Been following Monad since its early testnet phase : here’s why I think it’s worth watching

Been reading a lot here lately about new Layer 1s trying to balance performance and compatibility, and Monad keeps popping up as one that might actually deliver. It’s EVM-compatible, hits around 10,000 TPS with under a second finality, and raised $225M led by Paradigm. Like that's a \] pretty big backing for something still pre-mainnet. I traded its pre-market futures recently on another platform I started from Bitget then from there I see how price discovery feels before listing, and the liquidity surprised me in a good way. It reminded me how pre-market access can give you early insights into sentiment before spot trading opens.

Now that the airdrop claim and mainnet are approaching, I’ve been digging deeper into the fundamentals instead of just the hype. Their CMC page shows how closely the project is being watched: [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monad/](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monad/). Whether it ends up living up to its potential or not, Monad feels like one of the few L1s still worth paying attention to based on real throughput data, not just buzzwords.