🧬 Project CATEX-0 🧬

April 25th, 2025

A community campaign by Catex

Before Catex became a MetaDEX — before the hooks, before the automated strategies, before veCATX — there was a prototype.

It was called CATEX-0.

A sealed experiment.

A simulation of protocol behavior.

500 feline-modeled units designed to test liquidity mechanics and early access logic.

The experiment was shelved.

The code archived.

The units… forgotten.

Until now.

🔓 What is Project CATEX-0?

Project CATEX-0 is a lore-driven NFT campaign created by Catex to onboard engaged users from the Polygon ecosystem into our protocol — not through speculation, but through contribution.

This is more than a whitelist. It’s a community activation layer for our upcoming IDO.

Each CATEX-0 NFT serves three core purposes:

✅ Guaranteed whitelist access to the Catex IDO
🎁 Access to a $20,000+ veCATX airdrop pool
🧬 A piece of protocol history — gamified through story

This is our way of rewarding early supporters who are here to help shape Catex from the start.

💰 Airdrop Mechanics

We’ve allocated over $20,000 in veCATX exclusively for CATEX-0 NFT holders. This reward pool is split into two parts:

1. Base Airdrop — $5,000

Every CATEX-0 NFT holder will receive a base airdrop post TGE.
The airdrop distributed per wallet, not per NFT.
This is distributed equally, regardless of IDO participation.

2. IDO Contributor Pool — $15,000

NFT holders who participate in the Catex IDO will unlock additional veCATX rewards.
Rewards are distributed proportionally based on IDO contribution.
Capped at $250 per contributor

The deeper your alignment, the greater your reward.

🪙 What is veCATX?

veCATX is the governance and rewards token of Catex.

Following the ve(3,3) model, 100% of protocol trading fees and incentives are directed to voters — rewarding active participation while decentralizing protocol mechanics.

This model works.

Our sibling DEX, Lynex on Linea, has already distributed $10M+ to ve-voters at an average APR of ~100%.

🐾 Why We’re Doing This

Project CATEX-0 is our way of bridging the Polygon community culture with a DeFi primitive that powers real value to holders.

This initiative is meant to:

Onboard high-signal, engaged Polygon users.
Increase meaningful participation in our IDO.
Reward early contributors through aligned incentives.
Tell a story. Make DeFi fun again.

No token swap required. No inflated hype. Just a gas-only FREE MINT that gets you in early.

🧪 Campaign Overview

NFT Name: Project CATEX-0
Supply: 500 NFTs
Mint Cost: Free (gas only)
Mint Platform: TBA
Whitelist Allocation:
- Partnered Polygon Communities
- Lynex and Ocelex Communities
- Remaining supply (if any) via public FCFS