Hey, DeFi fans! Katana, the DeFi-optimized Layer 2 blockchain, just launched on the public mainnet, and it’s about to change the game. Polygon Foundation CEO, Sandeep Nailwal, made the big announcement on Monday, and let me tell you, this is one launch you won’t want to miss.

Katana promises to usher in a “new era for DeFi,” according to Nailwal. And what’s the secret sauce? It’s Agglayer’s Vault Bridge, of course! This cross-chain interoperability protocol lets connected chains make money off their bridged assets. I guess you could say it’s the perfect way to keep the DeFi revenue flowing.

Built with a custom version of the OP Stack (a.k.a. cdk-opgeth), Katana aims to address that pesky fragmentation in traditional DeFi. The idea is to concentrate liquidity across key protocols and keep the yield engine running smoothly. It’s designed for growth, and not just any growth, enduring growth.

Airdrops, Liquidity, and Big Rewards for POL Stakers

Now, Katana's soft launch in late May had some pretty cool DeFi integrations like Morpho, Sushi, and Vertex. They even started supporting Agora’s AUSD stablecoin and Lombard’s liquid-staked wrapped LBTC. But here’s where things get spicy: Katana has already accumulated over $240 million in “productive” assets just three weeks after opening its deposits. Not bad, huh?

What’s next? Katana plans to be a deep liquidity hub, bringing chains on the Agglayer together for some seriously juicy liquidity and generating sweet fees for POL stakers. Oh, and speaking of stakers, Katana’s got a little gift for them; 15% (that’s 1.5 billion tokens) of its total 10 billion supply will be airdropped to POL stakers. Can you say “rewards”?

Katana has its sights set high, and it seems to have the technology to back it up. This is one blockchain worth watching if you're into DeFi!

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