The Aptos Gold Rush Handbook Unveiling the Second Round Airdrop Featuring 5 Leading Projects

App, Enter Interactive Page
Click Bridge, use LayerZero or Wormhole for cross-chain transactions, but if you use many wallet plugins, you won’t be able to connect to LayerZero page.


Therefore, the best tool for cross-chain here is to use Liquidswap.


PS: If you withdraw more than 100u of $APT tokens from an exchange, you can skip the cross-chain step and directly proceed to the next interaction.
Step 3. Deposit
Switch to Lending interface
You can choose E-Mode, where the Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio of assets in E-Mode can go up to 90%, while for other assets, LTV ratios range between 40% and 80%.


Select a token for deposit, such as APT, USDC, USDT, or other assets.


Step 4. Borrow
Since I just deposited USDC, I want to borrow other currencies, such as amAPT (to be used in the Liquidswap tutorial below).
amAPT is a liquidity pledge protocol by Amnis Finance. After pledging APT, the platform issues a pledge certificate. Amnis also has a point system, and using amAPT can earn us at least 3 airdrops.
The method is as follows:
Select amAPT token in the Lending interface


Click Borrow
Enter the quantity to borrow or click max
Confirm


PS: Using borrowing tools requires attention to risks; if assets drop significantly, your collateral may be forcibly liquidated.
Many people borrow without knowing how to repay, so every time they ask, I get frustrated. Actually, just follow the direction to repay; ‘Repay’ is to repay the loan, and ‘Withdraw’ is to withdraw your deposit.
After completing the operation, click Points to view your own points.


If Aries Markets is very low-key and the project side cannot be found, then Liquidswap can be said to be a pivotal presence in Aptos.
Liquidswap is one of the four flagship projects launched by Pontem Network in strategic cooperation with Aptos. The strategic cooperation between Pontem and Aptos involves the development of tools, EVM, AMM, etc., to promote the widespread use of its L1 blockchain.
Pontem Network has established: Lumio L2, Pontem Wallet, Liquidswap DEX, NFT (Pontem Pirates, Dark Ages). Pontem also supports NFT…


Liquidswap is the first and largest AMM protocol in the Aptos ecosystem, with a current TVL of $34 million and daily trading volume of $10 million, accounting for over 80% of the Aptos ecosystem’s trading volume. According to official data, it has an average of 10,000 daily active users, making it the project with the highest daily active users in the Aptos ecosystem.


Yes, official tweet
@PontemNetwork
Has been conducting community surveys since May, and is expected to distribute coins and airdrops soon.


Funds 1: + 10.1 APT
Funds 2: +100u
These funds have the following uses:
Trading volume: + $5,000
Number of interactions: + 30 times
Add liquidity: + $100, at least add 3 pairs
Pledge: + 10 APT
These are just basic estimates; the more interactions, the better.
Phantom Wallet
Metamask or OK Wallet
Pontem Wallet (If the APT handling fee was on the OK Wallet before, you can directly use the imported mnemonic)
Here we use Pontem Wallet to start the tutorial. Importing the original OK Wallet mnemonic can do.
First, log in to the Pontem airdrop page
https://airdrop.liquidswap.com/?ref=01HYAQ97X8M52ZCEJWEJBFVG7R
Connect Pontem Wallet
Register account
Click Go to Liquidswap


Choose any trading pair and trade


PS: If you want to qualify, it is recommended that each account pull the trading volume to more than + $5,000 and the number of interactions is not less than 30 times.
LiquidSwap officials set the following trading volume ladder:
1–20$ — coke
20–50$ — socks
50–300$ — ledger
300–3000$ — Ticket to NBA
3000–6000$ — Vision pro
6000–30000$ — Vacation in the Bahamas
30000–100000$ — Cybertruck
100000–10000000$ — House
You can view your trading volume and ladder level on the Dashboard page of LiquidSwap.
Click Earn on the Liquidswap website
Select Staking


Choose any section of “Validators”
Click stake
Pledge at least 10.1 APT (It is recommended to choose validators with longer time)


In the previous text, we exchanged amAPT tokens in Aries, and we can use amAPT and APT tokens to form liquidity (you need APT tokens in your wallet).
To add liquidity, the specific methods are as follows:
Step 1. Enter the Liquidswap platform
Click Earn
Select Farms


Step 2. Add amAPT/APT


Step 3. Stake LP
Click the “fish icon”


Click Balance
Click Stake, pledge LP, the annualized rate here reaches 30%;


After adding liquidity, lock it for 7 days, and you can only withdraw after 7 days. You can keep it inside until airdrop.
You don’t need to complete all 3 tasks on the Liquidswap platform, you can brush up on trading volume before doing liquidity, or you can just do any one of them.
The Pontem team also issued two NFT series, Pontem Pirates and Dark Ages, on Liquidswap. Some farming on Liquidswap can verify the ownership of these two NFTs to get additional rewards.
Liquidswap should be the most prominent project in the Aptos ecosystem. With the TGE approaching, many airdrop hunters have released tutorials for Liquidswap, along with subsequent linkage with Lumio, the flagship project of the Pontem team.
Amnis Finance is a liquidity pledging protocol on APT, allowing users to exchange APT 1:1 for amAPT, which can be redeemed for an equivalent amount (after a 1-month waiting period or at approximately 1% discount on DEX), and further pledging to earn staking rewards similar to wstETH.
Amnis Finance’s airdrop activity is not over yet, and there are many ways to participate.
First, log in to the official website:
https://stake.amnis.fin
.ance/retroactive
Then choose a task to interact with:
Forge amAPT, pledge stAPT, accumulate 1 point for each APT
Hold amAPT, stAPT in your wallet, earn points hourly, and earn 3.5 times more points in LP than simply holding in your wallet. (Recommended Liquid Swap)
Lend stAPT to
Aries Markets
and other lending protocols, with a 1.2x point multiplier. (At the same time, Aries also has a point bonus for stAPT)


Several tasks mentioned above have been introduced in the previous text, please integrate.
Merkle Trade is a fully sustainable DEX across chains, providing cryptocurrency, forex, and commodity trading with leverage of up to 1,000 times.
Announced on April 1, 2024, a $2.1 million seed round financing led by Hashed and Arrington Capital, with other participants including Morningstar Ventures, Amber Group, Aptos Labs, Re7 Capital, and Dorahacks.
Merkle Trade has not yet issued coins, and you can get airdrop points by trading on it. The rules are as follows:
Weekly tasks (including 7 consecutive days of trading)
Make 5 transactions
Make 2 transactions on different trading pairs
Brush 2000, 3000, 15000 trading volumes…


Reset every Tuesday at noon (UTC); all unused MPs will be burned.
XP points and MPs are used to upgrade and obtain “Loot Boxes”. Loot Boxes can get MKL airdrops (in the form of pKML tokens).
The higher the level of the box, the more tasks completed, the higher the airdrop received.


Merkle Trade link:
https://app.merkle.tra
.de/?ref=FNDP9T68
Kana Labs is a collection of Web3 tools invested by DWF Labs, which can help users access DeFi, GameFi, NFT markets more easily… Kana Labs’ main products include liquidity aggregators from various blockchain chains, cross-chain bridge aggregators, wallets, SDKs suitable for projects, and developer integration toolkits.


Kana Labs has not issued coins yet and is expected to launch a new user incentive activity after the release of V2 version. As early users, what we can do is to pledge and trade on its trading platform, as follows:
Log in to the platform:
https://tinyurl.com/3e6n867d
Connect Phantom Wallet
Brush transactions


That’s all for today’s content. The market is entering a boring phase, watching various QG frequently call orders. There is a feeling that the funds released on ETH may enter the Move system.
As Solana matures, capital is also looking for new breakthroughs. The flywheels generated by these rotational funds will bring many hotspots, and there are still 48% of tokens without Aptos. The technology and ecosystem have been deployed, creating an investment paradise with its own traffic.
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