Imagine this: a brand-new layer-1 blockchain that promises Ethereum-level security but cranks the speed up to 10,000 transactions per second finally hits mainnet. Most projects would be happy if a couple hundred thousand dollars trickled in during the first week of staking. Then Monad shows up, partners with one of the biggest centralized exchanges on the planet, and suddenly six million dollars is locked before most of us even finished our morning coffee. That’s exactly what happened when Bitget flipped the switch on Monad staking through Chorus One. Six million in seven days. Not bad for a chain that was still a white-paper dream twelve months ago.
Monad Staking Just Went Live on Bitget – And the Numbers Are Wild
I’ve been around crypto long enough to know that “institutional-grade” usually means slow, expensive, and wrapped in more KYC than a bank account. So when I saw Chorus One – the Swiss army knife of professional staking operators – team up with Bitget to bring Monad staking to 120 million retail users, I had to double-take. This isn’t some niche DeFi protocol asking you to bridge assets across five chains. This is literally one-click staking inside an app that half of Asia already has on their phone.
And the early numbers? Six million dollars staked in the first week alone. For context, that’s more than many mid-tier layer-1 chains manage in their entire first quarter. Clearly something bigger is happening here.
First, a Quick Refresher: What Actually Is Monad?
Monad is the new kid on the layer-1 block that everyone keeps calling “the Solana killer who’s actually EVM-compatible.” The pitch is simple but brutal: keep full Ethereum compatibility (so you can copy-paste your Solidity contracts) while pushing throughput to levels that make current L1s look like they’re running on dial-up.
- Parallel execution – transactions don’t have to wait in line like polite British people
- Superscalar pipelining – basically borrowing ideas from modern CPUs
- Deferred execution – the state is updated after consensus instead of during
- A custom database (MonadDb) that finally treats SSDs like the beasts they are
Why Bitget + Chorus One Is a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
“By lowering the barrier to entry and offering a compliant, scalable on-ramp, this integration helps ensure the validator set grows in decentralization, stability, and geographic diversity.”
– Chorus One team
The Numbers Don’t Lie – $6 Million in Week One
What This Means for Regular Degens Like Us
The Bigger Picture: Emerging Markets About to Get Their Solana Moment?
Risks? Sure, There Are Always Risks
Final Takeaway
The Bitget-Chorus One integration isn’t just another staking launch. It’s probably the clearest signal we’ve had all year that high-performance EVM chains are ready for prime time – and that the next wave of adoption won’t happen in San Francisco or Singapore. It’ll happen in Lagos, Manila, and São Paulo, one click at a time.
