Monad recaps ecosystem growth in September

Monad has published its September ecosystem recap. Key developments include the Metropolis hackathon, which features four tracks and more than $250K in prizes. Submissions close on October 13, 2026. New DeFi products also went live on the network, including 1inch, Drake, Glider, o1, and Moose Trade. A governance proposal is seeking to deploy Aave V4 on Monad. The recap also outlines Monad’s post-quantum readiness strategy, beginning with wallet protection, while Category Labs has published a Flexible Authentication draft. As of September 30, Monad reported more than $1.01B in DeFi TVL, 4.3M wallets, and over 860.1M processed transactions.