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Minting Soneium Ecosystem Badges is chaotic.
There's no unified dashboard or clear way to track if you're eligible before the snapshot.
So here's a full breakdown of every task I'm doing before 31 March (and my tracker to maximise efficiency):
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The badges
There are 20+ projects issuing Ecosystem Badges on Soneium, and here are the details:
❍ Snapshot period: March 7-31
❍ Badge claiming: Apr 15
While some projects like @sakefinance plan to release eligibility checkers in the future:
There's still no way to track your progress, or even know what tasks are required.
So I compiled all of the ones I'm doing (and skipping) so far:
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DEXes and perps
Most of these are the standard actions and they can be paired with actions for other projects.
Kyo
Task: Complete ≥ 10 transactions, with ≥ 1 LP transaction
(Min. volume of $100)
Kyo has some stable pools (ASTR/nASTR, ADD), so we can add liquidity there without incurring significant impermanent losses.
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Quickswap
Task: Perform ≥ 10 swap or LP transactions
My plan is to LPs here based with the tokens I swapped on other DEXes.
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SoneFi
Tasks:
❍ ≥ 10 swaps
❍ ≥ 10 perp transactions
Trading on the DEX is straightforward, and here’s what I did for perps:
The minimum order is 10 USD, so I used 1.1x leverage for each trade to incur minimal losses.
With $10, these are the fees I pay per transaction:
❍ $0.02 (in ETH) per action (e.g. opening a TP/SL)
❍ $0.01 in trading fees
Volume doesn’t matter so I’m not paying a significant amount per trade so it can be completed rather quickly.
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SoneX
Task: 80 swap transactions + ≥ 320 USDT worth of staked LP
The highest requirement of all the badges, so it's not worth interacting if you don't have the time.
SoneX only counts LPs under the 'Farm' tab, and I chose to deposit into ASTR/nsASTR since it gives 1,273% in APR for a stable pool.
They have a dashboard to check your progress:
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Sonus
Tasks:
❍ Lock SONUS for veSONUS ≥ 5 times (min. 100 SONUS)
❍ Swap on Sonus website ≥ 10 times
There's no requirement on the lock duration, so I just set it at 1 week for each lock.
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SuperVol
Task: ≥ 10 trades (excluding coupon trades)
I'm a horrible trader, so this options game is super risky for me.
Each round lasts for an hour (4 assets are available), giving us a chance to win $100 based on the how much we put in.
I'm going for the $95-$99 trades as they have the highest chance of being correct (since the risk is low).
If the prediction goes wrong, I lose everything, so that's something to consider.
But once the price for that option reaches $100, we won't be able to purchase it.
I usually wait till the last 10 minutes to make a decision and see what trades are available then.
Feel free to use my referral link: https://supervol.io/dashboard?referral=avVR1G5H
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WaveX
Task: Complete ≥ 10 on-chain transactions on WaveX (Earn + Trade)
I'm not a trader, so I deposited ASTR into the 'Earn' feature to buy WaveX's WLP (similar to the Hyperliquid HLP).
There's no 'minimum amount' requirement, so I bought small amounts each time for the WLP.
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Lending
Sake
Task: Deposit and borrow the listed assets (ASTR, USDC, USDT, ETH, SONE) on 2 pools: Main and ASTR.
This is straightforward and it's a great way to force myself to push some swap transactions on other DEXes (to get these assets).
I'm not sure if it's cumulative (i.e. I qualify when depositing 10 ASTR x 10 times), but the borrow amounts are low.
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Untitled Bank
Task: Complete ≥ 10 transactions on the platform
A straightforward one, we can deposit in 'Earn' or Borrow to complete these tasks.
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NFTs
Arkada
Tasks:
❍ Check in daily on Arkada for 10 days in a row
❍ Own the legendary Veil Piercer Helmet NFT, costs ($10.68) 0.005 ETH
https://x.com/Arkada_gg/status/1898013278455926963
The NFT may be too expensive, but this one just requires consistency.
Feel free to use my referral link for Arkada:
https://app.arkada.gg/?ref=I8SXA
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Biru (skip?)
Task: Mint all 4 B!RU Squad NFTs (1 per week)
I missed out on the first NFT, so I don't think I'll qualify for it unless I purchase it on the marketplace.
I'll monitor this but as of now, I don't intend to purchase the NFT yet (unless I managed to mint the second NFT).
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FractalVisions (skipped)
≥ 10 transactions
Their UI is buggy and not many NFTs are available for trade, so I'm skipping this for now.
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HandsNFT (skip?)
Task: ≥ 10 transactions
https://x.com/handsnftfun/status/1898056553900470295
The are a few ways to complete transactions here:
❍ Mint ≥ 3 Hand Cards
❍ Claim EXP after the timer ends
❍ Upgrade your Hand Card to Level 2
Not much info yet because the New Epoch is launching in a day, so I'll look at it again if I managed to mint it.
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Posse Studios
Complete ≥ 11 transactions
The cheapest NFTs (based on floor price) cost ~ $0.50 in ASTR, but it costs $0.01 to create an NFT.
I plan to create multiple NFTs, spaced out across different days.
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Sonova (skip?)
Task: Trading NFTs and holding Sonova ACS NFTs
The criteria is very vague here, so I'm not too sure how I can qualify here.
I bought a Sonova ACS edition NFT for 0.00016 ETH ($0.34) but I believe that trading volume could play a role here.
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Unemeta
Task: ≥ 30 interactions
There are 2 main interactions to complete:
❍ Daily check-in
❍ Daily draw (costs 2 ASTR or $0.07)
If we perform this in 15 days, we'll qualify for the badge.
Feel free to use my referral link for Unemeta:
soneiumevent.unemeta.com/?invitationCode=true&codes=36GMS
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Predictions
2P2E (Skipped)
Tasks:
❍ Participate in ≥ 10 predictions
❍ Hold a 2P2E Pioneer NFT (TBC)
This is pure gambling, so I'm skipping it for now.
The minimum trade is 0.001 ETH, so 'maybe' I'll do it if I make some profits from SuperVol.
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SynStation
Task: ≥ 30 transactions
There's no minimum trade amount, so I made 30 predictions all with $0.20 each.
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Games
Arcas
Perform ≥ 10 transactions, which include:
❍ Buy/Sell $50 worth of ARCAS on Kyo
❍ Buy or Sell a Bastonium NFT (Floor price of 0.0098 ETH)
https://opensea.io/collection/bastonium-by-arcas
❍ Stake/Update an @ArcasChampions Prime Program NFT (TBC)
A nice 2-in-1 with Kyo where I can buy/sell and complete the $100 volume requirement by trading ARCAS.
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Mithraeum (skip?)
Task: Upgrade all types of production buildings to at least level 4
This will likely take too much time (it takes really long to load the game itself), so I plan to skip it for now.
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Evermoon (skipped)
Task: Complete ≥ 10 actions
The daily check-in is on a Telegram mini app and it took forever to load it, so I'm skipping this too.
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Other unofficial campaigns
While we're pushing transactions for these badges, we get to complete unofficial campaigns along the way too:
❍ Soneium DeFi Conquest (Raffles for certain projects)
https://app.galxe.com/quest/Kyofinance/GCnBqtpbDA
❍ Layer3's Soneium collection
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Task tracker for Ecosystem Badges
It's annoying how there's no unified dashboard for all 20 projects, so I decided to create my own.
Not the most elegant, but it helps you to track most of the tasks required for each project:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11xdc--OoOkryJa6DaRcYt0_L1xDk6U7PhQIB_EPkpPo/edit?usp=sharing
The main reason why I'm participating in Soneium is to build my footprint on the Superchain for future modular airdrops.
I shared my full strategy below:
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