wake the fk up samurai. this is katana. not just another general purpose chain. a defi chain forged to kill idle assets via deep liquidity & high yield. public mainnet coming late june. incubated by @0xpolygon x @gsr_io pre-deposits live ⚔️ stop sleeping on your bags

defi's yield and liquidity model is broken. ❌ liquidity is spread thin ❌ yields are short-lived ❌ assets sit idle ❌ value is extracted from users

katana provides deeper liquidity and higher yield than any other defi chain. because it was built to make defi actually work for the user. no fragmentation. no mercenaries. no dead bags. how? it lies within its first principles:

bridge in. deploy capital. earn real yield. katana aligns users, apps, and the chain with a defi flywheel designed to incentivize productivity. sequencer fees and protocol revenue create deep liquidity and sustainable rewards for active users. yield attracts users 🔁 active users generate fees 🔁 fees boost liquidity + yield

katana is built with a set of core features that work together to revive your bags: 🔹 chain-owned liquidity (CoL) 🔹 vaultbridge 🔹 vbTokens 🔹 core apps 🔹 AUSD more on this later, anon

katana is opinionated, launching with a focused set of defi apps and assets to concentrate liquidity and prevent fragmentation, available day one. 🔹 core apps: one primitive per category @morpholabs – lending/borrowing @sushiswap – spot swaps @vertex_protocol – perps dex 🔹 core assets: limited variations of assets & stablecoins @withausd – native stablecoin @bitvaultfinance – BTC-backed yielding stablecoins @ether_fi – restaked ETH assets @jito_sol – staked SOL assets @lombard_finance – yield-bearing BTC wrapper @universaldotxyz – crosschain assets 🔹 strategic launch partners: aligned ecosystem participants @agglayer – web3 interop @blockworks_ – media partner @chainlink – powering onchain finance @conduitxyz – cdk op stack @graphprotocol – onchain data indexing @onchainden – multisig wallet front-end @turtleclubhouse – liquidity distribution protocol @yearnfi – pre-deposit vaults it takes a village. this is katana’s.

katana is forged by zk, built with agglayer-native interop via cdk op stack live on private mainnet with open access next month gas is in ETH, while KAT powers the chain it’s a liquidity engine, letting other aggchains tap katana’s deep liquidity. this drives more volume, more fees, and more yield for katana users.

the flywheel starts today with katana’s pre-deposit campaign live: deposit funds to open rewards with rare NFTs and tokens. your deposited assets will be available at public mainnet – late june 2025. all rewards, no idle bags. this is the last post.

@GSR_io dead bags coming to life! stay sharp, samurais

@0xPolygon @GSR_io ⚔️ forged by ZK ⚔️

@0xPolygon @GSR_io RISE

@0xPolygon @GSR_io flywheel ignited. ausd at the core