what's Kensei?
Kensei is a memecoin launchpad protocol built on the Katana blockchain, designed to empower degen communities and facilitate fair token launches within the DeFi ecosystem. It features a gamified structure with XP earning through tasks, referral systems, and rank progression from Peasant to Ronin, Samurai, Kengo, and ultimately Kensei. This progression unlocks rewards, including $KAT tokens from Katana's revenue-sharing mechanisms, and graduation bonuses for active participants. The platform integrates with Katana's infrastructure, leveraging its unified liquidity and yield optimization to support memecoin deployments. Users engage via wallet connections, social tasks on X (Twitter), Telegram, and Discord, fostering community building before launches. Kensei emphasizes samurai-themed lore, with campaigns like Sakigake for early adopters, aiming to create sustainable engagement in the high-risk memecoin space. As part of Katana's core apps, Kensei benefits from chain-owned liquidity and revenue recycling, directing sequencer fees and treasury income back to users and builders. This setup promotes deeper liquidity pools and productive total value locked (TVL), differentiating it from extractive models in DeFi.
Kitsu token offers 94% APR KAT rewards to holders.
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x.com/kenseionkatanaPartnered with TheHollow_NFT and Kitsu_katana for a raffle that went live on February 13, 2026.
Kitsu, a graduated token from the incubation project, now offers KAT rewards to holders with 94% APR.
Season 1 campaign distributes 200,000 KAT rewards, with 100 KAT allocated to creators of first 100 qualifying memecoins ($50k market cap, $10k+ volume, 10+ buyers), and implements XP reset penalties for wash trading and scam launches.
Active revenue distribution includes liquidity mining on vaultbridge, KAT rewards for liquidity providers across Sushi, Morpho, Yearn, and Spectra, plus creator rewards and whitelist allocations.
An AMA with the project team is scheduled.
The incubation project is now live on Katana platform.
V1 of the launchpad is now live.
Pre-registration phase is active with OG discord roles closing soon; participants must complete 4 specific tasks to qualify and can progress through 5 ranking tiers.