Bandit’s Badchain launches $1 million growth fund to power Web3 adoption

• Only 20 Web3 companies will be selected to activate campaigns across Brave’s 88 million+ monthly active users (MAU).

Place name,  July 2025 – Bandit’s Badchain, the pioneering Solana-based Memetic Appchain announces a $1M Growth Fund for Web3 players, as an official participant in the newly launched Brave Rewards 3.0 Partner Program with Brave, the leading privacy-focused web browser and search engine. This exclusive initiative will provide 20 selected Web3 projects with unparalleled access to Brave’s 88 million+ monthly active users (MAU) through its private advertising ecosystem, fueling scalable, self-sustaining growth like never before.

This initiative reflects Bandit’s commitment to strengthening community engagement and enhancing exposure within the Web3 ecosystem, in alignment with their participation in the Brave Rewards 3.0 Partner Program

Engineered by Bandit Network, Badchain is a Solana-based Memetic Appchain built for real Web3 adoption. While Bandit will power the infrastructure for growth, Badchain will fuel an engaged community. Together, they create the perfect launchpad for scalable, self-hosted campaigns that turn attention into action.

Additionally, Brave’s ecosystem—which soars with over 88 million monthly active users, 38 million daily active users, and more than 1.4 billion search queries per month—offers brands high-impact placements across multiple touchpoints, including premium visibility through its New Tab Takeover, Notification Ads, and new Brave Rewards Offer Wall. 

“The impact of organic distribution at this scale is hard to overstate. For Web3 companies that make the cut, this isn’t just about ads—it’s about seamless integration with one of the most engaged crypto-native audiences. Brave’s ecosystem will provide an unparalleled opportunity for projects to not only capture attention but to drive real, measurable adoption. This is about creating meaningful engagement and fostering long-term growth in a way that traditional marketing simply can’t achieve,” said Saicharan Pogul, Head of Growth at Bandit.

Bandit’s Badchain will also provide space for enhanced community engagement between the players by offering a comprehensive Web3 growth suite designed to power self-hosted campaigns, including Quests, Referrals, Leaderboards, NFT mints, and more that translates into real user actions, measurable engagement, and long-term retention. Bandit’s Badchain has a proven track record of executing 2,500+ campaigns by working with over 50+ B2B clients—including Brave, Bonk, Astar, and Shardeum, leading to 1M+ connected wallets, 150K+ emails subscribed and millions in tracked user actions. 

“Too often, players in this space hand wave with empty noise about onboarding “the next billion crypto users” when in reality, seeding a farm of 100,000 wallets into TVL short-term  parking. Or worse, overindex with KOLs that scheme like vultures from project to project. There’s a hunger for authentic growth and products that appeal to the next 50 million users to onboard into crypto. Those 50 million lead users are in Brave today. Our Brave Rewards Partner Program was designed to provide dapps and products with exposure and opportunity to find market fit within Brave’s user base and the BAT Community, as we aim to reach 100M MAU by the end of 2025. We’re excited to partner with Bandit on this initiative and extend this opportunity for authentic adoption to participants.” – Luke Mulks,  VP, Business Operations at Brave.

Applications are now open. Only 20 projects will be selected.

About Bandit’s Badchain

Badchain is the first memetic appchain on Solana where every transaction is a chance to win. Chaos is the default, every tx is a gamble, and fun is the protocol. While other chains chase world-saving narratives, we’re here for something better, pure entertainment with real utility. Memes, mischief, and clever mechanics. Ready to be part of something different? Or just tooBAD to handle it? Be bad at badchain.org

About Brave

Brave is a driving force leading the way for Web3 adoption, directly supporting Web3 into the broader Web through its privacy browser, independent search engine, and browser-native, multi-chain crypto wallet. Brave currently has over 88 million monthly active users. Learn more at brave.com and basicattentiontoken.org.