Mad News #64 🥸 It's An Albermani World, We're Just Living In It
A complete list of Mad Lads airdrops, XNET Mobile allocates tokens for holders, preparing for Mad Breakpoint, meeting The Welcoming Party, a Backpack Wallet booster by Fidelion and much more. Fock it.
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A complete list of Mad Lads airdrops, XNET Mobile allocates tokens for holders, preparing for Mad Breakpoint, meeting The Welcoming Party, a Backpack Wallet booster by Fidelion, Fragmetric cooking something for the Backpack community, Solana's latest $600,000 hackathon and much more. Fock it.
Zooming out on Mad Lads airdrops 🌌
Mad Lads holders have amassed airdrops, discounts and boosted yields at a mindboggling pace (including the latest Fidelion rewards which are detailed below).
In no particular order I have compiled a list of airdrops that Mad Lads holders have received over the last year, not including a metric fock load of shitcoins.
Pyth (3,000 $PYTH with extra 1,000 $PYTH if holder KYC'd on Backpack Exchange)
Pyth (1/1 Pythia Mad Lads NFT)
Wormhole (678,823,000 $W allocation)
Dymension (706 $DYM per Lad)
Pike (500K $PIU allocation)
SharkyFi (169 $SHARX per Lad)
Yaku Corp (1,000,000 $YAKU allocation)
Zeta Markets (800,000 $ZEX allocation)
Tensor (1/1 Tensorian via raffle on Backpack Exchange)
Parcl (1,000,000 $PARCL allocation)
Pulsr (951,000 $PULSR)
DeFi Land (Mad Lad #5351, 7x DeFi Land NFTs)
Matrica Labs (Blocks NFT whitelist, a Bitcoin project)
Yes Coin (5% of $YES supply allocation)
dVIN Labs ($VIN allocation TBD, dVIN Labs NFT)
Bluefin (TBD)
Infinex (20,000,000 allocation)
SCALES ($SCALES allocation)
Aethir ($ATH allocation)
FOCK (12,600,000 $FOCK per Lad)
Portals (TBD)
Zero1 ($DEAI allocation)
Sol Archons (NFT allocation)
Kyupad (NFT allocation)
Vorld / ASTROKIDZ (NFT allocation)
GRAY (225 $GRAY per Lad)
WAO, ARMANI SEXY LASS (~8,250,000 $WAOSY per Lad)
NOBLE (20 $NOBLE per Lad)
DRAKO (~4,500,00 $DRAKO per Lad)
$ZUES, $BLZE, $WEN, $KMNO and many more.
The list is not exhaustive, leave us a comment if I missed anything.
Speaking of airdrops... 🪂
100,000 $XNET will be distributed to ~5800 Mad Lads holders who had staking rewards tokens in their Backpack Wallet.
XNET Mobile is a DePIN network that expands mobile device coverage using trad radios which have access points across the United States.
.The snapshot has already been taken and the claim is LIVE right now.
Check to see if you are eligible for the $XNET token allocation here
Mad Breakpoint is right around the corner 🇸🇬
Mad Lads holders will be treated to a day of ice bath boosted dopamine and later introduced to the dream filled world of Hologram.
Holders who wish to attend must complete the RSVP & Discord gating before Breakpoint begins to ensure they secure a spot at the festivities.
Pyth, Eclipse and Backpack are sponsoring ICE ICE BABY, the ice bath challenge which will test the mental fortitude of attendees and set them up for a massive release of endorphins.
Ice baths are not required and there are plenty of exclusive giveaways, talks with the teams, networking events and catered food/drink - all with DJ KC pushing vibes in the background.
Once ICE ICE BABY is complete, Lads holders have a night filled with wonder to look forward to at the Wormhole x Solana x Backpack after hours event.
Hologram is a multi-sensory, mind-bending, deeply immersive event series conjured by Wormhole, Backpack and Solana.
Follow the steps located here to complete your RSVP.
Mad Taipei: Directors Cut 🎥
This mastercut from Mad Lad's recent social event in Taipei is a glimpse into what you can expect during the holders only events planned for Breakpoint in Singapore.
LADS AND LASSIES OF THE WEEK, The Welcoming Party 🤝
Mad Lads utility has come into question as the state of crypto markets begin to squeeze those with weak conviction.
It's a rug.
A welcoming, warm, community-centric rug which embraces newcomers unlike any other.
Our Lads and Lassies of the week show up in the comment section of every new holder with the warmest welcome that an NFT project can offer.
stafeev195 entered the thunder dome this week and was immediately greeted by the most active holders in the community: The Welcoming Party.
The Welcoming Party is made up of Lads from all over the world, both familiar names and ones which you may find more obscure.
They include former LOTW's such as iguandot, NotDexrow, Attis_gaming, 38KdotSOL, kev4evaa and (most recently) icefrog_sol.
They are also made up of long time community supporters like
TDoxys, Somuchmorefun, KPeite, jamesforknhodln, NFTxSira, SmolMobster, Alecness1... the list is never ending.
This experience which newcomers are greeted with makes for the perfect entrance to the Mad Lads universe.
Congratulations and a huge thank you to The Welcoming Party!
Mad GIF compilation is underway 🔥
Mad content creators have and will continue to be the cornerstone of Lads lore.
kev4evaa, long time Lads holder and former Lad Of The Week, is collecting and organizing all Mad Lads GIFs for a special project. Drop your favorites in the comments!
Fidelion gives Mad booster for their blockchain game 🎮
FidelionNFT launched their Backpack points booster alongside a special multiplier for Mad Lads holders in their blockchain based "dark fantasy saga" game, Fidelia
.The rewards mechanism boost helps your level up Fame and Stats for the Fidelion NFTs which power game play along with token $2080.
Fidelion is a story-driven PFP and multi-media content project set in a post-apocalyptic world, where survivors shape the future.
Hokyo Lim, a former art director at Riot Games, leads a team of experienced game developers and artists who spent over 6 months creating an inspiring dystopian dark fantasy universe of lore and art.
Keep an eye out for Mad Lads and Backpack inspired traits which are being cooked into their next NFT release.
Fragmetric is cooking up something for the Backpack community 🎒
Liquid restaking protocol Fragmetric released a Backpack fueled teaser.
Fragmetric introduces restaking-based security finance to Solana through liquid restaking and yield optimization.
The Roster goes longform ❄️
Lyon Farrell has captured the heart and soul of Fock It. through his never ending supply of extreme sports clips and a sunny disposition
.Now we gain an insight into what is going on in his head before and after performing the moves which have placed him atop of the professional snowboarding rankings.
BET on United States election results with Drift ✅
Backpack Exchange listed Drift's governance token $DRIFT at the end of May and now Backpack Wallet has integrated their new predictions market, BET
.A prediction market is a marketplace where you can trade contracts or shares based on the outcome of future events. Put simply, you can bet on your beliefs.
BET is the first capital efficient prediction market on Solana. Bet bigger on real-world outcomes.
Drift
BET launches with support for the US election with two beta markets, the winner of the US electoral vote and the winner of the popular vote.
Users are able to place bets using all of the cryptocurrencies listed on Drift like SOL, JitoSOL and USDC (no swaps needed!)
Make your predictions on the BET market here.
Crypto education is the gateway to mass adoption 📱
Backpack launched a new crypto learning resource with materials that appeal to first-timers and seasoned crypto degens alike
.Crypto 101s, security best practices, deep dives into Solana's most popular protocols and explorations of key blockchain concepts are available in an easy-to-consume format.
Radar Hackathon primed to launch at beginning of September 💻
Colosseum returns with the latest hackathon iteration, Radar.
Hackathons have become one of the largest growth vectors for Solana builders and the prize pools have became so large that the incentive to build new products draws hundreds of teams.
Colosseum provides another equally important piece to the puzzle: a compendium of web3 builders who are looking to join or form teams to work on hackathon projects.
This also serves as a valuable place for conversation about new product ideas.
Former hackathon winner Sphere is the Radar grand prize sponsor 💳
Sphere is the prime example of a fledgling team that built their payment infrastructure proof of concept and has now went on to become a powerhouse in the DeFi space.
Love letter to the Chinese Solana community 🧧
China is one of the Backpack's largest markets so it tracks that the Chinese Solana community would also be one of the biggest in the world
.As crypto grows we will continue to see countries in the APAC region adopt the technology at a rapid pace.
Blockchain gamers make up large percentage of daily active users in crypto 📈
Similar to hackathons, Solana places a heavy emphasis on creating tooling that developers can use to quickly create high quality products.
Turbine is the embodiment of that sentiment.
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