
Beyond Hype: Understanding the Impact of Airdrops on NFT Marketplace Performance
IntroductionThe NFT marketplace is evolving. Over the past year, OpenSea has seen increasing pressure from new competitors eating away at its market share. LooksRare, X2Y2, Sudoswap, and Blur have decreased OpenSea's NFT Volume market share from 99% to 50-30% depending on the week.Market Share for NFT Marketplaces by WeekWhile OpenSea may have been one of the darling companies of the web3 era, there is one thing that it's lacking that all of its competitors have: a token. This left ...
Airdrop Design | Past, Present, & Future
When considering the future of airdrops, it's easy to feel optimistic about their potential for aligning users of crypto networks. It’s just as valid to express skepticism based on the current state of the instrument. While it's clear that more experimentation is necessary in order to properly harness their power, the required overhead and lack of tooling to execute airdrops are prohibitive. But what are they, anyway?What is an Airdrop?Simply put, airdrops distribute tokens to past,...

Introducing Quest Protocol Rewards
Deploy, refer, and complete quests for cryptoParticipation lies at the heart of the crypto ecosystem. It’s the collective effort of countless participants worldwide that ensures the functionality, security, and growth of decentralized protocols. But beyond it being a mechanism for sustaining networks, participation embodies the very ethos of crypto and why it exists - to increase economic opportunities for every individual. Earlier this year we launched Quest Protocol, making it easy for anyo...
The onchain distribution network of Boost Protocol. Target, acquire and engage users with token incentives to drive growth.



Beyond Hype: Understanding the Impact of Airdrops on NFT Marketplace Performance
IntroductionThe NFT marketplace is evolving. Over the past year, OpenSea has seen increasing pressure from new competitors eating away at its market share. LooksRare, X2Y2, Sudoswap, and Blur have decreased OpenSea's NFT Volume market share from 99% to 50-30% depending on the week.Market Share for NFT Marketplaces by WeekWhile OpenSea may have been one of the darling companies of the web3 era, there is one thing that it's lacking that all of its competitors have: a token. This left ...
Airdrop Design | Past, Present, & Future
When considering the future of airdrops, it's easy to feel optimistic about their potential for aligning users of crypto networks. It’s just as valid to express skepticism based on the current state of the instrument. While it's clear that more experimentation is necessary in order to properly harness their power, the required overhead and lack of tooling to execute airdrops are prohibitive. But what are they, anyway?What is an Airdrop?Simply put, airdrops distribute tokens to past,...

Introducing Quest Protocol Rewards
Deploy, refer, and complete quests for cryptoParticipation lies at the heart of the crypto ecosystem. It’s the collective effort of countless participants worldwide that ensures the functionality, security, and growth of decentralized protocols. But beyond it being a mechanism for sustaining networks, participation embodies the very ethos of crypto and why it exists - to increase economic opportunities for every individual. Earlier this year we launched Quest Protocol, making it easy for anyo...
The onchain distribution network of Boost Protocol. Target, acquire and engage users with token incentives to drive growth.
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BenQi is a non-custodial liquidity market protocol on the Avalanche Network. You can lend assets and borrow against those assets on BenQi. Lending assets allows you to earn interest on those assets.
Avalanche is an open-source, proof-of-stake smart contracts platform that allows developers to build decentralized applications. Avalanche offers near-instant transaction finality and uses the native AVAX token to pay for gas and secure the network by staking.
Visit app.benqi.fi and connect your wallet.

If your wallet is not on the Avalanche Network, a popup will prompt you to switch to the network. Click on “Switch to Avalanche” and sign it with your wallet.
Once you switch to the Avalanche Network, you will see this page on BenQi.

Select the token you want to lend by clicking on the dropdown. You can choose from AVAX, USDC.e, USDT.e, DAI.e, WBTC.e, WETH.e, LINK.e and QI
Once you’ve selected that token, enter the amount you want to lend.
If you’d like to use this asset as collateral, i.e. you’d like to borrow assets against your deposit, toggle the “Use as Collateral” option. You have to sign a transaction with your wallet to approve using a token as collateral. This step requires gas to be paid in AVAX
Once the transaction is processed, you can click on “Deposit” and approve the transaction with your wallet. This step also requires gas to be paid in AVAX.

Once the transaction is successful, you will see your deposit listed under the “Supplied Assets” space.

Congratulations! You have now deposited your assets on BenQi.
BenQi is a non-custodial liquidity market protocol on the Avalanche Network. You can lend assets and borrow against those assets on BenQi. Lending assets allows you to earn interest on those assets.
Avalanche is an open-source, proof-of-stake smart contracts platform that allows developers to build decentralized applications. Avalanche offers near-instant transaction finality and uses the native AVAX token to pay for gas and secure the network by staking.
Visit app.benqi.fi and connect your wallet.

If your wallet is not on the Avalanche Network, a popup will prompt you to switch to the network. Click on “Switch to Avalanche” and sign it with your wallet.
Once you switch to the Avalanche Network, you will see this page on BenQi.

Select the token you want to lend by clicking on the dropdown. You can choose from AVAX, USDC.e, USDT.e, DAI.e, WBTC.e, WETH.e, LINK.e and QI
Once you’ve selected that token, enter the amount you want to lend.
If you’d like to use this asset as collateral, i.e. you’d like to borrow assets against your deposit, toggle the “Use as Collateral” option. You have to sign a transaction with your wallet to approve using a token as collateral. This step requires gas to be paid in AVAX
Once the transaction is processed, you can click on “Deposit” and approve the transaction with your wallet. This step also requires gas to be paid in AVAX.

Once the transaction is successful, you will see your deposit listed under the “Supplied Assets” space.

Congratulations! You have now deposited your assets on BenQi.
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