Security and privacy are paramount for Web3 AI agents - and heyAura is no exception. Find out more about what we do to safeguard those.
heyAura, as a Web3 AI assistant, works with wallet onchain history, portfolio state, and transaction preparation. The assistant can help users understand their assets, assess risk, compare opportunities, and prepare actions. A product trusted with execution needs to be secure and provide privacy through careful code review, clear approval flows, and tighter handling of wallet data. In this article, we look into detail into heyAura’s security and privacy.
Existing security baselineheyAura
inherited AdEx along with its established ecosystem, the $ADX token, and long-running security. AdEx has been stress-tested through time and considered a veteran in the space with nearly a decade of enduring market cycles.
Listed on Binance, Kraken, and numerous other exchanges, the $ADX token forged its resilience with time and remains the centerpiece of heyAura’s governance and utility.
On the review side, $ADX has been audited by CertiK and others.
Security innovationWe are also setting up an AI-based auditing system that will run continuously against the application codebase.
Contrary to the traditional audit method of a single audit report, heyAura will keep reviewing its code as it changes. The continuous AI-assisted review will add another layer of security around day-to-day development and shorten the gap between code changes and security checks.
Privacy-preserving local modelOne of the most important parts of heyAura’s design is the privacy-preserving local model direction.
The assistant works with sensitive wallet context: balances, positions, approvals, transaction history, and behavioral signals.
The local model direction keeps the first layer of wallet interpretation in the user environment where possible. That reduces how much raw wallet context needs to leave the wallet in order to produce useful output. When remote processing is required, the system sends less raw wallet data and only what the task requires.Or simply put in a situation of a potential security breach your data stays protected on your device.
User approval is the final phaseheyAura can prepare actions, but the user must still approve them.
That applies to swaps, bridges, trades, and any other execution-related tasks. The assistant can reduce the work between understanding a position and acting on it but the final decision always stays in the user’s hands.
Authentication and identitySecurity for heyAura also includes authentication.
heyAura is moving to agent-driven workflows, making identity and authentication more important. Billions supports that layer through verifiable identity infrastructure that can strengthen trust across services and interactions. With Billions’ integration heyAura’s identity can be verified by others and allow it to authenticate those who try to communicate with it.
In conclusion: setting a security standardThe security model behind heyAura is built around a few core requirements. Sensitive wallet context should stay local where possible, and remote systems should receive less when they are needed. Code review should continue as the product evolves, surpassing isolated audit points. Actions should still require user approval, and authentication is mandatory as workflows move closer to agent-driven interaction.
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You may be forgiven for forgetting about Filecoin, the $257 million mega ICO of 2017. However, this project is silently making development strides.
This decentralised file storage blockchain is looking to shape up the status quo of centralised web servers and storage providers. It has also just recently released its much awaited testnet and is shaping up for a mainnet launch in 2020.
So, will Filecoin really meet up to its expectations?
In this Filecoin review, I will attempt to answer that. I will take an in-depth look into the use cases, technology and long term project potential.
What is Filecoin?Filecoin is a decentralized data storage protocol that will allow anyone in the world to rent out their spare hard drive storage space. And of course, it will also permit anyone in the world to purchase the storage they need from the network.
This will create an immense pool of global data storage, which the founders of Filecoin feel is necessary for the coming decades as more and more systems become computerized and as storage needs grow exponentially.
Benefits of Filecoin. Images via Filecoin Website
The project was the brainchild of Protocol Labs and its founder Juan Benet. This is the same company and individual who is behind the Interplanetary File System (IPFS). Not unsurprisingly, this is the same technology that the Filecoin Blockchain is built on.
Given that the data will be stored on a blockchain, not only will it be distributed but it will be immutable. This means that no one can tamper with the data and Proof-of-Storage is immediately verifiable for everyone to see on the transparent ledger.
Filecoin is also known for another really important record: it was one of the largest ICOs ever. The project managed to raise a total of $204 million from contributors who bought SAFT agreements in the 2017 raise - I will cover this a bit more below.
Now that you have a basic understanding of what Filecoin is, let's take a look at the reasons why we need decentralised alternatives.
Need For Decentralised StorageThere are many different ideas that have given rise to blockchain projects. For some reason using blockchain technology for cloud computing and data storage hasn’t been given as much attention as they deserve.
The likely reason is that data storage just seems boring, and projects with more hype have taken the spotlight from utility projects like Filecoin and its competitors Storj and Siacoin. Yet decentralized storage has many benefits over its centralized counterparts.
One of the most mentioned benefits is the safe storage of private data offered by decentralized blockchain storage solutions. The popular centralized storage solutions from the likes of Dropbox and Google are vulnerable to attacks.
Dropbox Hacked. Source: Guardian
If a hacker can break through the security perimeter of one of these centralized networks they can access all of the data stored there. Much of that data can be sensitive and private in nature, including financial details, passwords, and other personal data. Because the theft of this data can become dangerous it is critical to protect it the best way possible.
And the best way possible is by storing such data on a decentralized blockchain solution like Filecoin. It takes data stored and first encrypts it before breaking it into smaller chunks and storing them in multiple nodes.
Only the person who holds the private key can reassemble all the pieces to view the data in its entirety. Any potential errors in the storage and reassembly of the pieces are handled through redundancy of storage on the nodes.
Tapping the Vast Unused Resources. Image via: Filecoin Primer
Decentralized data storage will also increase the efficiency of storage, which will lead to reduced storage costs. Consider that Amazon S3 charges $25 per terabyte per month, but Filecoin should be able to reduce that to around $2 per terbyte per month. Decentralized networks can lower costs so dramatically because they don’t have the running costs of centralized networks.
Other benefits are that data transfer will be both smoother and faster. And finally, Filecoin includes its currency layer, which provides incentives for storage nodes and data retrieval.
Filecoin TechnologyFilecoin was among the first blockchain projects to introduce the concept of a decentralized storage network (DSN). A DSN is a data storage scheme that includes a network of independent storage nodes and clients. The DSN aggregates the storage offered by the independent node operators, and coordinates the storage and retrieval of the data.
The aggregation and coordination is decentralized, which removes the need for trusted third parties. Instead, security is achieved through the operating protocols which coordinate operations and verify the data storage and retrieval.
Consensus MechanismsFilecoin has created two new consensus algorithms to make their storage system publically verifiable. These are Proof-of-Replication (PoRep) and Proof-of-Spacetime (PoSt).
Proof-of-Replication (PoRep): This is a new Proof-of-Storage algorithm that allows a server (or node) to convince a user that it has replicated some data in its physical storage.
In the Filecoin system, the server also commits to store x number of replicas of the data, and then convinces the user that it is storing each replica of the data via a challenge/response protocol. PoRep improves on prior schemes by preventing Sybil attacks, Generation attacks, and Outsourcing attacks.
Robustness of the Proof-of-Replication Consensus. Image via Filecoin Primer
Proof-of-Spacetime: In a Proof-of-Storage scheme a user can check if the storage provider is actually storing the expected data at the time a challenge is issued. However, it doesn’t verify that the data remains stored across a given period of time.
One way to accomplish this would be to repeatedly challenge the storage provider. Of course, this introduces a huge amount of complexity and communication, and would become a bottleneck to the Filecoin system since storage providers must submit their proofs to the blockchain network.
Proof-of-Spacetime bypasses this by allowing a verifier to check If a storage provider is storing requested data over a range of time. It accomplishes this by requiring the storage provider to:
generate sequential Proofs-of-Storage (in our case Proof-of-Replication), as a way to determine time;recursively compose the executions to generate a short proof.PoSt and PoRep both use zk-SNARKS, making proofs very short and easy to verify.
IPFSAs mentioned, protocol labs is also behind IPFS. This is a decentralised Peer-to-Peer storage protocol that was launched in 2015. IPFS allows users to store their files across a network of computers in much the same way that BitTorrent does.
Basically, IPFS indexes each file on the network with a fingerprint or "cryptographic hash". This means that the files are unique and only is effectively able to split it up and distribute it in such a way that it is most able to latency - serving files quicker than centralised systems.
Demand for IPFS Resources Since Launch. Image via Filecoin Primer
IPFS is not just a concept and there has been a great deal of adoption across the world for the technology. Over 5 billion files have been added to IPFS and this spans a number of industries. There are also a number of blockchain companies that are using this tech including Wings, AdEx and DigixDAO.
Smart ContractsSmartcontracts were included to allow users to access stateful programs which allow for the validation of storage proofs, request storage and retrieval of data, and spend tokens.
The smart contracts are triggered by certain transactions sent to the ledger. Filecoin has extended the smart contract system to include its own blockchain specific operations such as proof of verification and market operations.
Cross-chain InteractionsWhile not fully implemented yet, Filecoin’s developers are working on support for cross chain interaction through the use of bridges. This will allow other blockchains to utilize the Filecoin storage system while also allowing Filecoin to benefit from the functionalities of other blockchain platforms.
Mining on FilecoinOnce the Filecoin mainnet is live users will have the opportunity to earn FIL tokens by providing data storage and retrieval services to users across the global network.
The more data that a miner stores, the greater their storage power becomes. By increasing storage power the miner increases the likelihood of generating new blocks and winning block rewards. Miners get to choose if they want to participate in storage mining, retrieval mining, storage power consensus, or all three.
Mining on Filecoin is different from mining on a Proof-of-Work blockchain because Filecoin mining is based on storage power consensus rather than raw computing power. That means the more proven storage you have on the network, the more likely you are to win block rewards.
Ways to Mine Filecoin on the Network
The storage power is linear with respect to the amount of storage added to the network by each miner. The amount of GPUs does not determine the likelihood of winning block rewards. This is in contrast with a Proof-of-Work blockchain where miners all compete on GPU power to win block rewards.
The Filecoin miners only use GPU power during the ElectionPoSt, and only if they have winning election tickets. In short, the cheapest way for a miner to gain power on the Filecoin network is by adding more useful storage to the network.
It is possible to test mining on the testnet, which went live in December 2019. You can learn more about how to test Filecoin mining here.
For small miners who worry about GPU power for the ElectionPoSt, the Filecoin team is researching ways to outsource the SNARK computation to minimize GPU costs for miners.
Filecoin TeamUnlike most blockchain projects, Filecoin was not founded by an individual or group of individuals. Instead, it comes from a U.S. company called Protocol Labs. Protocol Labs was founded in 2014 by Juan Benet and long before it became involved with Filecoin it was involved with creating foundational internet infrastructure technology.
One of its most widely known and used inventions is the interplanetary file system (IPFS), which is a decentralized web protocol that hopes to replace HTTP. The company continues to research, develop, and deploy network protocols.
Juan Bennet & Protocol Labs
In addition to IPFS Protocol Labs also developed libp2p, a modular network stack for peer-to-peer apps and systems. It also launched CoinList, a platform for token investment and sales. Protocol Labs does all of its development in an open and transparent manner, seeking to create massive value for the world.
The core team at Protocol Labs includes members with a deep understanding and expertise in the following fields: fintech, open source software development, open source community development, cryptography, and distributed systems.
The Filecoin CrowdsaleFilecoin’s ICO was the largest in history when it went down, with the sale bringing in an eye-watering $257 million.
One issue with the ICO was that it was only open in the U.S. to accredited investors, meaning those with over $1 million in capital, or an income of more than $200,000 per year.
Filecoin did this in an attempt to meet all the regulatory requirements to make their sale available in the U.S., however many community members were left with a bad taste in their mouths due to the snubbing of the smaller investor.
Filecoin Token Sale Details. Image via Token Sale Paper
Also causing some outrage among the community was the pre-sale, which offered tokens to hedge funds and other large investors for less than half the price of the public token sale. The pre-sale included Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Union Square Ventures, among others.
The ICO was different from most in that Filecoin structured it as a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT). As such there are no actual FIL tokens in existence yet. Investors paid for the right to collect the tokens once Filecoin launches its mainnet and mines the genesis block.
As of January 2020, the Filecoin tokens have of course not been released. Having said that, there are Filecoin Futures markets on LBank and BitForex but I would avoid these given that these exchanges are not that well known.
DevelopmentOne of the best ways to get a sense of the amount of work being done on the Filecoin blockchain is to take a look into their open source code repositories.
The total code commits that the project has pushed over the past year is a great indication of the total development activity. I dived into the Filecoin GitHub and below are the total commits for the top 3 repositories.
Total Commits to chosen repos over past 12 months
As you can see, there has been extensive work done over the past 12 months. While other projects were launching half baked products and fizzling out, Filecoin has been quitely pushing code.
I should also point out that there are a further 64 other repositories that have varying levels of commits. There are also over 18 people who are working on the code on a daily basis.
Of course, most of this work relates to the testnet launch that was announced in December of 2019. There is also a great deal of preparation taking place for the rollout of the mainnet this year.
Roadmap and TestnetThere was a detailed roadmap produced by the Filecoin team back in 2017, prior to the ICO. Since then they haven’t provided updates until the launch of the testnet in December 2019.
Now they have also posted a Gannt chart that’s updated in real-time and can be accessed to see where the team is in development. Note the current roadmap shows the mainnet for the project launching in March or April 2020.
The testnet allows for live testing of the Filecoin protocol. At this time the tam is using it to test, benchmark, and optimize the network. The entire purpose behind the testnet is to evaluate the network at scale in order to identify and fix any issues prior to the launch of the mainnet.
Filecoin Testnet Launches!
The testnet is considered to be the most realistic implementation of the coming Filecoin mainnet, but is still subject to significant changes based on what’s discovered during the testing period. Meanwhile, anyone is free to access and join the testnet, and the codebase also remains completely open source for anyone who wishes to examine it.
Benefits of having the testnet include:
Prospective storage miners can experience more realistic sealing performance and hardware requirements due to the use of near-final proofs constructions and parameters.Prospective storage clients can store and retrieve real data on the testnet. Clients can participate in deal-making workflows and storage + retrieval functionality.Developers can begin building applications on top of testnet-compatible implementation APIs.Currently, the Filecoin testnet operates with one Filecoin implementation: lotus. In the future, additional implementations will join the network, since the network has been built to be implementation-agnostic.
The Filecoin team has posted this IMPORTANT NOTE:
The Filecoin protocol is not yet 100% complete or stable. Testnet will not be a stable network; the entire purpose of testnet is for us to find and fix bugs, so this is expected! The network will be restarted at least once, and possibly several times, between now and mainnet launch.
If you wanted to keep up to date with developments from the Filecoin team then there are a number of places the developers are active. You could follow their discussion forum, chat on slack or follow their Twitter. More formal announcements will be made on the Filecoin Blog.
Filecoin Vs Siacoin and StorjWhile Filecoin is still in the testnet hase, there are other projects with similar goals to Filecoin which have already launched their networks. The most well-known and notable of these are Siacoin and Storj.
Siacoin has over 300 storage providers with a total capacity of 2 petabytes and current utilized storage of nearly 700 terabytes. It’s software has been downloaded 1.2 million times and it’s the 71st largest cryptocurrency (SC) with a market cap over $52 million.
Filecoin vs. Siacoin vs. Storj
Storj has recently launched their public beta network and expect their mainnet to go live within the first weeks of 2020. They have a functioning cryptocurrency (STORJ) since 2017, which ranks 170th with a market cap of over $12 million.
Also, consider that the centralized players in cloud computing aren’t going to give up easily. Amazon S3 is currently the largest file storage platform in the world, but others such as Microsoft and Alphabet are working hard to claim market share as well.
It could be extremely difficult for decentralized options like Filecoin to overtake these centralized giants who have strong business connections, offer reliable service, and is easily scalable. It is also an excellent choice for developers who want integration with other Amazon services (or Microsoft or Alphabet depending on the platform being used).
ConclusionUndeniably file storage is one of the strong use cases for blockchain technology, even if it isn’t as glamorous as the DeFi applications that are currently so popular. Still, I believe this can be one of the more successful utilizations of blockchain, especially once it gains mainstream adoption.
And in the file storage space, Filecoin appears to be the best positioned to make it work. Not only did it have one of the biggest ICOs of 2017 but it has also been hard at work over the past two years building out the protocol. This is all on top of some highly effective tech like IPFS and ibp2p.
Moreover, the project has some really high profile backers in the VC funds invested in it and a strong team behind it. These should all add weight to the resolve of the Filecoin project.
There are challenges of course. It will not be easy to get people to move away from centralised systems. They like the convenience that comes from services like Google drive and Amazon Web Services. Can Filecoin develop a simple to use interface and user experience?
Time will tell...
Either way, Filecoin is definitely one to keep your eyes on. If the testnet development goes according to plan, we could very well see that much awaited mainnet launch in March of 2020.
The integration, which is part of a new strategic agreement with CoinGecko, significantly expands AURA’s capabilities. This collaboration represents a significant turning point in AURA’s continuous development as it integrates with top Web3 infrastructure. AdEx, a developer of Web3 infrastructure solutions with an emphasis on user experience has announced a new strategic agreement with CoinGecko for its AURA Web3 AI agent framework. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has been incorporated into AdEx’s AURA to provide real-time, on-chain market data, including as market capitalizations, trading volumes, and token prices. In order to provide suggestions that are quicker, more precise, and contextually aware, AURA now pulls in real-time data for over 9 million tokens from 1,500+ exchanges and 200+ networks thanks to CoinGecko MCP.
In order to provide individualized solutions for portfolio development, AURA examines users’ on-chain activities, assets, and current market trends. AURA, which is built to run independently, recognizes high-impact opportunities—like airdrops, DeFi yield, NFT mints, and liquidation risks—and helps users take action without the need for human input or reminders. Because of its smooth integration across wallets, dApps, and explorers, executing sophisticated strategies is simple and accessible.
The integration, which is part of a new strategic agreement with CoinGecko, significantly expands AURA’s capabilities in the following ways:
Trustless and verifiable data: The on-chain architecture of CoinGecko MCP guarantees that AURA functions with transparent, decentralized data, which is essential for independent, decision-making agents. Improved strategy timing and execution: More accurate suggestions are made possible by real-time data, which assists users in taking advantage of market opportunities at the best times. Expanded asset coverage: AURA can provide insights beyond top-cap assets since it has access to a wider universe of long-tail tokens and fresh listings. Smart contract composability: The on-chain distribution of CoinGecko MCP paves the way for future automation, in which AURA might use smart contracts to immediately initiate plan execution. Higher reliability in volatile markets: In contrast to centralized APIs, CoinGecko MCP maintains its functionality under stress, providing AURA with reliable access to timely data even during periods of intense market activity. This collaboration represents a significant turning point in AURA’s continuous development as it integrates with top Web3 infrastructure to provide consumers across the ecosystem with more insight, automation, and value.
AdEx was established in 2017 with the goal of using blockchain technology to revolutionize digital advertising. With the addition of cutting-edge solutions like AdEx AURA, a personal AI agent framework created to streamline and improve the Web3 experience, it has now developed into a vibrant ecosystem. Based on the user’s onchain activity and risk profile, AURA keeps an eye on the market, suggests possibilities that are specific to them, and even has the ability to act on their behalf. AURA manages the complexity so the user doesn’t have to, whether it’s finding the optimal lending protocols, optimizing DeFi yield, claiming airdrops, or minting NFTs.
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AdEx, a developer of UX-focused Web3 infrastructure products, announced a new strategic partnership with CoinGecko for its AURA Web3 AI agent framework. AdEx’s AURA has integrated the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to access real-time, on-chain market data, including token prices, trading volumes, and market capitalizations. With CoinGecko MCP, AURA now pulls in real-time data for over 9 million tokens across 1,500+ exchanges and 200+ networks, enabling it to deliver faster, more accurate, and context-aware recommendations.
AURA analyzes users’ on-chain activity, assets, and current market trends to suggest personalized strategies for portfolio growth. Designed to operate autonomously, AURA identifies high-impact opportunities, such as airdrops, DeFi yield, NFT mints, and liquidation risks and guides users to act on them without needing prompts or manual input. It’s built for seamless integration across wallets, dApps, and explorers, making advanced strategy execution accessible and effortless.
As part of a new strategic partnership with CoinGecko, the integration brings several key enhancements to AURA’s capabilities:
Trustless and verifiable data: CoinGecko MCP’s on-chain structure ensures AURA operates with decentralized, transparent data – crucial for autonomous, decision-making agents. Improved strategy timing and execution: Real-time data enables more precise recommendations, helping users act on market opportunities at optimal moments. Expanded asset coverage: With visibility into a broader universe of long-tail tokens and new listings, AURA can offer insights beyond just top-cap assets. Smart contract composability: CoinGecko MCP’s on-chain delivery opens the door to future automation, where AURA could trigger strategy execution directly via smart contracts. Higher reliability in volatile markets: Unlike centralized APIs, CoinGecko MCP continues to perform under pressure, giving AURA consistent access to timely data even during high market activity. This partnership marks a key milestone in AURA’s ongoing evolution, as it continues to integrate with leading Web3 infrastructure to deliver greater intelligence, automation, and value to users across the ecosystem.
About AdEx:
AdEx was founded in 2017 with a mission to transform digital advertising through blockchain technology. Since then, it has grown into a dynamic ecosystem, expanding its product lineup with innovative tools like AdEx AURA — a personal AI agent framework designed to simplify and enhance the Web3 experience. AURA monitors the market, recommends tailored opportunities, and can even take action on the user’s behalf — all based on their onchain activity and risk profile. Whether it’s identifying the best lending protocols, maximizing DeFi yield, claiming airdrops, or minting NFTs, AURA handles the complexity so the user doesn’t have to.
AdEx has launched the AURA API, an open-source tool for blockchain developers working on AI agents.
Summary
AdEx launches the AURA API platform for AI developers AURA API is an open-source agent framework for blockchain The company is also starting a hackathon to reward contributors Artificial intelligence and Web3 technology are becoming increasingly interconnected. On Tuesday, September 16, Web3 software firm AdEx announced the launch of the AURA API, crypto.news can exclusively report. This is an open-source framework to help developers launch on-chain AI agents.
Essentially, the AURA API is a series of building blocks that enable developers to leverage AI capabilities on the blockchain more easily. The platform monitors raw data, including wallet balances, asset positions, and more. The API then connects to the AI layer, enabling it to interpret data and identify opportunities.
The AURA API can also generate personalized insights, creating strategies tailored for individual users. Moreover, it features an automation layer, enabling developers to create flows that automatically execute trading strategies.
AURA API will integrate with LLMs like ChatGPT The platform will also feature an LLM interface, which connects to other parts of the API. This could enable users to interact with the platform similarly to how they would interact with ChatGPT and other LLMs. For instance, users might be able to give instructions using natural language.
Potential use cases, according to AdEx, include finding opportunities in “airdrops, DeFi yield, NFT mints, and liquidation risks,” among others. Moreover, developers would be able to leverage the AURA API to power “AI-driven portfolio trackers, autonomous trading bots, and real-time assistants,” and more.
The company also announced a hackathon set for September 22 and lasting one month. The competition will focus on Web3 applications that leverage AI and will feature a $12,000 prize pool. By launching the hackathon simultaneously with the AURA API, AdEx hopes to attract talent to contribute to the ecosystem.
A Web3 AI agent framework AURA transforms unprocessed blockchain data into customized portfolio strategies. By launching the hackathon and API together, AdEx hopes to showcase practical applications while drawing in collaborations and skilled developers. The AURA API, an open-source framework created to put autonomous AI agents on-chain, was launched by AdEx, a provider of Web3 infrastructure products with an emphasis on user experience. In parallel, AdEx is offering developers the opportunity to test the limits of AI-powered Web3 apps by starting a month-long global hackathon on September 22nd with a $12,000 prize pool.
A Web3 AI agent framework AURA transforms unprocessed blockchain data into customized portfolio strategies. AURA automatically identifies high-impact possibilities, such as airdrops, DeFi yield, NFT mints, and liquidation risks, by analyzing user behavior, assets, and market movements. It then directs users to take action without the need for human supervision or reminders.
From smarter wallets and AI-powered portfolio trackers to autonomous trading bots, real-time assistants, and whole new protocols, the AURA API provides developers with an open-source collection of building blocks that they can fork, expand, and utilize as a dependency to power a new generation of apps. The API enables developers to build solutions that may provide context-aware insights, reason about user activities, and even carry out plans on-chain by providing both straightforward integrations and opportunities for more complex innovation. Additionally, AURA’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) compatibility allows it to seamlessly integrate with ChatGPT and Claude, paving the way for Web3 AI-native interfaces.
AdEx is starting a month-long hackathon from September 22 to October 22, 2025, with $12,000 in prizes split among four projects, to demonstrate the potential:
1st place: $5,000 2nd & 3rd place: $3,000 each 4th place: $1,000 By launching the hackathon and API together, AdEx hopes to showcase practical applications while drawing in collaborations and skilled developers to expand the framework. Long-term ecosystem development is intended to be accelerated by developers integrating AURA into current platforms and adding additional SDK modules, governance techniques, and MCP connections. By doing this, AURA introduces real-time, tailored AI to the blockchain economy and pushes the boundaries of autonomous on-chain intelligence.
Anyone who wants to participate in the hackathon may sign up and begin building here.
AdEx was established in 2017 with the goal of using blockchain technology to revolutionize digital advertising. With the addition of cutting-edge solutions like AdEx AURA, a personal AI agent framework created to streamline and improve the Web3 experience, it has now developed into a vibrant ecosystem. Based on the user’s onchain activity and risk profile, AURA keeps an eye on the market, suggests possibilities that are specific to them, and even has the ability to act on their behalf. AURA manages the complexity so the user doesn’t have to, whether it’s finding the optimal lending protocols, optimizing DeFi yield, claiming airdrops, or minting NFTs.
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Devconnect is coming to Argentina next week, and the AdEx team is returning to the event scene to participate in side events. Find out about our full plans!
The AdEx team is off to Argentina for Devconnect week - find out where to see them. AdEx is coming back to the events circuit with a bang at this year's Devconnect! After a short break from events IRL (which allowed us to focus all our efforts on AdEx AURA), the team is packing their bags and their A-game for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read below to see what we have in store for AdEx fans.
AdEx AURA at Agents DayWe have chosen to participate in the Buenos Aires edition of Agents Day by Epic Web3, which will take place on Monday, November 17th. After successful events in Denver, Singapore, Dubai, and Cannes, Agents Day at Devconnect focuses on the future of agentic AI systems and their intersection with blockchain and decentralized technologies. AdEx AURA will be showcased at its own booth along with other leading projects in the agentic AI space, like Coinbase x402, Virtuals, OpenServ, Eliza Labs, EigenCloud, OG Labs, and more, to explore what's next.
AdEx Co-Founder Ivo Georgiev will be participating in a panel discussion on Intelligence Capital Markets: DeFAI, Prediction Agents & Verifiable Yield at 12:20 pm - make sure you add it to your calendar so you don't miss it:
Ivo will be participating in a DeFAI panelAdEx AURA at Agentic ZeroWe will also be supporting Agentic Zero, a one-day conference exploring the intersection of AI and crypto, focused on open, permissionless rails for autonomous systems. It will take place on November 20th, 2025, at La Rural (Palermo), Buenos Aires (the same venue as Devconnect).
The AdEx team will have a booth where we can demo the latest AURA features and talk about anything AI, DeFi, and Ethereum.
Exclusive swag alertFind the AdEx team at either event if you'd like to grab your own AdEx swag, made especially for Argentina and in limited numbers:
— AdEx.eth (@AdEx_Network) November 12, 2025 We hope to see you thereThe AdEx team will also be around at the Devconnect main venue - don't hesitate to reach out to us! Meeting the AdEx community at events is something we really enjoy - and you can also book some time with the team in advance. If that is the case, you can reach out to us on Telegram!
See you soon in Argentina!
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Find out how Devconnect went for the AdEx AURA team After a short break from Web3 events, AdEx AURA made its return during Devconnect ARG in Buenos Aires in late November 2025. Check out how the week went for the team and what we got up to:
Agents Day by Epic Web3 supported by AdEx AURAWe didn’t waste any time, and we dove in almost straight from the airport! On the first day of Devconnect week, we sponsored Agents Day, a one-day conference by Epic Web3 focusing on the future of agentic AI systems and their intersection with blockchain and decentralized technologies.
— AdEx.eth (@AdEx_Network) November 18, 2025 There was a series of panels and keynotes on various topics, from multi-agent collaboration to DeFi orchestration to how open arenas bring trust to AI selection. The selection of speakers was curated to a very high standard, with representatives of Algorand, Agoric, Giza, Coinbase, Oasis, Eliza Labs, etc, just to name a few.
Of course, the panel we most enjoyed featured AdEx Co-Founder Ivo Georgiev, and it was on Intelligence Capital Markets: DeFAI, Prediction Agents & Verifiable Yield. He was joined by Renç Korzay, CEO of Giza, Kevin Leffew, co-creator of Coinbase x402, Gemma, CEO of Valory, and Nathan Vandy, CEO of bond.credit.
Among the topics discussed were: what “intelligence” really means in capital markets, how agents can manage stablecoin and DeFi strategies within clear risk parameters, the role of prediction markets as information signals (not just trading venues), and why governance, benchmarking, credit, privacy, and insurance rails are critical if we want agents to safely manage real capital at scale. The speakers also explored a future where agents are economic actors with their own wallets, access to credit, and banking-like infrastructure.
You can watch the panel here:
— AdEx.eth (@AdEx_Network) November 25, 2025 Agentic Zero - where AI meets cryptoThere were a number of community-owned events taking place within the main Devconnect venue this year. One of them was Agentic Zero, a one-day conference about the intersection of AI and crypto, focused on open, permissionless rails for autonomous systems, aimed at builders, researchers, founders, etc. We supported the event and had a booth to talk all things DeFAI and agents, as well as give out some lovely limited edition swag:
— agentic zero (@AgenticZero) November 21, 2025 The event had an impressive line-up of speakers, including builders from Uniswap Foundation, Aztec, Google Cloud, Consensys, Ethereum Foundation, ENS, Mimic, Certora, MetaMask, etc. From technical talks about the trust layer in the agentic stack, to more philosophical topics like intelligence as a public good, to DeFi as an Agent Playground, there was a panel, talk, or demo for everyone. It was great to meet old AdEx enthusiasts as well as make new IRL frens. Here’s a quick recap video:
— AdEx.eth (@AdEx_Network) November 23, 2025 In conclusionAside from our more prominent participation in agent-specific events, we spent the rest of the week browsing the Ethereum World’s Fair, attending side events, and talking to people in the industry. It was a great opportunity to stay in the loop of the most recent developments in the area, get inspired by other projects, and the AdEx AURA team came back re-energized and ready to crush 2026!
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Barter is to become a swap provider for heyAura, strengthening its ability to provide users with the best quotes, fastest routes, and lowest fees for their swap.
Introducing Barter as a swap partner for heyaura Not long ago, we announced an important evolution coming to heyAura in 2026: moving into a full agentic AI assistant. And while research and development on this has already started, we also continue expanding the ecosystem around heyAura. For example, in 2025, we successfully integrated real-time on-chain data via the CoinGecko Model Context Protocol, and we are upgrading the $ADX staking mechanism to align with heyAura's expanding utility, amongst other things.
Now, a governance vote has determined the first partner to be integrated for the heyAura. Find out more below:
Barter to become a partner for providing quotes for heyAuraThis community championed partnership came as a governance vote via heyAura’s Snapshot. After a successful vote (with 99.95% of the community voting in favor), we will be going ahead with integrating Barter as a swap/quote provider, alongside other services we already use, like Socket and Li.Fi. Having Barter allows the AI assistant to get access to a cross-chain router that’s already operating in real market flow and can be evaluated through transparent public analytics.
Barter is integrated with major decentralized exchanges and aggregators, including CoW Swap, Uniswap, Paraswap, Bebop, and 1inch, and it aggregates liquidity to improve execution quality while keeping the user experience simple.
✅With a resounding success of 99.95% votes in favor, this vote about @BarterDeFi has now passed! https://t.co/yTSxqsR9NR
— AdEx.eth (@AdEx_Network) February 12, 2026 Why is integrating Barter importantFirst, let’s see how this works in practice: imagine you, as a user, asking the heyAura AI assistant to convert some assets for you. It will compare all quotes from Li.Fi, Socket, and now Barter, thus being able to choose the best available route for you.
As an example, in February ‘25, Barter routed a user’s sale of 50,000 SPX6900 for USDC via a single order executed through 21 swaps across Uniswap v2/v3, Maverick v2, PancakeSwap v3, Bebop, Wintermute, Sky, and Sushiswap. Despite the fragmented execution, the resulting price improvement exceeded execution costs. This transaction illustrates both the complexity of Barter’s routing algorithms and the aggregator's efficacy in optimizing trade outcomes across fragmented liquidity.
Ultimately, this just strengthens heyAura’s ability to provide users with access to the fastest routes, best quotes, and lowest fees for their swaps.
About BarterBarter is a next-gen DeFi protocol designed to make crypto trading smarter, more efficient, and more cost-effective. Rather than relying on traditional automated market makers (AMMs) alone, Barter uses an intent-based, onchain peer-to-peer matching engine that connects traders directly and routes orders across multiple liquidity sources to find optimal prices and execution paths.
Their approach tackles challenges in DeFi like fragmented liquidity and high slippage, delivering faster swaps with lower fees and better transparency for users. Here are some key Barter route analytics:
$33b+ total routed volume524k+ total trades100k+ unique wallets4k+ unique tokensYou can check more stats about them on their Dune Dashboard.
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heyAura is partnering with SKALE to offer zero gas, fast finality, and private execution to users in order to go from wallet intelligence to action.
heyAura is partnering with SKALE for x402-ready rails We are taking heyAura from wallet intelligence to action, and SKALE provides the x402-ready rails to do so with zero gas, fast finality, and private execution.
heyAura started with a simple idea: a wallet should do more.
DeFi is full of opportunities, but acting on them still takes too much manual work. You need to monitor positions, compare yields, track risk, manage approvals, and keep up with a 24/7 market. Over time, that vision has moved beyond portfolio analysis into something more interactive and more practical inside the wallet itself.
That is exactly why our partnership with SKALE makes sense.
What SKALE brings to heyAuraSKALE has been building toward a future where agents can transact continuously in the background, with zero gas fees, very fast settlement, and privacy-preserving execution. That is not just interesting infrastructure on paper. It solves real constraints for products like heyAura, where intelligence is only useful if users and agents can act on it without unnecessary cost, latency, or exposure.
heyAura users would be able to benefit from zero gas feesWhy does it matterPrivacy matters, and as heyAura becomes more capable, there will be more cases where transaction intent, strategy logic, or order flow should not be exposed too early. SKALE’s BITE-enabled encrypted transactions are a meaningful advantage there.Zero gas changes the economics of interaction. heyAura is moving toward workflows that are smaller, more frequent, and more conditional than a typical one-off transaction. On most networks, fees undermine that model very quickly. On SKALE, they don’t.Fast finality makes heyAura more responsive. If a wallet assistant is going to help with execution, timing matters. Waiting around for confirmation is not a great fit for agent-driven flows or any experience that is supposed to feel close to real time. SKALE is built for that kind of speed.x402 is where things get especially interesting.We already integrated x402 into the heyAura API because we see machine-native payments as a real part of where Web3 is going. x402 matters to us because it supports a more natural payment layer for agents, apps, and automated services. Combined with SKALE’s zero-gas infrastructure, heyAura gains a much stronger foundation for machine-driven execution.
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Why is x402 important?We are building it as infrastructure that can be used by wallets, users, and other agents. x402 provides a cleaner way to support agent-to-agent access, payment, and coordination. SKALE creates an environment where those flows make economic sense, especially when they become frequent or small enough that traditional gas costs would otherwise get in the way.
We already know there is demand for better wallet intelligence. heyAura has reached more than 17K monthly users, and the system has analyzed wallets representing over $500M in TVL. The next step is making that intelligence more actionable.SKALE helps us do that with better execution conditions, stronger privacy, and a much more credible setup for x402-based agent flows.
We do not want heyAura to be another dashboard, chatbot, or news checker bolted onto DeFi.We are building heyAura as a layer that can interpret, decide, and help execute while still keeping the user in control.
That is the direction we are building in. And that is why we chose SKALE.
About SKALESKALE is an EVM-compatible network that offers full onchain privacy, instant gasless transactions, and high throughput, empowering protocols like x402, AP2, and ERC-8004 to reach their full potential. SKALE provides the ideal environment for developers launching agents to escape the limitations of other blockchains.
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AdEx Network, the first decentralized advertising protocol built on Ethereum in 2017, has announced its full rebrand to heyAura, a strategic transition from advertising infrastructure to an autonomous AI assistance embedded directly into Web3 wallets. The change reflects both a unified identity around its heyAura framework and simplifying user interaction with increasingly complex crypto environments.
After operating through multiple Web3 market cycles since 2017, the company is repositioning itself around AI-powered wallet-native agents. The move stems from a growing gap between the volume of on-chain data available to users and their ability to act on it efficiently. Crypto ecosystems continually expand, however, users are often left with fragmented tools and unnecessary risks due to a lack of contextual guidance.
“Users today operate in increasingly complex environments. They are exposed to more data than ever before, yet still miss opportunities, take unnecessary risks, and rely on fragmented tools,” stated Dimo Stoyanov, Co-founder of Adex/heyAura. “Current interfaces were never designed to provide context or direction. Solving this became a natural extension of the original mission.”
The core of the change is driven by heyAura, an AI assistant embedded directly within Web3 wallets. Through natural language interaction, users can execute complex on-chain actions without needing to navigate multiple interfaces or protocols. The assistant enables users to identify and act on DeFi yield opportunities, execute conditional trades based on market triggers, split large transactions to minimize slippage, batch dust tokens, process external data inputs, and revoke risky smart contract approvals.
The system operates on a human-oversighted autonomy model, where users define intent and approve execution while heyAura handles the operational complexity. Combined with Account Abstraction, this allows multiple AI-generated actions to be bundled and authorized with a single signature, reducing friction in on-chain interactions.
A key component of heyAura’s approach is its native wallet integration. The AI is designed to function directly within wallets, providing full contextual awareness of a user’s portfolio, positions, and transaction history without requiring access to private keys. The first deep integration is planned with Ambire Wallet, with additional support for wallet providers, protocols, and third-party builders to integrate the AI layer into their own ecosystems.
heyAura is also building support for locally run AI models, ensuring sensitive account data can remain on-device. For users leveraging remote models, the system incorporates privacy-preserving techniques to safeguard personal and financial information.
These developments are a continuation of the company’s long-term evolution and trajectory, moving from a decentralized advertising network to an expanded AI infrastructure designed to actively assist users in managing and optimizing their on-chain activity.
About heyAura
heyAura (formerly AdEx Network) is a Web3 company building AI agent infrastructure for crypto wallets. Since 2017, the team has shipped a decentralized advertising network, scaled the $ADX token through multiple market cycles, and developed AURA — an AI framework for autonomous on-chain action. heyAura is the next stage of that work: a proactive AI assistant that understands and acts on a user’s full portfolio context, with privacy and human oversight at its core.
The firm is reinventing itself around AI-powered wallet-native agents after going through many Web3 market cycles since 2017. The system uses a human-oversighted autonomy paradigm, in which heyAura manages the operational complexity while users provide intent and authorize execution. The first decentralized advertising protocol built on Ethereum in 2017, AdEx Network, has announced a complete rebranding to heyAura. This is a calculated move away from advertising infrastructure and toward an autonomous AI support that is integrated into Web3 wallets. In addition to streamlining user interaction with more complicated crypto settings, the rebranding represents a cohesive brand around its heyAura framework.
The firm is reinventing itself around AI-powered wallet-native agents after going through many Web3 market cycles since 2017. The change is the result of an increasing discrepancy between the amount of on-chain data that users have access to and their capacity to effectively utilize it. Although crypto ecosystems are constantly growing, a lack of contextual guidance often leaves consumers with disjointed tools and needless dangers.
“Users today operate in increasingly complex environments. They are exposed to more data than ever before, yet still miss opportunities, take unnecessary risks, and rely on fragmented tools,” stated Dimo Stoyanov, Co-founder of Adex/heyAura. “Current interfaces were never designed to provide context or direction. Solving this became a natural extension of the original mission.”
HeyAura, an AI assistant built in into Web3 wallets, is at the center of the shift. Users may carry out intricate on-chain operations using natural language interaction without having to negotiate many interfaces or protocols. Users may divide big transactions to reduce slippage, conduct conditional trades based on market events, batch dust tokens, process external data inputs, revoke dangerous smart contract approvals, and find and take advantage of DeFi yield possibilities.
The system uses a human-oversighted autonomy paradigm, in which heyAura manages the operational complexity while users provide intent and authorize execution. This lowers friction in on-chain interactions by enabling many AI-generated operations to be combined and approved with a single signature when combined with Account Abstraction.
HeyAura’s native wallet integration is a crucial part of its strategy. Without having access to private keys, the AI is built to operate directly inside wallets, offering complete contextual understanding of a user’s portfolio, positions, and transaction history.
Ambire Wallet will be the first deep integration, and wallet providers, protocols, and third-party builders will also be supported to include the AI layer into their own ecosystems.
Additionally, heyAura is developing support for locally executed AI models, guaranteeing that private account information may stay on the device. The system uses privacy-preserving methods to protect financial and personal data for users using distant models.
From a decentralized advertising network to an enhanced AI infrastructure intended to actively support users in monitoring and improving their on-chain activities, these innovations represent a continuation of the company’s long-term progress and direction.
The Web3 firm heyAura (previously AdEx Network) is creating AI agent infrastructure for cryptocurrency wallets. The team has built AURA, an AI framework for autonomous on-chain action, grew the $ADX token through many market cycles, and launched a decentralized advertising network since 2017. The next phase of that development is heyAura, a proactive AI assistant with human supervision and privacy at its heart that comprehends and responds to a user’s whole portfolio context.
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heyAura Partners with Billions for KYA for Autonomous AI Agents heyAura is integrating with Billions, a decentralized identity network that assigns verifiable identities to AI agents. The collaboration brings persistent identity, cross-platform authentication, and reputation tracking without centralized intermediaries.
heyAura and Billions partner to integrate KYA for autonomous AI agents As heyAura evolves toward more interactive and execution-adjacent workflows, the question of agent identity and trust becomes a core architectural requirement.
To address this, heyAura collaborates with Billions, a decentralized identity network that provides verifiable identities for both humans and AI agents operating in digital environments.
Agent identity and privacy-preserving verificationAs AI agents begin interacting with real assets, protocols, and economic systems, their actions carry direct consequences. Anonymous or unverified agents introduce significant risks, including malicious behavior, lack of accountability, and the inability to trace responsibility across transactions.
Billions provides identifiable and verifiable agentic ID through a decentralized identity layer that enables persistent agent identity, cross-chain traceability, verifiable trust signals, and interoperability across services.
But the introduction of identity does not imply full transparency.
Billions’ approach allows heyAura to enforce accountability without compromising privacy, using cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring that:
heyAura can prove legitimacy and ownershipsensitive user or operator data remains privateverification can occur without exposing underlying identity detailsFor heyAura, this aligns with the broader product architecture, where privacy-preserving intelligence and execution are fundamental design principles.
Billions introduces the concept of Know Your Agent (KYA), a verification framework specifically designed for AI agents.
Through KYA, each agent is assigned a verifiable identity that is cryptographically bound to its creator or controlling entity, publicly verifiable without relying on centralized intermediaries, and capable of accumulating reputation over time.
This mechanism transforms agents from anonymous execution entities into persistent actors within a trust network, where behavior, reliability, and performance can be observed and evaluated over time.
For heyAura, this enables a more reliable ecosystem where users can distinguish between trusted and untrusted agents, and where integrations can enforce identity-based access and participation rules.
How heyAura integrates BillionsThe integration with Billions introduces a Decentralized Identifier (DID) for heyAura.
Billions generates a DID for heyAura and proves control over that identity using cryptographic signatures. This allows heyAura to authenticate itself across different applications, services, and counterparties without relying on centralized identity providers.
Within heyAura, this provides several concrete benefits such as: persistent agent identity, cross-platform authentication, verifiable performance and reliability, and trust-minimized coordination.
Strategic impact for heyAuraThe integration of Billions strengthens heyAura across three critical dimensions:
Trust layer for agent interactions
Ensures that all participating agents are identifiable and accountable, reducing systemic risk.
Reputation and verification framework
Enables long-term tracking of agent behavior, allowing trust to emerge from verifiable performance rather than assumptions.
Infrastructure for agentic ecosystems
Provides the identity foundation required for scalable, multi-agent coordination in DeFi, services, and onchain workflows.
Together, these capabilities enable heyAura to operate not only as a wallet intelligence system but as a trusted participant in a broader network of autonomous agents and services.
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About BillionsBillions is a decentralized identity and trust network designed for an environment where both humans and AI agents interact and transact digitally.
Its core contribution is the Know Your Agent (KYA) framework, which assigns every agent a unique, verifiable identity, comparable to a digital passport, that can be used across applications and ecosystems. This identity is portable, cryptographically secured, and designed to support trust, accountability, and compliance without relying on centralized authorities.
Billions combines identity verification with privacy-preserving mechanisms, enabling users and agents to prove their identities without exposing sensitive data. Its architecture is mobile-first and designed for large-scale adoption, forming the foundation for a new trust layer in agent-driven systems.
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The latest governance proposal for heyAura aims to allow $ADX holders to participate in votes even if their tokens aren't staked. Have your say!
Time for a new governance proposal for heyAura - aiming to widen the governance pool! AdEx is now heyAura, a new brand focused on making Web3 wallets smarter with AI assistants. Read the announcement →
The vote has concluded, and the results are summarized below.
We have a new proposal to put out to governance voting - and this time it directly affects governance for heyAura in general, too. This article outlines what the proposed changes are and why.
Proposal overviewUntil now, only $ADX-STAKING (soon to be $stkADX) or $ADX-LOYALTY on Ethereum were eligible as governance tokens. We now propose to enable holders of $ADX to also participate in governance, even if their tokens are not staked (also on Ethereum). Please note that if this proposal passes, the voting power of $ADX tokens will be half (0.5 points) that of staked $ADX tokens ($ADX-STAKING or $ADX-LOYALTY).
Voting optionsYes - allow voting with $ADXNo - do not allow voting with $ADXProposal motivationCurrently, governance participation is limited to staked token holders. Staking serves important purposes (e.g., security, alignment, long-term commitment), however it could unintentionally exclude a portion of token holders from contributing to decision-making since not all $ADX tokens are staked.
This proposal aims to extend governance rights to unstaked token holders, ensuring broader, more inclusive participation while maintaining the integrity of the system.
Voting eligibilityHold $ADX-STAKING or $ADX-LOYALTY before the snapshot.Any token changes after the snapshot will not affect the voting power. For example, staking your $ADX tokens after the snapshot will not allow you to participate in this vote.Voting timelineVote start: Voting period begins on Monday, May 11th, 2026 at 13:00 UTCVote end: Voting period closes on Monday, May 18th, 2026 at 13:00 UTCHow to voteCheck out the proposal on SnapshotConnect your wallet holding $ADX-STAKING or $ADX-LOYALTY staked tokensChoose one of your voting options and confirmVote resultsThe community decided to enable $ADX as governance token for heyAura, this will be reflected in the next governance vote:
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heyAura integrates vaults.fyi to strengthen DeFi yield discovery with structured vault data, APY insights, position tracking, and transaction-building support.
heyAura integrates vaults.fyi API heyAura uses vaults.fyi to strengthen how it discovers and acts on yield opportunities.
Through the vaults.fyi API, heyAura can access structured vault data, including available strategies with accurate APY data, user positions, returns, and transaction payloads. This allows the AI assistant to identify where idle assets may be used more effectively and support the next step if a user decides to move capital.
From vault data to transaction payloadsvaults.fyi supports heyAura in two main areas.
It provides current data on vaults and yield opportunities across DeFi. This helps heyAura compare a user’s existing positions with other available strategies and surface alternatives when they are more relevant.
The other area is transaction-building support, enabling heyAura to do more than just point to a vault. It also helps prepare the transaction flow required to deposit, withdraw, or reallocate funds.
Turning yield discovery into a usable workflowOne of heyAura’s main functions is to make wallet decisions easier to act on.
Users will often ask whether idle assets can be deployed more effectively or whether a current strategy can be improved. To answer that well, heyAura needs reliable opportunity data and a practical way to move from recommendation to execution support. vaults.fyi contributes to both.
This is especially relevant for the yield and strategy layer inside heyAura. Instead of treating yield discovery as a separate research process, the AI agent can bring those opportunities closer to the wallet experience itself.
How does this fit heyAura’s directionheyAura does more than explain what is happening in a wallet. It helps users decide what to do next and reduces the manual work required to get there. vaults.fyi fits that model because it combines structured yield data with the transaction infrastructure needed to act on it.
About vaults.fyivaults.fyi provides infrastructure for DeFi yield. One API gives wallets and applications access to yield data, position tracking, and non-custodial execution across 80+ protocols and 20+ chains.
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heyAura integrates LI.FI API to improve swap, bridge, and cross-chain execution flows, helping users move from Web3 insights to actionable transactions more smoothly.
heyAura is integrating the LI.FI API into the swap and bridge layer behind the product.
Beyond suggesting actions, this integration gives heyAura a way to help carry them through. If users want to rotate into stablecoins or bridge funds to another chain, heyAura needs a way to fetch routes, compare them, prepare the transaction path, and combine them into a single transaction.
From requested outcome to execution pathAs a user, you may want the most optimal route for your swaps and bridges, and LI.FI gives heyAura the routing layer that delivers it.
Requests depend on route quality, liquidity, fees, and the chains involved. LI.FI grants heyAura another way to fetch data and compare which route is the best on the backend. Then heyAura can simplify it into a usable transaction flow.
Why routing belongs inside the productOnce heyAura identifies a better move, the AI assistant still needs a way to help the user complete it. That is another part of the flow where LI.FI fits. It gives heyAura infrastructure for swaps, bridges, and multi-step flows through one integration, which is useful when a straightforward user request still depends on a more complex route underneath.
A better fit for intent-based executionheyAura is being built around the simple idea to make crypto easier to navigate and act on.
Instead of clicking through multiple interfaces step by step, users should be able to describe the result they want, and let the assistant help structure the route around it. LI.FI supports that direction by giving heyAura a way to work with cross-chain movement and transaction building inside the product itself.
About LI.FILI.FI provides API, SDK, and widget infrastructure for swaps, bridges, and multi-step transaction flows. It connects routing systems, bridges, and liquidity sources through a single integration, making it easier for wallets and applications to support cross-chain asset movement and related DeFi actions. Find out more in their documentation.
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With this first live version of heyAura, we want to put the product in users’ hands, test it in real wallet workflows, and keep building from there.
heyAura nowheyAura beta is built around a set of practical wallet workflows.
It can analyze a portfolio, compare positions, surface yield opportunities, stress-test exposure, and prepare transactions for swaps, bridges, and trades. In practice, that means helping users understand what they hold, identify where capital may be underused, compare available options, and reduce the amount of manual work required to act on those decisions.
Web3 still depends on scattered research, repeated checks, and too many steps between spotting an opportunity and acting on it. heyAura is built to reduce that burden from the start.
Built around wallet contextheyAura starts with wallet context. That includes balances, positions, transaction history, chain exposure, and how the wallet is already being used. From there, it combines that context with market and protocol data to produce recommendations that are more useful in live workflows.
The interaction model is hybrid by design. Prompt-based interaction is part of the product, but it is not the whole product. Some tasks are easier to handle through assistant-style interaction. Others still benefit from a more traditional interface and direct visual control. heyAura is built around both, making wallet interactions more intuitive and useful.
Early access through ADX stakingAccess to the beta starts through $ADX staking.
Users who stake 300 $ADX can unlock early access and try heyAura. This is the first live connection between the product and the ecosystem token, tying access to participation from the start.
To stake $ADX and unlock early access:
Visit the ADX staking portalConnect your walletSelect the amount of $ADX tokens you want to stake:Staking $ADX on the staking portal4. Select the "Stake" button and confirm that your tokens will be bonded for 60 days. Then sign the transaction.
Focused on user-approved actionsOne of the main directions behind heyAura is the move from insight toward action.
That only works if control stays with the user. heyAura is built around user-approved actions, not autonomous decision-making. It can help identify the next step, prepare the transaction path, and reduce the number of interfaces and manual steps required to complete it, but the user still decides whether to move forward.
That principle is not limited to the beta and is part of how heyAura is being built.
The stack behind the betaThe infrastructure behind heyAuraA product like heyAura depends on several layers working together: wallet context, identity, routing, yield data, chain support, and payment logic. This would be almost impossible to do without building an entire ecosystem of partners around heyAura:
Ambire is the official wallet partner behind the beta. That matters because heyAura is being built close to the wallet layer, where context, permissions, and user-approved actions actually matter.
Billions supports the identity layer behind the longer-term product direction. As heyAura moves toward more agent-like workflows, verifiable identity becomes more important for trust, authentication, and cross-product interaction.
LI.FI supports swaps, bridges, and cross-chain transaction routing. That gives heyAura a way to help turn a requested outcome into a usable execution path.
Barter strengthens the quote and routing layer behind transaction quality. This improves how heyAura compares routes across fragmented liquidity and execution paths.
vaults.fyi adds vault data and transaction payloads. That helps heyAura work more directly with yield opportunities and strategy flows, rather than treating yield discovery as a separate research task.
SKALE supports the chain layer behind faster and lower-friction interactions. That becomes more relevant as the product grows more interactive.
PayAI supports payment verification and settlement as part of the longer-term agent workflow. This matters more as heyAura moves deeper into machine-driven interactions across services.
These integrations shape what the assistant can do inside real wallet workflows.
What comes nextThis may be the first public layer of the product, but it is only the core of heyAura.
The broader direction is a more capable Web3 AI assistant that can help users do more. Over time, heyAura is meant to improve how users discover opportunities, compare strategies, understand risk, monitor positions, and move from research into user-approved action with fewer manual steps in between.
That includes deeper prompting, stronger automation, richer portfolio research, and better support for complex workflows that stretch across chains, apps, and positions. It also includes a broader role for heyAura as an integration layer inside wallets and Web3 products, not only as a standalone assistant. Supporting NFTs and airdrop auto-claims are also in the pipeline. The direction remains the same: make Web3 easier to understand, navigate, and act on, without giving up control.
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heyAura is integrating PayAI into the payment layer behind the product. Using the x402 standard, the PayAI Facilitator verifies and settles payments so the assistant can interact with paid tools, infrastructure, and external services on the user's behalf.
heyAura integrates PayAI to verify and settle payments behind the product Verified payments for agent workflowsheyAura is integrating PayAI into the payment layer behind the product.
PayAI’s role is to help verify and settle payments between clients and services. It is necessary for heyAura to interact with paid tools, paid infrastructure, or external services on the user’s behalf, and the PayAI Facilitator provides the infrastructure for that to happen.
Why settlement belongs in the stackWallet data and transaction routing are some of the pieces in the stack of heyAura, but not all.
As soon as the Web3 AI Assistant starts working with external services, payment becomes part of the flow as well. If that layer is clumsy, the product slows down. The PayAI Facilitator can verify and settle x402 payments so that users can pay and receive their assets securely and seamlessly.
A payment layer that fits heyAuraPreparing transactions and working with the service layer around those transactions. If the assistant is going to interact with external systems in a useful way, payment can not stay outside the product model. PayAI fits here using x402 payments to cover that part of the flow, enabling heyAura to participate in agentic commerce, micro-transactions, and pay-per-request pricing.
About PayAIPayAI provides a production-ready facilitator for x402, an open payment protocol leveraging HTTP 402 Payment Required so that servers can charge for APIs and content with digital currencies. Using the x402 standard, PayAI enables merchants to participate in agentic commerce, micro-transactions, and pay-per-request pricing.
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Kyber Network, an on-chain liquidity provider that enables decentralized token swaps, announced today on Twitter that it will be delisting 17 tokens “due to inactivity or token migrations.” Kyber also published a ‘Token Delisting’ article on its blog which explains the factors and processes involved.
We will be delisting the following tokens due to inactivity or token migration:
ADX, BBO, COFI, CNN, DCC, DTH, ELEC, INF, MAS, MOT, OCN, PRO, RCN, SSP, WABI, WINGS, TTC.
They might be listed again with additional liquidity providers.
Learn more: https://t.co/gZzSvQFXuT
— Kyber Network (@KyberNetwork) August 28, 2019
The 17 tokens to be delisted from Kyber Network are:
Kyber’s Reasons For Delisting In its blog post, Kyber Network explained two factors that can cause a delisting. The first being if all of the reserves on Kyber stop supporting a token due to a lack of inventory or other reasons. Therefore, there would be no liquidity to allow token swaps.
The second factor is if a token migrates to another blockchain, and is no longer an ERC20 token.
Kyber stated that it will continue to seek new liquidity providers and that it’s possible for delisted tokens to be listed again.
Kyber Remains One of the Top Ethereum DApps Data from DappRadar shows that Kyber ranks 5th by 7-day volume, with its 7-day volume currently at $1.8 million. Nest, a decentralized digital asset lending platform, currently takes the top spot with a 7-day volume of £31.9 million.
Jon Jordan, the Communications Director at DappRadar, stated that volume is generally the most important metric to use when ranking decentralized finance (DeFi) DApps like Kyber and Nest.
At the start of this year, Blokt also published an article on ‘The Most Popular Ethereum Dapps’ which looked at the number of users per 24 hours, where Kyber also ranked among the top 10.
Kyber Network is More Than a DEX Kyber Network is often thought of as a decentralized exchange (DEX), but it is actually a DeFi platform that enables seamless token swaps. The Kyber liquidity protocol can be utilized by developers to power instant token exchanges within any decentralized application. This includes decentralized wallets, websites, and applications.
Kyber highlights on its website that it can be used with applications such as Coinbase Wallet, ENJIN Wallet, Decentraland, Totle, Uniswap, and many others.
Kyber Swap, on the other hand, is a DEX that is run by the Kyber Network team and utilizes the Kyber Network on-chain liquidity protocol.
Kyber recently retweeted an article from littleboy, a writer at publish0x which clears up these misconceptions:
I just published the article, "Kyber Network is not just a DEX, it is a DeFi platform"https://t.co/XIrLl8lsDU
— littleboy (@littleboy0k) August 25, 2019
KNC Token Is Trading Flat This Year Kyber Network Crystal (KNC) is the native token of Kyber Network. It’s an integral part of Kyber Network and is used by participants to pay network fees, for commissions & referral fees, and facilitates the “smooth operation of the reserves system in Kyber’s liquidity network.”
KNC was sold during the Kyber Network token sale which ended 16 September 2017. The equivalent of $52,000,000 worth of ETH at the time was raised. It can now be bought and sold at many major exchanges including Binance and Huobi Global, and of course using Kyber Network or Kyber Swap.
KNC price performance in 2019 – Source: TradingView.com One KNC token is currently worth $0.1735, which is 7% higher than what it was on the first day of 2019. KNC did briefly hit a high of $0.42 in June of 2019, which was an increase of 160% from the start of the year. While KNC has provided some opportunities for nimble investors to profit from this year, as it stands, its year-to-date gains currently remain relatively flat.
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