After their TGE, how did the InfoFi moonshots perform price-wise?

The 2025 Airdrop narrative has quietly been rewritten. In the past, "grinding" relied on speed and diligence, but now this game has entered a new stage — the algorithm era, or rather, the Mindshare era.

As a representative product of the InfoFi Network, Kaito AI transforms on-chain social behavior into structured data through a "Yap-to-Earn" model, and through points and leaderboards, guides the redistribution of attention, establishing a brand new "mouth-grinding" logic: no longer just mechanical interaction, but a competition of content, propagation, and algorithmic weight. Many projects, after introducing the Kaito mechanism, have shown a high correlation between social media volume before and after token listing. Social activity is no longer just a promotional outcome but has become a key variable influencing airdrop allocation and market expectations.

Here are some known crypto projects that have allocated airdrop shares to Kaito users and Yappers, as well as Kaito's own airdrop situation:

Kaito's Own Airdrop

Total Supply and Allocation: The total supply of Kaito AI is 1 billion $KAITO tokens, with 33.3% (approximately 333 million) specifically allocated for airdrops, while an initial community and ecosystem allocation of 10% of the tokens.

Qualification Criteria: Eligible participants include users who have accumulated Yaps points through social media interactions and content creation, as well as users holding Genesis NFTs at the time of the snapshot.

Allocation Basis: Kaito's airdrop aims to incentivize user participation and contribution, distributing based on factors such as Yaps points, Genesis NFT holdings, and contribution to the ecosystem.

Many projects choose to collaborate with Kaito, conducting airdrops through the Kaito platform or targeting Kaito Yappers and holders to incentivize community participation and promotion. Here are some examples:

Huma Finance (HUMA)

Huma Finance plans to allocate 0.5% of the token for rewarding Huma Yappers, while some rewards will also be distributed to the broader Kaito ecosystem to drive PayFi and Huma adoption.

Based on X platform's tweet time distribution and event analysis, late May was the most intense period of discussion throughout the year, with multiple positive events driving a surge in social platform activity. In April prior to this, the release of Huma 2.0 and its integration with protocols such as Solana, Jupiter, Kamino, briefly ignited DeFi community enthusiasm.

LOUD

LOUD launched through an "Initial Attention Offering (IAO)" mechanism, with the entire participation path closely tied to Kaito's product ecosystem. Users are required to make a post mentioning LOUD on the X platform and build on-chain reputation on Kaito to qualify for the IAO whitelist or participate in the public sale. Additionally, LOUD's weekly token fee reimbursement mechanism is also distributed based on Kaito's Mindshare leaderboard.

According to the tweet time distribution data analyzed by Grok, June 1st marked the peak of the year in terms of overall activity, with a focus on events such as the token's IAO completion, $LOUD listing on Meteora DEX, leaderboard rewards distribution, and significant price fluctuations all occurring simultaneously. The token experienced a 25.28% plunge within 24 hours of listing, triggering intense debates over whether "Loud is a Meme or part of SocialFi's mainstream."

Story (IP)

The Story project's airdrop incentives target Kaito Genesis NFT holders and high-quality content creators associated with Story, with rewards based on long-term contribution data starting from 2023.

In 2025, Story made a significant impact on X platform with its mainnet launch and $IP token listing, quickly becoming a hot topic. Analysis of tweet timing and core events shows that the mid-February period (February 11th to 27th) was the peak discussion phase of the year, driven by continuous posts from the platform's officials and core users, exchange listings, airdrop events, and synchronized market sentiment releases, collectively propelling the project to high levels of social attention.

Berachain (BERA)

Berachain distributed 1.25 million $BERA to social contributors, stating explicitly that users eligible for the social airdrop and holding a Kaito Yaps account would receive additional rewards.

According to data on the X platform, during the February launch of the Berachain mainnet and the $BERA airdrop period, social interaction and market sentiment simultaneously heated up, marking the peak period of the year in terms of mentions.

On the mainnet launch day, Berachain initiated a large-scale airdrop of $BERA (15.8% of the total supply, valued at $6.32 billion) and saw simultaneous listings on multiple exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, and OKX, with the price spiking to a high of $14.99 within the day. Active trading, airdrop participation, and price volatility collectively drove intense attention on social platforms, with estimated tweet views reaching millions and market-related discussions exceeding 70%.

Wayfinder (PROMPT)

Wayfinder allocated 40% of its PROMPT token to the community, including 5 million PROMPT designated for the social task plan for Kaito AI. Out of this, 4 million PROMPT was allocated to users reaching the "Emerging Yapper" level (100+ posts) and sharing relevant content, while the remaining 1 million PROMPT was allocated to "Emerging Yappers" with Yaps scores between 0 and 90. KAITO holders also received a 30% bonus.

Based on time distribution and discussion density analysis, the mid-April period marked the peak of the annual social mentions for Wayfinder, driven primarily by the official launch of $PROMPT, trading activation across multiple platforms, commencement of airdrop distributions, and Wayfinder's proactive response to MEV attack incidents.

Initia (INIT)

Initia's airdrop guidelines specify that 5% of the tokens are allocated to active Twitter users, which, aligned with Kaito's incentive mechanism, forms the airdrop portion allocated to Kaito users by Initia.

In the first half of 2025, the modular blockchain project Initia, through its mainnet launch, token issuance ($INIT), and endorsement by the Binance Launchpool, briefly held a prominent position on the X platform's trending topics list. Observing the platform's public activities and mainstream crypto media reports, late April appeared as the absolute peak of social mentions, with a series of key events unfolding, including the mainnet launch, $INIT listings on multiple exchanges, airdrop distributions, and a daily trading volume surging to $8.16 billion, rapidly propelling the project to increased market attention and liquidity.

From the discussion, it can be seen that the April heat is mainly driven by the three elements of "mainnet release + airdrop + price increase," accounting for nearly 65% of the overall discussion. Moving into May, the focus of the discussion gradually shifted to governance issues, especially the questioning surrounding Proposal 39, triggering widespread community discussions on the transparency of the Initia Foundation's governance. The platform's official responses and proposal revisions have helped maintain community trust. At the same time, $INIT hit a historical high of $1.44 on May 13 and then retraced. As of early June, it was trading at $0.6975, indicating a slight cooling of market heat and a stabilization of social discussions.