What is Kintsu Staked Monad (SMON)?
Kintsu is a composable liquid staking protocol designed for the Monad blockchain. It enables users to stake MON while retaining full liquidity through its liquid staking asset, sMON. The protocol allows users to earn staking rewards without locking capital, enabling participation in DeFi applications while still contributing to the network’s security. Kintsu introduces an on-chain validator delegation marketplace in which validators compete for stake through measurable performance criteria such as uptime, MEV-sharing, and commission rates.
How does Kintsu Staked Monad work?
This approach aims to improve decentralization, increase protocol yield, and align economic incentives across stakers, validators, and the broader Monad ecosystem.
Where can you buy Kintsu Staked Monad?
Kintsu Staked Monad (SMON) is traded on a wide range of centralized and decentralized exchanges. The most liquid markets for SMON sit on tier-1 venues - the sort of exchanges where institutional desks and professional market makers rebalance continuously - which is what keeps the spread tight and the last price tied closely to fair value.
You can open the Markets section above to see the live list of exchanges quoting SMON, sorted by 24-hour volume. Each row links to the venue's trade page so you can go directly from research to execution without copying the ticker around by hand.
What is the daily trading volume of Kintsu Staked Monad (SMON)?
The reported 24-hour trading volume of Kintsu Staked Monad is $503.70. Volume is a live reading of how much SMON changed hands across all tracked exchanges in the past day and tends to rise during periods of price discovery and fall during consolidation.
For traders, the ratio between volume and market cap is often more informative than either number on its own: a high vol-to-mcap ratio indicates liquid, actively traded supply, while a low ratio suggests that most holders are sitting on the asset.