DeFi marketing agency

DeFi marketing agency work at 3betmedia starts with an explanation your protocol team would sign off on. We book creators who can walk an audience through deposits, yields and risks without overselling, then report on wallets and deposits instead of impressions.

Since 2018 our team has run 200+ creator campaigns, including work that grew Zerion's X following 48% to 117,000 and brought 980 wallets to Hydration on Polkadot.

Quick answer: A DeFi marketing agency helps lending, DEX, perps and yield protocols reach users through creators and KOLs who understand on-chain finance. In DeFi the creator's job is to explain how the protocol works and what can go wrong, so the users who deposit know what they are using.

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Brands our team has run creator campaigns for since 2018

  • Rainbet
  • Polymarket
  • Binance
  • Gate.io
  • Bybit
  • io.finnet
  • Saakuru Labs
  • Stellar
  • 200+campaigns delivered
  • 50Kcreators in our network
  • 50K+UGC pieces managed
  • 1Bcontent views

Why DeFi growth depends on creators who explain risk

DeFi users read contracts, check audits and argue in replies. A sponsored post that gets a mechanic wrong costs more trust than it buys. The creators worth paying explain how the protocol works, including how a user can lose money.

  • Accuracy is the pitch. Users who understand collateral, fees and lockups before depositing arrive with fewer surprises and fewer angry support threads.
  • Naming risk earns credibility. Saying smart contract, liquidation or depeg risk out loud tells a sceptical audience the protocol has nothing to hide.
  • Yields are quoted as variable. Creators present rates as current and changeable, never as a promised return, and point viewers to where the live figure sits.
  • Teachers matter more than chart posters. A creator who can walk through a transaction flow does more for a protocol than one known for price calls.

Creator selection and coordination follow our crypto KOL campaign scope, with an extra review step for protocol claims.

Lending, DEX, perps and yield: DeFi campaigns compared

Each kind of protocol raises a different first question, so each needs different creators and a different success event.

How DeFi creator campaigns differ by protocol type
Protocol typeCreators that fitWhat they must explainEvent we track
Lending and borrowingDeFi educators and risk analystsCollateral, health factor, liquidationFirst supply or first borrow
DEX and AMMOn-chain traders and LP specialistsSwaps, fees, impermanent lossFirst swap or LP position
Perps and derivativesDerivatives traders and tooling reviewersMargin, funding rates, liquidation priceFunded account and first trade
Yield, staking and restakingYield researchers and wallet reviewersSource of yield, lockups, slashingFirst deposit, still active after 30 days

Shortlisted names then go through our KOL due-diligence guide: what happened to past sponsors, where the audience sits, and how the creator explains a mechanism when nobody is paying.

How does our DeFi marketing agency work?

  1. Claims review with your team. We agree what the protocol supports today, which risks every piece must name and who signs off before a creator sees the brief.
  2. Audience split. Traders, liquidity providers, borrowers and integrators get separate creator lists, because their questions barely overlap.
  3. Creator vetting. We study how each candidate explains mechanics in unpaid content, check audience geography and past sponsors, and drop anyone who sells returns.
  4. Controlled demos. Creators record on a named network and version using a test wallet, and your protocol owner checks the cut before it goes live.
  5. Wallet-level review. Tagged links and referral events are matched to first deposits, and each creator is judged on retained wallets rather than raw TVL.

Talk to us

Pick a 30-minute slot, or DM us on Telegram.

Want this run for your protocol? Book a slot and bring your docs plus the claim you need explained.

Pricing is scoped to your brief. We reply within one working day.

What do you get from our DeFi marketing agency?

  • A vetted DeFi creator shortlist Educators, analysts and traders matched to your protocol type, with a note on how each one handles risk.
  • A claims sheet Approved wording for yields, fees and risks, plus the phrases creators must never use.
  • Demo-ready briefs Network, version, test wallet and approved screens set for every recording.
  • Disclosure in every post Paid-partnership labels and risk lines checked against your market restrictions.
  • Explainers you can reuse Walkthroughs licensed for your own channels when you buy those rights.
  • Attribution you can defend Deposits and wallets per creator inside a stated window, kept apart from market-driven TVL swings.

TVL moves with token prices, incentives and large existing depositors, so we never hand a creator credit for the whole change. Reports show first deposits, retained wallets and referral events per creator, and name what the data cannot tie to a post.

When you need footage you own outright, our Web3 video production service builds the demo asset separately from the creator's channel post.

Why choose 3betmedia as your DeFi marketing agency?

Since 2018 our team has worked with DeFi wallets, Polkadot DeFi, trading tools and exchanges. We know which creators can explain a liquidation and which only post charts.

Our scope is creator selection, briefs, production and publishing. Treasury, incentive design and community moderation stay with your team, and we say early if the protocol story is not ready for paid attention.

Results from campaigns our team has run

3betmedia launched in 2026; most of these campaigns ran before the name existed. See all 19 cases.

Frequently asked questions

What does a DeFi marketing agency do?

It plans and runs campaigns that bring informed users to a protocol. At 3betmedia that means choosing creators who can explain your mechanics, writing briefs your team approves, coordinating demos and publishing, and reporting on wallets and deposits. Treasury management, incentive design and community moderation stay with the protocol, where they belong.

How much does DeFi creator marketing cost?

Pricing is scoped to your brief. Price follows the creator tier, the number of audiences you target, whether you need owned video and how many waves you run. We price from your brief rather than a rate card, and nothing is booked before you approve the creators and budget.

Can creators promote our yields or APY?

They can describe current rates as variable and point to where the live figure is shown, but they never promise a return. Every piece names the main risks, such as smart contract, liquidation or depeg risk, and carries a paid-partnership label. Some markets, including the UK under FCA rules, restrict crypto promotions further, so we check yours first.

How do you measure DeFi campaigns when TVL moves with the market?

We do not use TVL as the creator metric. Each creator gets tagged links or referral codes where the protocol supports them, and we report first deposits, active wallets after a fixed interval and the questions the content raised. The attribution window and its limits are written into the report, so nobody mistakes a market rally for campaign impact.

Which platforms work for DeFi creators?

X is where much of the DeFi conversation happens, so threads and X Spaces suit launches and mechanism explainers. YouTube suits longer walkthroughs of a deposit or borrow flow, and Telegram reaches trading and yield communities directly. We choose the platform from where your target users already ask questions, then match the format to how much the mechanic needs showing.

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Next step

Get your protocol explained by creators your users already trust.

Send your docs, the protocol type and the markets you serve. After a free 30-minute call we send a shortlist of DeFi creators with audience data and a campaign outline that names the risks each piece must cover.

Prefer a quick conversation?

Message @mcp35 on Telegram with your project and market. No deck required.

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