🏅Kettle has just been awarded an additional 144,265 Gold!🏅
We are eternally grateful for the
@Blast_L2
ecosystem.
These incentives allow us to reward our earliest users as we write the next chapter of Web3 with RWAs on-chain.
Kettle now has 235,924 total Gold remaining 👀
Whitelist Announcement & Contest 🏆
All wallets with
@pudgypenguins
@Azuki
@k2_nft
NFTs will receive early access to our Genesis Watch Drop on Friday.
The community (based on PFP) that engages with this post the most will receive a large one-time Kettle Points bonus! 📈🎁
🚀 Blasting off in March 🚀
We are excited to announce that Kettle will be bridging to
@Blast_L2
in the coming weeks.
Our mission is to drive Real World Assets to the hottest chain on the block. Of course, we will return 100% of Blast points to the Kettle community.
Kettle’s Beta is now live on mainnet with over $1.75 million in TVL and $700K+ in active loans!
Start exploring the world of RWA NFT lending with ease 👇
v1 Beta Features:
✅ Asset Aggregation
✅ Create Loan Listings
✅ Submit Loan Offers
✅ Historical Pricing Data
In the past month, Kettle's closed alpha saw $250K+ in loan volume against RWAs.
We've managed the first on-chain comic loan & the biggest on-chain watch loan.
Thanks to our alpha users! Stay tuned for Kettle's public beta launch in Q4 👀
🏅 Kettle has just received a massive 183,318 Blast Gold! 🏅
Thanks to the amazing
@Blast_L2
team for their support! Together we’ll make Blast the ultimate chain for RWAs.
Of course, this Gold will go back to our amazing community! We’re nothing without you all!
1/ Introducing the Kettle Vault, securing each luxury watch on Kettle’s marketplace.
Every watch is backed by its physical counterpart in Kettle’s Vault: where it is authenticated, stored, and fully insured.
The bids are starting to roll in 📈
In any market, an item is only worth what somebody else is willing to pay for it.
And we know all too well.. Floor Price ≠ "Real Price."
@ToTheDemon
placed a bid $15k on this Rolex Datejust (10% below asking price). The seller accepted 🤝
The first on-chain jewelry loan has taken place on Kettle!
This Tiffany & Co Diamond 8.41 Carat Ring, is being used as collateral for a 150,000 $USDC loan for 180 days at 15% APR 💎
Luxury 🤝 On-Chain Liquidity
Save the date: Friday 4/26.
New inventory. Fresh community rewards. Exciting ways to snag your luxury watch.
Introducing Kettle Mystery Boxes.
More details tomorrow!
🌐Kettle and Roofstock onChain Pioneer the First Blockchain-based Mortgage
Powered by Kettle's on-chain lending engine, a home buyer managed to secure the property by financing half the cost through a 50% LTV loan, at an 8% interest rate over a two year term.
🔥 We’re bringing the heat for Kettle Season 2 🔥
More of the hottest luxury watches than ever before.
Zero transaction fees.
New inventory drops this Friday!!!
⌚️ New Loan Alert 🤝
A Rolex Daytona Meteorite Rose Gold 2022 owner just secured a 50,000 $USDC loan on Kettle Finance for 60 days at 15% APR.
Kettle is currently in closed Alpha testing, get in contact to apply for access 💪
🚨 Dropping next week 🚨 : Get ready for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the world of luxury watch authentication with partners Overtime Watches NYC! Mark your calendars for Tuesday 4/23!
The Kettle Points bonus contest isn't over yet...
But here's how each community stacks up in engagement (likes/comments/RTs) thus far!
🥇
@pudgypenguins
: 55
🥈
@Azuki
: 29
🥉
@k2_nft
: (sorry)
The contest will run until our Genesis Watch Drop on Friday! More info to come.
Whitelist Announcement & Contest 🏆
All wallets with
@pudgypenguins
@Azuki
@k2_nft
NFTs will receive early access to our Genesis Watch Drop on Friday.
The community (based on PFP) that engages with this post the most will receive a large one-time Kettle Points bonus! 📈🎁
Kettle Season 1: ✅ Complete!
Season 2 starts tomorrow.
Explore our revamped points system for bigger rewards, a stronger defense against sybil activity, & the premier RWA marketplace for luxury watches.
New season. New inventory. New user rewards. Powered by
@Blast_L2
1/6: Building on
@blast_l2
has propelled us from a DeFi lending protocol to a full RWA marketplace for luxury watches.
Joining the Blast ecosystem has allowed us to offer exciting new benefits for all Kettle users. Let's explore! 👇
🚨 Arbitrage Opportunity 🚨
There is currently an active loan offer for 10% APR on this Rolex Pepsi.
With
@Blast_L2
native yield of 15%, you could buy this watch, take out a loan, and earn a risk-free 5% while farming Kettle Points and native Blast Gold.
That's like a farm^3
💰 Another $100K volume day! 💰
As soon as we updated our inventory, one Kettle user bought up 7 of our most in-demand watches 🧹🧹
@0x5f_eth
is coming for the top spot on the Points Leaderboard, look out! 👀🪜
Every watch on the Kettle platform undergoes a robust inspection process from our partners in NYC's Diamond District.
Our goal is to provide an unrivaled level of transparency in the watch industry. Learn more about our authentication standards and commitment to trust below!
The Patek Philippe Nautilus collection was first introduced in 1976. Today, these watches are used as on-chain collateral. 👇
This Patek Philippe owner just secured a $150,000 loan for 183 days at 20% APR on Kettle!
Kettle Season 2 is officially here!
We’re expanding our inventory, introducing exciting new rewards, and continuing to pave the way for the RWA revolution on
@Blast_L2
!
Stay tuned for MAJOR Season 2 announcements coming this week!
The Kettle Genesis Mint on is officially live on
@Blast_L2
! 🚀🚀🚀
As a reminder: every user that mints a Genesis NFT will earn special access in Kettle Season 2 😏
Best of luck to all participating in the mint. Let the games begin!
Mint Here:
History on
@Blast_L2
!!!
The first ever sale of a Real World Asset.
An NFT of a beautiful Rolex Air-King Blue Dial, pre-authenticated and backed 1:1 by a physical watch in the Kettle Vault.
1/25 in Kettle's Genesis Watch Drop
Great news! 🎉
Soon you'll be able to farm Blast Gold by buying or borrowing against luxury watches on Kettle.
Shoutout to the
@Blast_L2
team for their upcoming update to support ERC-721s!
Not to mention earning Kettle Points on top of it all 👀
With $100k+ trading volume on Kettle in our opening weekend, it's time to start thinking about Blast Gold🪙
@PacmanBlur
has hinted that trading ERC-721s will qualify for native Gold.
4 ways to rack up
@Blast_L2
Gold + Kettle Points by trading on luxury watches! 👇
1/5 🧵 Our journey with Kettle started with a vision:
Build a marketplace with unparalleled access and transparency to the global, 24/7 watch economy, with low transaction costs and access to DeFi.
To make this a reality, we committed to exclusively building on
@Blast_L2
.
Kettle: The Portal to The New Digital Economy
In a digital age where assets are evolving beyond physical boundaries, from prime real estate to luxury items, harnessing the on-chain potential of real world goods should be as easy as a few clicks 🔥
One more, this time
#4
!!!
Shoutout to a Kettle Day 1
@gabrielhaines
If you're not following already, some of the best content out there 😂
Sign up and start earning points in Kettle Season 1 using Gabriel's referral code: XRKZZW
Warning: Owning this watch will not make you as Cool as Brad Pitt... nothing can.
But with Kettle's Genesis Watch Drop, you can now trade your Jeo Boden in for an esteemed Patek Nautilus. Now that's cool.
Gotta Blast!
How to Earn Kettle Points in Season 1 (a crash course):
Your ranking on the Kettle leaderboard will determine your distribution of Blast Gold - we will return 100% of our allocation back to the community.
Here are some of the ways you can earn throughout Season 1 👇
Luxury RWAs Meet
@Blast_L2
🚀
Kettle’s Beta on ETH facilitated over $1.7m in lending volume on watches.
Now we’re gearing up for something bigger...
Our public launch on Blast will introduce buying/selling in addition to borrowing/lending for your favorite luxury timepieces 🔥
In the days ahead, we're distributing our first batch of Blast Gold!
36,664 Gold (20% of Kettle’s total allocation thus far) will go to Season 1's Points Leaderboard!
April 26 at 3:00 pm EST: More watches, more rewards, and more Kettle Points up for grabs. More details soon 👀
Another long-term loan has been locked in on Kettle’s closed alpha!
This Rolex owner secured a 5,500 USDC loan for 6 months at 16% APR from a lender across the globe 🔥
Interested in borrowing against your watch’s value? Sign up for Kettle’s closed alpha ⌚️
We are excited to announce Kettle's Beta launch on December 5th, 2023!
To date, Kettle's closed alpha has driven over $600,000 in loan volume against RWAs, including real estate, luxury watches, jewelry, and collectibles.
Here are some of the highlights 🔥
New Milestone Unlocked 🎉
Kettle has just surpassed $1,000,000 in lending volume for on-chain loans, backed by RWAs such as luxury watches, jewelry, real estate, and collectibles.
Join us on our mission to disrupt consumer lending 🫡
RaffleFi meets RWAs 🤝
Honored to gift one lucky winner from
@insrtapp
's mint with a stunning Green Dial Oyster Perpetual. The beginning of a beautiful partnership.
This watch was sourced via the Kettle Concierge, and many more to come native to
@Blast_L2
soon!
A week from now you could have this Rolex Oyster Perpetual on your wrist.. With lots of luck & some help from our partners
@KettleFinance
.
All future Rolex redemptions will be through Kettle. Also, stay tuned for a variety of new watch prizes on Insrt!
🚨 WE ARE LIVE! 🚨
Season 2 Mystery Boxes are Minting NOW!
Head to to mint any of our 4 Tiers of Mystery Boxes.
Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum - Each tier features incredible watches from our latest inventory refresh.
Mint yours now!
We are excited to announce that Kettle has amassed 100% market share of all luxury asset loans on-chain.
Our mission is to bring the market efficiencies of crypto/NFTs to the watch industry.
When we launch on
@Blast_L2
, we will drive more RWAs on chain than ever before.
⌚️ New Loan Alert 🤝
Kicking off the weekend with a new loan on this pristine Audemars Piguet Royal Oak timepiece.
The borrower successfully secured 120,000 $USDC for 60 days at 15% APR on Kettle's marketplace.
Interested in joining our close alpha? Request on our website 🌐
In order to curate a close-knit community of watch traders, we will be launching on
@Blast_L2
invite-only 🔒
You'll earn a points bonus for each new user that signs up with your unique Referral Code and participates in Kettle Season 1. The more points they earn, so do you 📈
⌚️ New Loan Alert 🤝
It's time to start tapping into the equity of your timepieces.
This Patek Annual Calendar Chronograph owner just unlocked 36,000 $USDC from their timepiece using Kettle’s marketplace.
Loan secured for 30 Days, 15% APR 🔥
Underground Free Speech:
Traders sharing alpha with one another is what makes crypto, crypto.
Our team has been building financial tools in the NFT space for nearly 3 years now. We would not be where we are today without the connections we've made in
@k2_nft
's alpha group.
In our commitment to not only providing transparency for our community and fair market practices, we’ve redeployed some key upgrades to our Kettle Points system.
Check out our latest blog post to learn more!
A New Age for Comics 🔥
This collector has secured the first on-chain loan using an iconic comic book collection valued at ~ $100k with Kettle.
This collection features legacy Marvel and DC titles, including the first appearances by Wolverine, Batgirl, and Swamp Thing 💥
As we prepare for our beta launch, we are excited to cross our first loan volume milestone with our closed alpha participants.
✅ $500,000 + in lending volume on luxury watches, jewelry, real estate, and collectibles.
RWA NFT Lending is just getting started 🤝
It's been just under 2 weeks since we launched our Genesis Watch series! Thank you to the
@Blast_L2
community for welcoming us with open arms 🫶
More inventory is coming soon, but only 9 Genesis Watches remain for special access to Season 2.
Keep racking up those points 📈
Pudgy Penguins:
The Pudgy story is extremely impressive, from the
@LucaNetz
acquisition turnaround to plush toys stocking the shelves in
@Walmart
.
We respect the venn diagram of physical goods with the blockchain, NFTs sitting in the middle.
And just like that... it seems like somebody has caught wind of the Pepsi 😈
Leveraging the Kettle marketplace to the fullest...
One trader just bought this Rolex for $23k and immediately unlocked > half the value by instantly taking a loan on it.
Watches 🤝 DeFi
🚨 Arbitrage Opportunity 🚨
There is currently an active loan offer for 10% APR on this Rolex Pepsi.
With
@Blast_L2
native yield of 15%, you could buy this watch, take out a loan, and earn a risk-free 5% while farming Kettle Points and native Blast Gold.
That's like a farm^3
Kettle Season 2 will feature our 2nd batch of Blast Gold distribution.
The big news: we will dedicate 50% of Season 2’s distribution to Mystery Boxes 🎁
25% will go to users who mint mystery boxes, and 25% will be go to users who reveal mystery boxes.
MINT IS LIVE AT 3PM EST!
Sharp play here 💪
The owner of this Rolex took out a $5k peer-to-peer loan at 10% APR.
Easy arbitrage opportunity with
@Blast_L2
native yield of 15%, or even more by depositing in a
@Juice_Finance
or
@metastreetxyz
pool.
Not to mention Blast Gold and Kettle Points 🤝
Borrow on Kettle. Repay. Repeat.
This Patek Annual Calendar Chronograph owner recently repaid their original Kettle loan and initiated a new one for $25,000 for 60 days at 15% APR.
A bit about Kettle’s History:
✅ $2.1m in RWA TVL
✅ $1.7m in Loan Volume
✅ $1m in Active Borrows
What happens when we come to
@Blast_L2
? 👀
P.S. Did we mention all Kettle’s Blast Gold & Points will be distributed to users? 🚀
Calling All Minters 🗣️
Every watch on Kettle just got 2.5% cheaper. Right off the rip, minting a Genesis Watch will be feeless 🤑
See you tomorrow 11am EST 🤝
Accessing the value of your luxury watches has never been easier.
This Rolex White Gold Pepsi Meteorite owner just repaid their initial loan and secured a new one for $30,000 over 60 days at a 20% APR ✅
We are so excited to partner with
@LuxuryWatchGuy1
on our Genesis Watch Drop (and much, much more 👀).
Together we stand on the pillars of trust, transparency, authenticity, and a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee.
See you on
@Blast_L2
🤝
I'm excited to announce our partnership with
@KettleFinance
to make luxury watches more accessible to the crypto community.
In addition to buy/sell, you can also now borrow/lend against timepieces on the Kettle platform.
Our watches will be listed on
@Blast_L2
later this month!
RWA collateral is picking up the heat for the on-chain lending process 🔥
This Patek Philippe owner secured a 21,500 USDC loan for 60 days at 20% APR, and marks Kettle’s 12th luxury watch loan in the last 2 months.
To our community: we hear your feedback. Good news is, we move quickly.
Get ready for an inventory refresh coming soon ⚡️
Higher-demand watches, more liquid models, and cheaper prices. Everything we do is catered to your feedback.
MJ graduated from Carolina Blue to Platinum, and soon you can too 😏
Don’t miss out on this beautiful Daytona, featured in our Genesis Watch Drop!
Kettle Season 1 live on
@Blast_L2
in March 🍀
As luxury watches continue to outpace the S&P 500, Kettle is making it easier to tap into the equity and liquidity of these timepieces.
This Patek Phillipe owner just secured a 20,000 $USDC loan for 30 days at 15% APR on Kettle’s P2P marketplace for RWA loans!
⌚️ New Loan Alert 🤝
This Rolex White Gold Pepsi Meteorite Dial 2022 owner just secured a 30,000 $USDC loan on-chain with Kettle Finance for 60 days at 15% APR 🔥
We’re in our closed Alpha- interested in joining? Request access on our website 🌐
To our community: we hear your feedback. Good news is, we move quickly.
Get ready for an inventory refresh coming soon ⚡️
Higher-demand watches, more liquid models, and cheaper prices. Everything we do is catered to your feedback.
Just hours left until our Mystery Box mint at 3PM EST!
Get ready to snag any of our 100 luxury watches from our latest inventory refresh!
Don’t miss out! Head over to to learn more!
Azuki:
Azukis are storytellers. Just like watches, each Azuki comes with its own unique story and lore.
Not to mention, we have had a pleasure speaking with collectors in the
@AzukiWatchclub
throughout our Beta and beyond.
🔥 Bidding on luxury watches just got easier!
Now, users can bid with WETH or USDB on the Kettle marketplace!
Whether it's WETH or USDB, all bidders earn Kettle points and unlock future Blast Rewards! Bridge to
@Blast_L2
& Start bidding now !
⌚️ New Loan Alert 🤝
This Omega watch owner just secured a 12,000 $USDC loan for 60 days at 15% APR with Kettle's marketplace!
Kettle is currently in closed Alpha testing, get in contact to apply for access 🫡
New Milestone Reached 🎉
Kettle users have unlocked over $1M in outstanding loans using RWAs such as luxury watches and jewelry.
Things are starting to heat up! 🔥
The future of economy is digital 🌐
"The proliferation of RWAs on the blockchain represents a seismic shift for both traditional and decentralized financial markets." -
@SgtPepperNFT
, CEO Kettle
How to Earn Points in Kettle Season 1 🧵
Kettle Season 1 begins next week!
We’re kicking off with our Genesis Watch Drop, and will be rewarding users who are with us starting on Day 1 👀
Learn how to climb the Kettle leaderboard and earn your share of Blast Gold 👇
If anyone can appreciate Swiss manufacturing, it's
@RogerFederer
, seen here sporting a Rolex Batman at the Australian Open.
"The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming."
Kettle's Genesis Watch Drop is live on
@Blast_L2
later this month.
What is outpacing the S&P 500?
Luxury Watches ⌚️
A Glimpse into the Luxury Market:
The luxury watch market has always been characterized by its exclusivity and steep price tags. Collectors worldwide view watches not just as accessories, but as pieces of art, status symbols,…
Luxury watches continue to prove their collateral quality for on-chain loans 🔥
Another Patek Phillipe owner just repaid their previous loan and secured a new one for $20,000 for 60 days at 15% APR ⌚️
🔗 In just one transaction, the Borrower & Lender are able to pool money to purchase the home, and enter an agreement through a smart contract to facilitate monthly interest payments.
Everything is done more efficiently and cuts out the middle man when necessary.
A new loan on Kettle's Beta just went live!
This Patek Phillipe owner just repaid their previous loan and secured a new one for $25,000 for 60 days at 15% APR ⌚️
⌚️ New Loan Alert 🤝
Get loan with your luxury watch like this Rolex GMT Master II owner did.
Using Kettle, the owner of this timepiece just secured a 12,500 $USDC on-chain loan for 30 days at 15% APR.
Interested in doing the same? Get in touch!
(1/3) Today we’re introducing the Kettle Points leaderboard! 🪜
Kettle Points will map toward our platform allocation of Blast Gold!
👀 Check your standing on the points tab now!
As promised, special surprises await
@pudgypenguins
,
@Azuki
, and
@k2_nft
(UGFS)! 🎁
Double-Dip with Kettle Points 💥
Kettle Points will be used as a trickle-down effect for our Blast Gold allocation. We will return 100% of our platform Gold back to the community.
The higher your standing on the Kettle Leaderboard, the more Gold you can earn.
Building Together 🤝
→ Collaborative Blueprinting: A streamlined route to innovation and compliance.
→ Custom APIs: Direct, tailored loan offers for NFT holders.
→ Liquidity Syndication: Your gateway to an extensive network of lenders seeking yield on RWAs.
Real World Assets 🤝 Liquidity
We are on the brink of a financial paradigm shift where real-world assets become catalysts for the mass adoption of Web3.
We are thrilled to be partnered with 4K to revolutionize the world of RWAs 🌐
1/5 We’re happy to announce an exciting partnership with
@KettleFinance
, a DeFi protocol that creates liquid lending markets for your real-world assets.