Monad Day 1 Guide: What to Do on Mainnet

Monad Mainnet is officially live, opening the door to one of the fastest, most scalable EVM environments ever released. With 400ms blocks, deterministic finality, and parallel execution, Monad brings centralized-exchange performance directly on-chain while keeping full Ethereum compatibility.

Day 1 unlocks a complete trading, DeFi, and consumer app ecosystem. Users can explore tokens, trade across multiple venues, stake MON, earn yield, and interact with games and prediction apps — all built to take advantage of Monad’s high throughput and low latency.

Getting Started on Monad

To begin, add the Monad network to your wallet and connect to official ecosystem apps through app.monad.xyz. This hub provides verified links to trading platforms, DeFi protocols, games, staking dashboards, and launch tools.

Users only need an EVM wallet to start interacting. Bridging into Monad, swapping tokens, exploring dApps, and claiming early rewards can be done immediately. Always double-check contracts and URLs during the first days, as new tokens and platforms appear quickly.

Trading Stack — Where to Trade on Monad

Monad’s trading ecosystem is live from day one, offering everything from token discovery to advanced interfaces, aggregators, DEXs, launchpads, and perpetuals. This block gives a compact overview so users can navigate quickly without digging through dozens of standalone apps.

Discover & Analyze Tokens

Tools like Dexscreener, Defined.fi, Geckoterminal, and Bubblemaps let users scan new tokens, track liquidity, monitor holder distributions, and analyze early market movements. These platforms help identify what’s launching, where liquidity is settling, and which assets are gaining traction across Monad.

Trading Interfaces

Interfaces such as Fomo, Seer.Trade, KiFi, and GMGN give traders enhanced execution tools beyond the base DEX UI. Users can access faster trade flows, advanced orders, live signals, social trading dashboards, and cleaner analytics designed for high-velocity environments like Monad.

Aggregators

Kuru, Monorail, LFJ, Matcha, and OpenOcean route trades across multiple liquidity sources to find the best possible execution. On a new chain where liquidity is initially spread out, aggregators help avoid bad fills and ensure users reach the deepest pools available.

DEX Landscape

Monad launches with a diverse set of AMMs and orderbooks, including Kuru, Uniswap, PancakeSwap, Curve, LFJ, and Clober. Thanks to Monad’s fast block times and low fees, these DEXs operate with near-instant responsiveness, enabling smoother swaps and tighter execution during volatile windows.

Launchpads

Nad.Fun, Bonad, Printr, Token Mill, Clanker, and Doppler support token launches from simple meme deployments to structured launches with vesting and fair-mint mechanics. Early days on Monad often see high experimental activity, making launchpads a core part of the ecosystem’s cultural and financial flow.

Perpetuals

For users seeking leverage, platforms like Monday.Trade and LeverUp offer perpetual futures with fast execution backed by Monad’s low latency. Order flow is processed quickly, funding updates are smooth, and traders get a CEX-like feel while staying fully on-chain.

DeFi Stack — Lending, Yield, and Staking on Monad

Monad’s Day-1 DeFi layer is built for high throughput, low fees, and capital-efficient strategies. This section gives a compact, non-bloated overview of every major category — lending, yield, and staking — all in one unified block.

Lending Protocols

Monad launches with a strong lineup of lending markets designed for different types of users:

• Curvance — automates looping strategies, supports MON, LSTs, stables, and yield-bearing assets with high LTVs and efficient liquidations.

• TownSquare — modular lending with isolated positions, mixed collateral setups, and “efficiency mode” for correlated assets like MON and MON-LST.

Additional protocols (Morpho, Euler, Gearbox, Neverland) are joining the ecosystem, expanding market depth and providing more advanced tooling for active users.

Yield Products

Two major yield vaults go live on Day 1:

• MON Vault (Mellow x Steakhouse) — actively allocates MON across yield opportunities, rebalances automatically, and routes through the best staking venues.

• earnAUSD Vault (Agora x Upshift) — turns AUSD into a liquid yield-bearing asset that integrates with lending markets, DEXes, and future structured products.

Both options give users hands-off yield exposure while staying liquid and composable across DeFi.

MON Staking & Liquid Staking

Users can stake MON directly through dashboards like Gmonads or MonadVision for network rewards.

For on-chain liquidity and broader strategies, Monad offers multiple LSTs:

• shMON (Fastlane)

• sMON (Kintsu)

• gMON (Magma)

These LSTs act as collateral across lending markets, can be used in liquidity pools, and plug into various yield strategies across the ecosystem.

Consumer Apps — Games, Sports, and Onchain Fun

Monad’s consumer layer brings a wave of high-velocity apps designed for gaming, sports prediction, movement, and social interaction. These products showcase how low fees and fast block times unlock new types of real-time onchain experiences.

Lumiterra

An AI-enhanced open-world MMORPG launching its Survival Season on Monad. Players explore, battle in real time, earn LVMON, collect onchain items, and compete for rare Resident Cards that influence their future progression across the Lumi ecosystem.

RareBetSports

A player-prop prediction platform where users build multi-leg tickets called RareLinks. Pick athletes, choose Over/Under stats, stack predictions for up to 100x multipliers, and climb the Aura leaderboard based on accuracy.

LootGo

A walk-to-earn treasure hunt. Users explore the real world to collect Loot Boxes containing gems, memecoins, and partner rewards. Missions and location-based crates make movement part of the reward loop.

Bro.fun

An onchain version of classic beer-pong odds. Users set a wager, take shots, dodge Death Cups, and ride multipliers as they clear each rack. Every game earns Bro Points that unlock rebates and recurring reward tiers.

LEVR.Bet

A sports betting protocol introducing leveraged betting up to 5x. Before full betting launches, users can deposit USDC into the MVP Vault to “be the house,” earning a share of platform fees and bankroll performance.

TeleMafia

A Telegram-native RPG powered by AI. Users build Families, fight with chat commands, earn Respect, and grow onchain Treasuries managed automatically by Valentina, the in-app AI that handles wallets and distributions.

Why Day 1 Matters

Monad’s mainnet launch is one of the most anticipated Layer-1 events of the year. Day 1 brings a rare window where activity spikes across trading, DeFi, and consumer apps all at once. New tokens debut, liquidity forms rapidly, and early adopters often gain access to points, rewards, and early integrations across major protocols. With 400 ms blocks and low fees, the network is built to support bursts of user activity without congestion, making the first days particularly fast-paced for explorers, traders, and builders.

How to Stay Safe on Day 1

New mainnet launches attract excitement, but also impersonators and copycat contracts. Always rely on official Monad links and documentation, verify contract addresses on trusted explorers, and avoid interacting with unknown tokens that appear instantly after launch. Use a fresh wallet for experimentation and avoid signing transactions on unfamiliar sites. Steer clear of direct-message links, fake launchpads, or airdrop claims; phishing attempts typically peak during major network events.

Manage MON and the Monad Ecosystem in Atomic Wallet

Atomic Wallet provides a secure, non-custodial way to manage everything you’ll use on Monad from day one

You can store and swap MON, stake directly through the wallet, and keep full control of your keys while exploring the new ecosystem. Atomic Wallet also offers integrated access to on-chain trading tools, including Atomic Perps, allowing users to trade perpetual futures alongside their Monad assets without additional apps or accounts. With support for EVM wallets, it serves as a reliable hub for tracking balances, managing liquidity, and interacting safely with Monad dApps.

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