January was over in a flash ⚡
From New Year celebrations to setting goals, learning the ins and outs of Claude’s Cowork for optimal productivity, and Grok AI taking strides, it’s safe to say the year got off to an intriguing start.
This year, the focus shifts to building the future of perps on Monad. Growth mode is officially activated, with relentless shipping.
Monday Trade Mainnet: January Snapshot 🍃
January highlighted organic growth and activity across the ecosystem. From an influx of new users discovering perps on Monad to trading spot and perps on Monday Trade, this month was all about consistency.
Here’s a quick performance and metric snapshot for January:
(January 1st, 00:00 → January 31st, 00:00 UTC)
Total spot trading volume: ~$8.29M
Total perp trading volume: ~$28.67M
Total TVL: ~$2.06M
Total connected wallets: 804
Total connected wallets since mainnet launch: ~2.5k
2026 Roadmap: What We’re Building Next 🛠
From capital efficiency to one-click trading and deeper ecosystem expansion, our 2026 roadmap is centered on performance, usability, and long-term growth.
Perps season on Monad is only just starting.
Check out the video highlight reel to see what’s cooking:
Subscribe to the Monday Trade YouTube channel to get the latest product highlights, AMAs, recaps, and lots more!
Expanding into RWAs 🏗
Starting with tokenized stocks, we’re bringing onchain RWA markets directly to the platform, giving traders access to traditional assets through crypto-native infrastructure.
Full launch details coming soon.
Follow us on 𝕏 for updates on whitelisting and launch details.
You won’t want to miss this.
Voyage Point Program 🛳
If you’re already trading on Monday Trade, LPing, or referring friends, all of your activity counts for stacking points (and we mean Voyage Points).
The Voyage Point Program is live, and you’re still early. But not for long.
You can now also earn points on Resting Orders, no trade execution required, and with 12% of the Total Voyage Points allocated to this campaign.
From the Community 🫶
As Monday Trade continues to evolve, traders across CT have been sharing feedback, shoutouts, and real reactions to what we’re building.
We wouldn’t be where we are today without our loyal community and fans trading on Monday Trade.
Thank you for sticking around and being here with us 💜
Also Brewing… ☕
Here’s everything else that went live in January:
TVL AUSD/earnAUSD Campaign on Monday Trade. Read more here.
Binance Wallet is live on Monday Trade. Connect & trade. Read more here.
Monday Trade’s New Bug Bounty Program with HackenProof. Read more here.
Roadmap, Recap & Community Call. Our first X Spaces of 2026! Catch up here.
Perp DEXs are set as the hottest crypto narrative of 2026. Learn more here.
Monday Trade AMA with Lily from the team and KOL, AirdropKorea. Listen here.
Attending Consensus in Hong Kong? Catch us there.
Phase 1: Loading ⏳
As we head into the year, Phase 1 is all about tightening the fundamentals: faster trades, smoother execution, and smarter tools designed to keep traders in control.
Here’s what to look out for:
Thanks for Being Early
If you’re still here, you’re early. Just past the launch, but well before the next phase.
Keep trading, LPing, and referring, and we’ll keep shipping.