DeFi growth, defended in TVL.

A DeFi marketing and growth agency for protocols. TVL acquisition through compliant paid channels, KOL distribution, community ops, governance participation programs. KPI locked into the SOW: TVL contribution, active wallets, governance vote participation, retention curves. MiCA-aware, regulator-conscious, crypto-native since 2017.

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DeFi growth case studies. Real TVL, signed contracts.

From views to leads to revenue.
$167$63.4
Cost per FTD over 90 days · CEX
025k
Active wallets · DeFi protocol post-launch
041k
Verified traders onboarded · CEX, one quarter
12×
Token launch oversubscribed
Tier-2 CEXNDA
Crypto exchange · 41K traders onboarded · One quarter

A mid-tier exchange cut FTD cost 62% and onboarded 41,000 traders in one quarter.

KOL-deal fatigue, stagnant Telegram, paid spend trapped in pre-rejected channels. We rebuilt the KOL flow against verified-audience criteria, ran 24/5 community coverage, redirected paid into Brave Ads and crypto-native networks, and shipped a CoinDesk-grade PR sequence around the next listing.

"They diagnosed where we were leaking, ran the whole crypto-marketing function, and we crossed payback inside the quarter."

FTD Cost · USD −62% / 90 days
Day 0 → Day 90, weekly average
$170 $140 $110 $80 $50 $167 $63.4 DAY 0 DAY 45 DAY 90
−62%
FTD cost reduction
+41k
verified traders
~4.5×
est. ROAS · industry LTV
90d
to KPI payback
HTX
CEX mobile · 180-day campaign · $20M deposits

HTX brought in $20M in fresh deposits and 16.8% app-install conversion across a 180-day campaign.

Huobi's mobile app launched in 2020 into a market eroded by 2022's broader crypto turbulence. Deposits trailed the desktop platform; the brand needed app-led growth without compromising security signaling. We ran a precision paid stack on Facebook / Instagram / Messenger with memecoin-led messaging, restructured Discord with regional channels and gamification, and shipped 13 security-focused articles across crypto media for 1.5M+ combined reach.

App-led deposits · USD $0 → $20M / 180 days
Cumulative, attributed to the campaign cohort
$20M $15M $10M $5M $0 $0 $20M DAY 0 DAY 90 DAY 180
$20M
deposits attracted
16.8%
install conversion
~6×
est. ROAS · industry deposit LTV
1.5M
PR reach · 13 placements
MWX
Web3 token launch · Meta Ads whitelist · Multi-geo · Aug–Oct 2025

A token-launch whitelist drove 104K verified registrations across 17 geo-targeted Meta campaigns at $0.60 per reg.

MWX needed to drive verified whitelist registrations at scale ahead of token launch — across USA, EU, MENA, SEA, India, LATAM, with budget pressure to keep CPA low. We split-tested 17 parallel Meta campaigns with creative + audience variations per geo, layered conversion-event tracking with hot-remarketing pools off Landing Page Views, and continuously reallocated budget from underperformers to top creatives. Result: 104K verified registrations across all 17 geos at $0.60 avg cost per registration — with top remarketing pulls landing $0.18 in best segments and 14.55% CTR, well above the 1–3% paid-social norm. 3.7M reach, 8.6M impressions, 298K link clicks across the run.

Top campaigns · CTR vs 1–3% paid-social norm
Best-performing creatives by link-click-through
15% 11% 7% 4% 0% 14.55% 10.62% 7.66% 4.09% REG REMKT EN SEA
104K
verified registrations · 17 campaigns
$0.60
avg cost per registration
3.7M
reach · 8.6M impressions
14.55%
top CTR · vs 1–3% norm
LeonBet
iGaming Sportsbook + Casino · 15 geos · 2-year ongoing · $2M+ media

An iGaming bookmaker cut CPA from $150 to $60 and pulled 50K+ FTDs via 350+ streamers across 15 geos.

LeonBet — international sports betting and casino — needed a stable acquisition channel in a niche where many influencers refuse gambling content and platforms (Twitch, YouTube, Instagram) restrict direct casino promo. We built a structured streamer-management system: one-month onboarding tests over 5 streams, KPI gate on FTD-rate, extended partnerships with top performers, continuous discovery to refresh the core every 4–6 months as audience interest decayed. Content stayed native and platform-compliant — no big-win callouts, no easy-money language, Linktree-style indirect routing to navigate platform policies. Two years across 15 geos (best performers: Sweden, France, Kazakhstan). Stories + Streams combo delivered the highest registration-to-FTD conversion. Engagement still active — cumulative media spend has now passed $2M+ with stable CPA economics across the cohort.

CPA per FTD · 2 years $150 → $60 · −60%
Decline via structured selection + ongoing rotation of streamers
$160 $130 $100 $70 $40 $150 $60 YR 1 Q1 YR 1 Q4 YR 2 Q4
$150 → $60
CPA per FTD · −60%
50K+
FTDs delivered
~5×
est. ROAS · industry FTD LTV
$2M+
media spent · still running
The Money Factory
Licensed US iGaming · Meta + Microsoft Ads · 90 days · Aug–Nov 2025

A licensed US iGaming platform pulled $185K revenue at 2.15× ROAS on $86K spend in 90 days.

The Money Factory operates a licensed online gambling platform in the US — fully compliant, which lets Meta Ads run within gambling policies, though it doesn't soften the auction. Inherited a UGC-heavy creative library with unstable cost efficiency and unclear segmentation by deposit value. We pushed hard for static-creative testing against the UGC baseline, structured A/B-tested angles (offers, bonuses, urgency, value clarity), built interest clusters from GA4 deposit signals, layered lookalikes (1/3/5%) off paying depositors, ran segmented retargeting funnels, and aggressively reallocated budget into high-ROAS pockets. Result: 4,535 first-time depositors at $19 CPA, sustainable 2.15× blended ROAS across Meta + Microsoft.

Channel ROAS · 90 days 2.15× blended
$86,298 spend → $185,680 revenue · 4,535 first-time depositors
2.5× 2.0× 1.5× 1.0× 2.19× 1.88× 2.15× META MICROSOFT BLENDED
$185.7K
revenue · 90 days
2.15×
blended ROAS
4,535
first-time depositors
$19.03
avg CPA
TrustLinq
Crypto-to-fiat fintech · EU & UK · Google Ads · 6 months

A crypto-to-fiat fintech cut cost per verified user from €286 to $80 in six months.

TrustLinq runs crypto-to-fiat payments across regulated EU and UK markets — where verification, not registration, is the revenue-driving milestone. We inherited an account optimising toward form-fills, attracting speculative crypto traffic via uncontrolled broad-match, and burning €286 per verified user. The rebuild was structural: GA4 + GTM event hierarchy reorganised so Smart Bidding pointed at the Verified milestone (not Registration); Google Ads campaigns rebuilt from scratch with exact/phrase match, extensive negative keyword lists to cut speculative trading queries, and compliance-forward ad copy. CPA settled at $80 on $90K spend — and stayed there as we scaled.

Google Ads campaign dashboard — 37,656 clicks, 1,122 verified users, 5.7% CTR
Source · Google Ads, 6-month verified-user campaign
€286 → $80
cost per verified user
1,122
verified users · KYC complete
−56%
CPC reduction
~3×
est. ROI · $250 LTV assumption
Xphere · Seoul Labs
L1 mainnet · Korea · 90-day engagement

A Korean L1 mainnet pulled 37.5M audience reach and beat its click KPI by 150% in 3 months.

Xphere from Seoul Labs launched into a crowded L1 market — no backer recognition, dual B2B (developers) and B2C (retail) targets, lukewarm Twitter footprint. We ran a daily SMM cadence across Twitter, Medium, and Telegram mixing roadmap updates, ecosystem news, and educational threads; partnered with sector-specific KOLs (Alpha_btc, AltCryptoGems, OneMin NFT and others) for credibility waves; launched Zealy-driven community challenges that converted active members into ICO participants; and ran promoted-tweet campaigns targeted at blockchain-interest segments. 90 days later: a mainnet brand with measurable share-of-voice in its L1 niche.

Telegram members · 90 days 0 → 10K+ / 90 days
Cumulative growth via SMM + Zealy + KOL campaigns
10K 7.5K 5K 2.5K 0 0 10K+ DAY 0 DAY 45 DAY 90
37.5M
audience reach · +25%
225K
website clicks · +150% above KPI
+10K
new Telegram members
+35%
engagement uplift
INUI Gaming
PC anti-cheat / Web3 · 90-day engagement

A PC-gaming anti-cheat platform lifted brand trust 35% and pulled 120K+ motion-graphic views with 24/7 community ops.

INUI Gaming sells AI-driven anti-cheat infrastructure to PC publishers — a category that lives or dies on visible trust. We ran 24/7 moderation across Telegram and Discord with sub-5-min response time on every community message, published 8–12 daily posts mixing entertainment, education, and product, and shipped a steady cadence of themed motion graphics that turned otherwise-dry anti-cheat capabilities into shareable explainers. Five giveaway campaigns each pulled ~3,000 participants. Sentiment surveys at day 90 showed trust in the anti-cheat system up 35%.

Community size · 90 days 15K → 18.3K members
Daily moderation + giveaways + motion-content cadence
19K 18K 17K 16K 15K 15K 18.3K DAY 0 DAY 45 DAY 90
+35%
brand trust uplift
120K+
motion-graphic views
4.1 min
avg response time
5×3K
giveaway participants
Affyn
Metaverse / P2E / NFT · 5-week sprint

A Play-to-Earn metaverse grew its community 250% and 4× engagement in five weeks.

Affyn launched a Play-to-Earn metaverse with FYN-token reward economy into the most crowded sub-sector of 2023. We spun up dedicated Discord and Telegram channels with experienced gaming moderators, scheduled regular AMAs and themed discussions, and rolled out FYN-token giveaway contests that rewarded the behaviours we wanted compounding — content creation, bug reporting, deep participation. The team moderated roughly 1,000 messages per day to keep tone constructive and on-narrative. Five weeks in: member count 250% above baseline, engagement 4×, and a community shape that survived launch turbulence.

Community growth · 5 weeks +250% / 5 weeks
Discord + Telegram, moderated and incentivised via FYN rewards
350% 250% 150% 50% 0% 0% +250% WK 1 WK 3 WK 5
+250%
community growth
engagement increase
1K/day
messages moderated
5 wks
time to outcome
FXGT
Crypto media / Fintech · 6 months · Nov 2023 – May 2024

A crypto news site grew organic traffic 40% and cut paid CPC from $0.45 to $0.02 in six months.

FXGT came to us with a technical SEO mess (canonical-less duplicate pages, multiple H1s, reactive news-only content) and paid campaigns getting moderation-banned in APAC's strictest markets. We ran a phased technical SEO rebuild — canonical tags, metadata restructure, internal linking, URL clean-up, broken-link repair — then layered an aggressive link-building program across cryptocurrency and financial-media domains. In parallel: paid acquisition rebuilt with audience segmentation, creative iteration that survived Facebook moderation, and multi-account backups for continuity across Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.

Paid CPC · USD $0.45 → $0.02 / 6 months
Iterative creative + audience-segment optimisation
$0.50 $0.40 $0.30 $0.20 $0.00 $0.45 $0.02 MAY AUG NOV
+40%
organic traffic · 6mo
−95%
CPC reduction
4 markets
JP / MY / TH / VN
Top-rank
on high-comp keywords
LAK3
Web3 / Sustainability · 90-day engagement

A blockchain-meets-water project pulled 1.5M+ KOL impressions at 18% engagement rate and +25% community DAU.

LAK3 sits at an unusual intersection — blockchain applied to global water-resource management, dual-targeting Web3-natives and sustainability-conscious mainstream consumers. We layered a five-channel campaign: a Yahoo-distributed PR push framing the Sembrancher partnership, Twitter KOL waves with combined reach above 1.2M followers, Discord and Telegram community operations augmented by a Zealy contest, a $1,000-prize Gleam airdrop, and a structured giveaway tied to follower-growth targets. The mix took prompted brand recall from 25% to 34% in 90 days.

Cumulative impressions · 90 days 0 → 1.5M+ / 90 days
PR + KOL waves + community + airdrop, combined
1.5M 1.0M 500K 200K 0 0 1.5M+ DAY 0 DAY 45 DAY 90
1.5M+
KOL impressions @ 18% ER
+35%
brand recall · 25→34%
+25%
community DAU
+10K
total new followers
MEM Token
Solana memecoin / Web3 · Influencer + Social

A Solana memecoin hit 20K daily active users and 5M views via Twitter + YouTube KOL waves.

MEM Token — a cat-themed Solana memecoin — needed to break through a crypto market saturated with memecoin launches and convert hype into Tier-1 / Tier-2 exchange presence. We segmented messaging by audience (B2B traders vs B2C retail), partnered with high-engagement crypto influencers on Twitter and YouTube to ship dedicated video content and promo posts tied to listings and roadmap beats, and ran parallel SMM across Facebook / Instagram / TikTok with branded illustrations and infographics. Influencer-led pulls averaged 18% engagement rate — well above the 1–3% paid-social norm — and integrated PR secured 50 mentions across tier-1 and tier-2 crypto outlets.

Cumulative campaign views 0 → 5M+ total views
Twitter + YouTube KOL waves + cross-platform SMM
5M 3.5M 2M 1M 0 0 5M+ WEEK 1 MID END
20K
daily active users to site
5M+
total campaign views
50
tier-1/2 media mentions
18%
KOL avg engagement rate
C-01
NFT marketplace / Digital fashion · Community + SMM + Content + Paid

An NFT marketplace lifted sales volume 22% and added 15K members with structured community ops.

C-01 runs an NFT marketplace for digital fashion — clothes designed for 3D avatars — and by 2022 had built a community of 400K members and $40M lifetime trading volume. The problem: the community was so active (a new message every two minutes on Discord) that tone consistency and engagement quality were collapsing under the volume. We deployed 8 dedicated community managers and 1 dedicated engager working within a strict tone-of-voice playbook, restructured the Discord into sub-channels and topical campaigns so conversations could be navigated instead of buried, and ran an outbound layer of engagement games, polls, and contests to attract net-new members rather than just retain existing ones.

Engagement uplift · 4 metrics structured ops impact
8 community managers + 1 engager under tone-of-voice playbook
50K 40K 25K 15K 0 +22% +15K 50K +25% SALES MEMBERS MENTIONS INTERACT
+22%
sales volume uplift
+15K
new community members
50K
social mentions
+25%
user interactions

Our rating across 150+ verified client reviews.

Top mentions on Clutch: High-quality work (17) Timely (13) Communicative (10) Great project management (9) Professional (8)
Verified
Their expertise and innovative strategies helped our company achieve remarkable success.
David Meikson
Crypto Marketing Leader
Binance logoBinance
★★★★★ / 5.0
▸ SMM · Content · Blockchain Marketing · ⚇ 5,001–10,000 employees
Verified
Their team did a wonderful job of managing our project.
Anita Chmielak
BI Consultant
MicroStrategy logoMicroStrategy
★★★★★ / 5.0
▸ Digital Strategy · PPC · SMM · ⚇ 1,001–5,000 employees
Verified
A multi-talented team offering a wide array of skills, creativity, and experience.
Alina Costache
Community Manager
Affyn
★★★★★ / 5.0
▸ Content · Social Media · ⚇ 11–50 employees
Verified
They were quick to respond to any feedback or requests for changes.
Ekaterina Rebus
Marketing Manager
MetaLamp logoMetaLamp
★★★★★ / 5.0
▸ SMM · Paid Ads · Web Design · ⚇ 51–200 employees
Verified
They're very responsive and provide us with consistent support.
Executive
Anonymous · Dubai, UAE
Ultron Foundation logoUltron Foundation
★★★★½ / 4.5
▸ Advertising · PR · Video Production · ⚇ 201–500 employees
Verified
Ninja Promo was fast, proactive, and helped us solve problems.
Co-Founder
Anonymous · Singapore
Decentralized Trading
★★★★★ / 5.0
▸ Social Media Marketing · ⚇ 1–10 employees
Verified
You always know what's live, what's being replaced, and what's next.
Bidzina Makashvili
CFO · Zug, CH
Upgaming
★★★★★ / 5.0
▸ Social Media · Influencer · ⚇ 201–500 employees
Verified
They communicate well and keep everything organized.
Talent Acquisition Director
Anonymous · United Kingdom
Game Development Co.
★★★★★ / 5.0
▸ Google + Microsoft Ads · Landing pages · ⚇ 201–500 employees
★★★★★ 4.9 / 5 · 150 verified reviews See all on Clutch

Not a DeFi promoter. A protocol-growth operations team.

ROININJA is the Web3 outcome team inside NinjaPromo — 300+ specialists, 8 years across crypto, blockchain, fintech, and SaaS. Most agencies sell services. We sell a single deliverable: ROI you can measure. Cost per FTD, active wallets, TVL — locked at onboarding, defended at day 90.

Your Web3 marketing department. On subscription.

Project Manager

Orchestrates KOL deals, content cadence, community campaigns, SLAs.

Client Success

Owns contracts, KOL budgets, third-party PR costs, ad spend.

Web3 Strategist

Owns 90-day roadmap, channel mix, KOL strategy, KPI plan tied to FTD / wallet / TVL goals.

CMO-on-Demand

Aligns marketing with tokenomics, fundraising, listing strategy at executive level.

Team Leads

Senior owners of KOL flow, community, content, paid, PR — sprint accountability per function.

Specialists

KOL managers, TG/Discord mods, writers, designers, PR with CoinDesk relationships, on-chain analysts.

Your first 90 days.

24hrs
Live

Team in your Slack. Community manager in TG/Discord. KOL outreach started.

07days
Roadmap locked

Audit complete. Twitter, community, KOL history, paid restrictions, on-chain. Guarantee KPI locked.

12wks
Sprint cadence

Weekly sprints. KOL flow rolling. Content on X. Community campaigns. Paid where it converts.

90days
ROI checkpoint

Measured against the locked KPI. Hit it, renew. Miss it, we work at our own cost until we do.

DeFi growth playbooks from real protocols.

Analysis

Cost per FTD benchmarks: what good looks like in 2026

Real numbers across CEX, DEX, and wallet acquisition — by region, by spend tier. Where the floor sits, where it doesn't.

12 min read
Compliance

How MiCA reshaped KOL disclosure — and what we changed in 2026

Jurisdiction-aware disclosure templates, deal structures that survive audit, and the channels that stopped accepting risk.

9 min read
Strategy

Bear-market crypto marketing: the moves that actually compound

Why community retention, content authority, and founder narrative outperform paid in down cycles — with data from 6 client engagements.

14 min read
Playbook

TGE timing playbook: 30, 60, 90 days out

Backward-planned ramps for token launches. KOL waves, community ignition, listing PR sequenced for the launch date you committed to.

11 min read
Paid

Brave Ads vs Coinzilla vs Persona.io: who actually approves your project

Honest matrix of what gets through and what doesn't — by project type, geography, and regulatory posture.

8 min read
Community

From 2k to 47k TG members with 18% engagement: the playbook

Ambassador structure, AMA cadence, contest mechanics, and the moderation script that filtered bots out without killing organic growth.

15 min read

DeFi growth FAQ. Answered straight.

Who is ROININJA built for?+
Web3, crypto and fintech teams that already have a product, growth budget and a measurable KPI to improve — FTDs, CAC, verified users, active wallets, deposits, TVL, community activation or revenue. We work best with exchanges, wallets, L1/L2 protocols, DeFi, GameFi, Web3 SaaS and token-related projects that need execution, not just advice.
Who is not a fit for this model?+
We're probably not a fit if you don't have a live product, tracking access, growth budget or a clear business goal. We also don't work with projects that want "hype" without accountability — no analytics, no compliance, no measurable downstream metric.
How does the 90-day KPI Guarantee work?+
Before launch, we agree on one primary KPI and lock it into the SOW for the 90-day plan. If we miss the agreed KPI under the contract terms and the required client inputs were provided, we continue working at our cost according to the guarantee conditions. Site claim = contract claim, word for word.
What KPI can you build the 90-day plan around?+
Depending on the project: CAC, FTDs, verified users, active wallets, deposits, TVL, DAU/MAU, qualified leads, community activation or revenue. We choose one primary KPI and track supporting metrics around it to understand what's driving or blocking growth.
What happens in the first 30 days?+
We audit your funnel, review your channels, define the KPI, build the 90-day roadmap, set up tracking, prepare creative / KOL / PR / community plans, and launch the first growth tests. Goal: find the fastest path to measurable traction before scaling spend.
What budget do we need to work with you?+
Most projects start with at least $10K–$25K/month in total growth budget across agency work, paid media, KOLs, PR and creative production. The exact figure depends on your market, KPI and channels. During the audit, we'll tell you honestly whether your current budget is enough for this model.
What if Google or Meta restrict our crypto ads?+
We don't rely on one paid channel. Depending on your category and region we use compliant search/display routes, crypto-native networks (Brave, Persona.io, Coinzilla, Bitmedia), X, KOLs, PR, community, content distribution and retargeting. If a channel is likely to be rejected, we don't build the plan around it.
How do you manage KOL risk and disclosure?+
Every KOL passes screening: audience-bot analysis, past-deal performance, engagement patterns, category fit, disclosure requirements. Disclosures managed per jurisdiction (FTC US, MiCA EU). We track deliverables, links, traffic quality and downstream performance — not buying influence blindly.
How will we track performance?+
You get reporting around spend, execution, channel performance and KPI progress. We show what was launched, what worked, what didn't, what's being replaced, and how each channel contributes to the agreed growth metric. Friday cadence by default — daily Slack-stream if you want it.
Who will actually work on our account?+
Your account is managed by a dedicated Web3 growth team: strategist, project manager, client success, performance / KOL / PR / content / community specialists, analytics support. Senior oversight included where scope requires it. No, your account isn't handed to random juniors.
Do you work with token launches?+
Yes — when the project has a legitimate product, clear compliance boundaries, and a realistic growth plan. We support awareness, community, PR, KOLs, content and launch communication. We do not promise token price movement, investment returns, or exchange / listing outcomes.
Does your strategy change in a bear vs bull market?+
Yes. Bull market: faster demand capture, KOL amplification, launch momentum. Bear market: trust, community depth, retention, lower-CAC channels, growth assets that compound. Several of our longest engagements started in bear and compounded into bull-market wins.
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