what's turtle?
Turtle is a liquidity distribution protocol designed to align incentives between DeFi protocols and liquidity providers by curating high-yield vaults and distributing rewards efficiently across multiple chains. Its core innovation lies in the Liquidity Distribution layer, which enables seamless routing of liquidity into ecosystem-specific strategies, such as boosted yields on assets like BTC, ETH, and stables, while offering fully liquid rewards without locks or cliffs. The platform targets emerging L2 ecosystems like Avalanche, TON, and Linea, facilitating TVL growth through joint campaigns with partners including AvaLabs, Katana, and Tulipa Capital. Turtle's $TURTLE token powers governance and incentives, with a significant community allocation via airdrops and liquidity leaderboards to foster long-term LP engagement in fragmented DeFi markets.
Turtle partnered with MezoNetwork, offering high APR BTC (34%) and stablecoin (37-42%) vaults.
Partnered with MezoNetwork to offer yield incentives across two vaults: a BTC vault targeting approximately 34% APR and a stablecoin vault targeting 37-42% APR, with each vault capped at $5M.
THQ token is on Coinbase's listing roadmap, while AlphaVault integration recorded $23M TVL inflow within 3 days.
TVL reaches $159m, representing 37.2% of Katana's total $426.7m TVL, while AlphaVault's first beta capped at $216m with a $500m milestone target.
The TheoriqAI partnership provides exposure to over 400,000 wallets, and AlphaSwarm is mentioned as an upcoming feature alongside the THQ TGE.
Integration with TheoriqAI is now live, providing access to AlphaVault phase 2 and THQ token earnings with extra allocations available.
Turtle is listed among projects expected to have their Token Generation Event in 2026.
Security alert: Scammers used a compromised account to impersonate project connections, offering fake advisory positions and attempting to drain victims' crypto through Microsoft Teams calls with screen sharing and camera activation requests.
Lagoon Finance currently supports vaults for the project across multiple asset types including WETH, cbBTC, USDC, and USN.
Platform reaches almost $600M TVL and the Yearn USD vault achieves 40.8% APY.
Users can now claim Katana IDs as Soul Bound Tokens with badges and earn daily check-in points, including through providing USDC to Katana Vaults via the platform.
Joint event in Argentina scheduled for November 21st between Katana and Turtle. Platform now enables access to mRe7SOL for diversified SOL yield opportunities on Katana.
Users can earn $1k rewards on Morpho while simultaneously farming Turtle, Katana, and stablecoins.
Katana platform integration enables swap, borrow, lend, and vault operations for SOL tokens (uSOL and jitoSOL).
Token holder count shows the second-highest 7-day percentage growth among tracked projects.
MMTFinance distributes rewards to Top 200 Turtle leaderboard users, with 6 hours remaining to register at the time of the announcement.
Turtle Tank event on November 19 features a judge panel of 9 prominent crypto investors and builders including StakeCapital, MixBytes, Fenbushi, GnosisVC, Dialectic_Group, BitscaleCapital, Kerberus, TokenDynamics, and the project itself, with successful projects receiving real liquidity and expert backing.
Season 2 of the vaults program launches with a new scoring system that resets all points to zero, requiring users to withdraw and re-deposit funds to earn Season 2 points.
A community incentive program rewards LP/swap activities and loyalty, with users earning through $10 test swaps, weekly pool maintenance, and community support, with multipliers for maintaining loyalty to the same pool.
TURTLE adopts Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard via Chainlink CCIP, enabling native transfers across BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Linea.
The token declined 45% from its Token Generation Event, performing worse than most October launches, with the decline attributed to market conditions rather than token inflation.
Project hosts Turtle Tank on November 19 in Buenos Aires, a live pitch arena where DeFi projects defend their mechanisms before judges in 10-minute sessions.
ynBNBx holders now get exposure to $TURTLE through a new integration.
gTrade (Gains Network) lists TURTLE as a new trading pair alongside METEORA and USELESS tokens on their decentralized perpetual trading platform operating on Arbitrum and Solana.
HTX exchange launches TURTLE/EVAA Futures Contest with $20,000 prize pool ending October 30th, featuring collaboration with EVAA Protocol.
New pair listing announced with up to 150x leverage trading available for $TURTLE, significantly higher than the 20x leverage previously offered on Gate.io.
MEXC and BitMart launch new listings with active airdrop campaigns and trading competitions offering USDT rewards.
Binance announces TURTLE HODLer Airdrop program, and Katana integration offers KAT rewards to liquidity leaderboard participants through Morpho.
Unclaimed tokens will roll into Season 2 rewards with extra partner incentives for holders and LPs.
Gate.io launches Spot trading at 15:00 UTC and Futures/Perp DEX trading at 15:10 UTC on October 22nd with 20x leverage available. Turtle acquires @echodotxyz and current market cap stands at $30M, while early airdrop claims incur a 30% allocation forfeit penalty.
Airdrop claim launches with contracts deployed on three chains (BNB, ETH, Linea); SolvProtocol partnership announced for liquidity provision with TURTLE reward incentives and Cookie3 campaign launched for community yield opportunities.
Binance Alpha listing confirmed with Binance Spot running a 2,125,000 token giveaway promotion.
Pre-market trading price reaches $0.3 with FDV of $300M, up from previously reported $0.27 ($270M FDV), while 24h volume increases 434% hours before TGE.
TGE scheduled for 15:00 UTC with pre-market trading at $0.27 ($270M FDV). Confirmed exchange listings include Kucoin, Pancake swap, and Etherex in addition to previously announced Binance, with allocations above 1700 tokens having 25% vested over 12 weeks.
Featured as A-Tier project in Hyperliquid's weekly ecosystem update as a liquidity distribution protocol that enables boosted yields, rewards, and incentive programs.
Token Generation Event happens tomorrow alongside Binance exchange listing.
Airdrop allocation portal now live for top creators showing breakdown: 0.1% to creators, 0.2% for Liquidity Leaderboard, and 0.2% for Season 2 creators.
Binance announces TURTLE as the 55th project on HODLer Airdrops program for BNB holders, with airdrop portal page launching in 24 hours and Binance exchange listing coming soon.
$62 million USD of AVAX deposited into Turtle platform, in addition to existing $457M TVL on Katana (Polygon).
Platform reaches 360K+ connected wallets and announces partnerships with Katana and MMTFinance.
Raised $5.5M in latest funding round, bringing total funding to $11.7M.
Binance Alpha announces TURTLE airdrop on October 22, with eligible users claiming airdrops using Binance Alpha Points once trading opens on the platform.
A Google form is available for users who believe they meet eligibility criteria not captured by the airdrop checker page, with results expected next week.
Token Generation Event (TGE) listed as happening this month.
Solv becomes a liquidity partner.
Season 2 airdrop referenced as upcoming following Season 1, with some users ranked in Top ~500 reporting ineligibility for the initial Season 1 distribution.
Platform integrates with Katana (Polygon-incubated) for USDC and USDT support, and Solstice Finance for USX token stable yield options.
Airdrop distribution begins with pre-market pricing at approximately $0.25 per token; eligible users include Top 1000 Liquidity Leaderboard participants and Top 200 Kaito participants with connected wallets.
The $TURTLE airdrop allocation checker goes live, allowing users to check their eligibility and token allocations.
Total deposits surpass $50M within 48 hours, offering yield rates of 8% APY on BTC.b, 9% APY on AVAX, and 16% APY on USDC across integrated Avalanche DeFi protocols including Aave, Euler Finance, and Silo Finance.
Whales Market launches a trading event with zero trading fees for Turtle liquidity providers.
Major whale activity emerges with $10M self TVL, $10M in referrals, and 60M distribution score.
$32 million USD flows into the Avalanche yield campaign.
Genesis Airdrop goes live.
Avalanche campaign allocates 25,000 $AVAX across curated vaults (stables, BTC, AVAX) in partnership with Ava Labs and Tulipa Capital.
Avalanche campaign yields 18% APR on USDC (10% native USDC + 8% AVAX incentives).
Turtle launches Discovery Page, a hub for finding and comparing liquidity opportunities across chains and assets.
Avalanche Awakening campaign goes live, allowing users to deploy into the AVAX DeFi ecosystem.
Katana yield vault provides 41% APR on USDC deposits with TURTLE liquidity exposure, featuring 29-day unlock period for rewards.
Token launches on major exchanges October 14th at 10AM UTC+1, with warnings issued about active phishing attempts and malicious actors targeting the community.
Vesting schedule revealed for eligible recipients claiming more than 1,700 $TURTLE: 70% unlocked at TGE, 30% linearly vested over 12 weeks, with early claiming resulting in forfeiture of the remaining 30% back to treasury or burn. Airdrop checker launching soon.
Partnership announced with another project offering benefits to top 1000 Liquidity Leaderboard participants.
Airdrop officially designated as "Phase I," suggesting multiple airdrop phases are planned for the future.
Genesis Airdrop allocates 28.8% total to community and partners across 8 categories: LPs & Participants (9%), Partner Contributions (2%), TAC Vault Bonus (1.2%), Referrals (0.9%), Early Users/Discord OGs (0.3%), Turtle Liquidity Leaderboard (0.2%), Scroll & Berachain NFT Holders (0.2%), and Kaito Yappers (0.1%). Official ticker confirmed as $TURTLE.
Airdrop announced by @masterchainzz to be distributed through Katana Vault platform.
Dual-platform scoring mechanism confirmed: both Cookie and Kaito leaderboard activity counts towards liquidity distribution scores, though dashboard currently only shows Cookie metrics.
Katana L2 is backed by Polygon. Kaito InfoFi program distributes $20K USDC monthly to Top 20 creators plus 0.1% of total KAT supply across 2 seasons, with Season 1 currently still active.
Stables yield 41% APY with specific vesting requirements: 12-week hold mandatory for full KAT rewards on Katana vaults, ~1B KAT tokens allocated to Turtle vault, and first Kaito InfoFi season completed with potential second season teased. Leaderboard rewards receive 0.2% of total supply at TGE, with Top 50 Kaito creators getting 2x boost and Top 10 receiving 3x boost.
Protocol shows +34% growth in one week, indicating strong momentum and increasing recognition among users.
Users should verify their multiplier rankings for Katana vaults as display discrepancies are occurring, with corrected multipliers showing immense score differences that require team verification.
High-yield farming opportunities now active on Katana pools with boosted APY, targeting positioning before October TGE.
Airdrop allocation confirmed at 13.9% (13.9M tokens) from 1B total supply with snapshot not yet taken, targeting LPs and partner protocols including Linera, Kelp, and Euler.
The platform has coordinated over $5B in DeFi liquidity, with staking mechanism featuring 24-hour lockup only, no cooldown period, and no minimum stake requirement for the $sTURTLE governance token.
Binance Wallet announces a Booster Program starting September 30, 2025 at 10:00 UTC, offering 15,000,000 TURTLE rewards to users with 61+ Binance Alpha Points, with tokens subject to a project-determined lock-up period.
Official tokenomics announcement reveals community-first token distribution with allocations for core users and OG participants, supported by billion dollar TVL campaigns and millions in treasury funds.
Reward boost integrations expanded to include LineaBuild and TacBuild alongside Katana, indicating ecosystem expansion beyond the single platform previously documented.
Official early launch teaser released, suggesting launch is imminent.
Season 1 Airdrop announcement indicates upcoming token distribution event for users.
Platform reaches nearly $1M in total deposits, indicating growing user adoption and capital inflow.
The Token Generation Event (TGE) is described as being "around the corner," indicating an imminent launch timeline.
Platform introduces 10x referral boost system with daily and weekly snapshots designed to level the playing field between smaller players and whales.
Platform expands to non-EVM ecosystems with Solana and TON integration, introducing a new profile system that allows users to attach multiple wallets from different chains under one account.
New Re Protocol integration launches with Morpho Labs, offering 5x Points Boost for reUSD deposits within the ecosystem.
New XSY.fi integration launches on Avalanche, offering 15% APR through UTY synthetic dollar and weekly wAVAX rewards pool of $3,000+.
Liquidity Leaderboard implements composite scoring system combining liquidity provision, KaitoAI mindshare tracking, and referrals for 0.2% TURTLE allocation.
New leaderboard system launching with focus on liquidity-based metrics instead of vanity metrics
Imminent deposit snapshot implementation for rewards eligibility, with 49% yield available through Katana vault integration.
New 20% APR available for ETH deposits in Polygon-incubated Katana vault
Urgent X connection requirement announced with users reporting connection errors. Connection status may impact future opportunities.
$509k in retroactive yields distributed to vault depositors for Jul-Aug period; future distributions moving to weekly schedule.
Pioneering InfoFi implementation combines with on-chain data to determine user rewards.
New Katana campaign offers 50% APR yield farming opportunity
Upcoming major airdrop campaign launches through Katana partnership.
Katana vaults offer yields of 13.5% on LBTC, 20% on WETH, and 45% on USDC deposits.
New Midas Re7 SOL vault launches with 33% APR through Katana partnership, combining SOL staking and KAT token rewards.
Curve Finance LP tokens (tacUSD/ETH/BTC) now eligible for $TAC rewards through Stake DAO strategies.
New integration with Multipli platform offers 20% boost on deposits through the protocol.
Treasury holds $10.4M across token holdings, DeFi positions, and unrealized earnings, with revenue generated through protocol partnerships that reward user acquisition services.
SOL becomes available on Katana through Universal's 1:1 backed uSOL wrapper, featuring MidasRWA vault integration.
Integration with Hyperwave introduces new yield opportunities with up to 78.6% ROE and 5% bonus WAVE Points through referral program.
New partnerships with KaitoAI and defi.app introduce mandatory on-chain activity requirements for rewards.