Axis Robotics $AXIS held its TGE on 21 October with listings including Coinbase Spot, Binance Alpha and OKX perps, and initial circulating supply of 165M (16.5%).
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Axis Robotics' $AXIS TGE and Season 2 airdrop reignite the "Kaito is back" debate — while staker rewards underwhelm
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Peak dayThuOct 22 · busiest day in the panel
Rest of X / peak day124distinct accounts outside the panel
Cited claims83 dropped by automated checks
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What happened
Axis Robotics $AXIS held its TGE on 21 October with listings including Coinbase Spot, Binance Alpha and OKX perps, and initial circulating supply of 165M (16.5%). Kaito paid $10k to the top contributor in the Axis Robotics campaign. Axis Robotics Season 2 started 23 October with 60M $AXIS (6% of the 10% contributor allocation), no Kaito Yaps, and the pool going to data contributors.
+ 5 more in the evidence register ↓Why it matters
Axis is the test case for whether Kaito-era infoFi can still produce airdrops big enough to keep creators and stakers farming: a $10k single payout draws attention, but a 0.05% staker allocation and a Season 2 with no Yaps signal shrinking upside. The same week's Primus campaign rollover shows the flywheel continuing even as the reward math gets scrutinized.
Observed reaction
Split and increasingly skeptical. @0xaasim and @yichuan_drive frame the Axis drop as proof InfoFi is back; @murkiwaters and @krishna__web3 point to the delayed eligibility checker and thin staker allocation ("the project farmed the community"); @em3rald4u, @xnefilimxs and @rogueclaimer are outright mocking the "Kaito is back" chorus and Kaito's multi-account payouts.
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Where it started and who carried it
- First seen
- Oct 18, 08:39 UTC by @theasadanwar
- Accounts
- 21 tracked · 18 elsewhere on X
- Communities
- airdrops farming (5), nft culture (4), perps trading (3), eth defi (2)
- Key accounts
- @gyokeres_eth, @deestar, @hollyyy, @theasadanwar, @kaitostudio_
Explainability
Evidence register
Kaito paid $10k to the top contributor in the Axis Robotics campaign.
[1]Axis Robotics Season 2 started 23 October with 60M $AXIS (6% of the 10% contributor allocation), no Kaito Yaps, and the pool going to data contributors.
[1][2]The Primus x Kaito campaign Epoch 1 ended 22 October and Epoch 2 started 23 October, with 0.3% of $PRIM supply allocated: 0.24% to top 450 creators across English, Chinese and Korean pools and 0.06% to Kaito stakers, fully unlocked at TGE.
[1]Primus runs loyalty points/verification tasks with a Kaito campaign and a Confidential Vault converting $U to encrypted $EU on BNB Chain.
[1][2]Accounts mocked the 'Kaito is back' narrative, arguing large payouts go to multi-account influencers while small accounts get little.
[1][2][3]Kaito campaign mechanics cited include capped tweet counts (max 10), weekly phases and rewards weighted by Smart Followers rather than raw engagement.
[1][2]A user reported ranking in the top 50 of the Variational x Kaito leaderboard.
[1]Angles
- Run the numbers: compare the $10k top-payout headline against 0.05% staker allocation and $68 average — what does a Kaito campaign actually pay in 2026?
- Season 2 without Yaps: explain what 'data contributors only' means for creators who built their rank on Yaps and what that does to points value.
- Side-by-side the Axis ($AXIS, 10% contributor pool, Season 2 live) and Primus ($PRIM, 0.3%, Epoch 2 from 23 Oct) structures as the two live Kaito campaign templates.
Formats in use
- airdrop farming thread with steps and links
- tokenomics breakdown chart/thread
- leaderboard screenshot
- quote-tweet dunking on 'Kaito is back'
- checker/eligibility complaint post
Risks
- Axis listing and reward numbers come from contributor posts, not the `market` block — treat exchange listings and '20% pump' claims as unverified.
- Several posts promote farming links and referral steps (@9xvenom, @akuwazir, @mcwei87); flag as likely incentivized promotion.
- Avoid framing staker returns as investment advice or repeating $AXIS price speculation from @_mlnbro and quoted posts.
- Do not dunk on named accounts (@0xsexybanana) or repeat individual payout accusations beyond what the cited posts state.
Observed content
Most-engaged posts
Kriptoda cüzdanını bilen biri neredeyse bütün finansal hareketlerini takip edebiliyor. Buna fazla alışmışız sanırım. @primus_labs'ta XP görevlerini yaparken projenin başka ürünlerine de baktım. Confidential Vault tarafında $U'yu şifreli $EU'ya dönüştürüp transfer tutarlarını veOpen on X →
RT @Elminselimov5: Aslında şimdiki Kaito çok iyi bu yüzden her kese öneriyorum. ✅️Fazlar belli bir süre devam ediyor yani belirsizlik yok ✅️Tvit sayısı maks 10 yani devamlı spam yapma talepi yok ✅️Globalde güçlü hesaplar kasmıyor ✅️Haftada 2 tvit yeterli ama özgün içerik olsuOpen on X →
🪂 Potential $500-$1000 Confirm Airdrop → Cost: Free → Reward: Points → Project: Confidential infrastructure for onchain finance @primus_labs is currently running a loyalty points program focused on verification activities. How to start 👇🏻 1. Go to → https://t.co/aKUcH4Open on X →
IT'S OVER Alpha users won Kaito users won The project won The team won The community lost 🥜 The community farmed points The project farmed the community Let's see $AXIS https://t.co/VU2kPWgp1hOpen on X →
Is Kaito really back? Lots of people are saying Kaito is back after Axis Robotics rewards. But base:0x98d0baa52b2d063e780de12f615f963fe8537553 is still down bad with not much movement. Staker rewards were underwhelming. 0.05% was allocated to stakers. For staking 5k tokens, yOpen on X →
Primus x Kaito 캠페인 Epoch 1이 오늘 마무리됩니다. 이번 캠페인은 9월 22일쯤 시작됐고, 10월 22일에 종료됩니다. Epoch 2는 바로 다음 날인 10월 23일에 시작될 예정입니다. 전체 $PRIM 공급량의 0.3%가 캠페인 보상으로 할당됩니다. 0.24%는 영어, 중국어, 한국어 풀에서 상위 450명의 크리에이터에게 지급됩니다. 나머지 0.06%는 Kaito 스테이커들에게 돌아갑니다. 모든 토큰은 TGE 때 전량 언락되며, 베스팅은 없습니다. @KaitoAI @Open on X →
🪂 @axisrobotics Season 2 started YESTERDAY. The total airdrop allocation is 10%: → Season 1: 4% → Season 2: 6% 60M $AXIS equal to 6% of the total supply is allocated to community contributors post-TGE. Here's what you need to do: → Log in through the link → Complete the avaiOpen on X →
Interesting thing, but Kaito just paid $10k to the Top1 in Axis robotics campaign Can’t remember the last time Kaito ropped 5 figs, maybe Falcon or ChainOpera or Lombard last year. Either way, that’s a clean hook to pull more eyes to the platform Funny part: I’ve got 107 SmartsOpen on X →
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