Here is how it works:

• Staking Mechanism: Users deposit their gas tokens ($HYPE or $MON) into Kintsu’s vault to receive liquid sTokens, which represent their staked assets and can be freely used across DeFi, gaming, and other on-chain applications while still earning staking rewards;
   
• Unstaking Mechanism: Users redeem their sTokens for the underlying gas tokens through Kintsu’s vault, with the exact amount determined by the current Redemption Ratio and released after the blockchain-enforced cooldown period;
   
• Earning Yield: Kintsu’s reward-bearing sTokens automatically increase in value as staking rewards accumulate, allowing users to earn yield without changing their token balance, while their fixed supply and composability enable additional returns through use in DeFi protocols.

You can read more about Kintsu liquid staking Monad and $HYPE features in its docs.

🪙 Kintsu Token: As of November 2025, the project hasn't announced any info or plans regarding the launch of its native token. However, the project plans to launch a Points farming campaign along with an ongoing Ambassador Program. Our team assumes these campaigns to be the main criteria in the potentially upcoming Kintsu airdrop.
 

Based on the upcoming Points farming campaign followed by a potential Kintsu airdrop, our team has completely analyzed the Kintsu crypto project, revealing several pros and cons:
 

✅ Kintsu Protocol pros:

• Good ecosystem of partners (Pancakeswap, Uniswap, Phantom, Backpack, and others);
• Decent backers (The Spartan Group, and others);
• Very high Growth Marketing score;
• High SEO and PR performance;
• Above-average SMM score.
   

❌ Kintsu Protocol cons:

• Below-average Influencer Marketing score;
• Poor Marketing Infrastructure performance;
• No info on Kintsu token yet;

Core team members have no work experience in top-tier tech companies.