KAITO AI
The KAITO token is impermissible to hold because the project has pivoted to directly operating prediction markets (gambling) via Attention Markets. While a halal path exists to earn rewards through the creator marketplace without participating in haram tasks, users must strictly avoid the optional Pendle staking (riba) and Polymarket wagering (maysir) tasks.
Airdrop Tasks
Sign in with X or Email
RequiredBasic account creation and social sign-in is a permissible action.
Register as Creator on Kaito Studio
RequiredConnecting a wallet and registering as a creator is a neutral, permissible task.
Drive Campaign Conversions
OptionalPerformance-based marketing and driving conversions for neutral partner brands is permissible.
Stake KAITO on Pendle
OptionalPendle is a yield-trading protocol that separates principal and yield, inherently involving interest-bearing mechanics (riba).
Trade Attention Markets
OptionalWagering on mindshare and sentiment outcomes via Polymarket is gambling (maysir).
Why This Verdict
The Shariah ruling on a crypto asset depends on a three-layer screen: the underlying infrastructure, the application it serves, and the asset itself. A failure at any layer renders the asset impermissible. While the specific blockchain infrastructure is not detailed in the research, the KAITO token passes the asset qualification layer as recognized property (Mal) because it is a live, ascertainable, and transferable digital asset that can be held and preserved. However, it fails at the application layer. Simply buying and holding the KAITO token is Haram because the project has pivoted to directly operating Attention Markets in partnership with Polymarket, which are prediction markets constituting gambling (maysir). Furthermore, the token is heavily integrated with interest-bearing yield protocols. Regarding the campaign mechanisms, basic account creation, registering as a creator on Kaito Studio, and driving campaign conversions for neutral partner brands are Halal activities. However, users must strictly avoid the optional tasks of staking KAITO on Pendle, as it is a yield-trading protocol involving interest-bearing mechanics (riba), and trading on Attention Markets, which is explicit gambling.
Points of Caution
- !The project directly operates and promotes Attention Markets via Polymarket, exposing the ecosystem to explicit gambling (maysir) based on social sentiment outcomes.
- !The campaign heavily promotes staking KAITO on Pendle, a yield-trading protocol that separates principal and yield, inherently involving impermissible interest-bearing mechanics (riba).
- !The original utility of the token has shifted, tying it closely to speculative creator markets and interest-bearing staking.
Purification Note
As holding the KAITO token is deemed impermissible due to the project's direct operation of gambling markets, purification is not applicable to the token itself; the asset should be avoided entirely. If a user participates solely in the Halal creator marketplace tasks without holding the token or engaging in the Haram optional tasks, the income earned from those specific permissible marketing activities does not require purification.
Bottom Line
The KAITO token is impermissible to hold because the project directly operates prediction markets (gambling) and integrates heavily with interest-bearing staking protocols. While users can permissibly earn rewards by acting as marketers in the creator marketplace, they must completely avoid buying the token, staking it on Pendle, or wagering on the Attention Markets. Final religious authority rests with a qualified Shariah scholar.
How this verdict was reached
This is not an opinion issued by ShariaQuant. It is the output of a documented screening methodology applied to researched facts about KAITO AI, and every row above states the specific evidence that drove it — so the reasoning can be examined rather than taken on trust.
An airdrop raises two separate questions, and both are answered: whether the reward token is permissible to receive and hold, and whether the tasks required to qualify are themselves permissible. Every eligibility task is ruled individually, so a campaign can be usable by completing only the permissible tasks.
Lending and borrowing tasks are assessed as riba, perpetual and margin trading as excessive uncertainty (gharar), and prediction markets or chance-based games as gambling (maisir).
AAOIFI has not reviewed, approved or endorsed this report or ShariaQuant, and no scholar named in our methodology has reviewed this individual verdict. This is analysis, not a fatwa — final religious authority rests with a qualified scholar.
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