Gm fellas. Welcome to Blast Level Up (BLU) Issue #5. This newsletter will help you catch up on everything happening at Blast.
BLU offers:
Important announcements from Blast and key events to pay attention to!
Current happenings and features on Blast within 24-48 hours
New farming opportunities and strategies for farming gold!
News and project updates!
100% FREE. The investment decision is entirely yours. NFA DYOR
This newsletter is powered by Thruster Finance.
Thruster is the DEX exchange with the **deepest liquidity** on Blast, backed by Pantera Capital, designed to power yield-first DeFi!Disclaimer:
The content of this article comes entirely from the personal perspective of a person who uses Blast every day and is NFA.
Happening now
1. Parsec Finance: Blur's volume nosedives post Blur S3 rewards
Blur's activity on Blast has tanked, crashing from over 10k ETH daily to under 2000 ETH.
=> Farmers are clearly pulling back.
2. YOLO game allocates 20% of fees to token buyback.
YOLO has repurchased around 120m $YOLO, worth $460k, using 20% of its protocol fees.
=> This suggests they've raked in at least $2.3M from their games.
3. Clemente concedes errors regarding $PAC and admits $PAC is the predictor for $BLAST.
Farming opportunities & ICYMI
1/ Thruster + Wasabi: GIB MORE GOLD
Duration: 2 weeks. Prize: 100k gold. Here’s the deal—simple rules, big rewards.
How to win:
50k gold: Got huge bag? Go for PnL mode. Win by having the highest realized PnL.
30k gold: Just normie? Opt for ROI %. Score the highest return percentage.
20k gold: Love to trade? Pick longest winning streak. Rack up the most consecutive wins.
Alpha tip: follow @Degen_Ape__ for daily signals.
2/ Fantasy Top: Hero Picks from @khallid
Top Hero picks for next week's tournament:
@jenddefer: Making a comeback, projected 3/4 card performance.
@sherlock_hodles: Consistent high-scorer, projected 4/5 cards.
@0xSisyphus: Under the radar but powerful, a solid 3/4 card differential.
Pro Tip: Pair these with a 7-star card for a winning edge.
3/ BLASTR Update: Lottery Cooler Time
Tickets drawn every 10 minutes. Win 15 Gold or 0.02E.
How to play:
Stake ETH in Lottery Tickets
Earn Blast Points, Gold, and ETH/GOLD in draws every 10 minutes.
4/ Starnet: strategy by @beast_ico
New way to play Blast games on Starnet
Here's how:
Play Blast games. Earn double points on both
Complete quests to climb the leaderboard and earn Gems (potential airdrop).
It's free and integrates with your existing Blast farming.
Visit https://base.starnet.io/
with your referral code.
Sign in and verify your wallet ownership.
Complete quests for games like @Cambria and @CapnCompany.
5/ Super Sushi Samurai | SSS_HQ: Creator Program
Join the creator squad and earn 1000 Gold
How to earn:
Top Creators (High Quality Content): 30 winners score 1.5 billion SSS & 15 Gold, handpicked by our team.
Top Creators (Engagement): Top 40 posts with the most buzz earn SSS & Gold. More engagement means bigger rewards.
Acceptable Content: Craft top-notch content, tag it with SSS, and submit the form. 30 winners get 666 million SSS & 6.67 Gold.
6/ GangstersArena: crew wars
@Xdereklau shared details about crew wars mechanics.
How to earn:
Start with over $50k in tokens and 150k Blast gold
New leaders revealed: @manilacrypto1, @beast_ico, @0xbehold3r, @modernmarket_, @Toasties_NFT
Quick idle strategy game with impactful decisions
Join 1 of 10 Crews, form alliances, and make enemies
7/ @ikbdotgg: NFL BestBall Contest!
IKB.gg has launched a BestBall competition 332,212 Blast Gold
How to earn:
Over 300,000 gold allocated for all entries this month (about 75 gold per entry, essentially covering the entry fee!).
Rake: All $100,000 in entry fees go directly towards payouts.
Salaries updated daily based on player performance.
Sign up for IKB: https://ikb.gg/sign-up?acode=P9IAF0
Enter the BestBall contest: $25 per entry.
8/ Decentralized Games: Casino Showdowns This Week
Up for grabs: 1,000 Blast Gold + $1,700 prize pool each!
7/17: Score Gold, $USDB, and Airbnb gift cards
7/20: Score Gold, $USDB, and Four Seasons gift cards
How to win:
Join the live casino competition in the DCL Metaverse.
Top 10 leaderboard players win.
To qualify for Blast Gold prizes, you need 500 euros in all-time deposits from the Blast Network.
9/ Mangrovedao: Earnings with Kandel Strategies
Mangrove is dishing out 10,000 Gold this July for users who fuel their strategies with liquidity.
How to earn:
Create a Kandel Strategy
Provide Liquidity: The more you invest—considering market depth, duration, and volume—the more Gold you rack up.
Optimize your Strategy: Fine-tune and stay active to maximize your rewards.
What is Kandel?
Dive deeper with this article. But in short, it’s an AMM that lets LPs profit from the spread and reclaim liquidity.
New Projects mind share and under the radar!
1/ Sofamon: jackpot sticker
120k gold and wearables up for grabs for TG group sticker senders
Here's how to earn:
Craft your sticker using @sofamon_bot on TG
Set up a TG group with @sofamon_bot as admin
Gold airdrops to wearable holders who send stickers (current wearable price: 0.1E)
2/ LooksRare: bLOOKS-WETH
You can now provide bLOOKS-WETH liquidity on @ThrusterFi and then stake it on @hyperlockfi
3/ Scorefam and YES Money presents:
YESMONEY420's $YES token prediction pools!
How to earn:
First 10 participants win $10 in $YES tokens.
Minimum bet over $10.
Jump in now at: https://scorefam.io/register?ref=6f98091f5de7
BTW:
$YOLO, $PAC, $YES, $BAG, $GREED, $bLOOKS and $SSS are available on Thruster Finance. Earn 2x Gold when you provide liquidity, and extra gold when you stake on Hyperlock Finance