Kite

Holding KITE pays nothing; staking rewards are variable and paid for running the network, with a published target of about 4%.

Riba is interest or any guaranteed increase on a loan. KITE has no lending function, and its MiCA white paper says it gives no profit or repayment rights. Staking rewards are paid first in KITE and later in stablecoins, with a target of about 4% a year, and validators and delegators that fail availability or integrity rules lose pending unlocks or future rewards. That is payment for work with risk, not a loan return. Because delegators earn it passively and the rate is published as a target, the score is 90 rather than 100.

KITE is the native staking token of a live blockchain and is required for its operating roles.

This criterion asks whether the asset has real value as property (mal). KITE is the native token of Kite Chain, which launched its mainnet in April 2026, and it must be staked to run modules, validate or delegate. Its white paper describes it as a utility token with no ownership or redemption rights, so it is not a claim on a company. CryptoUmmah, the authoritative source, rates it halal, so the general scholarly debate about crypto is reflected in confidence rather than in this score.

KITE serves a productive network with no gambling mechanics; speculation is market behaviour, not protocol design.

Maysir is gambling: gaining or losing by chance rather than through productive exchange. Kite addresses a concrete problem, payments between AI agents, and has no lottery, prediction or meme features. CryptoUmmah, the authoritative source, finds that speculation reflects trader behaviour rather than protocol design. No coin-specific gambling feature is documented, so the criterion is at the maximum.

The protocol earns commissions on AI agent payments and services, which is permissible service income.

This criterion asks how the protocol earns and whether any of that income is impermissible. According to CryptoUmmah, Kite's income is a commission on AI-agent payment and transaction activity, and the white paper plans to pay staking rewards increasingly from stablecoin income. Fees for a payment and identity service are permissible. No source shows interest-based or other impermissible revenue, so the criterion is at the maximum.

KITE is used for staking roles on a network built for AI agent identity and stablecoin payments.

This criterion looks at what the asset is actually used for. KITE is staked by module owners, validators and delegators to run Kite Chain, which serves AI agent identity and stablecoin payments through Kite Agent Passport. These are permissible infrastructure uses. Data on actual network activity is limited and recorded as a gap, but no impermissible use is documented, so the criterion is at the maximum.

Fully paid spot KITE is available on Binance, Upbit, Bithumb and other exchanges and can be held in self-custody.

This criterion asks whether the asset can be owned in a permissible way. KITE has traded spot on Binance, Upbit and Bithumb since 3 November 2025 and can be withdrawn to a self-custody wallet. Ownership does not depend on derivatives or leverage, so the criterion is at the maximum.

Kite aims at a useful service, safe and accountable payments by AI agents; no concrete harm is documented.

Maslahah weighs benefit against harm. Kite gives AI agents verifiable identity, spending rules and cheap stablecoin payments, which can make automated commerce more accountable. No source shows the network or token being used for fraud, sanctions evasion or a security incident. The criterion is therefore at the maximum.