Celestia has launched Eden, an experimental EVM chain for AI agentic commerce that uses TIA as its gas token and Celestia for data availability.
Celestia has unveiled Eden, a high-performance EVM chain that runs alongside its main network and is dedicated to testing how AI agents behave on-chain. The launch could add a new source of demand for $TIA, though the project itself describes the chain as an experiment.
What Eden is designed to do
On the technical side,
First experiment and TIA market reaction
Markets reacted quickly. after the launch, although other data providers reported larger moves over slightly different windows. The gains did not hold evenly.
The link between Eden and token demand is direct but unproven.
Caution is also warranted given the nature of the test.
For now, Eden is best read as a research environment that sends real traffic to Celestia's data availability layer. Whether it becomes a lasting driver of value for the $TIA ecosystem will depend on measurable usage over the coming months.
Sources:
ChainCatcher: Celestia launches Eden for AI agent trading and payment testsCrypto Briefing: Celestia's Eden launch sends TIA up about 16% in a dayPluang: Celestia's TIA token drops 14.3% after Eden announcement
This case study explores Derive, an onchain options exchange that accounts for 95% of onchain premium volume at the time of writing, and why it chose to build on Celestia.
Derive: the largest onchain options venueDerive is an onchain options exchange built for professional traders, market makers, and funds. It supports options, perpetual futures, and block trades through a request-for-quote (RFQ) system, with portfolio margin across more than 20 collateral types.
As of October 2026, Derive is the largest onchain options venue, accounting for about 95% of onchain options premium volume and having processed over $40B in cumulative notional volume.
How Derive worksDerive recently launched V3, a major upgrade to support its next chapter of rapid growth with three key advantages over their previous design:
Capacity: an order-of-magnitude increase in throughputCustody: Ethereum-native custody, validity-proven state, and an escape hatch on L1Speed: faster market listings and product launches due to a simpler architectureDerive V3 achieves this by splitting the exchange into four layers:
Thanks to the V3 upgrade, Derive can now handle thousands of positions cross-margined in a single portfolio, and continue matching orders during a market-wide spike. Easier integration support also means that more wallets can offer deals like "protect my ETH below $3,000," and more yield products can offer "earn while willing to sell at $6,000," powered under the hood by Derive.
What Celestia providesCelestia ensures that user funds are safe in case the Derive operator goes offline or becomes malicious.
The validity proofs prove to Ethereum that a batch of changes is valid, but they do not tell anyone what those changes are. If the only copy of that data sat in Derive's database, a user would not be able to check their balance or withdraw if Derive went offline.
To fix this, every batch's state diff is published to Celestia, which provides two important guarantees:
Users retain their self-custody without Derive: The data needed to rebuild the full exchange state is public. Derive's database becomes a convenience instead of a dependency because if Derive went offline tomorrow, a user’s funds would still be sitting in the Ethereum contracts, and the data to prove what they are owed would still be on Celestia. They could withdraw without Derive’s permission, and even without Derive existing.
Anyone can take over settlement: The Ethereum contracts force the sequencer to process withdrawals in the order they arrive. If one sits unprocessed for two weeks, anyone can fetch the data from Celestia, run Derive’s exchange binary and propose new batches. Withdrawals continue to flow even without Derive's cooperation.
Why Derive uses Celestia
"Celestia provides the highest potential scale, economic predictability and infrastructure maturity.The speed of putting the Celestia client in the zkVM program was substantially simpler than we had thought. This would have taken a lot longer with Ethereum DA, particularly estimating gas costs."
- Josh Kim, CTO at Derive
Derive has been using Celestia since January 2024, with 43,082 blobs and 42.52 GiB in its namespace so far. When upgrading to V3, Derive is continuing to use Celestia for three reasons:
Predictable fees: Applications like Derive need predictable operating costs to ensure their economic model works, and one of their input costs is data availability fees.
Fees from alternative data availability providers fluctuate significantly over time depending on network congestion, making operating costs hard to forecast. Celestia’s fees have remained stable since launch because the network continues to scale and avoid congestion.
With 150 MB/s of capacity on Celestia mainnet and a robust scaling roadmap, Derive can rest assured that Celestia’s fees will remain stable into the future and Derive’s DA costs will remain predictable.
Room to scale: V3 increases Derive’s throughput capacity on the exchange by an order of magnitude, but that only matters if the data layer underneath can keep up. Fortunately, Celestia recently upgraded to Fibre which raised its throughput to 150 MB/s on mainnet and demonstrated the ability to hit 3 Tb/s in a recent benchmark.At Derive’s current rates, they could increase their data consumption by many orders of magnitude before hitting Celestia’s limits. This gives them ample headroom to scale their exchange in V3 and in the future.
Easy integration: In Derive’s design, a valid proof must verify the inclusion of the state diff data on Celestia. This means implementing a client of the DA layer within Derive’s zkVM program, which can be extremely difficult. Celestia’s pre-built Rust client made this integration work simple and straightforward.
Looking aheadCelestia Labs is excited to continue supporting Derive as it builds the next generation of onchain options on V3 and beyond. As more of global finance moves onchain, Derive and other onchain markets can count on Celestia to help protect their users’ funds with cheap, reliable, and scalable data availability.
If you are building an exchange, a payments system, or any onchain financial product that requires extreme scale, let’s talk.
Celestia has activated Fibre on mainnet, a new data availability protocol using ZODA encoding. Here is what $TIA holders and rollups should know about capacity, limits and the roadmap.
@celestia has switched on Fibre, a new data availability (DA) protocol that the project calls its biggest upgrade since launch. Fibre starts at about 150 megabytes per second, roughly 15 times the previous capacity, and every celestia:native validator is now expected to run a Fibre server. The upgrade is aimed at high-volume uses such as AI agents and round-the-clock markets.
How Fibre worksFibre is a parallel route for publishing rollup data. , according to TokenPost.
The speedup comes from ZODA, a new data encoding method. , the project said in a blog post.
The same validator set runs the system. , CryptoBriefing reported.
Benchmarks versus mainnet limitsThe headline figure comes from testing, not live usage. Those settings are not yet on mainnet.
Launch limits are lower. Celestia is targeting an increase to 2.2 gigabytes per second in November.
Celestia argues demand for blockspace will rise as AI agents pay on users' behalf and more finance moves onchain. That remains a theoretical benchmark claim rather than observed demand.
For the token, $TIA has several roles in the new system. Whether usage grows enough to matter for the token will depend on how quickly rollups adopt Fibre and how fast the limits are raised.
Sources
CryptoBriefing: Celestia activates Fibre, enabling direct validator uploads for rollups
TokenPost: Celestia Activates Fibre for Direct Rollup Data Uploads to Validators
TokenPost: Celestia Climbs 19% Above $0.70 as Breakout Faces Test
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Over the past four hours, global crypto market liquidations hit $155 million, with short positions accounting for $140 million of the total.
According to Coinglass data, global crypto liquidations totaled $155 million over the past four hours, including $15.11 million in long-position liquidations and $140 million in short-position liquidations. Over the past 24 hours, 64,522 traders were liquidated, bringing the total liquidation volume to $267 million. The largest single liquidation order occurred on Binance’s BTCUSDT pair, valued at $11.96 million.
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A new crypto address lost $1.11 million over two days and was liquidated five times in the past hour.
According to Lookonchain's monitoring, a new wallet address (0xb15b) has been liquidated five more times in the past hour. The wallet has accumulated losses of $1.11 million in just two days.
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According to Bloomberg, citing a diplomat involved in the Iran-US negotiations, talks between Iran and the United States are still ongoing, and reports that the two sides are on the verge of reaching an agreement are untrue.
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The three major U.S. stock indexes continue to rise, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s gain expanding to 1.3%.
According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), the three major U.S. stock indexes continue to rise, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s gain expanding to 1.3% and hitting its highest level since September 14.
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MSTR rose 7.69%, BMNR surged over 8% as gains in U.S. crypto-related stocks broaden.
According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, U.S.-listed crypto-related concept stocks saw their intraday gains widen, with MSTR rising 7.69%, COIN up 3.98%, CRCL gaining 6.18%, SBET increasing 7.37%, BMNR advancing 8.18%, and HOOD climbing 4.13%.
Celestia has switched on Fibre, a new high-throughput lane for rollup data, on its mainnet. Activation came on approximately October 20, 2026, after validator signaling crossed the required 83.33% voting power threshold.
Fibre works as a parallel data availability layer. It is run by the same validator set that already secures Celestia, so no new operators are involved.
Data availability is the plumbing that lets rollups prove their transaction data was actually published. Without it, nobody can check that a rollup is telling the truth about its own history.
Celestia normally handles this through its L1 “data square,” a structured layout that data gets packed into for each block. Fibre steps outside that process. Blobs, the chunks of data rollups submit, go straight to validators.
The checks still happen. Commitments and validator signatures continue to land on-chain, so there is still a public record that the data was received and attested to.
The launch numbers The initial release has firm limits. A single Fibre blob can be up to 128 MiB, and each block can hold up to 200 Fibre submissions.
There is also a floor. The minimum blob size is set at 256 KiB, which signals that Fibre is built for heavy loads, not tiny transactions.
Rollups now get a choice of two paths. The standard Celestia L1 route handles blobs up to 8 MiB and relies on sampling-based verification. Fibre handles much larger payloads, making the maximum Fibre blob 16 times bigger than the standard L1 ceiling.
In an October 2026 benchmark, Fibre sustained 3.07 Tb/s of throughput across 120 validators. An earlier test in January 2026 reached 1 Tb/s across roughly 500 nodes.
The mainnet version runs with smaller uploads and a slower block cadence than the terabit benchmark setup.
Where TIA fits in Celestia’s native token, TIA, handles three jobs tied to Fibre: staking, escrow deposits, and fee payments.
Fibre fees are built from two parts. One component scales with the size of the data submitted, and the other is a base fee.
The escrow deposit requirement links Fibre usage directly to demand for the token, as users of the high-throughput lane need to lock up TIA.
The background: governance by validator vote Fibre did not arrive by decree. It needed validators holding 83.33% of voting power to signal support before it could activate.
Those same validators now take on extra work, running a parallel data pipeline next to normal block production. The roughly ten months between the January 2026 test and the October activation reflect a staged rollout through testnet implementations including Mocha, culminating in the mainnet launch of Celestia’s Fibre v10 app.
What this means for rollups and the DA market Rollups that need cheap, sampling-verified data storage can stay on the standard L1 path. Rollups with very large data needs can move to Fibre. The research behind this report identifies high-throughput sectors such as AI and microtransactions as potential fits, workloads that produce large amounts of data consistent with the 256 KiB minimum.
Fibre skips the standard data square, so its security rests more heavily on validators confirming they hold the data, whereas the standard L1 path offers sampling-based verification.
The gap between benchmark and launch limits is the other thing to track. The test hit 3.07 Tb/s, while mainnet is running with smaller uploads and a slower cadence. How quickly those limits get raised will show how confident the network is in Fibre under real conditions.
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After a massive rally, Celestia’s [TIA] momentum was changing. On the 15th of October, TIA rallied to $0.76 after Celestia launched Eden.
Since then, the altcoin has faced strong selling pressure, breaching $0.70 and dropping to $0.624.
At press time, Celestia traded around $0.626, down 15% over the previous 24 hours. Trading Volume also dropped 60%, indicating reduced market activity.
Why are Celestia’s longs under pressure?
The price drop left Celestia [TIA] longs bleeding. According to CoinGlass, over $2 million in long positions were liquidated. These forced closures added selling pressure as traders’ bullish bets unraveled.
Source: CoinGlass
Over the same period, Open Interest dropped 23% to $136 million, while Derivatives Volume fell 52% to $684 million.
Falling Open Interest alongside declining prices pointed to positions closing. The Long Liquidations confirmed that some bullish traders faced forced exits.
Source: CoinGlass
Together, these readings suggested a retreat from derivatives exposure as the post-rally pullback deepened.
Are Celestia’s dip buyers stepping up?
Interestingly, Spot activity told a different story.
Delta surged to 3.9 million, its highest since September 2025, according to CoinAnk. Positive Delta indicated that aggressive buy volume exceeded aggressive sell volume.
Source: CoinAnk
Meanwhile, Spot Netflow fell to −$2.3 million on the 17th of October and remained negative at press time.
More TIA left tracked exchanges than entered them, potentially reducing the supply available for immediate selling.
Source: CoinGlass
Positive Delta supported the dip-buying argument, while Exchange Outflows showed withdrawals. Together, they suggested buyers were responding to the decline.
Even so, TIA’s continued losses showed that buying had yet to stabilize the price.
Can Celestia’s price hold $0.60?
Despite emerging Spot demand, Celestia’s bullish momentum weakened. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) formed a bearish crossover and dropped to 61, signaling fading upward momentum.
However, its position above 50 suggested buyers retained some momentum advantage, despite the sharp price decline.
Source: TradingView
Further selling could drag the RSI lower and put $0.60 support under pressure. A break below could expose $0.52.
If Spot demand absorbed the selling, TIA could hold $0.60 and attempt to reclaim $0.70. For dip buyers, defending support would offer the first evidence that their buying was slowing the decline.
Final Summary
Celestia fell 15% as Long Liquidations exceeded $2 million and Open Interest contracted.
Spot buying offered some support, but TIA still needed to defend $0.60 to limit further downside.
Celestia ($TIA) and Injective ($INJ) lead a weak crypto market this week, with TIA up around 47% and INJ up about 26% as most top assets fall.
@celestia's $TIA token is one of the few major crypto assets posting real growth this week, up roughly 47% over seven days while most of the market struggles. @injective's $INJ has also performed well, with a weekly gain of around 26%.
Only eight other tokens in the top 100 by market capitalisation are in the green over the week, including @Monero $XMR and @aeroxyz $AERO.
Celestia rally tied to Eden launchWeekly gain figures for Celestia vary by data provider. FXStreet reported that TIA gained 57% on the week to reach $0.75, its highest level since November 2025. FXStreet linked the move to the launch of Eden, a new EVM-compatible chain for experimenting with AI agents. Eden relies on Celestia for data availability and uses TIA as its native token.
Not every analyst sees the rally as fully backed by usage. Crypto News Flash reported that TIA was up about 49% in a week, while the amount of data posted to Celestia fell by about 26% over a similar period and futures open interest rose sharply. It argued the market appears to be pricing in products that are still experimental.
Injective draws institutional interestInjective's gain also differs slightly by source. FXStreet put INJ's weekly rise at 25%, while Coindoo cited CoinMarketCap data showing a seven-day gain of 29.65%, which ranked INJ sixth among the top 200 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation.
FXStreet said the rise could be tied to institutional interest in the project. It noted that asset manager 21Shares filed for an Injective exchange-traded fund that would hold the token directly and allow staking, followed by a Canary product. It also said Gulf Labs joined the network as an institutional validator.
Separately, Coin Edition reported that CoinGecko attributed a 32.3% weekly gain to meetings between Injective's CEO and White House, SEC and CFTC officials, a staker vote on fixed gas fees, and the project's revenue to fully diluted value ratio. Coin Edition noted these were CoinGecko's explanations rather than confirmed causes.
The divergence between a handful of strong performers and the wider market underlines how selective buying has been this week. FXStreet said the broader market faced heightened volatility as hot wholesale and consumer inflation data pressured major tokens including $BTC.
Sources:
FXStreet: Top 7 crypto gainers this weekCrypto News Flash: TIA price and Celestia usageCoindoo: Injective ranks among top weekly gainers
Ethereum, XRP, and Hyperliquid face resistance as Celestia rallies and Lighter rebounds. Daily charts identify support levels and breakout tests for each coin.
Asset Price Rolling 24-hour change Aggregate 24-hour volume Ethereum (ETH) $2,425.66 −0.43% $11.90 billion XRP $1.31 −1.78% $1.36 billion Hyperliquid (HYPE) $79.99 −1.00% $642.82 million Celestia (TIA) $0.733617 +21.77% $302.67 million Lighter (LIT) $3.22 +5.38% $76.72 million Ethereum: MACD Weakness Eases Without a Bullish Crossover Ethereum closed October 16 at $2,420.22 on Kraken, down 0.79% from the previous daily close. Its $2,490.84 session high failed to extend the recovery, leaving price below the $2,527–$2,535 highs recorded earlier in the week.
Ethereum’s daily Kraken USD chart shows a narrowing negative MACD histogram, but no bullish crossover. Support lies at $2,390.35 and $2,313.42. Daily MACD, using 12- and 26-period exponential moving averages with a nine-period signal line, remained negative.
The MACD line stood at −38.59 against a −9.18 signal line. The histogram improved from −31.29 to −29.41, indicating a narrower bearish gap rather than a confirmed bullish crossover.
Four-hour MACD was above its signal line but still below zero at the latest completed candle. That supports a short-term recovery attempt, not confirmation that the daily decline has ended.
A daily price close above $2,490.84 would strengthen the case for another test of $2,527–$2,535. Holding above that second area would weaken the recent lower-high pattern.
A close below $2,390.35 would instead expose the October 15 low of $2,313.42 and invalidate the immediate rebound setup.
Compared with the October 16 report’s $2,435.07 snapshot, ETH was about 0.39% lower. The focus shifts from moving averages to momentum, but the need to reclaim overhead resistance remains unchanged.
XRP: RSI Slips as Support Near $1.28 Comes Into Focus XRP closed October 16 at $1.30952, down 1.79%. Its daily range remained above the October 15 low of $1.28274, but the lower close showed that the rebound had not established sustained demand.
RP’s daily RSI fell to 36.37 as price held above $1.28274–$1.28724 support. A close above $1.35208 would strengthen the recovery case. The 14-period daily RSI, calculated with Wilder smoothing, fell to 36.37 from 38.75. That reading remains below the neutral 50 level without reaching the conventional sub-30 oversold threshold.
It indicates weak momentum, not an automatic reversal signal. Four-hour RSI at 39.31 also remained below neutral.
The $1.28274–$1.28724 area contains the lows of the last two completed sessions. A daily close beneath $1.28274 would invalidate that short-term support and bring the September 16 low of $1.24610 back into view.
For a recovery, XRP first needs to reclaim $1.33338 and then close above $1.35208, Friday’s high.
That would improve the prospects for a move toward $1.38076–$1.38535. Until those levels are recovered, holding support alone does not establish a new uptrend.
The October 15 report used Bollinger Bands. Since then, Kraken’s daily close has fallen from $1.32990 to $1.30952, about 1.53%, reinforcing the weaker momentum picture.
Hyperliquid: Price Stays Below Falling Moving Averages HYPE closed Friday at $80.22, down 1.80%, after trading between $78.35 and $82.44. Successive highs below $83 since October 14 show that recovery attempts have struggled to regain the earlier trading range.
Hyperliquid closed below its falling 20-day and 50-day EMAs, with support at $77.35–$78.35 and initial resistance at $82.44–$82.69. The 20-day exponential moving average stood at $85.23 and the 50-day EMA at $83.33. Both declined from the previous session, while price remained below them.
The faster average is still above the slower one, so the latest candle did not produce a fresh bearish moving-average crossover. The immediate weakness comes from price position and the falling averages.
Support sits at $77.35–$78.35, encompassing the October 15 and 16 lows. A daily close below $77.35 would put the September lows around $76.53 and $75.11 in focus.
A close above the $82.44–$82.69 recent-high area would be the first recovery checkpoint. Regaining the 50-day EMA would strengthen that attempt, with the 20-day EMA the next dynamic resistance.
A move back beneath $77.35 would invalidate the near-term recovery case. Search interest alone does not resolve this technical weakness.
Celestia: Breakout Arrives With Higher Exchange Volume TIA’s October 16 close of $0.6877 marked a 16.60% daily gain on Kraken and cleared the $0.6321–$0.6325 highs established on October 11 and 13. Unlike an intraday excursion, that move was confirmed by a completed daily candle.
Celestia closed above $0.6325 as Kraken daily volume reached 2.71 times its preceding 20-session average. The $0.7617 level is an October 17 four-hour high, not a completed daily breakout. Kraken recorded 6.97 million TIA traded during the session, approximately 2.71 times the mean of the preceding 20 completed sessions.
The higher matching exchange volume gives the breakout more support than a price move on thin turnover. It does not identify the buyers or establish why they traded.
The first completed four-hour candle on October 17 reached $0.7617 and closed at $0.7330, above Friday’s $0.7221 high. However, the daily candle had not closed above that level.
A daily finish above $0.7221 would confirm a further advance, with $0.7617 the next observed price hurdle rather than a guaranteed target.
On a pullback, the $0.6195–$0.6325 breakout area becomes the main retest zone. Closing below $0.6195 would weaken the breakout, while losing Friday’s $0.5808 low would invalidate the latest upward leg and expose the earlier $0.5200 low.
Lighter: Rebound Remains Below the Bollinger Midpoint Lighter closed Friday at $3.174 on Kraken’s LIGHTER/USD market, up 4.86%. That recovered the previous day’s $3.133 high, but the close remained beneath Friday’s $3.336 intraday peak and the October 14 high of $3.415.
Lighter rebounded below its $3.685 Bollinger midpoint, with $3.336–$3.415 the nearest resistance area. Daily Bollinger Bands, calculated from a 20-day simple moving average and two population standard deviations, placed the midpoint at $3.685, the lower band at $2.890 and the upper band at $4.481.
Price rebounded inside the lower half of the envelope, while the midpoint continued to fall. This remains a recovery within a declining trend rather than a confirmed trend reversal.
A daily close above $3.336–$3.415 would clear the nearest resistance area and improve the prospects for a midpoint retest. Because the bands recalculate each session, $3.685 is a current reference, not a fixed future target.
Support is defined by the $2.918 and $2.997 lows of October 15 and 16. A close below $2.918 would invalidate the rebound and put the current lower band in focus.
The completed four-hour close of $3.218 showed early follow-through, but did not clear daily resistance.
Celestia’s TIA rose nearly 17% during the October 16 trading session, pushing beyond its recent price range. At the time of this writing, its price was around $0.69 after briefly reaching the $0.7233 price area.
The rally carried TIA above an area where it was not able to advance before now. Buyers now face the tests of recovering the $0.70 price area, and keeping the former trading ceiling beneath them if the price pulls back.
TIA clears its recent ceiling
The daily chart shows how far the recovery has gone. TIA traded near the $0.30 price area in August before it saw a series of stronger advances through September and October.
More recently, attempts to move beyond the $0.60–$0.63 price area struggled to hold. Friday’s surge cleared that area and took it to its highest level in the period shown.
Source: TradingView
Trading volume also saw a lot of increase, with around 51.47 million TIA exchanged at the time of this writing.
The larger volume bar shows that more trading accompanied the latest advance than during most recent sessions.
The market was still open, so its final gain and closing level were yet to be seen.
The retreat below $0.70 leaves work for buyers
The four-hour chart shows that the rally is slowing down after its initial burst. Smaller candles formed around the $0.70 price area, and this is followed by a small decline toward the $0.69 price area.
That pause does mean that the recovery has ended, but what it shows is that it has yet to hold comfortably above the round-number level.
Source: TradingView
If it is able to sustain a recovery above $0.70, the session high will be near the $0.723 price level. Buyers would need to overcome that high before another advance can be seen.
The daily Relative Strength Index [RSI] was near 70 at the time of this writing. This means we could see a rally, and it also signals caution.
Where a pullback would test the recovery
Below the current price, the clearest area to watch is the $0.60–$0.63 price area.
If it’s able to hold there during a retreat, it would suggest that buyers are defending prices that previously led to some holders selling. But falling back below that area would weaken the latest breakout attempt.
If it sees a bigger price fall, the recent $0.53–$0.55 trading area will come back into view. But for now, the trend is improving with the closest obstacle at $0.70. Whether TIA retains its gains, or not, will give a better measure of the move’s strength.
Final Summary
TIA gained nearly 17% at the time of this writing, clearing recent highs.
Buyers need to recover the $0.70 price area, while the $0.60–$0.63 price level becomes an important area to defend during a pullback.
As the broader crypto market recovered, Celestia [TIA] bounced back from a $0.52 slip and reached an 11-month high of $0.71.
However, at press time, Celestia was trading around $0.68, up 28% on the daily charts. Over the same window, the altcoin’s trading volume surged 160% to $162 million, indicating higher market participation.
Additionally, the daily turnover rose from $32 million to $63 million, suggesting a higher buying pressure.
Celestia rallies as bears face liquidation After Celestia pumped, traders who had positioned themselves anticipating further price slip were flushed out of the market.
According to CoinGlass data, the altcoin saw $1.4 million worth of shorts liquidated. Usually, when shorts are liquidated, it creates new buying pressure, pushing the price higher and triggering more short liquidations.
Source: CoinGlass In addition to buying pressure arising from short exits, more funds were allocated to open new positions. Notably, the altcoin’s Open Interest (OI) surged 45% to $142 million as of writing.
Source: CoinGlass The OI surge was backed by a 110% jump in volume, reflecting high participation and capital inflows.
Investors on Binance increased capital deployment significantly. Over the past 24 hours, the Perps Buy Volume rose to 90 million compared to 89 million in Sell Volume.
Source: Coinalyze A higher buy volume indicated that more buy orders were executed during the period.
Could profit takers threaten the rally? While the pressure on the derivatives side turned to the upside, sellers on the spot became aggressive. For example, on the 16th of October, Celestia’s Spot Netlow climbed to a record high of $2.2 million.
Source: Coinglass Such an elevated Netflow implied that more tokens were deposited into exchanges than withdrawn. Historically, higher exchange inflows have increased selling pressure, weakening market structure.
Can the momentum hold? Celestia’s upside momentum has strengthened significantly despite the recent profit realization.
A look at the momentum indicators confirms this view. For instance, at the time of writing, the altcoin’s positive index of ADX rose to 31 while the negative index fell to 7.
Rising +DI while the -DI declines indicated a strong upward momentum. Likewise, the Aroon line also validates this, with Aroon Up climbing to 100%.
Source: TradingView These indicators reflect sustained bullish pressure and signal a likely continuation of the trend. Thus, if these factors remain constant, Celestia will reclaim $0.70 and target $0.80, where the trend collapsed in November.
However, if bulls fail to hold off profit-takers, the altcoin could retest $0.50.
Final summary Celestia surged 28%, cleared key resistance, and reached an 11-month high of $0.71 before slightly retracing to $0.68. TIA rallied, driven by strong speculative demand, but profit-taking could threaten these gains.
Bitcoin was little changed since midnight UTC near $82,100 after bouncing from a dip to about $81,600 at around 03:30 UTC.Celestia jumped 16%, injective rose 7.7% and layerzero added 7.3%, leaving more than two-thirds of CoinDesk 100 members higher and the CoinDesk 5 flat.Fed Chair Kevin Warsh declined to signal what the central bank will do later this month, and the odds of an October interest-rate increase fell to about 15% from almost 30%.Bitcoin BTC$81,516.31 was little changed since midnight UTC, trading around $82,100 after bouncing from a dip to about $81,600 at around 03:30 UTC. It’s comfortably above Thursday’s brief break below $80,000, its first in a month.
Altcoins edged ahead, with ether ETH$2,408.57 adding 0.5% near $2,450 and the CoinDesk 80 (CD80) gaining 0.46%, while the bitcoin-heavy CoinDesk 5 (CD5) held steady. Celestia (TIA) jumped 16%, injective INJ$8.6752 rose 7.7% and layerzero ZRO$2.0510 added 7.3%, leaving four in every five CoinDesk 100 Index (CD100) members higher and lifting CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season index to 60 from 50 a day earlier.
Asian equities steadied after Thursday’s rout, with South Korea’s Kospi closing 2.05% higher and Japan’s Nikkei up 1.39%, while S&P 500 futures were little changed after the index snapped a three-day losing streak.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh declined to signal the central bank’s intentions for its meeting later this month in a speech at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, with the odds of an October interest-rate increase dropping to about 15% from roughly 30%, according to the CME Fedwatch tool. Treasury yields were largely stable.
Derivatives positioningTrading volume cools, leverage resets: Crypto futures volume slid 20% over 24 hours to $200 billion, while open interest rose 2% to $142.21 billion. Liquidations dropped to $311 million from nearly $1 billion yesterday. Quieter trading with positions still building suggests the forced selling has run its course.Sellers ease off: The 24-hour long/short taker volume ratio is balanced, compared with shorts making up 52% yesterday. Aggressive selling has faded.BTC, ETH and SOL gains lack fresh long bets: Bitcoin's notional open interest rose just 0.3% against a 1% price gain, which means the number of contracts outstanding slipped slightly. Ether and solana show the same pattern, with open interest up by less than their spot prices. The moves look driven by traders closing shorts, not by new long positions.XRP traders are cashing out into the rally: XRP's open interest fell 1% while its spot price gained 1.4%, so contracts were closed on a rise. Its 24-hour OI-adjusted cumulative volume delta, which tracks net aggressive buying and selling at market prices rather than passive limit orders, is also negative. The bounce has little support from derivatives traders.ZEC leads with new bullish bets: ZEC futures open interest jumped 14% against an 11.5% price gain, so traders added contracts to the rise. Its OI-adjusted cumulative volume delta is the most positive among majors, a sign that buyers are the aggressors. TRX, XAUT and ETH also show positive readings while BTC is neutral and UNI, HBAR and XRP are negative.Funding signals a bullish tilt but no froth: Annualized perpetual funding rates for major tokens hover between 5% and 10%. That shows a bias toward longs but nothing out of the ordinary, so the market is far from overheated and has room for further gains.Implied volatility keeps falling: BVIV, the 30-day implied volatility index for bitcoin, slammed to 38% from yesterday's high of 42%, and ether's implied volatility also fell. Options traders are pricing a calmer market, which matches the funding picture.Options traders hedge while eyeing ether upside: Decentralized exchange Derive pointed to a large bitcoin put spread that crossed the tape early this week, betting on a drop to $78,000. The $80,000 put is the most traded option on Deribit, the centralized options giant, so some traders are still buying downside protection. In ether, the $2,600 call is the most traded of the past 24 hours.Token talkCelestia (TIA), the modular data-availability network token, rose 16% to around $0.68, the biggest gain in the CD100 and a 2026 high. The token has advanced about 59% over four weeks, with the rally coinciding with Celestia Fibre hitting 3.07 terabits per second in a throughput benchmark and the introduction of a proposed economic upgrade called the Sustainable Blob Economy.Injective INJ$8.6752, the finance-focused layer-1 token, climbed 7.7% to about $9.19. While there’s no obvious, overriding narrative, there are three pending U.S. exchange-traded fund applications tied to the token. CoinMarketCap shows $289.7 million of INJ volume over 24 hours, up 128% from the prior day.LayerZero ZRO$2.0510, the cross-chain messaging token, gained 7.3% to about $2.24, extending a rally linked to its ATLAS trading infrastructure, which routes most of its fees into buying and burning the token. Ether.fi (ETHFI), the liquid restaking token, rose 4.2%.Starknet STRK$0.07219 was the weakest CD100 member, down 9.6% to $0.08 after an 11% gain on Thursday, and stacks STX$0.3910, a bitcoin-staking layer token, fell 4.2%.Larger names were mixed to higher, with solana (SOL) up 1.2% to about $107, XRP up 0.5% and monero (XMR) up 2.9% to about $565, while BNB barely moved.Related Assets
Modular blockchain project Celestia has announced the launch of Eden, a high-performance EVM chain built on Celestia. Celestia says Eden will act as an experimental sandbox for "Agentic Commerce", used to test the behavior and infrastructure needs of AI agents when conducting on-chain autonomous payments, transactions, and model calls. Celestia notes that as AI agents start engaging in more frequent on-chain transactions, market demand for block space, real-time settlement, and low-friction payments will continue to rise. Eden will help teams observe what transaction environment agents need, how they manage funds, and how their on-chain activities will impact network design. Eden’s first experimental project is Botfun, which is currently in closed beta. Per Celestia, participating agents can issue their own tokens and trade around narratives generated by other agents; each model inference call is paid on-chain via x402. Celestia states this experiment briefly pushed Eden to become one of the largest x402 networks by transaction volume. Technically, Eden is an EVM-compatible chain supporting atomic batch transactions, application-sponsored gas payments, and larger smart contract deployments, with its native gas token being TIA. These designs will reduce signature and fee friction when agents execute consecutive payments, swaps, and interactions.
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Celestia’s TIA token rose about 16% in 24 hours on Friday after the launch of Eden, a high-throughput EVM chain built to explore agentic commerce. The project aims to address the need for greater blockspace and transaction infrastructure as AI agents increasingly interact and transact onchain.
TIA was trading at $0.68 at press time, after rising above $0.7 earlier Friday morning, according to CoinGecko.
Eden is built with the Evolve stack and supports existing Ethereum development tools, with TIA serving as its native gas token. It operates as a standalone execution network while posting data to Celestia mainnet for data availability.
The first Eden experiment was botfun, a closed beta in which AI agents launched tokens and traded based on narratives generated around them. Celestia said each inference call was paid for onchain using x402, briefly placing Eden among the largest chains by x402 transaction count. The experiment is expected to help the team understand agents’ onchain behavior and the infrastructure required to support more automated transactions.
Eden also introduces native batch transactions, sponsored gas payments and a 128 KB contract bytecode limit, compared with Ethereum’s 24 KB limit. Batch transactions combine multiple calls into one atomic transaction, while sponsored gas allows an application or third party to pay fees on a user’s behalf.
The features are designed to simplify multi-step transactions and onboarding without requiring additional account-abstraction or relayer systems.
Eden uses a single sequencer and no public mempool, making pending transactions less visible to third parties and reducing exposure to public frontrunning, according to the team. Transaction ordering remains under the sequencer’s control.
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TIA price cleared a resistance level that had rejected it twice this week, on heavy volume. Data posted to Celestia fell while the token rallied. Fibre and the Eden experiment are driving expectations ahead of actual revenue. Momentum is overbought and slightly weaker than at the September peak. Celestia’s TIA token climbed about 22.5% on Friday to trade near $0.70, lifting its seven-day gain to roughly 49% and putting it about 73% above its September 18 close of $0.407. The amount of data rollups post to Celestia, which is the service the network sells, fell by about 26% over nearly the same period. That gap matters for anyone holding TIA after this week’s breakout, because the market appears to be pricing capacity Celestia has shown in tests and products that are still experimental.
Price up 73%, data down 26% Celestia works as a data availability layer, meaning rollups and other chains publish their transaction data to it so anyone can verify or rebuild their state without relying on the operator. Daily data posted dropped from 2.77 billion bytes on September 18 to 2.05 billion bytes on October 15. Two daily readings are too few to confirm a trend, and tighter compression or batching by rollups can cut the byte count without any drop in user activity, yet the reading still points the opposite way from the chart.
Celestia scorecard
Earliest available reading vs. latest, September 18 to October 16
Metric Then → Now Change TIA price $0.407 → $0.7022 ▲ 73% Daily data posted 2.77B → 2.05B bytes ▼ 26% Daily fees $82 → $96 ▲ 17% Futures open interest $83M → $358M ▲ 331% Open interest measured from September 23.
$33,000 a year against a $646M token The fee numbers make the valuation hard to defend on current usage alone. The network collected
about $2,701 over the past 30 days, which works out to roughly $33,000 a year, while TIA carries a market capitalization of about $646 million, even though daily fees ticked up from $82 to $96 in the latest reading. Leverage has grown far faster than either number, with perpetual futures open interest, the total value of outstanding leveraged contracts, rising from about $83 million on September 23 to roughly $358 million on Friday, so much of the move rests on positions that can be closed in a hurry.
Fibre’s 3 Tb/s is still a lab result On October 1, Celestia said on its official blog that Fibre, its high-throughput data availability system, sustained an average of 3.07 terabits per second across 120 validators in a 143-second benchmark, roughly triple the 1 Tb/s result it published in January. Encoding a 2 GiB blob now takes 0.9 seconds compared with 6.8 seconds before. The test used 2 GiB blobs while the first mainnet release is planned with a 128 MiB cap, and the team acknowledged that some test configurations will not ship at launch.
Eden, an experimental EVM chain for AI-agent transactions that Celestia announced on Friday, gives traders a second story to trade. It runs on Celestia for data availability, uses the Evolve development stack and charges gas in TIA, and its first experiment, a closed beta called Botfun, let agents launch and trade tokens while paying for every model inference call through the x402 payment standard. Celestia says the test briefly made Eden one of the largest x402 networks by transaction count, although it gave no source for that ranking and the experiment has not produced measurable revenue so far.
What lifted TIA before this week The Sustainable Blob Economy proposal, which aims to tie network usage more directly to demand for TIA, sent the token up more than 19% to about $0.526 on September 23, with roughly $621,000 in short liquidations forcing bearish traders to buy back, although its final form has yet to clear Celestia governance. Derive’s V3 migration on October 8 added another 6%, even if it is unclear how much data the new setup will keep posting to Celestia. Even after all of this, TIA trades about 96% below its February 2024 peak near $20.91, according to CoinGecko data.
$0.6217 gives way after two rejections Friday’s intraday high at $0.7233 marks a new top for the rally that began at the August 18 low near $0.293, a gain of roughly 146%. The Fibonacci retracement is drawn between those two points, and with the daily candle still open, a higher print would shift every level, while the breakout needs a close above the 0.236 retracement at $0.6217 before it counts as confirmed.
TIA/USDT daily chart. Source: TradingView / Alexander Stefanov That level capped price on October 11 and 13, when long upper wicks showed sellers active around $0.63. In between, TIA held a tight range with lows near the 0.382 retracement at $0.5589 instead of slipping toward the 0.5 level at $0.5081, and Friday’s candle cleared that range in one session on about 39 million TIA of volume, one of the heaviest days of the uptrend.
The 50-day SMA crossed above the 200-day in late September and the gap has widened since, with the 50-day at $0.4398 against $0.3821. The 200-day sits almost exactly on the 0.786 retracement at $0.3851, which makes $0.38 to $0.39 the deepest support zone that still keeps the trend intact.
RSI lags September’s peak The 14-day RSI sits above 71, past the 70 mark that usually flags stretched conditions. Its late-September peak, set when TIA topped near $0.53, was higher at around 74, so price now trades about 31% above that September high on slightly weaker momentum. That is a small bearish divergence that one strong close could erase, and the last overbought reading led to about two weeks of sideways trade between $0.44 and $0.52 before the next leg up.
A daily close above $0.6217 would turn it into first support and leave the $0.75 and $0.80 round numbers, plus the 1.272 extension near $0.84, as the next references. A close back below $0.6217 would point to a retest of $0.5589, and losing $0.5081 would bring the 0.618 level at $0.4573 and the 50-day SMA near $0.44 into view.
TIA key levels
Next target $0.84 TIA now $0.7022 Breakout level $0.6217 Range floor $0.5589 Trend support $0.44 Red marks resistance, green marks support.
Fibre’s launch and $358M in leverage The Fibre mainnet launch is the first point where benchmark throughput can show up as blobs that paying rollups actually post. Weekly or monthly data averages on explorers such as Celenium, along with the count of active rollups, will say more about demand than the two readings behind this month’s decline. With open interest above $350 million, a failed close above $0.6217 could reverse the September 23 pattern, leaving leveraged longs to sell into a drop where short sellers were once forced to buy into a rise.
Ethereum’s own blob space and rival data availability networks compete for the same rollup teams, and the low fees that help Celestia win developers also mean each extra byte adds little revenue. Usage would have to grow by multiples before fee income looks meaningful against a $646 million valuation.
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Celestia price has climbed above $0.70 as strengthening daily momentum and a bullish weekly trend put its recovery from a months-long trading range to the test.
Summary
TIA traded near $0.702 on Oct. 16, gaining approximately 19% during the daily session. Weekly RSI reached 64.98 as price moved above its previous consolidation. Daily MACD strengthened, with TIA trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. CoinGlass showed a prominent overhead liquidation cluster around $0.725–$0.73. Celestia’s recovery has accelerated after spending much of the year trading near the bottom of a prolonged decline. Binance’s daily TIA/USDT chart showed the token at $0.7019 at 3:54 p.m. UTC on Oct. 16, following a session high of $0.7233.
The move has brought an earlier breakout call into focus. In an Oct. 16 post, analyst Rekt Capital described TIA as having confirmed a breakout from its “Macro Accumulation Range” and said it had rallied 50% since being discussed in its Altcoin Watchlist.
The daily chart supports the shift out of consolidation. TIA spent much of the spring and summer near $0.30–$0.40 before building higher prices through September and October. Its latest advance has carried it beyond the rebounds that stalled around $0.45–$0.50 earlier this year.
Celestia’s breakout has support across both timeframes TIA’s 50-day moving average stood at $0.4394, above its 200-day average at $0.3820. Price was trading roughly 60% above the shorter average, showing how quickly the rally has pulled away from its recent trend.
Celestia price daily chart — Oct. 16 | Source: TradingView That distance leaves room for a sizeable pullback even if the broader recovery survives. A retreat toward the recent $0.58–$0.60 trading area would erase part of the latest advance while keeping TIA above both moving averages.
Daily momentum still favors buyers. The MACD line reached 0.0504 against a signal line of 0.0368, with a positive histogram of 0.0136. Both lines were above zero, supporting a stronger upward trend rather than merely slowing losses.
The weekly chart adds weight to that reading. TIA was up approximately 21% from the week’s opening price, while RSI reached 64.98, above its smoothing line at 46.80. Momentum has moved firmly above the neutral midpoint without reaching the conventional overbought threshold of 70.
Celestia price weekly chart — Oct. 16 | Source: TradingView Weekly Supertrend also showed a bullish reading, with its active green line at $0.2706. That level sits well below the market, making the recent weekly low near $0.505 a closer reference for assessing whether the breakout is losing ground.
Celestia has produced sharp rebounds before. A July 2025 rally took TIA up 14% alongside a descending-channel breakout, but the longer price history shows that recovery eventually gave way to further declines. The current advance has stronger alignment between daily momentum and weekly trend signals, though holding above the former range remains essential.
Fibre adds context while $0.73 becomes the immediate test Celestia’s development progress provides a separate backdrop to the price recovery. On Oct. 1, Celestia Labs reported that Fibre sustained average throughput of 3.07 terabits per second across 120 validators during a 143-second benchmark.
The team said the test used an experimental performance branch and settings that would not all be available in the initial mainnet release. The result measures tested capacity rather than current customer usage.
Celestia’s earlier mamo-1 testnet targeted 128MB blocks every six seconds in April 2025. Fibre extends the project’s work on handling larger volumes of blockchain data, although the latest price move cannot be attributed to that announcement alone.
For the immediate trading setup, CoinGlass’s 24-hour liquidation heatmap places the brightest overhead concentration around $0.725–$0.73, just above the session high. A sustained move through that band would put the next visible cluster near $0.74 within reach.
Solana liquidation heatmap | Source: CoinGlass Below price, liquidation bands appear around $0.68–$0.685 and across $0.66–$0.67, where TIA consolidated during its intraday climb. Losing those areas would increase the risk of a deeper retracement toward $0.63 and the earlier $0.60 breakout area.
Holding above $0.66–$0.68 would preserve the latest advance’s higher-price structure. Clearing $0.73 would strengthen the continuation case, while a return below $0.60 would put the durability of the breakout under greater pressure.
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Celestia’s TIA token climbed about 16% after the launch of Eden, a new EVM-compatible chain built for autonomous AI agents.
Some estimates put the 24-hour move closer to 30%, with TIA trading between $0.69 and $0.70.
Eden went live on October 16, 2026. Celestia calls it an experiment, and that word is doing real work. The chain is a testing ground for what the project calls “agentic commerce”: AI agents handling payments, trading, and fund management on-chain with minimal human hand-holding.
What Eden actually is The chain runs on the Evolve Stack and handles its own execution and consensus. It leans on Celestia mainnet for one job only: data availability, which means publishing transaction data so anyone can check it. Eden decides what happens on its own network, while Celestia keeps the public record that proves it happened.
TIA is Eden’s native gas token, so every transaction on the new chain draws on demand for it.
Eden supports 100 ms block times, or ten blocks every second. The chain also allows application-sponsored gas fees. Apps can cover transaction costs for their users, so an agent doesn’t need to hold a balance of TIA before doing anything useful. Smart contracts can reach 128 KB in size, giving developers more room for complex on-chain logic.
Meet Botfun, the first experiment Eden’s first closed-beta project is Botfun. On Botfun, agents issue tokens and trade them around narratives that other agents generate. One bot writes a story, another mints a token about it, and a third decides whether to buy.
The platform relies on the x402 protocol for transactions. Agents can also make inference calls directly on-chain, meaning they can query AI models as part of their on-chain activity.
During the beta, Eden briefly ranked among the top x402 networks by transaction count.
Why Celestia built this Celestia has positioned itself as a data availability layer. Eden extends that model with a working chain that sends real traffic to Celestia mainnet.
Celestia frames Eden as a tool for measuring how much blockspace demand autonomous agents might create. The project also wants to understand how quickly and cheaply low-friction payments can move as agent use grows.
What this means for TIA and the agent economy Alongside the price gain, TIA saw a notable rise in market capitalization and trading volume.
Eden is explicitly experimental, and Botfun remains in closed beta. Systems where bots issue and trade tokens around AI-written narratives could produce strange market behavior that no one fully anticipates.
For investors, the key metrics are straightforward. Watch transaction counts on Eden, the volume of data flowing to Celestia mainnet, and whether projects beyond Botfun join the network.
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Celestia (TIA) is up about 32% on the week and 28% on the day, ahead of Starknet ($STRK) and Injective ($INJ), with no major announcement behind the move.
@celestia's native token $TIA is surging, up 32% on the week and 28% on the day at the time of writing. The move outpaces gains in @Starknet $STRK and @injective $INJ, which have also posted strong moves.
The rally has no obvious single trigger. No significant announcements have been made by the project in the past week.
TIA leads the altcoin fieldMarket data points to a broader altcoin bid that Celestia is leading. Celestia (TIA), the modular data-availability network token, rose 16% to around $0.68, the biggest gain in the CD100 and a 2026 high , according to CoinDesk. The same report noted that injective INJ rose 7.7% and layerzero ZRO added 7.3% . The CoinMarketCap Altcoin Season Index rose to 60 from 50 , per Phemex's summary of the session.
Price tracker Coinfomania put TIA at $0.693914 on October 16, with a 24-hour price change of up 32.25% and a market cap of about $671 million . CoinDesk said the token has advanced about 59% over four weeks .
What may be behind the moveSeveral developments earlier this month may have helped sentiment, though none explains the latest jump on its own. According to CoinMarketCap, Celestia's Fibre system showed massive throughput potential in an experimental test, but mainnet usage remains minimal . The same source reported that Fibre sustained an average of 3.07 terabits per second in a 143-second benchmark across 120 validators .
CoinMarketCap also noted that . It described the impact on token demand as dependent on how much data Derive ultimately publishes.
Celestia has also pointed out that the Fibre result was , according to CoinStats. Separately, an analysis from Bitcoin Foundation cited L2BEAT data showing that as of September.
For traders, that leaves a gap between price action and network usage. Rallies that arrive without a clear catalyst can reverse quickly, and Traders Union has previously described a similar unexplained TIA move as . Readers should treat the current surge with caution and watch whether usage and fee revenue begin to follow price.
Sources
CoinDesk: Celestia and Injective lead altcoin gains as bitcoin holds near $82,000CoinMarketCap: Latest Celestia (TIA) newsCoinStats: Celestia (TIA) news today
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Celestia (TIA) has climbed more than 30% over the past week, reaching its highest level of 2026 as trading volume and open interest rise without a clear single catalyst.
Celestia's native token, $TIA, is rebounding sharply. The asset has gained more than any other major cryptocurrency over the past week apart from @Starknet's $STRK, rising about 34.4% at the time of writing.
The exact trigger is not clear. The official @celestia account has not posted any announcements for nearly two weeks, leaving traders to look to market data and network developments for explanations.
What the data showsAccording to TokenPost, TIA rallied 23% to $0.633 on October 11, its highest level of 2026. The report said open interest rose 45% over 24 hours, while daily trading volume increased 213%. The move came as momentum across the wider altcoin market weakened.
The rally also followed a recovery from lows. TokenPost noted that the token had fallen toward $0.43 in late September before rebounding in October. AMBCrypto said TIA is up 62% over the past month, and that a daily close above the $0.625 swing high would confirm a structural reset, according to its technical analysis.
Possible catalysts and caveatsSeveral developments sit around the move. CoinMarketCap's news summary lists a 3.07 terabits per second benchmark for Celestia Fibre on October 2 and the decision by onchain options exchange Derive to adopt Celestia for data availability for its V3 upgrade on October 1. The same summary notes that mainnet usage of Fibre remains minimal. TokenPost also linked the rally to the Sustainable Blob Economy proposal, described as an economic upgrade for the network.
Analysts remain divided. CoinMarketCap's summary describes social sentiment as a contest between breakout optimism and skepticism over weak onchain fundamentals and low protocol revenue. Traders Union has also flagged a token unlock scheduled for October 30 as a potential source of future supply pressure.
Celestia is a modular blockchain that provides data availability for rollups. Price moves of this size have occurred before without a clear announcement, and the token remains well below its all-time high above $20, according to Kraken's price data.
Sources:
TokenPost: Celestia's TIA Rallies 23% as Price Tests January High
AMBCrypto: Can Celestia hold its 23% rally as altcoins weaken?
CoinMarketCap: Latest Celestia (TIA) news
Celestia [TIA] has rallied 23% in the past 24 hours and is up 62% over the past month. The price correction toward $0.43 at the end of September has ended, and the altcoin was challenging the $0.625 swing high from January.
In doing so, TIA has reached the highest price in 2026 at $0.633. The Open Interest in the past 24 hours has jumped by 45%, and CoinMarketCap data showed a 213% increase in daily trading volume.
Why is Celestia rallying? Earlier this month, there was an announcement that the Celestia Fibre throughput reached 3.07 Tb/s. This is enough for 2 billion transactions per second, noted the Celestia blog post.
The ability to handle such high throughput will be useful in a world where agentic payments and global finance move onchain, the team wrote.
In other news, the Celestia Sustainable Blob Economy proposal helped nudge TIA prices higher in the second half of September.
Source: Joao Wedson on X The architectural and economic upgrades helped the TIA momentum, but the altcoin season might already be over. Crypto analyst Joao Wedson warned market participants that it was no longer an ideal time for altcoins.
The altcoin season index has dipped from altseason territory alongside the Bitcoin [BTC] correction toward $80k. This could have an impact on Celestia price trends in the coming days and weeks.
Celestia maintains a bullish outlook, with ONE KEY level to overcome Source: TIA/USDT on TradingView Earlier this year, Celestia prices dropped from $0.625 to $0.269, a 57% drawdown completed in just over three weeks. Since then, the $0.50 resistance zone had been tested twice, in May and September.
In October, while the rest of the market faced a correction due to profit-taking and macro uncertainties, TIA rallied back toward the swing structure highs.
The technical indicators were bullish, and a daily session close above $0.625 will confirm a structural reset. Long-term investors can wait for this structure break and a retracement toward $0.45-$0.50 to buy the altcoin.
Final Summary Celestia has rallied over 20% in a day, a notable sign of relative strength while the rest of the crypto market remained quiet after the recent correction. Celestia Fibre’s 3.07Tb/s throughput and the Sustainable Blob Economy proposal were architectural and economic upgrades that helped fuel the TIA run.
PANews reported on October 12 that, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market was mixed across sectors. The Layer 2 sector rose 6.62% over 24 hours, with Starknet (STRK) up 111.53%, while Optimism (OP), Celestia (TIA) and zkSync (ZK) gained 15.45%, 20.38% and 34.23%, respectively. Meanwhile, the DePIN sector rose 6.24%, with Grass (GRASS) up 49.41% and Filecoin (FIL) up 13.91%.
In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 1.43% to break above $83,000, and Ethereum (ETH) rose 0.14% to break above $2,500.
Other standout sectors included: the RWA sector, up 4.74% over 24 hours, with Plume (PLUME) gaining 22.68%; the DeFi sector, up 2.29%, with Wormhole (W) gaining 37.16%; the PayFi sector, up 0.86%, with Zcash (ZEC) gaining 6.47%; and the Layer 1 sector, up 0.61%, with NEAR Protocol (NEAR) gaining 15.52%.
Elsewhere, the Meme sector fell 0.58%, with MemeCore (M) down 12.49%, and the CeFi sector fell 0.72%, with Cronos (CRO) down 1.43%.
Crypto sector indices reflecting historical sector performance showed that the ssiDePIN, ssiRWA and ssiDeFi indices rose 6.37%, 4.74% and 1.94%, respectively.
4 October 2026 | 10:05 Celestia’s TIA has regained the resistance it lost in September, but buyers still need to hold it before the recovery can challenge the month’s highs again.
Key Takeaways TIA’s reclaimed resistance still needs to become support. Rising trendline support sits near $0.44–$0.45. Fibre testing advances ahead of a mainnet rollout. TIA was trading just above the $0.475-$0.476 zone at $0.4807 when Kraken’s daily chart was captured at 06:28 UTC on October 4. Its unfinished candle was up 1.65%, although trading on both sides of the level showed buyers had yet to establish a clear hold above it.
TradingView daily technical chart for TIA/USD. September’s failed hold raises the bar for this recovery The zone resisted earlier advances, including in May and early September. TIA eventually cleared it on the way toward $0.54, but the subsequent decline took price back underneath. The latest attempt follows the wider altcoin gains covered in Coindoo’s October 1 market review, with that earlier reversal making a sustained hold especially important for TIA.
A daily close above the zone, followed by continued trading above it, would show buyers accepting prices beyond the old resistance. If a pullback then attracts buying around $0.475-$0.476, it would add evidence that the level is becoming support. That retest is useful if it occurs, but the recovery does not require price to return to the line immediately.
Holding above the zone would leave $0.49-$0.50 as the next resistance area, followed by September’s reaction highs around $0.51-$0.54. Only a move beyond the upper end, including the wick near $0.54, would extend the recovery past September’s peak. At the chart’s timestamp, TIA remained roughly 11% below that high.
A failed reclaim would put the rising trendline back in play If TIA closes below the reclaimed zone and struggles to recover it, attention would shift to the rising blue trendline beneath price. The line connects September’s low near $0.32 with the later higher low around $0.425, projecting support near $0.44-$0.45 at the latest candles. That estimate rises with the line, so its position will change over time.
TIA area Support reference $0.475-$0.476 Reclaimed horizontal resistance; the immediate test. $0.44-$0.45 Rising trendline near the latest candles. Around $0.425 Horizontal support near the recent higher low. $0.39-$0.40 50 SMA near $0.3918. $0.368-$0.374 200 SMA near $0.368; 100 SMA near $0.374. A break below the trendline would weaken the immediate advance, particularly if rebounds then stalled beneath it. Losing $0.425 afterward would do more damage because it would break the recent pattern of higher lows. These are separate tests: a brief move through the diagonal line would not, by itself, erase the broader recovery.
The daily moving averages still favour that recovery. TIA is above all three, with the 50 SMA above the 100 SMA and 200 SMA, although they sit too far below price to confirm the immediate support test. Momentum is less emphatic: the relative strength index, which compares recent gains with losses, stands at 59.30, above its neutral midpoint of 50 but below its smoothing line at 60.40.
RSI has recovered from the latest pullback without regaining September’s overbought readings. Further improvement alongside price holding resistance as support would reinforce the rebound, especially with stronger trading volume in completed sessions. Today’s Kraken volume bar remains unfinished, so it cannot yet provide a like-for-like comparison with earlier full days.
What Celestia is improving beyond the price chart Celestia’s recent development work concerns the service applications pay to use. It provides data availability: a way for blockchains to publish transaction data so participants can access the records needed to check their history.
A payment application, for example, could process transfers on its own blockchain and publish the associated data through Celestia. The application would remain responsible for determining whether payments are valid, while Celestia helps make the underlying records available. Increasing publication capacity could therefore support applications that generate more data than existing systems can comfortably handle.
Fibre is Celestia’s effort to expand that capacity. Its Mocha testnet activated v10 on September 24, followed by a notice asking validators to configure Fibre servers. The testnet allows changes to be tested before deployment on the live network.
On October 1, Celestia reported that Fibre averaged 3.07 terabits per second across 120 validators in a 143-second test covering data distribution and on-chain confirmation. That measures the data handled by the system, rather than the number of payments it executed.
The test used an experimental software version and settings that differ from the planned initial mainnet release. Celestia intends to introduce Fibre with capacity matched to early demand, then expand as usage grows. Its announcement did not provide a fixed launch date, leaving live deployment as the next development milestone to watch.
Paying applications are the link to TIA demand Applications pay data-publication fees in TIA, which is also staked to secure the network. More capable infrastructure could attract additional applications, but the economic benefit depends on their actual spending. A throughput benchmark measures capacity; recurring publication activity and fees show how much of that service customers use.
Cheaper publication can encourage adoption while reducing fees per unit of data. At lower prices, more usage is needed to generate the same revenue. Tracking paying applications, the data they publish and their fees together would help assess whether Fibre expands demand for Celestia’s service. None of those measures translates mechanically into a higher token price.
October also brings a supply milestone Alongside demand, TIA holders face an approaching change in its vesting schedule. Celestia’s published schedule implies that initial core contributors’ continuous vesting finishes around October 30, 2026. That would complete an ongoing release schedule, rather than introduce a new one-day cliff unlock.
New issuance remains separate from those allocated tokens becoming transferable. The November 2025 upgrade reduced annual inflation to approximately 2.5%, with further gradual reductions scheduled, while research and ecosystem vesting continues through year four. Staking rewards also add tokens to circulation, so completing contributor vesting would not end supply growth or determine whether existing holders sell.
The next close matters more than the small gain A sustained hold above $0.475-$0.476 would leave September’s highs in view. Another failed reclaim would instead bring the rising trendline back into focus, testing whether buyers can preserve the higher lows behind the recovery.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Technical levels reflect the October 4, 2026 chart and do not guarantee future price movements.
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Teams evaluating Fibre keep asking us the same question: how much throughput can they actually count on? One prospective customer with extreme throughput requirements asked us to find out, so we ran an end-to-end benchmark across 120 validators.
It sustained 3.07 Tb/s of throughput, enough data for nearly 2 billion transactions per second. Every transaction Visa processed in 2025 would fit in just over two minutes.
As agentic payments and global finance move onchain, we expect applications to generate orders of magnitude more transaction data than existing blockchain systems can support. We designed Fibre in order to handle that load. Earlier this year, Fibre demonstrated 1 Tb/s in a partial benchmark. For this production benchmark we tested the entire system end-to-end: encoding fresh blobs, distributing and storing their pieces, collecting validator signatures, and submitting commitments onchain.
Below, we outline how Fibre works, what we changed to make the pipeline faster, and how we ran the benchmark.
How Fibre Works
In Fibre, blob data goes straight to validators. Celestia only records a commitment to that data and the validators’ signatures. That separation is what makes Fibre’s terabit throughput possible: the chain has to only keep up with commitments and not with the data behind them.
The client encodes a blob and sends each validator their own share of pieces. Each validator checks their pieces, stores them, and signs to confirm that they have them. Once validators holding two-thirds of the voting power have signed, the client submits their signatures to Celestia along with the blob commitment.
Chasing the Bottleneck
The work behind this result started well before the latest benchmark. Since March, we’ve been cutting repeated verification work, reusing memory, and removing unnecessary copies so Fibre can handle more uploads at once. Each round of testing helped us see where the next bottleneck was.
One of the biggest gains came from encoding. Before a blob goes out, Fibre splits it into pieces and adds extra recovery pieces using Reed-Solomon coding, so the original can be rebuilt even if some pieces never arrive. This happens for every blob, so it adds up fast. Modern ARM chips, like the AWS Graviton machines we tested on, can process many values in a single instruction. The encoding library we use already did this for some operations, but the Reed-Solomon encoding Fibre relies on still works through the data one value at a time. We wrote vectorised kernels for that path using NEON, ARM's vector instruction set, and tuned the workload around them. Median encoding time for a 2 GiB blob fell from 6.8 seconds to 0.9, roughly 7.5x faster.
Once encoding and distribution got faster, the chain itself became the bottleneck. During testing, we saw uploads spend about 1 second encoding and 0.5 seconds distributing their pieces, then as long as 14 seconds waiting for confirmation. Data was arriving faster than the chain could process it.
So we turned our work to the chain. We started reusing successful signature checks rather than repeating them, and ran verification in parallel. We also optimized how validators check PayForFibre (PFF) transactions, the onchain messages that record each Fibre upload. Validating a block proposal from scratch, with nothing cached, dropped from 10.35 seconds to 1.12. We also raised the per-block capacity for Fibre submissions from 200 to 2,000, and reduced the block time to 1 second. In the final benchmark, uploads waited an average of 2.2 seconds for confirmation.
The storage component was also substantially improved. We picked network-optimized instances for their bandwidth, but their attached disks (EBS) couldn't write anywhere near as fast as data arrived, so instead we started storing blob pieces in S3 (AWS's object storage). S3’s performance started degrading at ~3,500 uploads per second. In order to reduce the number of requests, we packed 16 Fibre pieces into each object and spread writes across hash-based key groups and multiple buckets. All of these improvements together cleared the way for a full-scale run.
Running the Benchmark
We benchmarked the process end-to-end across 120 validators, each running on its own AWS machine, from encoding fresh blobs to submitting their commitments onchain, with blob generation and encoding running on the same machines as the validators. The complete pipeline averaged 3.07 Tb/s over the full 143-second load window. Its best 60 seconds averaged 3.69 Tb/s, and its best 30 seconds 4.27 Tb/s.
These numbers count only blob data that was confirmed onchain. They exclude the recovery pieces added during encoding and the traffic of sending pieces to validators, both of which would push the figure higher.
Several settings were specific to this benchmark and will not be available in the initial mainnet release. We used 2 GiB blobs (mainnet will start at 128 MiB), 1-second blocks, and a limit of 2,000 Fibre submissions per block, up from the current 200. Memory and concurrency settings were also tuned for the specific machines we benchmarked on. The run used Fibre’s end-to-end production pipeline, but from an experimental performance branch, and some of the optimizations described above are still being refined before release.
The bars show the full 143-second average and the maximum rolling averages over 60 and 30 seconds. The dashed line marks the full-window average of 3.07 Tb/s.
What’s Next
Demand for blockspace is about to outgrow what existing blockchains offer, driven by agents paying on users' behalf and more of global finance moving onchain. This benchmark shows Fibre can keep up: at 3 Tb/s, it can support an AI agent for every person on Earth, each sending a transaction every 4 seconds.
We’ll bring Fibre to mainnet with capacity matched to early demand, then grow as usage does. Our goal is to scale to 3 Tb/s and go past it as applications need it. If you need throughput at this scale, get in touch.
Contributors
This work was led by Vlad Krinitsyn, with contributions from Rachid Chami, Preston Evans, Hlib Kanunnikov, Alex Kiss, Rene Lubov, and Rootul Patel.
Celestia [TIA] has gained by about 15.17% in the past 24 hours to trade at $0.509 due to high expectations associated with the new “Sustainable Blob Economy” proposal.
This is particularly important considering the fact that altcoins are currently picking up steam. There is also a record influx of Bitcoin ETFs into the system. Additionally, the strong correlation between TIA and Bitcoin’s price action places the token among the top beneficiaries.
Could Celestia’s new proposal strengthen demand? Since the proposal announcement back on the 11th of July, the network’s trading volume has been on a steady upward trend, crossing the $129 million mark over the last 24 hours. This development points to a steady increase in market activity over the period.
Source: DefiLlama That’s not all; the impacts of the increased network are already visible on the daily chart. TIA has just invalidated a key trendline resistance that had held for months. The next resistance level in line at around $0.625 stands out as the next potential target for the network’s bulls.
With the token now trading above all its key EMAs, a progressive bullish push to target the resistance level is more than likely to finally occur.
Source: TradingView Rising Open Interest adds fuel to the rally At the same time, TIA’s Open Interest has climbed to a new monthly high of $83 million, according to recent data. The surge points to increased leveraged exposure across the network.
Source: Coinglass At the same time, liquidation data also points to a growing pressure on short sellers. At the time of writing, the total short liquidation amounted to $621K over the last 24 hours, which is five times higher than long liquidations.
The significant liquidations suggest that bearish positions are being forced out as TIA moves higher.
Final Summary TIA jumps by more than 19% to $0.526 as Celestia’s revised Sustainable Blob Economy proposal strengthens its tokenomics. The network’s Open Interest reached a monthly high of $83 million, but short liquidations were five times higher than longs, adding squeeze pressure.
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Kraken told customers on Tuesday that withdrawals were stuck, the second service fault the exchange disclosed in a single day.
The notice went up shortly after 2 p.m. UTC. Kraken said it had identified the cause. However, it gave no timeline, no list of affected coins, and no account of what broke.
Funding Faults Pile Up at KrakenFunding is the exchange’s term for money moving in and out, meaning deposits and withdrawals. Trading, the website and Kraken’s data feeds all stayed operational.
“We are aware of a temporary hiccup affecting withdrawals, which may be briefly delayed at this time,” read an excerpt on Kraken status page.
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The company’s status board listed 23 of its 725 funding services as degraded. Most of that damage predates Tuesday.
On September 4, the exchange paused deposits across more than 20 blockchain networks. Cosmos (ATOM) and Celestia (TIA) were among them, and that incident remains open.
A Bad Week Before a Big YearHours earlier, Kraken reported that account balance histories had gone stale. Daily figures have since recovered, while hourly figures remain behind.
Reliability carries unusual weight for the firm right now. BeInCrypto reported last week that Kraken parent Payward is wiring itself into Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, the firm keeps delaying its own IPO, now aimed at 2027.
Institutional clients judge an exchange on whether money moves when they ask for it. A run of funding faults complicates that pitch. Payward is also preparing to sell tokenized London stocks to investors in 110 countries.
Kraken has not said what failed. Whether Tuesday’s problem is new, or another symptom of the September 4 outage, the next update should say.
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Celestia [TIA] cleared $0.42 resistance and jumped to a four-month high of $0.48 before retracing.
At press time, Celestia was trading around $0.43, marking an 11.5% jump on the 24-hour timeframe. This upside move was backed by a 298% jump in trading volume, highlighting strong market activity.
But what’s driving Celestia’s uptick? TIA’s recent gains have captured market attention, leaving the community deliberating on the factors behind the surge. It was observed that the altcoin’s recent pump is mostly driven by three factors.
Firstly, its role in the modular blockchain as a data availability (DA) layer. As such, Celestia’s modular architecture is gaining fresh attention.
With the network’s focus on data availability and scalable rollups, TIA is positioned around Web3’s biggest problems: making blockchain scalable without compromising flexibility.
Source: Coinbase Additionally, Celestia is seeing strong demand from stakers. According to Coinbase, there are over 393.9 million tokens staked, or 43% of the total supply.
Notably, Celestia has a staking reward rate of 5.48%, which has made it overly attractive to crypto investors.
Profit takers causing intense pressure As expected, with Celestia rallying, investors who have held underwater rushed to cash out. On the Futures side, for example, Celestia recorded $92 million in outflows compared to $87.6 million in inflows in the past 24 hours.
Source: Coinglass As a result, Futures Netflow dropped 998% to -$4.4 million as of writing, suggesting that traders aggressively closed their positions.
On the Spot side, the same market behavior was evident. The altcoin saw $15.3 million in exchange inflows compared to $14.7 million in outflows.
Source: Coinglass As a result, Spot Netflow climbed 1163% to $595k, a clear sign of spot selling. When sellers dominate both the Spot and Futures, it weakens market structure and often leads to price drops.
Can TIA absorb the pressure and extend the rally? Although Celestia rose to $0.48, its pullback to $0.43 showed internal market weakness. The weakness mostly emerged from increased profit-taking.
Despite the rising pressure, the altcoin’s bullish structure remains intact. In fact, its stochastic RSI has held within an upward trajectory, rising to around 88, at press time.
Source: Tradingview Likewise, the DMI indicator was positive, rising to 40. With both of these indicators on the rise, they suggest the uptrend is strong and most likely to continue.
Therefore, if the market bulls can absorb the rising sell pressure, we could see Celestia reclaim $0.48 and flip $0.5 resistance. However, if profit-taking continues, TIA will drop below $0.40 and maybe even towards $0.34.
Final Summary Celestia [TIA] surged 11%, cleared $0.42 resistance, and jumped to a four-month high of $0.48. Celestia rallied, driven by rising demand from stakers and its growing in the modular as a data availability (DA) layer.
A Different Question at the Heart of CelestiaMost blockchain light clients rely on full nodes to tell them whether block data has been published. @Celestia takes a different approach. Rather than trusting fuller nodes at their word, Celestia gives light nodes a way to check for themselves.
That distinction matters.
How the Sampling Mechanism WorksThe process rests on a specific encoding scheme.
A block producer attempting to withhold data faces a structural problem. Enough unique samples across honest nodes means the full block can be reconstructed, making a withholding attack self-defeating.
The scalability implication runs counter to the usual logic. More light nodes participating in sampling collectively supports larger blocks rather than adding load.
There are assumptions to keep in mind. That mechanism depends on connectivity. Eclipse attacks, which cut a node off from honest peers, can break that guarantee.
Sources:
Celestia Docs: Modular Data Availability Layer
Celestia Glossary: Data Availability Sampling
L2BEAT: Celestia Data Availability
Celestia [TIA] has been on the decline over the past couple of weeks, as the market appears to be settling into a more neutral position.
TIA has posted a 25% decline on a year-to-date basis, with the past day reflecting that neutral state through a 0.2% gain as of the time of writing.
The market appears caught in a tight spot, with uncertainty building over the price’s next direction.
TIA faces more token unlocks TIA will undergo a major token unlock, channeling the released tokens toward research and development for the blockchain. A token unlock distributes new tokens into the market, bumping the asset’s supply and weighing on its price.
The unlock will release roughly $62,000 into the market in less than 24 hours, with another $62,000 following in 48 hours—an amount likely to move the market significantly.
Source: DeFiLlama Beyond that, Celestia’s total value locked (TVL) remains at $0, reflecting how weak the blockchain’s performance has been. The chain generated just $53 in fees over the past day, underscoring the point.
This combination of weakening on-chain performance and an expected volume surge puts Celestia at major risk.
Funding and capital flows Despite the weakening on-chain metrics and the scheduled token unlock, sentiment around TIA has turned net positive, with investors showing a growing pattern of long bets in the market.
Funding Rate data over the past day has spiked significantly, reaching roughly 0.0049% on the chart, according to the latest reading. A positive Funding Rate implies more bulls than bears in the market, measured by the scale of leveraged positions open on the asset.
Source: CoinGlass Adding to this outlook is a massive inflow of capital into the market, reinforcing the bullish case.
To put this into perspective, Open Interest surged 23% over the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $57.52 million within that period.
The rising Funding Rate, at a time when Open Interest has also surged, signals that the new inflow of capital is being channeled toward long positioning in the market.
Liquidation levels are tight Liquidation heatmap analysis, which identifies clusters of buy and sell orders on the chart, shows TIA sitting in a tight spot from a liquidity perspective.
The asset carries distributed sell orders above price, matched by an equal depth of distributed buy orders below price.
This means price could swing either way—the asset could move up or down, since both clusters exert the same pull on price, and liquidation clusters are known to act like magnets.
Source: CoinGlass However, given the market’s tight positioning, momentum will be the key determinant of where price skews. With bulls currently in control, there’s a high chance of an upswing in price from current levels over the short to near term.
Final Summary Celestia is releasing a large batch of new tokens into the market within the next two days, which could add selling pressure on the price. Traders taking bullish bets have been growing fast, suggesting many expect the price to rise in the near term.
The Celestia Stage became into more than simply a performance venue over the course of three days. The similar ideals that brought KuCoin and Tomorrowland together—curiosity, trust, and real human connection—were reflected in the fact that it became a location where music, culture, and community came together. The first weekend of Tomorrowland Belgium 2026 has come to a conclusion, marking the successful launch of the Celestia Stage by KuCoin and the beginning of a new chapter in KuCoin’s multi-year cooperation with one of the most renowned music festivals in the world. These events took place in Belgium.
The Celestia Stage became into more than simply a performance venue over the course of three days, during which it welcomed lovers of electronic music from all over the globe that will be remembered forever. The similar ideals that brought KuCoin and Tomorrowland together—curiosity, trust, and real human connection—were reflected in the fact that it became a location where music, culture, and community came together.
Over the course of the first weekend of the festival, a multitude of internationally renowned artists, such as Yves V, Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman, Diego Miranda, DJ Nano, Nico Morano, Xinobi, Öona Dahl, and Helsloot, amongst others, presented an energizing lineup that encompassed progressive house, melodic techno, and underground electronic music. This lineup created unforgettable moments for festivalgoers from all over the world.
KuCoin invited guests to experience Tomorrowland in new ways through a series of immersive community activations, which were held in addition to the performances offered by the company. People who attended the festival had the opportunity to interact with the KuCoin Guardians who were wandering about, join the exclusive waitlist for the Tomorrowland Visa KuCard (which was powered by KuCoin EU), and take part in premium experiences that were meant to promote exploration, connection, and discovery. These moments represented a common idea that the most significant experiences are not only those that we are able to see, but also those that we tend to retain with us for a considerable amount of time after the music has stopped playing.
KuCoin continues to extend the role of digital assets outside the realm of financial technology by linking Web3 with worldwide culture, entertainment, and daily experiences. KuCoin is the exclusive cryptocurrency exchange and payments partner for Tomorrowland Winter and Tomorrowland Belgium 2026–2028. KuCoin’s long-term ambition is to make cryptocurrency more accessible via real-world participation and shared experiences. The premiere of the Celestia Stage is another milestone in this vision.
KuCoin is looking forward to Tomorrowland Belgium Weekend 2, which will feature an even more interactive experience, community activations, and exclusive surprises for festivalgoers from all over the world. This comes after an incredible opening weekend, during which the Celestia Stage will once again present a fresh lineup of world-class artists.
This weekend marks the beginning of the next chapter in the adventure, which now continues.
KuCoin is a prominent worldwide cryptocurrency platform that was established in 2017, and it is founded on trust and security. It now serves over 40 million users in more than 200 countries and regions internationally. This platform is well-known for its dependability and user-first attitude, and it combines cutting-edge technology, extensive liquidity, and robust security precautions in order to provide a trading experience that is completely frictionless. For the future of finance, KuCoin is committed to building a digital asset infrastructure that is transparent, compliant, and user-centric. This commitment is supported by certifications such as SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 27701:2019. KuCoin offers access to more than 1,500 digital assets through a comprehensive product suite. In recent years, we have constructed a solid basis for worldwide compliance, which has been highlighted by significant milestones such as the registration of AUSTRAC in Australia, the acquisition of a MiCA license in Europe, and the advancement of regulatory progress in other regions.
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KuCoin is a major global cryptocurrency platform that was established in 2017, and it is trusted by more than 40 million users across more than 200 nations and regions. In addition to providing access to more than one thousand listed tokens, spot and futures trading, institutional wealth management, and a Web3 wallet, the platform provides digital asset services that are on the cutting edge of innovation and compliance. In the European Economic Area (EEA), KuCoin does not provide any services available to its customers. In the European Economic Area (EEA), KuCoin EU is managed by KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH, which has its headquarters in Vienna. KuCoin EU operates in accordance with the regulatory framework that is applicable in the EU, including MiCAR requirements concerning investor protection, market integrity, and transparency. KuCoin EU is neither the operator of a platform for trading crypto-assets, nor does it provide investing advice to its customers.
The Belgian brothers Manu and Michiel Beers established Tomorrowland twenty years ago, and the company continues to be a family-owned enterprise that is driven by a team of creative and enthusiastic individuals. The Tomorrowland brand has developed into a global entertainment brand over the course of its history.
A number of different business units make up the WEAREONE.world group. These business units include Festival & Events, Music, Experiences, Leisure, Products, and Fiction. There are now around 350 members of the team that are responsible for creating magic from the headquarters of the firm, which is located in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as local offices in Brazil, France, Ibiza, and Thailand.
In addition to being one of the most well-known and influential festival brands in the world, Tomorrowland is renowned for its ability to bring people together through the mediums of music, art, and narrative. It has inspired millions of people by providing them with remarkable experiences and a shared vision of connection.
As the final beats faded on Tomorrowland’s first weekend, the most unlikely headliner wasn’t a DJ—it was a crypto exchange. KuCoin closed its debut at the Belgian mega-festival with a branded Celestia Stage, aiming to fuse trust, music, and community into a single marketing push.
According to the press release, the sponsorship marked a weekend of live sets, interactive experiences, and an on-the-ground effort to link the KuCoin brand with the festival’s famously loyal audience. The activation leaned heavily on the idea that crypto can be a cultural force, not just a trading interface.
Music, Branding, and a Stage Called Celestia Large-scale festival sponsorships have become a staple for exchanges trying to shed their niche reputation. FTX famously embedded itself at Miami events before its collapse, while Crypto.com owns the naming rights to a major Los Angeles arena. KuCoin is following a similar playbook, but with a twist: it’s putting the concept of trust at the center of a party.
Tomorrowland’s audience skews young, digitally native, and globally connected—exactly the demographic crypto platforms want. The Celestia Stage wasn’t just a venue; it was a container for a message that KuCoin is more than a place to trade tokens. Whether festivalgoers internalized that message is another matter. A weekend of music doesn’t erase years of user skepticism that built up as the exchange navigated a complex global regulatory map.
Regulatory Baggage Brings Its Own Beat KuCoin has never been as legally exposed as some of its peers, but it hasn’t escaped scrutiny either. New York’s attorney general sued the exchange in 2023 for allegedly operating without the proper licenses, and KuCoin has since restricted access for US-based users. While the platform’s global volume remains substantial, the regulatory shadow makes high-profile branding exercises look like attempts to project stability more than anything else.
The sponsorship arrives as the broader industry remains under a microscope, with US senators just days away from a pivotal vote on a crypto market structure bill that banks are actively trying to kill. That fight, unfolding far from festival grounds, is a reminder that the regulatory climate can change faster than a DJ can drop a beat. For KuCoin, any misstep could turn a feel-good festival moment into expensive legal turbulence.
What a Festival Can’t Fix There’s a difference between building a brand and building trust. Sponsoring a stage may lift name recognition, but it doesn’t automatically make users feel safer about storing funds on an exchange with a history of regulatory friction. The real test will be whether KuCoin can translate high-decibel marketing into sustained user growth without stumbling into another compliance trap.
For now, Tomorrowland gave the exchange a glossy highlight reel. But the beats that mattered most may have been the ones nobody danced to—the quiet hum of legal risk that never really leaves the room.
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Max delves deep into the cryptocurrency realm, with a passion for altcoins and NFTs. Convinced of crypto's transformative potential, he envisions a decentralized financial future. Max's background in the financial sector grants him unique insights into global monetary systems. In his leisure, Max embraces the thrill of adventures and is an avid sports enthusiast, finding balance and rejuvenation away from work.
Bitcoin (BTC) edges below $64,000 on Friday, extending losses for the third consecutive day after the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) capped recovery around $65,000. Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Celestia (TIA) stand out as the worst performers over the last 24 hours, with nearly 10% losses.
Bitcoin extends decline below its 50-day EMABitcoin edges below $64,000 on Friday, maintaining a bearish near-term tone as it remains below the 50-day EMA at $65,041 and the 200-day EMA at $75,025. Momentum is mixed, with the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator still in positive territory and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) dipping to the neutral 50 level, suggesting consolidation rather than a decisive recovery.
Bitcoin must clear the 50-day EMA at $65,041 for a steady recovery, which could target the $70,000 psychological threshold.
BTC/USDT daily price chart.On the downside, the key structural floor is the horizontal support at $60,000, where a sustained break would likely reopen a broader corrective phase in the daily picture.
Hyperliquid and Celestia take a bearish reversalHyperliquid hovers around $60 at press time on Friday, maintaining a bearish near-term bias after breaking below its 50-day EMA at $63.09, with a 9% drop the previous day. Still, the longer-term 200-day EMA at $49.85 underpins the broader structure.
The MACD descends into negative territory with a bearish profile, and the RSI near 41 suggests subdued momentum, reinforcing the downside pressure.
The path of least resistance for HYPE targets the previous swing low from June 10 at $52.67, followed by the 200-day EMA at $49.85.
HYPE/USD daily price chart.On the topside, initial resistance is at the 50-day EMA at $63.09, with a stronger barrier at the former upward-sloping trendline break near $70.29.
Celestia maintains a bearish near-term bias, testing its 50-day EMA at $0.3838 on Friday, which is well below the 200-day EMA at $0.5053. This positioning suggests the broader trend remains pressured, after price failed to surpass the 50% retracement level at $0.4104, measured over the downswing from $0.6257 to $0.2693.
The RSI around 47 hints at neutral-to-slightly soft momentum, while the MACD has slipped marginally below zero, reinforcing a loss of upside conviction following recent rebounds.
Looking down, the 23.6% retracement at $0.3285 is the first notable support, ahead of the structural cycle low at $0.2693, where buyers are expected to defend the broader range.
TIA/USDT daily price chart.On the topside, initial resistance is seen at the 50% retracement at $0.4104, before the 200-day EMA at $0.5053, which caps the long-term recovery potential.
(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool. Know more.)
Today we are proud to announce that Celestia Labs is acquiring Sovereign Labs.
This acquisition establishes Celestia Labs as a full-stack custom blockchain development partner for companies building onchain, marking a new chapter for Celestia’s go-to-market strategy and ambitions.
Why Sovereign LabsSovereign Labs has been a core pillar of the Celestia ecosystem since its founding in 2021 by Cem Ozer and Preston Evans. Now in 2026, the Sovereign SDK is the industry's leading framework for application-specific, high-performance blockchains. It powers applications like Relay, the #1 bridge by volume powering over $8.5B of transfers, and Bullet, a perpetuals exchange capable of clearing orders in 1.2 milliseconds and processing over 30,000 TPS.
The addition of the Sovereign Labs team and the Sovereign SDK expands our in-house expertise at Celestia Labs to the entire stack of blockchain engineering, from Layer 1 through to the execution and application layers, enabling end-to-end development for peak scale, performance and customisation.
As part of the acquisition, Preston Evans is now CTO of Celestia Labs. His hands-on experience with customers at Sovereign Labs and general mastery of blockchain infrastructure will be crucial in this next phase.
The need for high-performance custom chainsThe blockchain industry is at an inflection point. Key application categories like stablecoins, decentralised exchanges, and prediction markets are hitting product market fit. Meanwhile, regulatory clarity is clearing the way for enterprises to roll out blockchain solutions at scale. However, these successful apps and enterprises need greater scale, performance and control than general purpose infrastructure can provide, leading many to build their own custom blockchains as a result.
Hyperliquid, the leading decentralized exchange, built its own blockchain to optimize for low latency and custom order flow rules. Polymarket, the prediction market which processed $6B in volume in H1 2025, is migrating to a custom chain to resolve congestion issues and build a more performant exchange. Robinhood launched its own chain this month, purpose-built for tokenized stocks.
The trend towards custom chains is only just starting and will accelerate as more blockchain applications go mainstream. Therein lies our opportunity.
Celestia’s next chapterOur thesis from the beginning has been that for blockchain applications to be usable at a global scale, the underlying blockchain infrastructure needs to be scalable, performant and customizable. Until now, we have focused exclusively on building the underlying Layer 1 technology to enable this, like Fibre which is capable of supporting up to 625M TPS. While that is a critical component, it is not the full picture.
Major applications and enterprises don’t just need a scalable Layer 1, they need a full-stack blockchain infrastructure solution with a hands-on design and engineering partner. The acquisition of Sovereign Labs completes the picture, adding the missing technology and expertise to meet the market where it is going.
A more ambitious era of digital markets requires more ambitious infrastructure to match. With Sovereign Labs on board, we are ready to build it.
Celestia Labs announced it has acquired Sovereign Labs, a developer of high-performance blockchain frameworks. Sovereign has been deeply embedded in the Celestia ecosystem since 2021, with its framework powering projects including cross-chain bridge Relay Protocol and high-performance perpetual contract trading platform Bullet. The acquisition will extend Celestia Labs’ technical capabilities from Layer 1 to the execution and application layers, positioning the firm as a full-stack custom blockchain development partner for enterprises. As projects such as Hyperliquid, Polymarket, and Robinhood have opted to build their own blockchains, enterprise demand for full-stack blockchain infrastructure is accelerating.
Crypto clearing startup Glacis Labs has closed a $6.8 million seed round. The round was led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, A.GAIN (formerly IDC Ventures), Protein Capital, and Techni Ventures, structured as an equity-plus-token warrant deal. The funding will primarily be used to expand its core product, the ZeroDelta platform, and support the growth of its engineering, compliance, and marketing teams. ZeroDelta is a multi-chain clearing platform that facilitates matching, netting, and final settlement of cross-chain digital assets. It currently focuses on serving stablecoins and has processed over $1 billion in cumulative trading volume to date.
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The United States will issue a $1 Trump gold coin to commemorate the 250th anniversary of its founding.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced today that the U.S. Mint will produce a $1 commemorative "gold coin" — gold in appearance but containing no actual gold or precious metals — to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The obverse features a portrait of President Trump in a suit and tie, paired with the inscriptions "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST," and the dates 1776-2026; the reverse displays the U.S. Great Seal eagle, marked with "$1" and "250." The coin is expected to be released this fall. The move breaks the longstanding tradition that living presidents typically do not appear on U.S. currency, with Bessent describing it as a "lasting symbol of patriotism" and "a commemoration of the legacy of freedom."
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Trump: Data centers are a cash cow and one of the largest drivers of future job growth.
Trump posted that data centers are one of the biggest drivers of future job growth. They are large-scale, powerful, and have broad prospects, serving as cash cows for their respective states. However, for political reasons, the Governor of New York State terminated all data center projects under construction or planned in New York. These companies are now flocking to Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arizona, and many other states. The tax revenues and jobs brought by data centers are truly a huge source of wealth! New York State has made a bad decision. All this revenue and other benefits will flow to so-called "red states" (states dominated by the Republican Party) and some "blue states" (states dominated by the Democratic Party). These states not only have lower taxes but also can create record job opportunities. They will bear their own water and electricity costs, and the remaining funds will be returned to state governments and local communities. For the states and communities fortunate enough to secure data centers, these facilities are undoubtedly huge assets. New York State should immediately reverse its policy. We must never allow radical left-wing Democrats to make us lose data centers, artificial intelligence, and all these amazing new technologies, letting them fall into the hands of other countries!
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Goldman Sachs' View: Storage Market Shows Structural Shifts, Partial Replacement of DRAM by NAND for Cost Reduction Becomes a Practical Trend
Citirni analyst Jukan referenced Goldman Sachs’ monthly conference call remarks on the memory sector, noting clients’ strong resistance to DRAM price hikes approaching 30%, leading to a modest downward revision of third-quarter DRAM price growth expectations. Meanwhile, the outlook for NAND has grown more optimistic: AI-related KV cache offloading demand continues to exceed expectations, paired with an emerging trend of using NAND to replace expensive DRAM, further supporting NAND demand. The analyst holds a positive view on SK Hynix’s second-quarter performance, projecting revenue of approximately 85 trillion won and a gross margin of 63%. Relevant stocks include SK Hynix, Micron, and SanDisk. The commentary also reveals structural shifts in the memory market. Previously, explosive HBM demand from AI servers drove DRAM prices soaring, but once price increases hit the 30% threshold, clients began resisting further hikes, leading to a temporary slowdown in the pace of DRAM price growth. NAND is taking on a new role in AI infrastructure: KV cache is critical in inference scenarios, and using cheaper NAND to partially replace expensive DRAM to reduce costs is becoming a practical trend. This divergence also implies that internal capital rotation within the storage industry chain may continue; investors should exercise greater caution regarding short-term earnings expectations for DRAM-related stocks, while the fundamental improvement in the NAND segment may not yet be fully priced in.
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Kraken Institutional has announced a partnership with on-chain yield platform Upshift, allowing qualified institutional clients to earn returns on idle Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins and other crypto assets directly within Kraken’s compliant custody framework. Unlike traditional pooled vaults, Upshift will build dedicated, customized vaults for each client, fully tailored to their investment strategies, risk parameters, liquidity needs and asset portfolios. Assets will be allocated to these non-custodial vaults, then deployed to selected on-chain contracts, with clients’ segregated Kraken custody accounts receiving a receipt token.
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SpaceX falls below its $135 IPO price for the first time; US-listed space-related stocks decline across the board.
According to market data from BIT (bit.com), during U.S. stock intraday trading, SpaceX (SPCX) fell below its IPO price of $135 for the first time, currently trading at $133.6. U.S. space-related stocks declined across the board: AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) dropped 5.26%, Rocket Lab (RKLB) fell 3.4%, and Redwire (RDW) declined 3.4%.
KuCoin’s partnership goes much beyond standard sponsorship as Tomorrowland’s Official Exclusive Crypto Exchange and Crypto Payments Partner. The new stage is envisioned as a legendary guardian in the shape of a celestial butterfly—a timeless emblem of change, development, and fresh starts—inspired by the Tomorrowland universe’s Celestia tale. The Celestia Stage, a brand-new immersive destination at Tomorrowland Belgium 2026, was formally launched today by KuCoin, a renowned global cryptocurrency platform founded on trust. The launch is more than just a stage announcement; it’s the start of a new phase in the multi-year strategic cooperation between KuCoin and Tomorrowland, uniting two international brands that share the conviction that genuine human connection, curiosity, and trust determine the future.
KuCoin’s partnership goes much beyond standard sponsorship as Tomorrowland’s Official Exclusive Crypto Exchange and Crypto Payments Partner. Instead of just putting a brand within the festival, both partners aimed to create an experience that embodied their shared philosophy of encouraging people to accept change, explore the unknown with confidence, and develop relationships through shared experiences.
A Tale That Starts with Trust Every stage at Tomorrowland starts with a narrative. The new stage is envisioned as a legendary guardian in the shape of a celestial butterfly—a timeless emblem of change, development, and fresh starts—inspired by the Tomorrowland universe’s Celestia tale. Celestia enables the People of Tomorrow to embrace the future together and explore new views by guiding guests via inquiry and trust rather than teaching.
KuCoin’s own vision is quite similar to that idea. KuCoin aims to become a reliable guide into the future of digital finance by making innovation more accessible, human, and intuitive rather than only pitching itself as a platform for digital assets. Thus, the Celestia Stage is much more than just a venue with a trademark. It is a shared narrative that combines music, culture, technology, and creativity to show how trust is the cornerstone of community, creativity, and discovery.
The stage, which is based on the elegant shape of a butterfly in flight, combines crystalline structures, organic landscapes, and flowing digital elements to create a living space where technology and nature coexist together. The KuCoin Guardians, whose presence reflects direction, curiosity, and discovery throughout the Tomorrowland experience, carry the tale beyond the stage throughout the festival.
Two Communities, One Common Goal Through music, creativity, and shared experiences, Tomorrowland has brought millions of people from all over the globe together for over 20 years. KuCoin adheres to the same community-first mentality. Currently serving over 40 million users in more than 200 countries and regions, the platform creates reliable infrastructure that enables people worldwide to comfortably engage in the rapidly changing digital economy.
Tomorrowland and KuCoin share the belief that communities who embrace technology together will shape the future rather than technology alone. The Celestia Stage offers a place where people from all over the globe may explore, interact, and dream what’s possible together by fusing culture, innovation, and trust.
“Tomorrowland has always inspired people to discover something beyond themselves through music, creativity and imagination,” said BC Wong, CEO of KuCoin. “That philosophy closely reflects our own vision. At KuCoin, we believe trust is what empowers people to embrace the future with confidence. Celestia is much more than a stage. It is a shared symbol of transformation, curiosity and connection. Together with Tomorrowland, we hope to create an experience where innovation feels approachable, communities feel connected, and every visitor is inspired to explore what comes next.”
This Summer is When the Journey Starts The Celestia Stage will come to life at Tomorrowland Belgium 2026 thanks to a carefully chosen electronic music program, immersive artistic experiences, and interactive storytelling that draws inspiration from Celestia’s mythology. The KuCoin Guardians will also be present around the event grounds, spreading the spirit of guiding and exploration beyond of the stage.
As Tomorrowland and KuCoin continue to bring the world of Celestia to life, more information will be revealed in the next weeks, including the complete artist roster, immersive stage experiences, and special community activations.
Celestia’s adventure is only getting started. Together, Tomorrowland and KuCoin welcome the People of Tomorrow to explore the next chapter—inspired by trust, unified by shared experiences, and driven by curiosity.
KuCoin, a well-known international cryptocurrency platform with over 40 million users in more than 200 countries and regions, was founded in 2017 and is based on trust and security. The platform, which is renowned for its dependability and user-first philosophy, blends cutting-edge technology, substantial liquidity, and robust security measures to provide a smooth trading experience. Supported by SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 Certifications, KuCoin is dedicated to developing transparent, compliant, and user-centric digital asset infrastructure for the future of finance and offers access to more than 1,500 digital assets via a wide range of products. With significant achievements like AUSTRAC registration in Australia, a MiCA license in Europe, and regulatory advancements in other areas, we have established a solid platform for worldwide compliance in recent years.
Manu and Michiel Beers, brothers from Belgium, founded Tomorrowland 20 years ago, and it is still a family-run company with a dedicated and innovative staff. Tomorrowland has developed into a well-known worldwide entertainment brand over time.
Festival & Events, Music, Experiences, Leisure, Products, and Fiction are some of the business divisions that make up the WEAREONE.world company. Today, the company’s headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium, together with local offices in Brazil, France, Ibiza, and Thailand, employ over 350 people who work together to create magic.
One of the most well-known and significant festival brands in the world, Tomorrowland is renowned for uniting people via music, art, and narrative. It has inspired millions of people with life-changing events and a common goal of connection.
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform built on trust, today officially unveiled the Celestia Stage, a brand-new immersive destination at Tomorrowland Belgium 2026. More than a stage announcement, the launch marks a new chapter in the multi-year strategic partnership between KuCoin and Tomorrowland—bringing together two global brands united by a shared belief that the future is shaped through curiosity, trust and meaningful human connection.
As Tomorrowland’s Official Exclusive Crypto Exchange and Crypto Payments Partner, KuCoin’s collaboration extends far beyond traditional sponsorship. Rather than simply placing a brand within the festival, both partners set out to create an experience that reflects their common philosophy: inspiring people to explore the unknown with confidence, embrace transformation and build connections through shared experiences.
A Story That Begins with Trust
At Tomorrowland, every stage begins with a story.
Inspired by the legend of Celestia within the Tomorrowland universe, the new stage is imagined as a mythical guardian in the form of a celestial butterfly—a timeless symbol of transformation, growth and new beginnings. Guiding visitors not by instruction, but through curiosity and trust, Celestia invites the People of Tomorrow to discover new perspectives and embrace the future together.
That philosophy closely reflects KuCoin’s own vision.
Rather than positioning itself simply as a digital asset platform, KuCoin strives to become a trusted guide into the future of digital finance—making innovation more approachable, intuitive and human. The Celestia Stage therefore represents far more than a branded venue. It is a shared story where music, culture, technology and imagination come together to demonstrate that trust is the foundation upon which exploration, innovation and community are built.
Designed around the graceful form of a butterfly in flight, the stage blends organic landscapes, crystalline structures and flowing digital elements into a living environment where nature and technology exist in harmony. Throughout the festival, the story continues beyond the stage through the KuCoin Guardians, whose presence embodies guidance, curiosity and discovery across the Tomorrowland experience.
Two Communities, One Shared Vision
For nearly two decades, Tomorrowland has united millions of people from around the world through music, creativity and shared experiences.
KuCoin shares that same community-first philosophy. Today, the platform serves more than 40 million users across over 200 countries and regions, building trusted infrastructure that empowers people everywhere to participate confidently in the evolving digital economy.
Together, Tomorrowland and KuCoin believe that the future is not defined by technology alone, but by the communities who embrace it together. By bringing together culture, innovation and trust, the Celestia Stage creates a destination where people from every corner of the world can discover, connect and imagine what’s possible together.
“Tomorrowland has always inspired people to discover something beyond themselves through music, creativity and imagination,” said BC Wong, CEO of KuCoin. “That philosophy closely reflects our own vision. At KuCoin, we believe trust is what empowers people to embrace the future with confidence. Celestia is much more than a stage. It is a shared symbol of transformation, curiosity and connection. Together with Tomorrowland, we hope to create an experience where innovation feels approachable, communities feel connected, and every visitor is inspired to explore what comes next.”
The Journey Begins This Summer
Throughout Tomorrowland Belgium 2026, the Celestia Stage will come to life through a carefully curated electronic music program, immersive artistic experiences and interactive storytelling inspired by the legend of Celestia. Festival-goers will also encounter the KuCoin Guardians across the festival grounds, extending the spirit of guidance and discovery beyond the stage itself.
Additional details—including the full artist lineup, immersive stage experiences and exclusive community activations—will be unveiled in the coming weeks as Tomorrowland and KuCoin continue to bring the world of Celestia to life.
The story of Celestia is only beginning. Together, Tomorrowland and KuCoin invite the People of Tomorrow to discover the next chapter—guided by curiosity, united by shared experiences, and inspired by trust.
About KuCoin
Founded in 2017, KuCoin is a leading global crypto platform built on trust and security, serving over 40 million users across 200+ countries and regions. Known for its reliability and user-first approach, the platform combines advanced technology, deep liquidity, and strong security safeguards to deliver a seamless trading experience. KuCoin provides access to 1,500+ digital assets through a broad product suite and remains committed to building transparent, compliant, and user-centric digital asset infrastructure for the future of finance, backed by SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 Certifications. In recent years, we have built a strong global compliance foundation, marked by key milestones including AUSTRAC registration in Australia, a MiCA license in Europe, and regulatory progress in other markets.
Learn more at www.kucoin.com.
About Tomorrowland
Founded 20 years ago by Belgian brothers Manu and Michiel Beers, Tomorrowland remains a family-owned business driven by a creative and passionate team. Over the years, Tomorrowland has evolved into a global entertainment brand.
The WEAREONE.world group consists of several business units, including Festival & Events, Music, Experiences, Leisure, Products and Fiction. Today, more than 350 team members create magic from the company’s headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as local offices in Brazil, France, Ibiza and Thailand.
Known for bringing people together through music, creativity and storytelling, Tomorrowland has become one of the world’s most recognized and influential festival brands, inspiring millions through unforgettable experiences and a shared vision of connection.
Celestia’s v9.0.4 network upgrade sparked fresh market interest as investors returned following the successful rollout on the 1st of July.
The blockchain completed the upgrade at block height 11,771,698, while exchanges briefly paused deposits and withdrawals without disrupting trading activity.
As a result, Celestia [TIA] gained 10.12% over the past 24 hours and traded around $0.4060 during the move.
Trading activity also strengthened considerably, with daily volume climbing 102.19% to $59.5 million. This increase reflected renewed participation instead of fading speculation.
Although excitement surrounded the upgrade, derivatives positioning still painted a more cautious picture, creating an interesting contrast between spot participation and futures activity.
Why are futures sellers still active on TIA? Despite the sharp increase in Spot activity, Futures traders continued favoring aggressive sell orders throughout the recovery.
The 90-day Futures Taker CVD remained firmly seller-dominant, indicating market participants repeatedly executed sell orders instead of lifting offers.
That behavior suggested derivatives traders had not fully embraced the rally even as buyers returned to the spot market.
However, TIA still maintained its gains, implying spot demand absorbed much of the selling pressure instead of allowing futures activity to dictate price direction. That divergence suggested improving market structure, as stronger Spot participation often provides healthier support than leveraged buying alone.
Even so, persistent seller dominance in futures indicated bearish conviction had not disappeared completely.
Source: CryptoQuant Why are bulls still holding on? Even though futures traders continued submitting aggressive sell orders, leveraged bulls retained confidence through the funding market.
The OI-Weighted Funding Rate remained positive and reached approximately 0.0057%, showing long-position holders still paid funding to maintain exposure.
The reading reflected sustained bullish positioning rather than widespread liquidation among leveraged traders.
Unlike the Futures Taker CVD, which measured executed market orders, the OI-Weighted Funding Rate reflected traders’ willingness to maintain directional exposure.
Together, the indicators painted mixed sentiment rather than a single market narrative.
Buyers continued defending long exposure while sellers dominated execution flow, creating a tug-of-war between conviction and immediate order flow.
Source: CoinGlass Neckline test takes center stage Celestia [TIA] approached a decisive technical level after completing a developing cup-and-handle formation beneath the $0.4045 neckline.
Buyers had already pushed price back toward this resistance after recovering from the June lows near $0.30, strengthening the broader recovery structure.
Meanwhile, the handle developed within a falling channel before the price broke above its upper boundary, reinforcing the improving chart structure.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) climbed to 56.90, while its moving average remained near 51.16, indicating strengthening buying momentum without reaching overbought conditions.
Price also held comfortably above the $0.3551 support, preserving the bullish structure established during the rebound.
Even so, the neckline remained the defining barrier because repeated rejection had previously interrupted upward advances.
A confirmed daily close above $0.4045 would likely validate the pattern and expose $0.5000 as the next major resistance.
Source: TradingView Final Summary Celestia’s upgrade boosted spot demand, while futures traders continued selling into the rally. Positive funding and improving chart structure kept breakout hopes alive above key neckline resistance.
Celestia’s [TIA] has posted steep losses over the past day, and while the drop reads like an extension of the broader crypto market slide, a closer look at the token’s supply schedule shows the asset is structurally primed for further downside.
DeFiLlama data shows that, apart from the $28,000 tranche marked for the 1st of July at press time, the team plans to offload roughly $67,000 worth of TIA every day until the month closes, pushing around $2.03 million into the market across the 31 days.
Source: DeFiLlama The setup looks bearish on paper, yet spot-market flows suggest incoming demand could absorb the pressure, given how TIA traded through June.
Total Spot purchases have reached $106.68 million, with a netflow of roughly $4.8 million tilting the balance toward buyers.
Funding Rate holds firm even as OI bleeds Outflows over the past few days still read as bearish sentiment working through the market. CoinGlass data showed that Open Interest—the capital committed to an asset’s perpetual contracts—fell 2%, a $1.16 million withdrawal that leaves net OI at $58 million.
Source: CoinGlass The outflow hasn’t shifted positioning, though—the Open-Interest Weighted Funding Rate, which measures the balance of TIA’s perpetual contracts against the Funding Rate, sits positive at 0.0038%.
A positive Funding Rate set against Open Interest signals that most of the capital in the perpetual market is leaning long, positioning for TIA to push higher over the coming sessions.
The reading being only mildly bullish shows traders aren’t crowding the upside, which lowers the risk of a sharp capitulation and points to steadier, more measured positioning.
TIA liquidity heatmap tilts toward an upswing The liquidity heatmap points to room for a TIA upswing. The heatmap doesn’t lock in a direction, but it hints at one by mapping where buy and sell orders rest.
At the moment, the deeper order clusters sit above price, suggesting strong odds that TIA rallies toward those levels.
Source: CoinGlass Momentum still works against that case, with TIA already down double digits on the day, and that weakness could drag price toward the lower clusters instead.
Those lower clusters hold resting buy orders that could seed a mid-term rally and shift the balance back in TIA’s favor.
Final Summary Celestia’s team is set to sell roughly $2.03 million in TIA across the month, adding structural pressure on top of the market-wide slide. Spot demand and a positive Funding Rate suggest that buyers could absorb the incoming supply, keeping an upswing in play.
PANews, July 1 – According to SoSoValue data, crypto sectors generally fell, with the Layer 2 sector down 3.57% in 24 hours. Among them, Mantle (MNT) fell 4.97%, Starknet (STRK) fell 4.93%, and Celestia (TIA) fell 9.54%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.89%, dropping below $59,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell 0.98%, dropping below $1,600.
In other sectors, the PayFi sector fell 0.29% in 24 hours, but Stellar (XLM) rose 11.00%; the CeFi sector fell 0.87%, Binance Coin (BNB) fell 1.19%; the Meme sector fell 1.05%, MemeCore (M) rose against the trend by 22.60%; the Layer 1 sector fell 1.41%, Cardano (ADA) was relatively resilient, rising 1.32%; the DeFi sector fell 2.79%, LAB (LAB) fell 14.83%.
Additionally, the SocialFi and NFT sectors were relatively resilient, rising 0.50% and 0.54% respectively. Within the SocialFi sector, Gram (GRAM) rose 1.01%; within the NFT sector, Audiera (BEAT) rose 7.87%.
