Grinding Role Discord: Meta "Most Popular" in 2026

Many guys have already taken advantage of role grinding in Discord over 2025, specifically:
Plasma: Took $20,000
Story: Took $20,000
Boundless: Took $10,000
Succinct & Newton: Took $5,000
OpenGradient, Blend & Pharos: Took $1,000+
This meta will still be lucrative in 2026, guys. Here is a list of 22 projects worth focusing on for role grinding on Discord currently
I. Tier 1
ARC ($2.2B): Super AI infrastructure project with a billion-dollar valuation.
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Base ($650M): Coinbase’s popular Layer 2, the dev/builder role is very valuable.
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KAST ($90M): Next-generation payment/fintech project.
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Shelby ($35M): Promising data security project.
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Real Finance ($29M): Major DeFi/RWA sector.
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II. Tier 2
LiquidTrading ($25.6M): * Link:
Ritual ($25M): Decentralized AI network.
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Seismic ($17M): L1 Privacy project led by a16z.
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Konnex ($15M): * Link:
Linera ($12M): Extremely efficient parallel processing Layer 1.
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Optimum ($11M+): *Link:
Prismax ($11M): * Link:
GenLayer ($10M): * Link:
III. Tier 3
RiseChain ($9.2M): * Link:
Bulk ($8M+): * Link:
Euphoria ($7M+): * Link:
Oro AI ($6M): * Link:
Glider ($4M): * Link:
Simcluster ($2M): * Link:
Fluton (N/A): * Link:
QwertyAI (N/A): * Link:
Helm (N/A): * Link:
Choose 3 - 5 projects you like most based on capital or technology sector. Check the #announcements section for how to get roles and focus on grinding, guys.
If anyone doesn’t want to do it because they "don’t see clear airdrop announcements," just skip it, 😁