Just wanted to share some thoughts and excitement around the launch of $KMNO, the new native token from Kamino Finance; it's one of the most interesting DeFi platforms I’ve personally used on Solana.
What is Kamino?
Kamino started back in 2022 with automated liquidity vaults and has grown into a full-on DeFi ecosystem. If you’re into yield farming, lending, or structured strategies, Kamino basically wraps all of that into a smooth, easy-to-use platform.
They’ve got:
- Automated Vaults
-Kamino Lend (biggest lending/borrowing protocol on Solana)
- Multiply / Long / Short tools
- A pretty slick interface for both beginners and pros
$KMNO is their newly launched token and it’s more than just a governance coin. It’s designed to actually do things across the platform:
- Pay for protocol fees
- Power reward systems
- Enable native transfers between Kamino-connected networks
- And yes, govern the protocol long-term
Total supply is 9.99 billion KMNO, and it’s a standard SPL token on Solana.
I jumped in as soon as it went live yesterday. The launch felt clean; deposits, trading, and now withdrawals are all running fine on platforms like BingX. I’ve already started using it in Kamino Lend and it’s cool seeing the token integrate so smoothly with the rest of the platform.
I’ve used a lot of DeFi apps that felt rushed or half-finished. Kamino’s different and it actually feels like a product made for people who want their capital to work smarter
This isn’t financial advice or anything; just a fellow crypto user sharing something that I genuinely think is worth a look. If you’re on Solana and into DeFi, Kamino is worth exploring.
Would love to hear what others think. Anyone else trying out Kamino or stacking $KMNO?