
# Introducing TokenTies: Your Gateway to Tokenized Partnerships in the Crypto Space

For each crypto project, partnerships are essential for growth, community building, and long-term success. 
However, not all partnerships are equally beneficial. Many crypto projects face challenges in identifying, 
managing, and measuring partnerships that truly align with their objectives. 

This is where TokenTies comes in — a groundbreaking platform designed to simplify and enhance the process of building meaningful and measurable partnerships in the crypto space.

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## Challenges in Building and Managing Effective Crypto Partnerships

### Lack of Alignment and Value in Partnerships

Crypto projects frequently find it difficult to forge partnerships that are truly meaningful and aligned with their goals. 
Many partnerships are formed based on superficial criteria, such as mutual promotion or short-term gains, without a deep understanding of real value to both communities involved. 
This lack of alignment can lead to partnerships that fail to resonate with either community, resulting in wasted resources, missed opportunities, and even potential harm to the project’s reputation.

### Difficulty in Identifying and Measuring Partnerships

Crypto projects often struggle to measure the success of partnerships. 
Key metrics like TVL, transaction volume, and unique users define a project’s growth, but it’s hard to track a partnership's direct impact on these areas. 
Partnerships that don’t contribute to these metrics are wasted efforts. 
Without clear alignment and measurable results, even promising partnerships can drain resources without driving real growth or lasting community engagement.

## The Solution: Building Tokenized Partnerships

TokenTies addresses these challenges by introducing tokenized partnerships — a powerful token integration solution for effective and measurable crypto partnerships. 
Through tokenized partnerships, you can choose the right partner, integrate their token into your project, and incentivize token holders to:

* **Attract a Relevant and Active Community:** Leverage your partner's existing community to attract users who are likely to be interested in your project, ensuring you connect with the right audience.

* **Measure Partnership Impact:** Accurately measure which partners bring in the most users, and evaluate how many of these users are active and valuable for your project.

* **Increase User Engagement and Retention:** Keep users engaged and loyal by offering targeted incentives that encourage ongoing participation.

* **Foster Stronger Partner Relationships:** Build stronger partnerships by focusing on the collaborations that bring the best results for both sides.

This approach ensures that your partnerships are not only successful but also measurable and strategically aligned with your project's long-term objectives.

A great example of an effective tokenized partnership is the integration between EigenLayer and RocketPool. On April 6, 2023, EigenLayer introduced the integration of RocketPool, and within just two months, RocketPool's TVL increased by 47%. This partnership demonstrates the power of tokenized collaborations in driving growth and creating measurable impact within the crypto ecosystem.
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## Why TokenTies is Essential for Effective Crypto Partnerships and Community Growth

TokenTies is more than just a tool for managing partnerships — it’s a strategic asset that empowers crypto projects to make informed decisions, optimize their resources, and build stronger, more engaged communities.

### How It Works

1. **Integrate Partnership Tokens via Dashboard:** Start by seamlessly integrating your partner’s token into your product using our intuitive Dashboard. This makes tracking and analysis simple and efficient.

2. **Identify Token Holders via API:** Gain detailed insights into which users hold partner tokens through a user-friendly API. This allows for easy integration with your existing systems for smooth data flow and management.

3. **Incentivize Users Based on Token Holdings:** Assign custom properties to each partner token and use these properties to incentivize holders, driving deeper engagement and participation.

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### Why TokenTies Stands Out

* **Maximize Partnership Value:** TokenTies helps you identify and nurture the most valuable partnerships, ensuring that your collaborations align with your long-term goals and drive real growth.

* **Enhance Community Engagement:** By understanding the interests and behaviors of your community members, TokenTies enables you to create more personalized and effective engagement strategies.

* **Leverage Real-Time Data:** With TokenTies, you have access to real-time analytics that allow you to measure the impact of your partnerships as they evolve, enabling you to make adjustments and optimize your strategies on the fly.

* **Seamless Integration:** TokenTies is designed to integrate smoothly with your existing systems, providing a hassle-free experience that allows you to focus on what matters most—growing your project.

## Use Cases

**For a Trading Bot**

Suppose your trading bot partners with a DEX like Uniswap, which has its own token, $UNI. The bot offers premium features, such as advanced trading signals or reduced fees, to users who hold a certain amount of $UNI. This brings Uniswap’s community to your bot, adding utility to the $UNI token and giving Uniswap users more reasons to engage with your platform. Over time, you can track the performance of the partnership by measuring how many new users and transactions the $UNI integration drives. If another partnership, such as with a memecoin like $MOON, doesn’t attract similar results, you can reassess its value.

**For a Game**

Imagine your game partners with Gala Games, which has its own token, $GALA, and an active community of gamers. In your game, you offer bonuses such as exclusive in-game items or discounts to users who hold $GALA tokens. This incentivizes Gala Games’ community to participate in your game, while $GALA holders benefit from added utility for their tokens. You can measure the impact of this partnership by tracking how many new players it brings in and how engaged they are. If another integration, like one with a smaller gaming community token, doesn’t perform as well, you can shift resources to the most valuable partnerships.

**For a Memecoin**

Imagine you create a memecoin, $DOGE, with added functionality. Users can buy a basic DOGENFT (an NFT of a dog), and then dress or feed their DOGENFT. You sell virtual items like water for $DOGE and offer a one-time discount to users holding the $WATER token. You also offer discounts on dog clothing to those holding relevant tokens. This creates a fun, interactive ecosystem where partnerships bring in new communities. You can measure how much value each partner contributes, and for example, remove the $WATER integration if it doesn’t bring results.

In all cases, our platform acts as an intermediary. A project founder or marketer enters their partner’s token into our platform and can assign custom properties, such as a minimum hold amount. The project then uses our API to check if a user holds the partner’s token and rewards them based on these custom properties. On our dashboard, the project can also track which partners bring the most unique users and track their actions to understand a value from each partner. This helps them to allocate resources to the most effective partnerships.

## Start Now

In the competitive landscape of cryptocurrency, meaningful and measurable partnerships are essential for success. 
TokenTies equips you with the tools and insights needed to forge partnerships that truly align with your goals and drive long-term growth and engagement within your community. 
Don’t leave your partnerships to chance — take control and empower your project with TokenTies.


**Be among the first to experience TokenTies** — Email us at tokenties@xpirio.xyz to reserve your spot for an upcoming demo and unlock the full potential of your collaborations.

## F.A.Q

**What are tokenized partnerships in crypto?**

Tokenized partnerships in the crypto space involve integrating a partner’s token into your project to create a more aligned and measurable collaboration. By leveraging tokens, these partnerships allow for a more dynamic interaction between projects, enabling partners to share value directly with each other's communities. Tokenized partnerships help in attracting relevant audiences, incentivizing participation, and creating more meaningful and data-driven collaborations that can be tracked and optimized over time.

**How can TokenTies help in measuring partnership success?**

TokenTies provides powerful tools to measure the success of your crypto partnerships by offering detailed analytics on user engagement and community impact. By integrating partner tokens, TokenTies allows you to track which partners bring in the most users, how active these users are, and the overall value they contribute to your project. This data-driven approach helps you understand the effectiveness of your partnerships, enabling you to make informed decisions and optimize your strategies for better results.

**What are the benefits of integrating partner tokens into my crypto project?**

Integrating partner tokens into your crypto project offers several key benefits. It allows you to tap into your partner’s existing community, attracting users who are likely to be interested in your project. This can lead to increased engagement and retention as these users are incentivized to participate more actively. Additionally, token integration makes it easier to measure the impact of your partnerships, providing clear insights into which collaborations are most beneficial for your project’s growth and success.

## Links
1. [Rocket Pool TVL](https://defillama.com/protocol/rocket-pool?denomination=ETH)

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# TOP 3 Strategies for Successful Airdrop Campaigns

## What Is a Cryptocurrency Airdrop?

*A cryptocurrency airdrop is a marketing strategy that involves sending tokens to the wallets of active members of the blockchain community for free or in return for a small service in order to promote awareness and circulation of a new token.  
— Investopedia*

While this description captures the essence of airdrops, it also hints at potential pitfalls. These issues can be divided based on the two main aspects of the description.

## “Sending Tokens for Free or …”

This strategy often attracts participants who are primarily interested in short-term gains, leading to several interrelated problems:

**1. Artificial Activity**

The allure of free tokens often causes a rush of fake activity. People create multiple fake accounts (Sybil attacks) or use other tricks to get more tokens. This false engagement can make it seem like there's more interest in the project than there really is, leading to misleading metrics about community growth and user activity.

**2. Market Dilution**

Because of the prevalence of Sybil users, long-term users who are genuinely interested in the project receive a lower share of the airdrop. When they see on social media that others, who are not genuinely interested and may be using bot farms, have received significantly more tokens, it can be disheartening. This disparity can harm the motivation of real users, causing them to leave the project.

**3. Value Depreciation**

Many recipients, lacking genuine interest in the project, quickly sell off their tokens, causing market oversupply and a subsequent drop in price. This devalues the token, negatively impacting long-term investors and undermining the project's perceived value.

**LayerZero Case**

At the conclusion of LayerZero's airdrop campaign, it was announced that 1.28 million wallets were eligible for the airdrop out of nearly 6 million unique wallet addresses that interacted with LayerZero since its launch. This means that approximately 78.6% of the wallet addresses were identified as Sybil addresses. Additionally, LayerZero required a donation before claiming the airdrop, turning it into more of a sale and not meeting user expectations. These issues, among others, led to about 40% price drop in the first week.

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## “Promote a New Token”

The goal of promoting awareness and circulation of a new token often misaligns with what should be promoted. When the airdropped token lacks clear utility or integration within the project’s ecosystem, recipients, even if they are interested in the product, see little reason to hold onto it. This token is merely a "shitcoin," appealing only to short-term speculators. This misalignment fails to incentivize long-term cooperation and engagement, further diminishing the token’s and project's value.

**ZKSync Case**

While the ZK token has utility in theory—being used for transaction fees on the zkSync network—the lack of unique applications on the network diminishes its practical value. Without compelling use cases or applications to drive demand, the token's utility is limited, and users are less likely to find value in holding or using it.

![zkSync TOP 10k Claimers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yozh-io/xpirio-writings/191375538c75910877d9f4f274df9378149caaee/images/top_3_strategies_for_successful_airdrop_campaigns/zksync_top10k.png)

In the first three weeks after the zkSync airdrop, 40.6% of the top 10,000 addresses that received the ZK tokens completely sold them, and 41.4% partially sold their tokens. This created additional selling pressure for up to 16% of all allocated tokens. Consequently, only 17.9% of the recipients are still holding their tokens. This significant sell-off contributed to a 46% price drop, highlighting the harmful impact of this airdrop campaign on the token's value.

![zkSync Chart](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yozh-io/xpirio-writings/3e931383cfba1e3689c9e4d4f14e074d77430255/images/top_3_strategies_for_successful_airdrop_campaigns/zksync_chart.png)

## Strategies for Successful Airdrop Campaigns

To address the challenges of traditional airdrop campaigns, projects must adopt more strategic and targeted approaches. Here are some key strategies to enhance the effectiveness of airdrop campaigns:

### Align Airdrops with Product Metrics

Each product has its main metrics that drive success. Each token should have a clear utility tied to these metrics. Airdrop campaigns should be built around these core metrics to ensure that the distribution aligns with the project’s goals. The participation rate should be directly proportional to the airdrop share received. The more a user participates in activities that align with key metrics, the more tokens they receive. This can be effectively managed through a point-based system.

**Example:**  
If a product’s main metric is total value locked (TVL), points can be used to incentivize both the amount and duration of value locked. The more value a user locks, and the longer they lock it, the more points they earn. For fairness, 10 locks of 10 value should be equal in points to 1 lock of 100 value. This ensures users are rewarded for the total value they lock without being incentivized to manipulate the system by making multiple smaller locks. This encourages genuine participation and helps maintain the integrity of the airdrop campaign.

### Avoiding Leverage

Providing additional incentives for specific actions, such as referrals, can be exploited by bots. Instead, ensure that any bonuses are derived from the user’s own points rather than additional incentives. This reduces the likelihood of exploitation and ensures that the referral program genuinely incentivizes finding new, real users.

**Example:**  
Instead of giving an additional 10% in tokens for each referral (which can be exploited), structure it so that referrers receive a percentage of the points earned by the new user. This way, the referrer benefits only if the new user is genuinely active.

### Incentivizing Long-Term Engagement

Structure airdrop rewards to encourage long-term participation. Distributing tokens in phases based on continued involvement or holding periods can keep recipients engaged with the project over a longer term. Be open with your community at the start of the campaign by proposing these phases. This approach can attract users who are genuinely interested in your project and help avoid speculators.

**Example:**  
- **Initial Distribution:** Distribute a portion of the tokens upfront to eligible users.
- **Follow-Up Distributions:** Release additional tokens periodically (e.g., monthly or quarterly) based on continued participation in the platform, such as holding tokens, providing liquidity, or voting in governance proposals.
- **Staking Rewards:** Users who stake their tokens for a specified period can receive bonus tokens or increased voting power in governance decisions.

## Conclusion

Combining these three strategies can transform your airdrop campaign into an effective tool for converting prospects into loyal users, making your airdrop campaign a key component of a broader loyalty system, and gradually building a committed and engaged user base. By aligning airdrops with product metrics, avoiding leverage exploitation, and incentivizing long-term engagement, projects can ensure airdrop campaigns that genuinely support user loyalty and long-term project success. 

And do not forget to effectively describe your airdrop campaign to your community so they understand what they are signing up for. Any misalignment can lead to losing users and reputation.

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## Links

1. [Top 10k ZK Claimers](https://query.nansen.ai/public/dashboards/uHhTXjQbXiR6OCB1BXlmOAujStIPCfJdPleAknZa?org_slug=default)


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Introducing TokenTies: Your Gateway to Tokenized Partnerships in the Crypto Space

TOP 3 Strategies for Successful Airdrop Campaigns