what's kaito ai?
Kaito AI is an AI-powered InfoFi platform designed to serve as the distribution center for information, attention, and capital in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. It indexes thousands of sources including social media, forums, news, and podcasts, using proprietary AI algorithms and semantic LLMs to provide actionable insights via Kaito Pro. The platform's Kaito Yaps quantifies attention through social graphs and semantic analysis, while Kaito Connect enables fair distribution of attention and capital through tokenized mechanisms. The native $KAITO token functions as the ecosystem's currency, allowing holders to participate in governance, rewards, and capital allocation events like launchpads and airdrops. Kaito also features partnerships for community rewards, such as with MetaWin and MANTRA Chain, and supports NFT integrations like Genesis NFTs for enhanced user benefits.
Kaito AI has a $14.2M token unlock scheduled for February 20, 2026.
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vKAT voters receive a share of app revenue from pools/apps they vote KAT emissions toward, vote incentives from protocols seeking emissions, and exit fees paid by early vKAT unlockers.
Has a recurring monthly unlock of approximately $3M USD allocated to team and early investors.
Unlocks $6M USD worth of tokens on 2026-02-19 allocated for long-term creator incentives.
Unlocks $10.11M in tokens for Spartan and Sequoia during the week of February 16-22, 2026.
Experienced an 80% price decline over the previous year period.
Added x402 support to APIs, enabling agents to purchase real-time crypto market data via onchain micropayments for Sentiment, Mindshare, Narrative Mindshare, and Smart Followers APIs.
Rewards creators who actively post with tokens.
Featured in a live market discussion alongside Polymarket, Mr Beast, Backpack, and other crypto topics.
Partners with Polymarket for Attention Markets in March 2026, enabling trading on social media mindshare, brand popularity, public sentiment, and trend mindshare.
Engaging in a major rebrand following the ban of InfoFi.
Unlocks 32.6M KAITO tokens worth $14.2M (10.64% of supply) on February 20, 2026.
Operates a buyback program representing approximately 3.3% annually.
7 million tokens unlock on 2026-01-22 or 2026-01-23.
Distributes 2.5M vKAT tokens as rewards to the top 250 participants based on Season 1 activity, with wallet verification required before TGE for distribution eligibility.
A 250,000 KAITO sale through a DEX aggregator produces a 64.8% price impact, indicating low current liquidity.
Cookie platform (associated with Kaito AI) no longer exists and is refusing to allow users to unstake tokens that were locked for up to one year.
Kaito Studio will integrate video content support in the near future.
Token down 55% from listing price as of January 16, 2026.
distributed $100M+ to users in 2025 through incentive programs that became easily tampered and disrupted marketing plans
6M KAITO ($3.27M USD) is waiting to be unstaked within six to seven days from 2026-01-16.
Floor price decreased by 51%.
Launched NFT collection prior to token launch as part of early market positioning strategy.
Transaction history with Kaito earns 2x points multiplier on Limitless platform.
1,074,697 KAITO tokens unstaked from address 0x2ff4c04853ca13774949a99a3a0daf7323a9bcf5 on January 11, 2026, representing the largest single-wallet unstaking event with tokens originally staked on March 21, 2025.
Shut down Yaps program and public leaderboards on 2026-01-15 in response to X's InfoFi ban, pivoting to Kaito Studio, a multi-platform creator tool including TikTok and YouTube.
Received a cease-and-desist order and business suspension notice on December 3, 2025.
Has approximately $40 million in staked KAITO tokens.
Launches a launchpad platform; Kaito Pro, Kaito API, Kaito Launchpad, and Kaito Markets remain unaffected by Yaps shutdown.
Lost X API access on 2026-01-15 due to X platform policy changes banning apps that reward users for posting or engagement.
In-app questing feature is scheduled to launch soon.
Entered into a strategic partnership with Noise, combining social data with prediction markets and perpetual DEXs to enable trading on trends and forward-looking signals.
Speculation that users may be accumulating KAITO tokens in anticipation of the Katana airdrop.
Offers an exclusive 40% fee reduction for the first 350 users on Trojan's new trading terminal launching with $3M rewards in partnership with Titan Exchange.
A user sold 10,000 yaps OTC on Arbitrum for $2 each, totaling $20,000.
Received sponsorship from Anthropic
One address that received 5 million KAITO tokens transferred all 5 million KAITO (worth $2.82 million) to Binance on 2026-01-08.
Multisig contract distributed 24 million KAITO tokens (worth $13.31 million) to five addresses on 2026-01-04.
Integrated with Seedify's platform to provide tier-based allocation access for users who correctly predicted hackathon winners, with allocations determined by Kaito tier from the voting website.
Distributes $CHECK tokens as leaderboard rewards, with the reward amount increasing from 5,000 $CHECK on December 2nd to 7,500 $CHECK on January 7th, 2026.
Launched a mobile website.
Launched a collaborative SBT (soulbound token) with Moonbirds, available to Kaito AI users with more than 1 Yaps, holders of 1+ KAITO tokens, Kaito stakers, and Yapybara NFT holders, as well as all Moonbirds, Mythics, and Oddities NFT holders.
Released a "2025 Wrapped Card" feature that allows users to view and share their year-end statistics and rankings on the platform.
Partnered with R3ACH Network (crypto influencer agency) to collaborate on upcoming product releases and ongoing initiatives.
Runs a 700K ARB bounty program in collaboration with Arbitrum, with the next round running until December 31st, 2025.
Launched a campaign with Verse Eight that incentivizes ecosystem participation through badge systems ("Proof of Gamer" for playing 8 games for 8 minutes each and "Proof of Creator" for publishing a game with 800+ plays), with top 100 leaderboard participants receiving a 20% Mission Point bonus in Verse Eight.
Distributed $9,000 in airdrop rewards to at least one user during the week of December 18, 2025.
Rewards program with peaq is being sunset as peaq discontinues the initiative.
Has 24.1% of 1 billion max supply circulating (approximately 241 million tokens) with 76% still locked and near-term scheduled unlocks, against an FDV of approximately $560-580 million.
Kaito Pro launches major release adding top accounts by mindshare data for all projects, with new mindshare by language and benchmarking features.
Platform introduces verification system for reputable users.
Kaito platform serves as qualification mechanism for Warden Protocol's $2M $WARD airdrop available until Q1 2026 TGE.
8.35M $KAITO tokens (2.88% of supply) unlock on December 20th, 2025.
Partnership with pip_world enables XP earning for users.
Kaito x Infinit Labs Season 3 partnership campaign ends in 2 days, with INFINIT's Prompt-to-DeFi platform launching in 4 days.
Platform develops new leaderboard qualification requirements including follower net worth minimums and onchain usage/reputation standards to combat AI bot activity.
@Theo_Network rewards program on the platform claims unmatched ROI compared to other yield opportunities.
TheoriqAI raised $78M at $75M FDV on the platform, with presale participants at 1.33x returns as $THQ trades at $100M FDV. Brevis and OpenMind mentioned as potential upcoming raises at similar valuations.
Equilibria activates 250% vePENDLE boost for sKAITO on Base, with instant boost activation available for KAITO, sKAITO, or Pendle LP/PT holders.
Shatterpointgg integrates Kaito AI leaderboard progression into Season 2, featuring competitive gameplay and onchain item trading through OpenSea.
TheoriqAI trades on MEXC pre-market at $28.85, delivering a 385x return for Kaito launchpad investors who entered at 75m FDV.
TheoriqAI airdrop registration is live, allocating 1M $THQ to holders with >5,000 sKAITO or YT-sKAITO tokens (time-weighted 7-day average), with 10% boost for Yapybara holders and 50% boost for KYC-completed Capital Launchpad stakers, snapshot taken July 25, 2025, registration deadline December 15th.
TheoriqAI airdrop registration is live with 1M $THQ allocated to Kaito Eco participants holding >5,000 YT-sKAITO (time-weighted 7-day average), featuring 10% boost for Yapybara holders and 50% boost for KYC-completed stakers, with registration deadline December 15th and snapshot taken July 25, 2025.
TheoriqAI airdrop registration opens with 1M $THQ allocated to Kaito ecosystem participants holding >5,000 sKAITO (snapshot July 25, 2025), featuring 10% boost for Yapybara holders and 50% boost for KYC-completed Capital Launchpad stakers, with registration deadline December 15th.
Kaito AI launched a verifiable mindshare market on Polymarket, partnering with Brevis and Eigencloud.
KaitoAI airdrops are ongoing for $KAITO stakers with multiple TGEs scheduled for 2026.
Cysic airdrop to Kaito stakers faces community fury over allocation methodology, with large stakers receiving unexpectedly small distributions that the community describes as not mathematically justified.
Nesa, a decentralized AI platform incubated by Yzi Labs, launches Kaito leaderboard integration with invite-only Social Cards feature this week.
Talus Labs airdrop goes live with 0.3% of $US token supply allocated, including 0.06% for eligible Kaito ecosystem participants holding 10,000+ sKAITO (snapshot November 17), featuring 20% unlock at TGE, 3-month cliff, and remaining 80% linearly vested over 9 months with 10% boost for Yapybara holders.
Cysic airdrop distributes to Kaito stakers with reported allocation of 408.95 $CYS tokens (approximately $96.67 USD) for a $60k stake position.
StandX added to Kaito Earn with 0.25% token supply allocation for top 200 creators across multiple seasons. Season 1 runs Dec 10 to Jan 10 with 0.05% allocation and exclusive 10% point boost for first month via Kaito referrals, then 5% ongoing.
StandX, a perpetual DEX on BNB and SOL chains, announces partnership and launches trading points system with referral and swap rewards.
TheoriqAI launches a 500K $THQ flash campaign for 7 days on Kaito, rewarding the top 250 participants.
Shatterpoint YapRush campaign goes live on Kaito with 2M $POINT airdrop pool rewarding top 100 participants through gameplay and social engagement on X.
Ferra Protocol allocates 0.05% of their upcoming token supply to the Kaito ecosystem, with their leaderboard now live.
Yapper Leaderboard Season 3 ends December 16 with a 2M $IN token pool, and a community call on December 11 details the Prompt-to-DeFi no-code workflow feature launching this month.
Infinit Labs distributes 2,000,000 $IN tokens via airdrop ending in 6 days, rewarding users based on longer-term engagement (30-day or 2-3 month timeframes). Prompt-to-DeFi functionality expected to launch soon.
Kaito stakers receive airdrop allocation for Talus token, which is listing on Binance Alpha.
A fixed APY of up to 68% is available for sKAITO holders.
Wasabi platform offers 103.5% APY on KAITO token deposits with no lockups or fees due to high utilization rates.
ZachXBT places a $5K bounty to expose users of Kaito and other InfoFi platforms, escalating from previous criticism of AI-driven spam to active investigation targeting platform participants.
ZachXBT criticizes Kaito Yaps alongside other InfoFi projects for incentivizing AI bots and creating ecosystem pollution through low-quality interactions.
Theoriq AI's AlphaVault campaign provides 1.5x multiplier for THQ pledgers on Kaito platform and extra multipliers for top 100 yappers in its token distribution program.
A Pendle YT sKaito position purchased for $692 on September 3, 2025 generated $4169 in airdrop returns through seven projects including Mira ($1705), Falcon ($2240), Anoma ($454), 0g ($250), Hana ($202), Novastro ($8), and Bitdealer ($2), with returns enhanced by Yapybara multiplier.
Community Sale participants receive 1.5x boost in Theoriq's $THQ airdrop farming program, with pre-TGE Nitro Pool distributing 33,333 $THQ daily.
Pendle offers 68.17% fixed APY for sKAITO holders with 53-day maturity earning 9.9% return, while HyperliquidX shows -145% annualized funding rate that negates hedging profits.
Inference Labs launches on Kaito's platform after securing $6.3m funding, allocating 0.5% of its token supply to Kaito creators and ecosystem holders through Kaito Earn.
The Kaito flash campaign for Talus Labs (backed by Polychain) ends in under 2 weeks before TGE, rewarding Top 150 participants with 0.02% of total supply fully unlocked at TGE.
Trader notes that info-fi momentum moves in waves, with current wave shifting from Kaito to competitors Xeet and Bantr.
Theoriq AI launches AlphaVault as the first project on the Kaito launchpad, offering 10M THQ tokens (1% of total supply) as rewards over 90 days with various boost mechanisms for participants. A $BIT ecosystem airdrop distributes to Kaito stakers, with reported values around $4-$12 per recipient.
A mini app launches on Base, bringing AI research tools to the Base app platform. (ID: 1997049373294047498)
The latest Token Generation Event from the Kaito launchpad fails.
bitdealer token airdrop claim opens for Kaito eco participants, allocating 0.15% to eligible holders and 0.55% to Top 500 creators who contributed between September 17 and November 28, 2025.
Kaito AI is nominated as one of 10 protocols for a CT community "protocol of the year" poll that awards a brand ambassador position for 1 year to an opinion leader.
New promotional campaign launches offering 500 USDT worth of BTC positions to first-time traders on Flipster platform, with referral program providing badge rewards to existing community members who onboard new users.
Active discussions are underway with the Polygon team for an upcoming announcement targeting Korean community members.
Inference Labs leaderboard goes live, distributing 0.5% of total token supply to Kaito creators (0.4% with CN/KR regional reserve) and ecosystem contributors (0.1%).
The platform celebrates its one-year anniversary, marking one year since launch with multiple community members reflecting on the InfoFi ecosystem's impact on content creators.
Kaito rewards must be claimed before the end of the year, with users actively claiming rewards.
Polymarket becomes the first verifiable mindshare market to go live on Kaito, using Brevis ZK proofs to verify algorithm integrity without revealing underlying data.
The token experienced a 95% price decline and the team disabled the claim button for the k4ito & PTB claim process.