Fogo: 200,000+ Genesis Allowlist Sign-Ups and 10,000 Traders
Solana SVM Layer 1 built for trading · L1/L2/infra · Three Months
How Surgence launched Fogo's Solana SVM Layer 1 with a $300K tier-1 KOL programme: 200,000+ allowlist sign-ups and 10,000 traders.
10,000
traders captured
200,000+
Genesis NFT allowlist sign-ups
100+
trading competitions run
Starting point
Fogo is a Solana SVM Layer 1 built for trading. It had raised $13.5M and needed traders and builders on testnet before mainnet, competing for attention with every other new chain.
How we grew Fogo: the play
A $300K tier-1 KOL programme weighted to Korea and China, where trading volume lives, plus 100+ trading competitions to put real trading on the chain.
- 01
Ran the Genesis NFT allowlist as the entry point to the community: 200,000+ sign-ups.
- 02
Deployed tier-1 creators across Korea, China and English-speaking crypto X.
- 03
Built testnet leaderboards so activity was ranked and visible.
- 04
Ran 100+ trading competitions, including on Ambient.
Results
10,000 traders captured through the campaigns
200,000+ Genesis NFT allowlist sign-ups
100+ trading competitions run
What Fogo says
“A fast chain means nothing without traders on it. Surgence's Korean and Chinese KOL network brought them in first, and the trading competitions kept them active on testnet.”
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