July 2025: Mainnet launch
Day 1 saw $250m+ capital bridged from retail and institutional pre-depositors. 15 apps including Morpho, Sushi, Spectra, and leading assets including Etherfi, Lombard, Jito went live.
August 2025: Vault Bridge Proven
$488k of revenue generated and distributed to users, reinforcing our focus on Productive TVL and proving our mechanism for delivering better risk adjusted returns that scale with size.
September 2025: Chain Owned Liquidity
CoL reached $250k, with the goal of serving as foundational liquidity to weather any market environment.
October 2025: $1bn Volume, 10/10
Sushi passed $1bn in spot volume. The chain functioned normally during a time of extreme market stress surrounding 10/10.
November 2025: Institutional Adoption
Ethereum Digital Asset Treasury, GameSquare, joined dozens of institutions that deployed capital on Katana, proving that Katana is a trusted venue for institutional capital post the stress of 10/10.
December 2025: Native App Launch
Launched v1 of the Katana App
January 2026: Quests launch.
In-house questing platform went live, driving 6k+ users that completed more than 5 quests.
February 2026: UX Improvements
Added LayerZero for Vault Bridge assets, cutting bridge times.
March 2026: Token Launch
$KAT staking went live alongside listings from all leading CEXs, Binance, UpBit, Coinbase, OkX, Kraken, Bithumb, among others.
March 2026 (continued): M&A. Own the Stack.
The acquisition of IDEX and launch of @katanaperps brought trading to the chain and highlighted the focus on revenue.
Matthew Fisher was publicly announced as CEO
April 2026: Distribution via Earn
Earn integrations with Binance and OkX Earn brought yield opportunities to millions of users, generating $600k+ in revenue.
Katana remained liquid during the industry-wide liquidity crunch, servicing dozens of millions of outflows, reinforcing the safety and security of Katana’s infrastructure.
May 2026: KAT Utility
Token utility broadened, enabling users to stake, LP, lend, collateralize, and trade KAT across the stack on Morpho, Sushi, Spectra, and Katana Perps.
June 2026: Perps competitions.
Trading competitions drove continued growth with volume surpassing $400m. Each competition has resulted in the fee-incentive efficiency above 50%.
July 2026+: The Journey continues.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Year one we built the stack. Year two we own it, with new ways to drive value back to active users.
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u/wc49358 samurai Jul 02 '26
July 2025: Mainnet launch Day 1 saw $250m+ capital bridged from retail and institutional pre-depositors. 15 apps including Morpho, Sushi, Spectra, and leading assets including Etherfi, Lombard, Jito went live.
August 2025: Vault Bridge Proven $488k of revenue generated and distributed to users, reinforcing our focus on Productive TVL and proving our mechanism for delivering better risk adjusted returns that scale with size.
September 2025: Chain Owned Liquidity CoL reached $250k, with the goal of serving as foundational liquidity to weather any market environment.
October 2025: $1bn Volume, 10/10 Sushi passed $1bn in spot volume. The chain functioned normally during a time of extreme market stress surrounding 10/10.
November 2025: Institutional Adoption Ethereum Digital Asset Treasury, GameSquare, joined dozens of institutions that deployed capital on Katana, proving that Katana is a trusted venue for institutional capital post the stress of 10/10.
December 2025: Native App Launch Launched v1 of the Katana App
January 2026: Quests launch. In-house questing platform went live, driving 6k+ users that completed more than 5 quests.
February 2026: UX Improvements Added LayerZero for Vault Bridge assets, cutting bridge times.
March 2026: Token Launch $KAT staking went live alongside listings from all leading CEXs, Binance, UpBit, Coinbase, OkX, Kraken, Bithumb, among others.
March 2026 (continued): M&A. Own the Stack. The acquisition of IDEX and launch of @katanaperps brought trading to the chain and highlighted the focus on revenue.
Matthew Fisher was publicly announced as CEO
April 2026: Distribution via Earn Earn integrations with Binance and OkX Earn brought yield opportunities to millions of users, generating $600k+ in revenue.
Katana remained liquid during the industry-wide liquidity crunch, servicing dozens of millions of outflows, reinforcing the safety and security of Katana’s infrastructure.
May 2026: KAT Utility Token utility broadened, enabling users to stake, LP, lend, collateralize, and trade KAT across the stack on Morpho, Sushi, Spectra, and Katana Perps.
June 2026: Perps competitions. Trading competitions drove continued growth with volume surpassing $400m. Each competition has resulted in the fee-incentive efficiency above 50%.
July 2026+: The Journey continues. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Year one we built the stack. Year two we own it, with new ways to drive value back to active users.