Marking the Group's Strategic Entry
into the Region's Rapidly Expanding Consumer Robotics Sector
Hong Kong, Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mint Incorporation Limited (“Mint” or the “Group”, NASDAQ: MIMI), a Hong Kong-based company with a new strategic focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, and an established business interior design and fit-out works provider, today announced the successful delivery of the first prototype of the FLOKI Minibot M1, an AI-powered companion robot developed in collaboration with Rice RoboticsHoldings Limited (“Rice Robotics”). This milestone marks the Group’s official entry into the fast-growing consumer robotics (B2C) market, as part of its broader strategy to diversify its business operations.
The FLOKI Minibot M1 is engineered to serve as an intelligent daily companion, blending a personality-driven AI with practical functionalities. These include smart reminders, proactive notifications, natural and engaging conversation, concierge services, and educational tutoring. The robot is designed to distinguish itself in the market through its capacity to develop a personalized interaction style with each user, delivering a more intuitive and engaging experience than certain existing companion robotic products.
Mr. Damian Chan, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mint commented: “We are immensely proud of the progress achieved with the FLOKI Minibot M1. Its delivery marks a significant step forward in our strategic entry into the B2C robotics market. Consumer demand for AI-powered companions is accelerating rapidly, and we believe the FLOKI Minibot M1 is uniquely positioned to meet this need by integrating advanced AI-driven features with a deeply engaging and personalized user experience.”
The launch of the FLOKI Minibot M1 strategically positions Mint to capitalize on the exceptional growth of the AI robotics market, particularly within the Asia Pacific region. Future development roadmaps for the FLOKI Minibot M1 include enhancements tailored for the education, hospitality, and entertainment sectors, further broadening its commercial potential, subject to further research, development and commercialization efforts.
The prototype was co-developed by the R&D team at Axonex Intelligence Limited, Mint's wholly-owned subsidiary, and Rice Robotics Limited, a renowned player in the delivery robotics sector. This partnership leverages Mint's robust expertise in robotics R&D with Rice Robotics' market-tested vision for integrated AI solutions. The first prototype was proudly showcased at the British Education Training and Technology Show in the U.K. in early 2026. Axonex and Rice Robotics have formalized their collaboration with an agreement to deliver up to 800 FLOKI Minibot M1 units by the end of the first quarter of 2026. Mint and certain investors have agreed in principle to increase their total proposed investment from HK$10 million to HK$15 million for the formation of the proposed strategic joint venture with Rice Robotics Holdings Limited, subject to definitive documentation and customary closing conditions.
Mr. Chan added, "This milestone is a testament to Mint's dedication to innovation and value creation. Our successful collaboration with Rice Robotics empowers us to deliver solutions that fundamentally enhance how people interact with technology in their daily lives. As we scale production and expand our market presence, we are confident that the FLOKI Minibot M1 will become a cornerstone of our robotics portfolio, driving top-line growth and delivering long-term value for our shareholders."
The introduction of the FLOKI Minibot M1 aligns with Mint's overarching strategy to seize opportunities within the expanding "Physical AI" market—intelligent systems that harmoniously integrate hardware and software to operate autonomously in real-world environments. With the FLOKI Minibot M1 progressing toward commercial release and a robust pipeline of next-generation robotics solutions, Mint is well-positioned to thrive in the rapidly growing Asia Pacific AI robotics market while continuing to develop its capabilities in innovation and technology.
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The first prototype of AI-Powered Companion, FLOKI Minibot M1, was proudly showcased at the British Education Training and Technology Show in the U.K. in early 2026.
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About Mint Incorporation Limited
Mint Incorporation Limited (NASDAQ: MIMI), a Hong-Kong based enterprise listed on NASDAQ, specializes in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and interior design. Through its subsidiary Axonex Intelligence Limited, the company delivers intelligent robotics and facility management solutions to enterprises, real estate, shopping centers, government agencies, and more. Mint also operates Matter International Limited, providing professional interior design and renovation services. With a focus on innovation and practical applications, Mint is committed to enhancing efficiency, safety, and quality of life across industries.
Rice Robotics Holdings Limited
Rice Robotics Holdings Limited is a renowned leader in autonomous delivery robot solutions, with a strong market presence across Asia. The company specializes in the design, development, and deployment of intelligent robotic systems for logistics and service industries. Its core technology platforms serve high-profile clients in Japan, demonstrating proven reliability in complex operational environments. With a focus on innovation and real-world application, Rice Robotics is committed to transforming last-mile delivery and service automation, enhancing operational efficiency and redefining customer experiences.
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Jefferies: Samsung is likely to follow SK Hynix’s example to list in the US via ADRs.
Jeff Kim, Head of Research at Jefferies, said Samsung is likely to follow SK Hynix in listing on the U.S. market via American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), which will boost the share price of the South Korean chipmaker whose valuation lags behind Micron. "Chip stocks are at a turning point. ADRs will serve as an important catalyst to drive their valuations," he added.
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Arm’s stock price pulled back this week alongside the high-valuation AI sector, though some Wall Street analysts say the correction does not alter the company’s long-term standing in AI data centers. UBS sharply raised Arm’s price target from $260 to $470, retaining its Buy rating; TD Cowen lifted its target from $265 to $475, also keeping a Buy recommendation. Both firms share the view that as agentic AI evolves, CPUs could gain greater importance in data center architectures, rather than GPUs continuing to monopolize the investment narrative. TD Cowen believes that over the long term, CPUs could hold a more strategic position in certain AI workloads. UBS, meanwhile, emphasizes that the real debate in the market centers on the revenue potential of Arm’s self-developed or independent CPU business. The bank projects Arm’s CPU-related revenue could reach around $14 billion by 2030, though the company itself has stated this business will not have a material impact on its finances until fiscal 2028. Arm’s strengths lie in low latency and energy efficiency—metrics that major cloud providers are increasingly prioritizing as they expand AI infrastructure. Even with its stock pulling back from recent highs in the short term, analysts still view Arm as one of the key beneficiaries of the server CPU upgrade cycle.
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Every first Monday of the month, Floki Core Advisor, B, does an AMA with the Floki community to keep Floki / TokenFi holders abreast of developments within the Floki and TokenFi Ecosystem and answer questions that users might have.
Monthly AMA with B — April 2026Please find the latest AMA below (April, 2026):
1. Hello Mr B, in the March AMA it was mentioned that the ETP is only waiting for significantly better market conditions. Is there any latest timeline update or internal milestones that have already been achieved? How does the team see the potential for institutional inflow and liquidity boost once it launches?Based on discussions with our ETP partners, the timeline is “better market conditions”.
While most of the registration and compliance requirements have been met, there are certain liquidity requirements that can only be met once market condition improves for good, whenever that is, and it is only then that the ETP can go live.
If we are to go by adoption we’ve seen from other Floki initiatives over the years, I expect institutional inflow and liquidity boost to be good once the ETP launches!
2. Which TokenFi or Floki product do you believe has the highest chance of becoming the main entry point for new users, and what makes you confident in that choice?This one is easy to answer: VALHALLA!
There are about 3.5 billion gamers in the world, which is more than five times the most optimistic estimate of the total number of crypto users.
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Crypto adoption in general will accelerate significantly if we get more gamers to embrace crypto, and not the other way around. So, in my opinion, Valhalla is the Floki product with the highest chance of becoming the main entry point for new users.
3. You’ve mentioned that TokenFi is taking a long-term, regulation-first approach to RWAs — how is this strategy positioning the project differently compared to competitors moving faster but with less compliance depth?The difference between a project taking a long-term, regulation-first approach to RWA and projects sacrificing compliance for the sake of speed is that the latter are sitting ducks.
I understand that token holders tend to generally want things to move faster, and it can be frustrating when things appear to take much longer than it is supposed to, but RWA is a tricky animal and as a result needs to be approached differently.
Projects that rush now will undoubtedly make their token holders happy in the short term, but they’ll end up hurting those holders more when things inevitably go wrong in the future.
Another advantage is that people take you more seriously when they realize you have dotted your I’s and crossed your Ts. The reality is that any serious investor who values the long-term success and stability of their business will tokenize with a compliant solution instead of a non-compliant one.
We’ve tried to rush a few things ourselves in the past, but after (thankfully!) having extensive discussions with our legal advisers we realized that it’s better to wait and to take the long route for some things even if that isn’t our most preferred option.
I’d admit that I’m personally frustrated at how long some of these things can take e.g. a major regulatory/compliance move we’ve been working on for TokenFi has taken over a year now even though we initially expected it to take a maximum of three months in the worst case scenario, but sadly things have just taken so much longer as is often the case with things that involve the real world and bureaucracies.
4. With the current FLOKI staking program already past the halfway mark (over 50%), has the team begun planning what the next phase of staking or rewards will look like?We’ll cross that bridge once we get there 😅️
(MrNoddy): That’s all we have for this AMA. Thanks B as always. I hope you’ve got a good April to look forward to. 🙏
(B): Thank you, sir!
We took a few questions today because it is Easter Monday and I didn’t want to postpone the AMA since we’ve consistently held it every first Monday for years now!
I wish those of you celebrating a Happy Easter and the best of this season! 💝️
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The meme coin space has not been shy of hype, but the trend in 2025 has been moving away from viral marketing towards practicality. Although Ethereum-based meme coins like Shiba Inu (SHIB), Pepe (PEPE), and Floki (FLOKI) have remained at the forefront of the conversation.
A new player, Little Pepe ($LILPEPE), which is a Layer 2 meme coin designed for utility purposes, is quickly making a name for itself—and the numbers are beginning to show that it’s worth paying attention to.
Little Pepe has already raised $28,101,728 out of the $28,775,000 goal, selling 16.94 billion tokens out of 17.25 billion. Currently in Stage 13, each token costs $0.0022, with plans for an increase to $0.0023 in the next stage.
Ethereum Meme Coins: Strong Brands, Limited Evolution Various popular meme coins have emerged from the Ethereum platform. For example, Shiba Inu (SHIB) ventured out of its meme coin status by launching Shibarium, its Layer 2 product. PEPE leveraged internet culture to post outstanding returns in the short run, while FLOKI created an ecosystem centred on NFTs and metaverse aspirations.
Nonetheless, in spite of these advancements, most Ethereum meme coins continue to exist as tokens on the Ethereum blockchain platform. As such, they share the same challenges as other Ethereum tokens, including higher transaction costs when the network is congested and dependence on other systems for scaling.
Little Pepe’s Exception in the Market Little Pepe enters the scene with a noticeably different approach. Rather than existing as just another token on Ethereum, it is built as a dedicated Layer 2 EVM-compatible chain, designed to be ultra-fast, secure, and cost-efficient from the ground up.
By controlling its own infrastructure, Little Pepe can offer zero tax trading, faster transactions, and a smoother user experience—something that meme coin traders have long struggled with on congested networks. Add to that staking features and NFT integration, and the project starts to look less like a speculative asset and more like an ecosystem in development.
The staged presale model adds another layer of appeal. Stage 1 investors who bought tokens at $0.001 are already holding profits above 120%, and there is more to come since the token will continue its journey to public release.
Incentives Driving Investor Momentum Furthermore, the current $777,000 presale giveaway contest is also contributing to fostering community engagement. Ten people who will win $77,000 of $LILPEPE coins will be selected based on their contribution of at least $100 and completion of community activities. This is a marketing approach that incorporates real user onboarding and not just speculation.
The Mega Giveaway introduces an additional incentive layer. Buyers participating between Stages 12 and 17 stand a chance to win 15+ ETH in rewards, targeting both large investors and random participants. This dual approach—rewarding both scale and chance—has helped sustain momentum during the later presale stages.
Market Positioning and Forward Outlook
Little Pepe’s roadmap hints at ambitions beyond presale success. Planned listings on top centralized exchanges and Uniswap, combined with discussions around major partnerships, signal an effort to transition quickly into a liquid, accessible asset. The project is also targeting a $1 billion market cap.
The bigger picture of the cryptocurrency market validates this story. As Bitcoin calms down and liquidity flows back into alternative cryptocurrencies, money begins flowing back into risky areas. Typically, meme coins profit from this stage—but the catch here is that investors favour tokens combining hyped up value with utility.
A Shift in Meme Coin Investing? Little Pepe emerges as a success at a time when the market is subtly reshaping the notion of what constitutes a “successful meme coin.” Although tokens built on the Ethereum platform continue to enjoy cult status, emerging projects with built-in technology stack solutions are gaining traction among investors.
While Little Pepe may or may not succeed in realizing its long-term vision, what is clear based on present momentum and presale performance is that it is proving the idea that successful meme coins cannot have both fun and function.
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Dogecoin is showing strong technical resilience as it continues to respect the Ichimoku Cloud, signaling sustained buyer interest and a healthy short-term structure. With price consistently bouncing from key support levels, momentum appears to be building, but the next move will depend on whether bulls can maintain control and push toward a breakout.
DOGE Bounces Three Times From Kumo Support Trader Tardigrade recently revealed that Dogecoin has established a significant bullish pattern on the 4-hour timeframe. The asset has now successfully bounced off the bottom of the Ichimoku Kumo (Cloud) three separate times. This behavior shows that DOGE is currently tracking the trajectory of the cloud, signaling a steady shift in momentum.
The technical precision of these movements highlights classic Ichimoku behavior, as each pullback to the lower edge of the Kumo was cleanly respected as dynamic support. This repeated validation confirms that there is strong buyer interest at these specific price levels.
Source: Chart from Trader Tardigrade on X Leveraging this indicator, the analyst identified the exact bottom of the Kumo during the most recent retest, providing a high-probability long setup with solid follow-through as the price continued to move higher. The accuracy of the Kumo as a support level allowed for a clean entry with a clearly defined risk-to-reward ratio.
Moving forward, the short-term market structure remains decidedly constructive on the 4H timeframe. As long as Dogecoin continues to hold above and trade along the Kumo, the bullish thesis stays intact. Monitoring the cloud boundaries is crucial, as maintaining this position helps to sustain the current upward trend and prevent a shift back into a neutral or bearish bias.
Recurring Meme Coin Structures Signal Opportunity On X, analyst LSTrader outlined a broader strategy for Dogecoin, highlighting that similar technical setups are emerging across multiple meme coin projects. He noted that the same structure he previously identified on FLOKI is now appearing on the DOGE chart, suggesting that price action across the sector may be following a shared pattern.
LSTrader emphasized that this alignment is unlikely to be a coincidence. Instead, it points to a coordinated market structure developing within meme coins, where similar formations tend to repeat and offer consistent trading opportunities. Such patterns often reflect how liquidity flows through related assets, creating comparable setups across different charts.
Based on this view, LSTrader sees these zones as highly significant and plans to focus on them in the coming period. Rather than betting on a single directional move, his approach is to trade the range both ways, taking advantage of swings between support and resistance while the structure remains intact. This strategy allows for flexibility and aims to capture opportunities regardless of short-term market direction.
DOGE trading at $0.09 on the 1D chart | Source: DOGEUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Peakpx, chart from Tradingview.com
The Floki price prediction is starting to show a shift as the meme coin market gained 15% this past week. FLOKI sits near $0.000030 after months of falling, and its Valhalla gaming world keeps it relevant among meme tokens with real products.
Pepeto has pulled in more than $10 million in presale money while a Binance listing gets closer, and the price available right now will not exist once trading opens.
Floki Price Prediction Gains Attention as the Project Keeps Building Table of Contents
Floki Price Prediction Gains Attention as the Project Keeps BuildingFLOKI and Pepeto Map Different Timelines in a Recovering MarketPepetoFLOKI Price PredictionFinal TakeawayClick To Visit Pepeto Website To Enter The PresaleFAQs FLOKI holds 552,000 wallet addresses with a gaming world called Valhalla where players earn tokens through battles and trading, plus a DeFi locker built with Chainlink and an education portal for new users per CoinMarketCap.
The MACD shows shrinking selling pressure per Changelly. The Floki price prediction improves because the team keeps building while the price stays low, and the holder count keeps growing even during the dip, the same setup that came before every big breakout.
FLOKI and Pepeto Map Different Timelines in a Recovering Market Pepeto Anyone looking at the Floki price prediction is finding a presale with growth potential that FLOKI at $289 million simply cannot offer, and the buyers entering Pepeto every day already did the math.
The same person who built the original PEPE coin to $11 billion with zero products now leads the Pepeto team with a former Binance team member in the core group, and that trust shows in what they built. PepetoSwap already runs zero fee trading with a cross chain bridge at zero cost across Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana, and a risk scorer flags bad tokens before money goes in.
Every smart contract passed a full SolidProof audit, and because every bridge transfer and every risk check runs through the PEPT token, demand grows with every new buyer who joins. The presale pulled in more than $10 million while 172% APY staking takes tokens out of supply before trading starts, and each stage sells out ahead of schedule because the buyers who see the numbers are not waiting.
The entry sits at $0.0000001871, and that price goes away the moment listing day arrives. Every day the presale stays open is one day less before the Binance listing shuts this window for good.
One buyer put $8,000 into Shiba Inu in January 2021 and took out $9 million by August, and the buyers entering Pepeto right now see that same early gap forming again with a working exchange behind it this time. For anyone looking at the Floki price prediction and wanting real growth behind their buy, Pepeto is where the numbers and the team both check out.
FLOKI Price Prediction FLOKI trades at $0.000030 with a $289 million market cap and mixed signals per CoinMarketCap. The 50 day average falls while the 200 day rises, creating a crossover traders watch closely.
Changelly targets a high of $0.0000750 for 2026, and Cryptopolitan projects an average near $0.0000433 per their forecast. The Floki price prediction bull case needs a bigger altcoin move and strong Valhalla gaming numbers. From $0.000030 to $0.0000750 is roughly 2.5x, good for a mid sized token but far from the kind of gain that changes someone’s life. Pepeto at presale pricing fills the gap that a $289 million project cannot close.
Final Takeaway The Floki price prediction is getting better, but the window that changes everything is not on the FLOKI chart. Pepeto is closing in on its Binance listing with $10 million already in, and the entry open today does not exist next week.
Every person who made real money early in crypto made one choice, they bought before the crowd had a reason to look, and that is the exact moment happening right now at presale level.
Once the listing opens the presale price is gone forever. The presale could close in days at the current speed, and the people who wait will spend the rest of 2026 thinking about the entry they let pass.
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FAQs What is the Floki price prediction for 2026?
The Floki price prediction for 2026 targets $0.0000750 high per Changelly and $0.0000433 average per Cryptopolitan. Both need altcoin rotation and Valhalla gaming growth.
What is the best crypto presale instead of FLOKI in 2026?
The best crypto presale right now is Pepeto because it has a working zero fee exchange, a SolidProof audit, and a Binance listing coming, with 150x potential from $0.0000001871.
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PANews reported on May 26 that, according to an official announcement, based on recent review results, Binance will remove and cease trading the following spot trading pairs at 11:00 AM (UTC+8) on May 29, 2026: APT/ETH, CTSI/BTC, DOT/ETH, FLOKI/FDUSD, MAV/USDC, S/BTC, SAGA/BTC, STEEM/BTC, and WIF/FDUSD.
Jefferies: Samsung is likely to follow SK Hynix’s example to list in the US via ADRs.
Jeff Kim, Head of Research at Jefferies, said Samsung is likely to follow SK Hynix in listing on the U.S. market via American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), which will boost the share price of the South Korean chipmaker whose valuation lags behind Micron. "Chip stocks are at a turning point. ADRs will serve as an important catalyst to drive their valuations," he added.
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What Is Floki Inu (FLOKI)? Floki, formerly known as Floki Inu, is one of the best-known meme coins in crypto. It started after Elon Musk tweeted on June 25, 2021, that he planned to get a Shiba Inu puppy named Floki.
Soon after, crypto developers and fans launched a token with the same name, even before the dog arrived.
Unlike many dog-themed coins that disappeared after the 2021 meme coin craze, Floki continued to grow. Its community, known as the Floki Vikings, began building real products and services around the project.
The team later dropped “Inu” from the name to show that the project had evolved beyond being just a meme coin. However, many exchanges still use the full name Floki Inu, while the ticker symbol, FLOKI, remains unchanged.
Today, Floki describes itself as “the people’s cryptocurrency”. It runs on both Ethereum and BNB Chain and offers products across gaming, DeFi, NFTs, and crypto education.
Floki Inu Market Cap Today As of May 2026, FLOKI is trading at approximately $0.00003073, giving it a market capitalization of around $290 million. This places it comfortably among the top 122 cryptocurrencies globally.
Metric Value (May 2026) Price ~$0.000030–$0.000034 Market Cap ~$290M–$315M Circulating Supply ~9.265 trillion FLOKI Total Supply 10 trillion FLOKI All-Time High $0.0003462 (June 5, 2024) All-Time Low ~$0.00000002 (August 2021) Current Distance from ATH ~91% below The current price represents a significant pullback from the June 2024 all-time high of $0.0003462. However, the project has retained a market value in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
How Elon Musk’s Posts Have Moved Floki’s Price No discussion about Floki is complete without mentioning Elon Musk’s influence. Although Musk has never officially promoted the FLOKI token, posts about his dog Floki have repeatedly triggered major price rallies.
2021 – The Beginning Floki’s first major surge came after Musk shared photos and updates about his Shiba Inu puppy in September 2021.
One post showing Floki in a Tesla “frunkpuppy” and another saying “Floki has arrived” generated massive market excitement. Around Christmas 2021, Musk posted a festive photo of Floki in a Santa costume.
During this period, FLOKI rose from as low as $0.00001188 in September 2021 to $0.0003437 in November 2021. This marked a 2,793% surge and briefly pushed the token’s market cap to a record high at the time. By December 2021, the momentum had begun to fade.
February 2023 – The “Twitter CEO” Joke When Musk joked about replacing Twitter’s CEO, he posted photos of Floki sitting in an executive chair and described the dog as “great with numbers.”
The reaction was immediate. FLOKI jumped about 42% in a single day, while trading volume surged nearly 290% within 24 hours. Its market cap climbed to roughly $557 million, according to CoinGecko data from that period.
October 2025 – The AI Video In October 2025, Musk shared an AI-generated video showing Floki wearing glasses and a tie behind a desk, captioned: “Flōki is back on the job as X CEO!”
FLOKI rose between 25% and 29% within hours, moving from around $0.000065 to roughly $0.000085. Trading volume exploded by more than 800% to about $540 million within 24 hours, while derivatives volume jumped 663%.
The token also briefly regained an $830 million market cap and became the top-trending cryptocurrency on CoinGecko.
December 2025 – Another “CEO of X” Moment Later that year, Musk again referred to Floki as the “CEO of X” in another viral social media post. FLOKI responded with another rally of more than 25%.
A Clear Pattern Musk’s posts about his dog have repeatedly acted as major catalysts for FLOKI’s price. However, each new rally has tended to produce a smaller long-term effect as the project has grown larger and required more capital to move the market significantly.
Even so, Musk’s huge online audience and continued affection for Floki remain some of the token’s strongest and most unpredictable drivers.
Floki Inu Price History: From Launch to 2026 2021 – Explosive Launch FLOKI launched in July 2021 at a near-zero price. Fueled by Elon Musk’s tweets about his dog and the meme coin craze, the token surged to an early all-time high of $0.0003437 in November 2021 before the broader crypto market turned bearish.
2022 – Major Crash Like most altcoins, FLOKI was heavily affected by the 2022 crypto crash following the collapse of the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem and the failure of FTX. By June 2022, the token had fallen to around $0.000004875, more than 98% below its 2021 peak.
2023 – Recovery Begins FLOKI started recovering in 2023. A boost came from Musk’s “Twitter CEO” joke featuring his dog Floki, while a $1.25 million token purchase by DWF Labs in late 2023 triggered another rally. By the end of the year, FLOKI was trading around $0.000035 to $0.000050.
2024 – New All-Time High The 2024 crypto bull market strongly benefited FLOKI. The token rallied throughout the first half of the year and reached a new all-time high of about $0.0003462 on June 5, 2024, surpassing its previous 2021 record. At that stage, FLOKI had gained more than 577% since the start of the year.
After the rally, the price cooled down and traded mostly between $0.00013 and $0.00028 during the second half of 2024.
2025 – Market Pullback FLOKI began 2025 around $0.000177 and briefly climbed near $0.000207 in January before falling alongside the broader altcoin market. By March 2025, the price had dropped to roughly $0.000053.
A major milestone came in June 2025 with the launch of the Valhalla mainnet, which reportedly processed more than 1 million transactions. Later, in October, another Musk post briefly pushed FLOKI back to around $0.000085. By December 2025, the token had fallen back to roughly $0.000040.
2026 – Range-Bound Trading So far in 2026, FLOKI has mostly traded between $0.000023 and $0.000054. Its market cap has fluctuated between roughly $270 million and $516 million.
As of late May 2026, FLOKI is trading near $0.000030 to $0.000034, showing an extended period of consolidation after the extreme volatility of previous years.
What Drives Floki Inu’s Market Cap? FLOKI’s market cap is influenced by a combination of factors tied to its dual identity as both a meme coin and a utility project:
Bitcoin and Altcoin Market Cycles
Like most altcoins, FLOKI’s performance is heavily tied to Bitcoin’s market cycles. The 2024 halving drove a broad bull market that pushed FLOKI to new all-time highs. Post-halving consolidation in 2025–2026 has pressured prices.
Elon Musk’s Social Media Activity
As detailed above, a single post from Musk can add hundreds of millions of dollars to FLOKI’s market cap within hours.
Ecosystem Development
Product launches — particularly the Valhalla mainnet, FlokiFi updates, and new NFT collections — create genuine demand signals beyond speculation.
Token Burns
FLOKI’s deflationary mechanism gradually removes tokens from circulation. This theoretically supports price growth over time as supply shrinks against constant or increasing demand.
Exchange Listings and Institutional Interest
DWF Labs’ repeated investments and listings on major exchanges have provided both liquidity and credibility.
Broader Meme Coin Sentiment
When Dogecoin or Shiba Inu rally during meme coin rotations, FLOKI typically benefits from the same wave of speculative capital.
Floki Tokenomics: Supply, Burns, and Distribution FLOKI launched with a total supply of 20 trillion tokens. Its tokenomics are designed around scarcity, community rewards, and long-term ecosystem growth.
Supply and Circulation About 9.265 trillion FLOKI tokens are currently in circulation, while the remaining supply has either been burned or permanently blacklisted.
Token Burns Since launch, more than 10.057 trillion FLOKI tokens have been permanently burned. This has removed 58.789% of the original total supply from circulation.
FLOKI uses a transaction tax on certain trading pairs. Part of each transaction is automatically sent to a burn wallet. Because the burn wallet also receives rewards based on its holdings, the burn rate can increase over time, creating stronger deflationary pressure as the ecosystem grows.
Transaction Tax A 0.3% tax applies to on-chain FLOKI buy and sell transactions:
100% of the tax goes directly to the project’s treasury fund 0% is distributed directly to holders or the burn wallet through transactions This system is designed to fund ecosystem expansion and marketing directly, while the team plans to phase it out entirely as product revenues grow.
Governance FLOKI holders can participate in governance through the Floki DAO. Token holders vote on proposals involving protocol upgrades, ecosystem products, and future development plans.
Staking FLOKI supports staking through its dedicated web platform, where users lock their tokens to earn rewards paid in its sister token, TokenFi (TOKEN).
Historical staking yields have varied widely depending on lock-up periods ranging from 3 to 48 months. At peak activity, FLOKI reached an ecosystem total value locked (TVL) of more than $820 million, with over $700 million locked specifically in the staking protocol.
The Main Challenge The biggest concern surrounding FLOKI’s tokenomics is its massive supply. Even after large token burns, about 9.265 trillion tokens remain in circulation.
That enormous supply makes extremely high price targets — especially predictions of $1 per FLOKI — mathematically difficult without a massive increase in market capitalization.
Floki Ecosystem: Utility Beyond the Meme What makes FLOKI different from many meme coins is the size of its ecosystem. Over the years, the Floki Vikings community has helped build several products across gaming, DeFi, NFTs, education, and digital identity.
Valhalla Valhalla is FLOKI’s main product, a play-to-earn metaverse game inspired by Norse mythology. After years of development and a beta release in 2024, the full mainnet version launched in 2025 and later expanded to opBNB on June 30, 2025.
Within six months, Valhalla reportedly attracted more than 150,000 registered players and processed over 1 million transactions. Players use FLOKI for in-game purchases and rewards, while NFT characters and virtual land form key parts of the game economy.
FlokiFi FlokiFi is FLOKI’s decentralized finance suite. Its best-known product is FlokiFi Locker, a multi-chain platform that helps crypto projects lock tokens and liquidity to build investor trust.
The platform has reportedly handled more than $500 million in locked assets across different blockchain networks.
FlokiPlaces FlokiPlaces is an NFT and merchandise marketplace where users can buy items using FLOKI tokens, giving the token additional real-world utility.
Floki University Floki University is the project’s educational platform that teaches users about blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3 technology.
Floki Name Service The Floki Name Service is a decentralized domain system on BNB Chain that allows users to register .floki names as their on-chain identity.
The service integrates with popular crypto platforms, including Trust Wallet, SafePal, PancakeSwap, and OKX Wallet.
TokenFi TokenFi is FLOKI’s asset tokenization platform focused on the growing real-world asset (RWA) sector, which aims to bring traditional assets onto blockchain networks.
Marketing and Partnerships FLOKI has also become known for aggressive marketing campaigns and sponsorships. The project has promoted itself through partnerships in sports and entertainment, including sponsorship of the FLOKI Ireland vs Pakistan T20I Cricket Series, advertising on London buses, and branding placements in stadiums worldwide.
Will Floki Reach $1? Expert Outlook No, not in 2026, and very unlikely under the current supply structure. FLOKI currently has about 9.265 trillion tokens in circulation. If each token reached $1, the project’s market capitalization would rise to roughly $9.265 trillion.
For comparison, the entire cryptocurrency market has never been worth more than about $4.3 trillion. A $1 FLOKI would therefore make the token worth more than twice the size of the entire crypto market at its historical peak.
Even a move to $0.01 would require a market cap of roughly $95–$100 billion, placing FLOKI among the world’s largest cryptocurrencies.
What Analysts See as More Realistic Many analysts believe lower long-term targets are more achievable if FLOKI continues expanding its ecosystem and adoption.
$0.001 is often viewed as a possible long-term target.
That would require roughly an 18x–20x increase from current prices and a market cap around $9.5 billion — large, but still realistic for a major crypto asset during a strong bull market. $0.002 is considered a more optimistic long-term scenario that could happen later in the decade if adoption, utility, and overall crypto market growth continue accelerating. Floki Inu Price Predictions 2026 Price Predictions Different analysts offer a range of projections for 2026:
Source Min (2026) Max (2026) Analysts on X $0.0000230 $0.0000683 CryptoRank (CAGR model) $0.00015 $0.00045 The consensus among analysts is that FLOKI will likely trade in the $0.000023–$0.000070 range for most of 2026.
2027-2030 Price Predictions Year Conservative Average Optimistic 2027 $0.0000200 $0.0000700 $0.0001800 2028 $0.0000350 $0.0001600 $0.0003400 2029 $0.0000500 $0.0002200 $0.0006000 2030 $0.0000400 $0.0001400 $0.0004500 2032 $0.0000900 $0.0003800 $0.0012000 Key Catalysts That Could Push FLOKI Higher Bitcoin and Altcoin Bull Cycle Continuation Post-halving cycles have historically produced 12–18 months of altcoin upside. If Bitcoin stabilizes and institutional capital rotates into altcoins, FLOKI could benefit significantly.
Valhalla User Growth If Valhalla scales to millions of active players rather than the current 150,000+, it could create organic and sustained demand for FLOKI tokens beyond speculation. The localized Chinese version targeting Mandarin speakers is an early sign of this strategy.
Elon Musk Posts Every time Musk interacts with his dog on social media, FLOKI tends to react. The catalyst is unpredictable but has historically been reliable.
Token Burns Reducing Supply As more tokens are burned over time, supply pressure decreases. If demand remains steady while supply contracts, basic economics favor price appreciation.
FlokiFi and TokenFi Adoption If real-world asset tokenization through TokenFi gains mainstream traction, and FlokiFi products attract DeFi users at scale, the case for FLOKI’s utility premium becomes stronger.
New Exchange Listings and Institutional Buying DWF Labs has already demonstrated a willingness to support FLOKI with significant capital. Additional institutional or strategic investment could help provide price support during market downturns.
Broader Meme Coin Legitimization As global regulatory frameworks become clearer, meme coins with established ecosystems may attract capital from investors who previously avoided them because of legal uncertainty.
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Every first Monday of the month, Floki Core Advisor, B, does an AMA with the Floki community to keep Floki / TokenFi holders abreast of developments within the Floki and TokenFi Ecosystem and answer questions that users might have.
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Monthly AMA with B — June 2026Please find the latest AMA below (June, 2026):
1. During the April AMA there was discussion around ETP ambitions and broader institutional visibility, which honestly surprised a lot of people because it showed the team is thinking much bigger long term. But since then the market itself still feels weak and risk appetite across crypto hasn’t fully recovered. Has the slower market environment changed any major plans internally, or is the team still moving at the same pace regardless of price conditions?The slower market environment has not really changed our plans or decision to get a Floki ETP, however it will indeed influence exactly when the ETP goes live.
This is because there are certain volume and liquidity requirements that need to be met before the ETP becomes tradeable, and those conditions can only be met when market conditions improve. In addition to that, we also believe it is best for the ETP to go live when market conditions are optimistic rather than depressing.
I also believe it is important to clarify that the ETP being discussed here is the Floki ETP with the SIX Swiss Exchange. Floki already has a live ETP which was independently facilitated by a third-party institutional player without our input, because they consider Floki a mature asset and believe there is enough demand to justify having an ETP.
2. Is there a target circulating supply the team is working toward through burns?We don’t have a specific target.
The target will be influenced by market forces and demands for our products, but we’re hoping to see improved adoption when market conditions improve which should aggressively accelerate these burns like we saw during the last bull run.
3. The community has been waiting for a long time for updates and developments around tokenization within TokenFi. Will all future partnerships take this long, or is the extended timeline mainly related to the first case, after which the process becomes easier and faster ?The current delay is mostly related to regulatory moves we’re making, but things should hopefully accelerate once that is sorted.
It is also worth noting that we haven’t been completely silent when it comes to tokenization partnerships: the partnership with QPR, a major sports team, comes to mine. The partnership with Rice Robotics, a notable AI robotics startup, also comes to mind.
I do agree that we can move at a faster pace, and I expect that to begin to happen once we have the right regulatory and legal frameworks in place.
4. After previous investments from DWF Labs, is there still institutional interest in TokenFi and Floki, and could we see new strategic investments entering the ecosystem in the future?Yes, we continue to have a lot of institutional interest for Floki and the Floki ecosystem.
However, we do not always acknowledge or accept every request we get. This is because we believe it is very important that any request we accept strategically positions Floki to dominate in the long term.
Rest assured that we will make the necessary announcements whenever we accept a new institutional investment that we believe is worth announcing in the future.
5. My question is about Valhalla. Right now, the Web3 gaming industry seems to be struggling and losing momentum. How does the FLOKI team view the current state of Web3 gaming, and is Valhalla still a major long-term focus for the ecosystem?Gaming is not your average industry.
The modern gaming industry is roughly 50–70 years old, which is much older than most (if not all) of the members of this community.
In addition to this, the gaming industry is projected to experience about 60–100% total growth within the next 5 years. Web3 and crypto will play an increasingly significant role not just in gaming and its future, so you can expect the industry to only grow significantly from here.
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So I think Valhalla will be fine as far as web3 gaming is concerned.
6. The Trading Bot V2 beta launch honestly felt underrated because it expanded multi-chain support and tied usage back into burns. Does the team see the Trading Bot eventually becoming one of the ecosystem’s most important recurring revenue products?We’re actually retiring the Trading Bot for something more secure, robust and impactful for the Floki ecosystem.
More details on this will be out soon. Stay tuned!
7. Has working more deeply in RWAs and compliance changed your personal view on how hard it is to connect crypto with real-world systems?Yes, it definitely has.
To be completely honest, I expected things to be much simpler and straightforward before TokenFi. However, we’ve learned (and are learning) a lot!
Thankfully the industry as a whole is experiencing a lot of changes from a regulatory perspective in recent times, so I believe things will become a lot easier in the future.
8. Once the required regulatory licenses or ongoing developments are in place, will TokenFi be able to execute tokenization partnerships more efficiently and on a consistent basis compared to the current pace?Yes, definitely!
9. Hello Mr. B, during the recent AMA it was mentioned that the ETP launch is mainly waiting for stronger market conditions — have any major internal milestones already been completed, and what signals will determine the green light? Also, how transformative could this be for institutional capital and liquidity?I believe we’ve ticked up pretty much all the boxes for the ETP to go live, and we just need sustainably improved market conditions for the ETP to actually go live.
The main signal that will determine the green light is improved market conditions, which we don’t have right now.
We’ve seen just how pivotal easy and regulated institutional adoption can be for crypto assets with the success of the Bitcoin ETF, which has unlocked massive liquidity for our industry, and more recently with the success of the Hyperliquid ETF. So, I think a strong, regulated ETP can play a very critical role in ensuring institutional adoption for any asset.
10. What are the top 3 priorities for the Floki ecosystem in the next 6–12 months, and how do $FLOKI and $TOKEN specifically drive those goals?Our three top priorities for the Floki ecosystem over the next 6–12 months:
Ensuring that the Floki ecosystem survives regardless of how long the current depressing market condition lasts. Thankfully, unlike a lot of our competitors, we’ve experienced much worse conditions than this during the brutal 2022 bear market and after the FTX collapse, so we believe we have an advantage and are well-positioned to survive.To gradually and slowly tick the boxes on our roadmap (internal and external) when it comes to shipping and improving products. We understand that this might sometimes take longer than we anticipate, especially with resource constraints during market conditions like this, but we won’t stop pushing.To ensure Floki is strategically positioned for massive adoption when the market situation turns again.— -
That’s all we have time for vikings!!
Thanks as always B. ❤️
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Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is down 13% over the past week and 88% below its all-time high, as the Elon Musk correlation that drove the coin for years has completely broken down.
The Musk Trade Stopped Working And The Catalyst That Replaced It FizzledFor years, a single Musk post could send DOGE surging double digits. That relationship no longer holds. When Musk reposted an AI-generated video referencing Dogecoin on X in March, the coin barely moved.
The federal Department of Government Efficiency, the political catalyst that sent DOGE to a $61 billion market cap in November 2024, was terminated eight months ahead of schedule.
Moreover, Musk publicly distanced the agency from the coin, calling the similar names a coincidence and stating the government had no plans to use Dogecoin.
Over $47 billion in market cap has been erased since November 2024. The coin that once traded higher than 331 S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) companies now sits at $13.4 billion.
ETFs Launched But Nobody Showed UpGrayscale, 21Shares and Bitwise launched spot DOGE ETFs, yet combined assets total just $12 million after weeks of zero inflows.
House of Doge launched its payments app in beta on May 25 and followed with a Paxos partnership on June 1, putting DOGE on the same custody infrastructure as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
These are real developments, but traction remains unproven and price has not responded.
The Broader Meme Coin Sector Has Lost $112 Billion Since November 2024DOGE’s collapse is part of a sector-wide implosion. The total meme coin market cap peaked at $150.6 billion in November 2024 and has since fallen to approximately $38 billion.
Chart Shows No Structure Below $0.080 DOGE holds just above the $0.080 structural floor after last week’s capitulation wick, with the full bearish EMA stack overhead between $0.09366 and $0.11809.
The Bull Market Support Band at $0.09854 to $0.10885 sits well above and acts as resistance.
Any green candle before reclaiming $0.0985 on a daily close is noise inside a confirmed downtrend. Below $0.080, there is no visible support until $0.070.
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While volatile movements in Bitcoin and altcoins continue, cryptocurrency analysis company Santiment announced the most popular altcoins in the cryptocurrency world in its latest post.
Accordingly, Santiment said that investors showed great interest in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), GameStop (GME), Kadena (KDA) and Chainlink (LINK) and named altcoins.
Gamestop is the leader in trending cryptocurrencies in the last 24 hours, followed by Bitcoin, Tether, KDA, LINK and ETH.
The cryptocurrencies that have attracted the most attention in the crypto industry and the reasons are listed as follows: GME: GameStop (GME) stock is trending amid growing discussions focusing on potential short squeeze scenarios similar to past events.
Bitcoin: The word BTC is trending due to the growing discussions about capital rotation from gold to Bitcoin.
Discussions highlight a shift in investment from gold to Bitcoin. Bitcoin's bullish trend and potential for a price double are also being discussed.
Tether (USDT): Tether is trending due to discussions about USDT and Tether Gold (XAUT). Tether is also notable for reaching 500 million users.
Kadena: KDA is trending due to the announcement that Layer 1 blockchain project Kadena will cease all operations and go bankrupt.
This caused the KDA token to lose approximately 60% of its value in a short period of time, resulting in significant losses for its holders.
Chainlink: LINK is in the spotlight with its participation at the Federal Reserve Payment Innovation Conference, where its executives discussed integrating traditional finance with DeFi, stablecoins, tokenization, and crypto payment innovations.
Considered a key player in the next-generation payment systems and crypto prediction markets, Chainlink is attracting interest from major financial and technology companies such as BlackRock, Coinbase, Google Cloud, and Circle.
Ethereum: ETH is trending due to extensive discussions about governance issues within the Ethereum Foundation and its relationship with projects like Polygon.
Key topics include discussions on Polygon's status as an Ethereum Layer-2 solution, comparisons of Ethereum's network efficiency to Bitcoin, and mentions of influential figures like Vitalik Buterin and Sandeep Nailwal.
Institutional investor interest, price movements, ETF outflows, large ETH transfers by the Ethereum Foundation, and Ethereum's role in multi-chain bridges and lending platforms are also contributing to ETH's trend.
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Happy Wednesday! Bitcoin's fall below $100,000 by this weekend "seems inevitable," at least according to Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick.
In today's newsletter, crypto prime broker FalconX will acquire 21Shares, MegaETH announced a public MEGA token sale at a $1 million fully diluted valuation, the SEC and CFTC are pushing to get crypto initiatives done before the end of the year, and more.
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Prime broker FalconX to buy 21Shares amid crypto M&A spree: report FalconX, a U.S.-based institutional crypto prime broker, has agreed to acquire 21Shares, one of the largest managers of exchange-traded products for digital assets, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. 21Shares is known for its broad suite of ETPs and single-asset products, including over $11 billion in assets across bitcoin and ether ETPs and other token-specific and basket offerings in Europe, the U.S., and other jurisdictions. FalconX’s acquisition comes on the heels of the firm's push into institutional derivatives last month, beginning with its 24/7 over-the-counter options platform supporting Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and other tokens. The combined company will focus on derivatives and structured crypto funds, leveraging 21Shares’ distribution and ETP expertise with FalconX’s trading and prime-brokerage infrastructure. MegaETH to offer 5% of its total MEGA supply in English auction at baseline $1 million fully diluted valuation Ethereum scaling solution MegaETH plans to sell 5% of its total token supply in a three-day English auction beginning Oct. 27 using the crypto crowdfunding platform Sonar, which was recently acquired by Coinbase. The project will unlock 500 million tokens for the public sale, initially priced at $0.0001 and gradually scaling to $0.0999 per token as demand increases. Additionally, MegaLabs is instituting a "bimodal allocation" model that ensures core MegaETH supporters will receive tokens if the sale is oversubscribed. Buyers, limited to verified accredited U.S. persons and verified non-U.S. persons, can choose to lock up their allocations for one year to receive a 10% discount, according to an FAQ. Kadena winds down operations, KDA token drops 60% The organization behind the Kadena blockchain is winding down, effective immediately, as it is "no longer able to continue business operations" due to market conditions, the team announced Tuesday. "We are tremendously grateful to everybody who has participated in this journey with us. We regret that because of market conditions, we are unable to continue to promote and support the adoption of this unique decentralized offering," the Kadena team said on X. Kadena’s native KDA token dropped over 59% immediately following the announcement and is currently trading at $0.068, down significantly from an all-time high above $27 in late 2021. The blockchain was created in 2019 by two U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and JPMorgan alums, Stuart Popejoy and William Martino, with the aim of attracting institutional interest. SEC, CFTC target end-of-year milestones for crypto oversight amid government shutdown The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission are pushing to complete their end-of-year crypto goals, particularly priorities set out in a report released by the White House over the summer. These priorities include SEC-enforced safe-harbors for crypto and the establishment of "fit-for-purpose" registration exemptions for securities distributions, while granting the CFTC the authority to "regulate spot markets in non-security digital assets." Additionally, CFTC Acting Chair Pham said the agency is prioritizing crypto trading and "tokenized collateral" by the end of 2025. The move comes as lawmakers in Washington D.C., work to draft and advance market structure legislation that would write rules for crypto at large, including designations for what parts of the industry will fall under CFTC or SEC remit. 'Total land rush': Bitcoin, Solana lead the way with over 150 crypto ETF filings awaiting review There are 155 cryptocurrency-based exchange-traded product filings awaiting SEC review, according to Bloomberg.
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The Kadena organization said that it is no longer able to continue business operations and will be “ceasing all business activity” as well as any active maintenance of the Kadena blockchain with immediate effect.
The Kadena organization said they are winding down operations because of market conditions and are unable to continue to promote and support the adoption of this “decentralized offering.”
The organization also mentioned that they have notified staff that they will be ceasing operations. They will be retaining a small team for managing this period of transition and wind-down process.
As clarified in the update, the Kadena blockchain is “not owned or operated by the company.”
As a so-called “decentralized” proof-of-work smart-contract blockchain, the network is said to be “operated by independent miners, while on-chain smart contracts and protocols are governed independently by their maintainers.”
To ensure operational continuity, they will offer a new binary that will aim to enable “uninterrupted operation without their involvement, and will be encouraging all node operators to upgrade as soon as possible.”
As for the KDA token and protocol, it will also “continue in their absence.”
As noted in their latest token economic update, more than 566 million KDA remain to be distributed “as mining rewards, continuing until 2139, while the platform emission has 83.7 million KDA coming out of lockup until November 2029.”
They are now ready to engage with the Kadena community to discuss how they can aid the ongoing transition to “community governance and maintenance.”
Kadena, the first blockchain tech-focused firm to come out of J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain Center for Excellence, had reported in August 2020 that they had performed major updates to their scalable layer-1 public blockchain network.
Kadena’s developers claimed that they had one of the fastest blockchain platforms in the world claiming to be able to process 480,000 transactions per second.
In an interview with CI back in August of 2020, Kadena Co-Founder and President Stuart Popejoy, had explained in detail how the Kadena platform has been developed to support various decentralized applications (dApps) including the DeFi apps.
It’s worth noting that projects like Kadena may have experienced challenges due to increasing competition from many other initiatives that aim to serve similar markets and use-cases. It requires considerable resources to support a blockchain-based ecosystem and may not be sustainable like the case seems to be with Kadena. As the crypto ecosystem matures, there could be many other projects announcing their intentions to close down operations. There will most likely also be many mergers, acquisitions, and other ways the industry could become more consolidate moving forward.
Bunni shuts down after losing $8.4M in a September hack, unable to cover recovery costs. The platform was exploited via Ethereum and Unichain vulnerabilities; the site closed immediately. Decentralized exchange Bunni has declared the shutdown of operations following a security breach of $8.4 million in September. The platform is the second significant cryptocurrency project to go out of business this week, following layer-1 blockchain Kadena.
The team disclosed that it had inadequate finances to proceed with development and re-establish the security of the platform after the disastrous exploit. The six or seven figures in auditing and monitoring costs alone would be needed to recover, and the protocol just cannot afford that anymore.
Financial Strain Forces Difficult Decision Bunni had grown at a very fast pace prior to the security incident, and the total value locked increased by almost $80 million between June and August. But on September 2, malicious actors took advantage of vulnerabilities in the codebase of the protocol to attack both the Ethereum and Unichain networks at the same time.
The site shut down instantly after the hack and has been collaborating with law enforcement to reclaim stolen money. Nevertheless, the financial losses were too difficult to overcome due to the capital needs to secure relaunch and the development process.
Bunni was constructed on the Uniswap v4 infrastructure and focused on maximizing returns to liquidity providers using novel Liquidity Distribution Functions. Surge fees and autonomous rebalancing mechanisms were also included in the protocol, which made it stand out among competitors in the industry.
Bunni relicensed its v2 smart contracts under the Business Source License to the MIT license in a move that was celebrated by the cryptocurrency community. This shift to open-source enables any developer to use the technological innovations of the platform without limitations and licensing costs.
The site allows users to withdraw their assets until further notice, and no money will be stuck. The rest of the treasury assets will be shared between BUNNI, LIT, and veBUNNI token holders upon receiving the required legal approvals.
The founding team ensured that members would not get any money out of the remaining treasury, but rather, they would be compensated with tokens. The shutdown of Bunni comes after Kadena announced its closure on Tuesday, and its native KDA token has since fallen 70% to trade at only $0.06.
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This week, the cryptocurrency community was rocked after Kadena’s sudden shutdown announcement sent the KDA price crashing by over 60% in a few hours. The massive price collapse triggered an enormous sell-off as investors scrambled to understand the abrupt closure of the once-promising blockchain project. Soon after, a shocking exposé from analysts revealed that the problems ran far deeper than market conditions, hinting at serious internal misconduct and mismanagement.
Kadena Scandal Exposed After KDA Price Crash A day after the KDA price crash on Tuesday, crypto analyst Lovrin revealed on X social media that several Kadena employees were allegedly caught shorting the token with leverage just before shutdown announcements, securing tens of millions of dollars in profits. The reports indicate that crypto exchanges purportedly facilitated these trades, painting a picture of coordinated internal manipulation.
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Adding fuel to the scandal, a viral X post from crypto market commentator @Katexbt exposed additional allegations against the Kadena leadership. The post claimed that the Kadena founders, Stuart Popejoy and Will Martino, were allegedly sued by family members over a personal loan used to fund Kadena, raising questions about its financial transparency from the outset.
Katexbt asserted that the blockchain was effectively non-functional, claiming a throughput of 480,000 transactions per second, yet it lacked real users or wallets. Partnerships and institutional involvement that were publicly promoted were reportedly exaggerated or fabricated, adding further doubts about the legitimacy of the Kadena project.
Source: Chart from Lovrin on X The team also allegedly hired a KOL agency, prioritizing selling tokens for real money over paying the marketing firm for its services. Additional allegations point to complex ties between Kadena’s leadership and affiliated companies, including the Kaddex domain, which was said to have been registered under Popejoy’s Kadena Eco’s family golf club in Italy.
Katexbt claimed that the blockchain project was slapped with a lawsuit at some point, but it made little difference as the team hid behind a maze of LLCs. Even more shocking, the crypto commentator alleged that the Kadena team had worked with Francesco Melpignano, the former CEO of Kadena Eco, to extract large amounts of KDA, which were then sold near peak prices, netting an estimated $20 million to $80 million in profits. Following this, community members reportedly ousted Melpignano, though Katexbt alleges that the former CEO remains on a shell company’s payroll.
About The Kadena Shutdown On Tuesday, Kadena released a public statement confirming the cessation of all business operations. The team stressed that, despite the organization’s wind-down, the Kadena blockchain would continue to operate independently under a decentralized model.
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The announcement described the closure as a response to market volatility and unfavourable conditions, expressing gratitude to staff, partners, and the community. The Kadena team clarified that the blockchain itself was not owned or operated by the company, emphasizing that independent miners and maintainers would govern it in the future. They also noted that about 566 million KDA remain to be distributed as mining rewards through 2139, while 83.7 million tokens are scheduled to come out of lockup by November 2029.
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What went wrong inside Kadena — the Wall Street-engineered blockchain that tried to outsmart Bitcoin but collapsed under its own weight?
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Kadena, once a multi-billion-dollar blockchain founded by ex-JPMorgan engineers, abruptly shut down operations citing unsustainable market conditions. The token (KDA) crashed over 75% within hours, triggering delistings across exchanges and panic among investors. Allegations surfaced of insider shorting and misconduct, though no evidence has been verified. The network continues to run under community control, but its future remains uncertain without leadership or funding. The day Kadena went dark The collapse of Kadena marks one of the most abrupt endings in recent crypto history. On Oct. 21, the team behind Kadena announced it would “cease all business activity and active maintenance immediately,” citing difficult market conditions and an inability to sustain operations.
KADENA PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
We regret to announce that the Kadena organization is no longer able to continue business operations and will be ceasing all business activity and active maintenance of the Kadena blockchain immediately.
We are tremendously grateful to everybody who…
— Kadena (@kadena_io) October 21, 2025 The announcement triggered a rapid fall in Kadena’s (KDA) market value, as the token dropped from $0.225 to nearly $0.056 within hours, erasing over 75% of its price and leaving the project’s future uncertain.
Centralized exchanges soon began delisting KDA and suspending deposits, with several planning to remove trading pairs by Oct. 29.
Kadena was founded by former JPMorgan blockchain engineers Stuart Popejoy and Will Martino. Their goal was to create a scalable proof-of-work system that maintained Bitcoin-level security while supporting smart contracts.
The network was built on a framework known as Chainweb, where multiple chains run in parallel and share security to improve transaction throughput.
The design attracted early attention from institutional developers and retail investors. At its peak in 2021, the KDA token traded above $27.60, and the project reached a multi-billion-dollar market capitalization before collapsing 99.8% to around $0.06 as of Oct. 23.
The community reaction to the shutdown has been divided. Many users expressed disbelief, anger, and disappointment, with some calling the event an “exit” rather than a planned handover.
However, the Kadena blockchain itself will continue to operate. The team stated that “independent miners and community developers will keep the network live,” with a final node binary to be released for ongoing maintenance without the company’s involvement.
They also confirmed that over 566 million KDA remain to be distributed as mining rewards until 2139, while around 83.7 million tokens are set to unlock by November 2029.
That statement means the network will survive in structure but not necessarily in purpose. Kadena now functions as a proof-of-work chain without its founding company, leadership, or funding.
The vision that never scaled Kadena launched in early 2019 and went live on mainnet around 2020, presenting itself as a scalable proof-of-work blockchain capable of running smart contracts through its braided chain design.
The project aimed to solve the performance bottlenecks seen in early networks and establish itself among the leading layer-1 contenders of that era.
Despite its technical ambition, several weaknesses became evident over time. Kadena’s architecture offered strong theoretical throughput and security but failed to translate that into meaningful real-world adoption.
The network’s decentralized-finance protocols never gained the liquidity or user engagement required to create a self-sustaining ecosystem. According to DeFi Llama, the total value locked on Kadena peaked at around $11 million in August 2022 and fell to roughly $128,000 by October 2025.
Another issue was identity. Competing networks such as Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) succeeded in building strong developer communities, distinct application verticals, and clear network effects.
Kadena, in contrast, remained a general-purpose platform without a defined niche. Analysts often described it as “technical novelty without product-market fit,” a condition that limited long-term traction.
Meanwhile, the crypto environment evolved rapidly. Layer-2 networks, modular architectures, and rollups began dominating the scaling conversation, drawing investor and developer attention toward ecosystems offering better composability and liquidity.
There are now more than 100 rollups and over 200 sovereign chains in operation, yet most struggle to attract even 2,000 daily users. The space has become saturated with networks that see little real usage, and Kadena gradually lost both attention and capital as activity shifted elsewhere.
Token economics and governance further complicated matters. The project’s long emission schedule created ongoing supply pressure while demand weakened. Development and governance remained concentrated within the central organization rather than a decentralized community.
In an attempt to regain momentum, Kadena announced a $50 million grant program in May 2025 to fund Chainweb EVM and tokenization projects. It also launched several protocol updates, including versions 2.27, 2.28, and 2.29 between February and May 2025.
These efforts, however, failed to change the on-chain reality. Developer activity stayed minimal, user participation low, and liquidity almost nonexistent, leaving the network exposed to the eventual market shock that followed.
Allegations cloud Kadena’s final days The collapse of Kadena has triggered a growing wave of speculation and allegations from within the crypto community. Several traders and self-proclaimed whistleblowers claim that certain members of the Kadena organization may have profited from the project’s downfall.
One widely shared post alleged that “Kadena employees [were] caught red-handed shorting their own token $KDA with leverage right before major announcements,” claiming profits “in the tens of millions” across multiple exchanges. These claims, however, remain unverified.
Speculation about insider behavior intensified after trading data appeared to align with major market movements earlier in October. Around Oct. 10, the broader crypto market fell sharply following President Trump’s new tariff announcements, which triggered a sell-off across risk assets.
Bitcoin (BTC) declined by nearly 12% in two days, while several altcoins lost more than 50%. Kadena’s token dropped from roughly $0.38 to $0.08, ranking among the steepest losses in mid-cap projects.
According to one analyst, “they get liquidated for everything … for almost two weeks they pretend all is okay, meanwhile they open huge leverage shorts … post about ceasing operations … make it all back.”
> Kadena organisation leverages their $KDA
> Oct 10th they get liquidated for everything
> For almost 2 weeks they pretend all is okay
> Meanwhile they open huge leverage shorts
> Post about ceasing operations
> Nuke chart to zero
> Make it all back
> justbusiness.exe https://t.co/lOTYsfZBRa pic.twitter.com/iHwIYW7sYh
— フ ォ リ ス (@follis_) October 22, 2025 The situation has already prompted threats of legal action. A post from Kaddex, one of Kadena’s main ecosystem projects, announced plans to organize a class-action lawsuit against Kadena’s directors, accusing them of “irresponsible behavior” and market misconduct.
If you are interested in joining our class action against Kadnea, please comment below. We'll be reaching out individually to everyone who lost money due to the token decline and Kadena's directors' irresponsible behavior.
— Kaddex (@Kaddex_Official) October 21, 2025 Outrage, grief, and a flicker of hope The aftermath of Kadena’s shutdown has unfolded as a mix of outrage and reflection. Across social platforms, long-time holders have expressed deep frustration and anger.
One user wrote, “I was holding this piece of s**t project for years, only for them to dump on everyone. These guys should be thrown in jail.”
Another commented, “A part of me just died tonight. After all these years $Kadena was just a scam like any other rugpull s**tcoin.”
“You totally rug pulled everyone who invested in you and then wouldn’t even turn on comments for the announcement. Classic,” another frustrated user added.
Amid the anger, some industry figures have called for calm and continuity. Daniel Keller, co-founder of the Flux project and one of Kadena’s earliest ecosystem partners, issued a public statement reaffirming his team’s commitment to the network.
He stated that Flux would continue supporting the “Kadena ecosystem and its community,” providing “wallet and technical guidance” while helping shape “a fully community-driven project.”
Announcement from the Flux Team
The Flux team would like to reaffirm our continued support for the Kadena ecosystem and its community. Including but not limited to, wallets (Ecko and Zelcore) and technical guidance. As the Kadena Foundation takes shape, we are committed to… pic.twitter.com/gn070lMIwt
— Daniel Keller (@dak_flux) October 22, 2025 Keller added that Flux remains guided by “decentralization, transparency, and collaboration,” and would assist in establishing the Kadena Foundation to sustain the network’s operations.
Whether this show of support will lead to an actual revival remains unclear. If the remaining miners, developers, and holders can organize effectively, Kadena may endure as a community-led chain, similar to how Terra Classic survived after its collapse.
However, the economic damage, reputational loss, and lack of institutional backing make such a recovery highly uncertain.
Kadena (KDA) has made a remarkable closure in the history of cryptocurrencies as a project that set out with the goal of “enterprise-level blockchain infrastructure” but halted all its activities with a sudden decision by its team.
Founded in 2016 by Stuart Popejoy and Will Martino, engineers who left JPMorgan, Kadena aimed to create a scalable and secure proof-of-work chain that traditional finance had failed to achieve. Dubbed “Chainweb,” the structure promised a capacity of 480,000 transactions per second through parallel mesh chains, while its smart contract language, called “Pact,” stood out for its secure and error-free transaction design.
The project gained significant momentum, particularly in 2021. The KDA token reached $27.64, surpassing a $3 billion market capitalization, and some analysts dubbed it the “Solana killer.” However, its success story was short-lived.
The bearish market sentiment that dominated the market in 2022, the rise of proof-of-stake networks, and disagreements with Kadena's decentralized exchange partner, Kaddex, completely sapped the project's momentum. Kadena launched a $100 million grant program that same year to revitalize its ecosystem and announced a new $50 million fund in mid-2025. Despite this, the majority of the announced grant commitments remained unused, with CurveBlock being the only publicly announced recipient.
October 2025 marked the project's de facto end. On October 10th, during the historic market crash triggered by Donald Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, the KDA price lost 40% of its value in a single day, falling to $0.22. Four days later, Kadena's largest ecosystem partner, Kaddex, claimed that Kadena had blocked node access and announced that it would be shutting down all its services and migrating to Ethereum. Just a week after the crisis, on October 21st, Kadena announced on its official account that it was ceasing all operations immediately, citing “unfavorable market conditions.”
Following the announcement, the KDA token lost more than 60% of its value in two hours, falling below $0.09, wiping out $268 million in market capitalization and instantly increasing trading volume by over 1,200%. The community initially believed the account had been compromised, but the Kadena team confirmed the shutdown via Discord. The statement stated that the blockchain “does not belong” to the company and that “a transition to community management will be considered.”
Immediately after the shutdown, Kaddex accused Kadena employees of leveraging short positions on exchanges and issued statements saying they were “glad to contribute to Kadena’s collapse.” No concrete evidence has been provided for these allegations, and Kadena has not responded. Some community members have suggested that the project may have been operating on insider information leading up to its bankruptcy, but on-chain data has not confirmed this.
Experts attribute Kadena's collapse to poor financial planning and miscommunication rather than malice. The company's budget, bloated with grant commitments, became unsustainable as the token's value eroded. Management allegedly knew the funds would run out months before the closure, yet continued to promote “job growth” and “ecosystem growth.” This suggests the project was driven by a “reputation protection” reflex rather than a “community priority.”
Despite this, Kadena's technological foundation remains functional. The Chainweb network continues to produce blocks, and the 566 million KDA emission plan, which runs until 2139, is technically active. However, without leadership, community, and financial support, the structure has effectively become an empty shell. In the words of one community member, “Kadena isn't dead; it's abandoned.”
Ultimately, Kadena started with the confidence of its Wall Street background, but ended up with the bureaucracy, infighting, and miscommunication that came with that same corporate mindset.
*This is not investment advice.
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The investment strengthens FurGPT's cross-chain infrastructure and expands the utility of its AI companion ecosystem through Kadena's scalable blockchain framework.
Singapore, Singapore--(Newsfile Corp. - October 28, 2025) - FurGPT (FGPT), a decentralized AI companion platform pioneering lifelike emotional intelligence in digital interactions, announced its plan to invest $25 million in Kadena (KDA). The initiative includes adopting Kadena's Chainweb EVM, enhancing FurGPT's ability to deliver faster, more efficient, and interoperable AI-driven interactions across chains.
Building a smarter decentralized future through adaptive AI and strategic blockchain innovation.
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The partnership marks a strategic step in FurGPT's expansion roadmap, positioning the platform to leverage Kadena's scalable proof-of-work design and energy-efficient infrastructure. By integrating Chainweb's parallelized multi-chain architecture, FurGPT aims to increase transaction speed, reduce latency, and expand the accessibility of its decentralized emotional AI network.
"Our investment in Kadena represents a commitment to sustainable scalability," said J. King Kasr, Chief Scientist at KaJ Labs. "FurGPT is not just building AI companions—it's constructing a foundation where emotional intelligence, decentralization, and efficiency converge for meaningful global adoption."
FurGPT's growing multi-chain strategy has already extended across Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. The integration with Kadena enhances this vision by bringing stronger throughput, native smart contract support, and improved developer tooling to the FGPT ecosystem. The collaboration also enables FurGPT to explore hybrid applications that blend decentralized AI and scalable computation, creating new pathways for adaptive, emotion-aware user experiences in Web3 environments.
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FurGPT merges adaptive artificial intelligence with blockchain transparency to create emotionally aware, lifelike digital companions. Through behavioral learning, multimodal interaction, and decentralized governance, FurGPT empowers users to engage in more meaningful and personalized AI experiences across multiple chains.
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FurGPT allocates $25 million toward Kadena's Chainweb EVM to enhance scalability and strengthen its multichain emotional AI ecosystem.
Singapore, Singapore--(Newsfile Corp. - November 5, 2025) - FurGPT (FGPT), the AI companion platform combining behavioral intelligence with blockchain technology, has announced a $25 million investment in Kadena's Chainweb EVM, a move designed to bolster the project's AI infrastructure and expand cross-chain efficiency. The strategic investment aligns with FurGPT's goal to build a scalable, secure, and interoperable foundation for decentralized AI innovation.
Building scalable emotional AI infrastructure through innovation and multichain collaboration.
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Kadena's parallel proof-of-work framework will allow FurGPT to reduce transaction friction, enhance network throughput, and support smarter data interaction between its AI companions and users across multiple chains. The integration of Chainweb EVM also creates new avenues for adaptive learning models and real-time processing within the FurGPT ecosystem.
"Our investment in Kadena is an investment in the future of decentralized intelligence," said J. King Kasr, Chief Scientist at KaJ Labs. "FurGPT is committed to building infrastructure that can think, learn, and connect at the speed of human emotion while maintaining transparency and security."
This initiative follows FurGPT's recent exchange listings and ecosystem expansion, further establishing its position as a pioneer in emotionally aware AI technology for Web3.
About FurGPT
FurGPT merges adaptive artificial intelligence with blockchain transparency to create emotionally aware, lifelike digital companions. Through behavioral learning, multimodal interaction, and decentralized governance, FurGPT empowers users to engage in meaningful and personalized AI experiences across multiple chains.
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When the classic rock band Kansas wrote the song ‘Dust in the Wind’ in 1977, little did they know it would also reflect the reality of the cryptocurrency market. Top cryptocurrencies that dominated the news cycles just three years ago, like Kadena (KDC) and Litentry (LIT), are all irrelevant now. To sum it up, like Kansas, they’re “all just dust in the wind.”
For instance, Kadena coin had spiked a whopping 10,000% in 2021 and was roaring to soar more. Watcher Guru had covered Kadena coin’s humongous rise back then as KDC remained the talk of the town. An investment of $1,000 had turned into $101,000 in a year, making it the most sought-after cryptocurrency in the market.
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Cryptocurrencies Like Kadena and Litentry Are ‘Dust in the Wind’Source: Kadena / XOn the other hand, Litenrty, which also experienced dramatic price runs, is now obscure and unknown. It also rebranded itself as Heima (HEI) and migrated to a new blockchain. Investments made in these two cryptocurrencies back in 2021 and 2022 are now worth nothing. This highlights the risky affairs of the cryptocurrency market, who view ‘long term’ as a key to making wealth.
The phrase ‘long-term’ in the cryptocurrency sector carries a lot of risk as projects can collapse and go bankrupt at any given point. Not all that glitters is gold, and Kadena coin and Litentry are the prime examples.
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To make things worse, the real-time data from Coingecko shows that Litentry coin’s 24-hour trading volume is just $4,500. It once carried heavy weightage on its shoulders with a robust trading volume. The cryptocurrency is now deserted with literally no trading activity.
Kadena announced that it is ceasing business operations, with the KDA token and blockchain continuing under community governance. Litentry, on the other hand, has moved to a new blockchain and is still under the worst performance.
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Meta Games Coin has witnessed significant growth in a year as adoption soars across NFT, P2E, and metaverse ecosystems.
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Meta Games Coin (MGC) has grown 15x in 12 months, driven by organic DEX demand and strong community engagement. It has rejected CEX listings to uphold decentralization and transparency, focusing solely on community-driven DEX pools. Trading at $3.53, MGC ‘s growth reinforces its role in P2E, NFT, and metaverse ecosystems. Meta Games Coin (MGC), a cryptocurrency within the RZ Oasis ecosystem developed by Coin Factory, has reported a consistently impressive adoption growth. This blockchain-based play-to-earn token has seen a 15X growth over the last 12 months.
MGC, a BEP-20 token, operates on the BNB Smart Chain and serves as a utility token for play-to-earn environments, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, and gaming-related virtual events. According to the project team, MGC is designed to support players who wish to trade in-game assets, participate in decentralized tournaments, and engage with emerging metaverse applications.
Sustainable market activity Project representatives have pointed out that the MGC’s growth has been ‘organic’, which is a result of consistent demand within decentralized exchanges rather than centralized trading avenues. Over the last 12 months, MGC witnessed a 15-fold increase. The team attributes this growth to long-term community participation rather than momentary hype or speculative spikes.
Meta Games coin, unlike other blockchain projects that depend on centralized exchange (CEX) listings to inflate visibility, has deliberately avoided this course. MGC reasons the move with issues over non-transparent practices such as listing fees, preferential allocations, and potential exposure to pump-and-dump schemes. Instead, MGC chooses to focus solely on decentralized exchange (DEX) pools, which complies with its ‘community-focused’ approach.
The project is an attempt towards upholding principles of decentralization, transparency, and user protection, even if it means slower initial visibility. MGC claims to choose “ethics over shortcuts, delivering genuine value in a decentralized ecosystem.”
Real metrics, real-time activity While centralized price aggregators may underreport MGC’s activity (since many decentralized pools aren’t fully captured), several indicators speak volumes:
Source: Coingecko Live trading data shows MGC has gone up by 1644.1% in the past 1 year. MGC is available through DEXs like PancakeSwap and via non-custodial wallets like Trust Wallet and MetaMask. It is currently trading at $3.53, which is up 1.9% in the past 24 hours. The total supply is capped at 100 billion MGC cryptos How to get started with MGC Install a reliable non-custodial wallet (for example, Trust Wallet, MetaMask, etc.). Add MGC using its contract address: 0xbb73BB2505AC4643d5C0a99c2A1F34B3DfD09D11 Use the wallet to swap other tokens for MGC via decentralized exchanges like PancakeSwap. Start participating, i.e., play games, earn, stake, trade, and engage with the MGC universe. Project background and roadmap MGC was launched by Coin Factory as part of the broader RZ Oasis ecosystem, which aims to build a set of interconnected services for gamers. This crypto project plans to integrate:
Expanded staking mechanisms for holders A metaverse city known as MGC City NFT marketplace participation Community-driven tournaments and digital-physical gaming clubs The whitepaper of MGC details staking modules, reward distribution mechanisms, dynamic in-game marketplaces, and a roadmap toward full interoperability within the RZ Oasis ecosystem. The document also discusses multi-layer governance plans and community voting features to give MGC holders direct input on development decisions.
As for now, CoinMarketCap volume data reflects only a fraction of MGC’s overall decentralized trading activity, as multiple liquidity pools contribute to its market.
With its emphasis on decentralization and gradual adoption, MGC positions itself within the growing blockchain gaming market as a crypto founded on the principles of fair distribution and real-world gaming applications.
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Ondo Finance, a blockchain platform specializing in the tokenization of real-world assets such as U.S. Treasuries, stocks, and exchange-traded funds, has reported a series of updates that reflect ongoing adoption in the sector.
These developments include the completion of an acquisition, new partnerships, product expansions, and participation in industry events, contributing to the platform's management of over $1.7 billion in assets across chains like Ethereum, Solana, and Stellar.
With a total value locked of approximately $660 million for its USDY stablecoin alone and integrations with more than 100 partners, Ondo continues to facilitate onchain access to institutional finance.
Overview of Ondo Finance's OperationsThe blockchain protocol operates by tokenizing traditional financial instruments, allowing users to access yield-bearing assets on blockchain networks. Its core products include USDY, a stablecoin backed by U.S. Treasuries and bank deposits, and OUSG, which represents tokenized U.S. Treasuries. The platform is supported by investors including Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Coinbase Ventures.
As of writing, Ondo's activities align with projections for the real-world asset tokenization market, estimated to reach $18 trillion by 2033. This period's updates build on earlier momentum, such as the September launch of Ondo Global Markets, which introduced over 100 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on Ethereum. Below is a breakdown of the platform’s key updates:
Early October Developments: Recaps and Industry EngagementOn October 1, 2025, Ondo released a monthly spotlight recapping September's activities, noting the launch of Ondo Global Markets, the addition of WisdomTree to the Global Markets Alliance, and the deployment of USDY on the Stellar network. The company described these as steps toward an open economy, with emphasis on accessibility for users.
1/ September marked Ondo's most significant month to date.
From the launch of Ondo Global Markets to WisdomTree joining the Global Markets Alliance and USDY now live on Stellar, Ondo is executing on its vision to build an open economy accessible to all.
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— Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) October 1, 2025 That same day, Ian de Bode, Ondo's head of institutional product, participated in a panel at the Sibos conference, discussing the growth trajectory of tokenization. He projected $5 trillion in tokenized assets in the near term, alongside representatives from Boston Consulting Group, Deutsche Bank, Société Générale-Forge, and Euroclear.
Ondo also announced expansions to its team, hiring personnel from Robinhood for security roles, Chainlink for marketing, and Revolut for design. These additions aim to support scaling operations.
By October 3, Ondo introduced daily third-party verifications for reserves backing tokenized stocks and ETFs on Global Markets, confirming 1:1 asset backing to enhance transparency. The company also recapped events from Token2049, Sibos, and a Mastercard reception, observing a shift in industry conversations from conceptual discussions to practical implementation of tokenization.
Acquisitions and Regulatory AdvancesA significant update came on October 6, 2025, when Ondo completed its acquisition of Oasis Pro, securing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-registered licenses for a broker-dealer, alternative trading system, and transfer agent. This acquisition provides Ondo with the following
A comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets in the U.S.Enabling the operation of regulated markets for tokenized securitiesA tokenization engine for real-world assets, primary and secondary tradingCapital markets services such as underwriting and mergers and acquisitions. The move is expected to support expansion. Following the announcement, investor Arthur Hayes increased his holdings in ONDO tokens by $3.6 million, bringing his total to $41 million.
Partnerships and IntegrationsOn October 9, 2025, Ondo outlined priorities from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding spot crypto markets, pilot programs, and tokenized collateral. The company promoted tokenized versions of top-performing U.S. tech stocks from the past decade. Grayscale Investments added ONDO to its DeFi fund, replacing MKR, which indicates institutional interest in Ondo's token.
The following day, October 10, saw a partnership with STBL for the USST stablecoin, where USDY serves as primary collateral, providing $50 million in minting capacity. Ondo also integrated with LayerZero for cross-chain functionality of yield-bearing tokens, enhancing interoperability. Additionally, over 200 tokenized stocks and ETFs became available in Coinbase's Base app through Ondo, improving user access.
Before the integration with LayerZero, Ondo shared a weekly update on digital asset adoption, covering Tenev's comments, a partnership between Circle and Deutsche Börse, the SEC's plans for blockchain-based stock trading, Swift's blockchain initiatives with banks, and Bridge's stablecoin platform.
ConclusionOndo Finance's recent updates demonstrate its capacity to expand tokenized asset offerings, secure regulatory approvals, and form partnerships that integrate blockchain with traditional finance.
The acquisition of Oasis Pro stands out as a key enabler for regulated operations in the U.S., complemented by integrations like those with STBL and LayerZero, which support cross-chain functionality and stablecoin collateralization. These steps underscore Ondo's management of substantial assets and its collaborations across ecosystems.
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Ondo Finance TVL: https://defillama.com/protocol/tvl/ondo-finance
Oasis Pro Acquisition: https://ondo.finance/blog/ondo-acquires-oasis-pro
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U.S. large diversified financial services holding company Stifel has raised its year-end S&P 500 target and rolled out a stock allocation framework for a "high-growth, high-inflation" environment. The firm lifted its year-end S&P 500 target to 7,800 points, noting the U.S. economy is entering a "running hot" state—where economic growth is strengthening alongside mounting inflationary pressure. Stifel’s models show U.S. growth momentum is picking up while inflation momentum is clearly overheating, a trend that will reshape the market’s leading sector structure in the second half of the year. Instead of traditional consumer sectors, Stifel’s top picks are investment-led cyclical industries, including banks, transportation, materials, energy, semiconductors, software and equipment. The firm adds that fixed-asset investment in AI remains on the rise: large tech firms including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google are projected to combine for roughly $725 billion in total capital expenditures in 2026, some $100 billion higher than prior estimates. This means the AI investment chain is likely to continue outperforming the consumption chain squeezed by inflation. Stifel advises investors to reduce exposure to discretionary consumer, consumer staples, communication services and some financial services sectors, as these areas see weaker earnings revisions. Conversely, the firm favors cyclical value stocks and hedges with defensive value sectors such as insurance, autos, energy and banks.
Oasis launches strategic investment arm with SemiLiquid's custody-native credit infrastructure as the first investment.
Dec 12, 2025
Dec 12, 2025
Oasis is excited to introduce a new initiative designed to make strategic seed investments. Leading the initiative will be Mark Kalin, who brings over 10 years of venture capital experience to the role. The move marks a shift from a traditional grants program toward longer-term capital deployment to support some of the best builders.
Introducing SemiLiquidThe first investment will go to SemiLiquid, a custody-native credit infrastructure provider addressing a critical gap in real-world assets (RWAs). SemiLiquid just unveiled the Programmable Credit Protocol (PCP), which enables credit activation on tokenized assets without removing them from custody
What SemiLiquid does:
Activates credit on tokenized collateral without ever assets leaving custodyHandles collateral locking, automated margin calls, and liquidation triggersMaintains compliance standards and confidentiality throughout the processSemiLiquid solves key friction points that have kept institutions and traditional finance players cautious about decentralized finance.
Implementation details SemiLiquid's platform is based on the Oasis confidential compute stack. It uses Liquefaction, a primitive developed by researchers at Cornell Tech on top of Sapphire, to manage its trade and information control system, which handles policy enforcement, breach monitoring, and programmable credit receipts.
This architecture means sensitive financial data stays protected throughout the entire credit lifecycle while also remaining verifiable onchain. It's the kind of institutional-grade guarantees that custody and compliance frameworks actually require.
After a year of quietly building, SemiLiquid is putting its solution into action with a pilot involving Franklin Templeton, Zodia Custody, M11Credit, Avalanche, and Presto Labs.
The pilot demonstrates end-to-end credit activation using tokenized money-market fund shares as collateral. The entire workflow, from collateral lock to issuance to automated repayment, runs on Oasis infrastructure without exposing counterparty information or other sensitive data.
The bigger picture RWAs are among the fastest-growing sectors of the crypto industry, and with this investment, Oasis is making a clear bet in SemiLiquid and the idea that compliance-friendly confidentiality will be the foundation of institutional adoption.
But the vision also goes much further. The investment arm targets teams building across the spectrum: asset tokenization, identity systems, institutional settlement layers, agentic protocols - any compute-intensive products that require confidential data or verifiability at scale. There’s much more to come, stay tuned.
Binance Wallet has emerged as the clear leader in the public token launch market, delivering the strongest returns over the past year.
According to data compiled by CryptoRank and DeFi Oasis, Binance Wallet outperformed every major IDO, ICO, and IEO platform by a substantial margin. Specifically, over the past year, projects launched through Binance Wallet generated an average current return of 12.69 times invested capital.
Peak performance was even more pronounced. At their highs, these tokens delivered returns exceeding 78 times, highlighting the intensity of early-stage demand.
In total, Binance Wallet supported 44 projects during the period, with the most recent launch on December 17. No rival launchpad approached these record highs, underscoring Binance Wallet’s leadership in initial token offerings.
Rival Platforms Deliver More Modest Outcomes While Binance Wallet led decisively, performance across rival platforms was notably weaker. MetaDAO ranked second, posting an average current return of 4.15 times. Its projects reached peak gains of 8.73 times across seven launches, with the most recent occurring in mid-November.
MetaDAO’s growing prominence highlights a renewed focus on issuing tokens on Solana, especially as conventional Solana listing platforms tighten their selection criteria.
OKX Wallet followed MetaDAO, resulting in an average current return of 3.22×. Although it launched only three projects during the year, those tokens reached peak gains of nearly 35 times their initial value.
However, researchers caution that small sample sizes can inflate peak-return metrics and therefore may not accurately reflect sustained platform performance.
Echo Gains Visibility Following Coinbase Acquisition Echo ranked fourth among tracked launchpads, combining steady issuance with moderate returns. Specifically, its projects delivered an average current return of 2.83 times, while peak gains exceeded 17 times across 30 launches.
Founded by crypto investor Cobie, Echo was later acquired by Coinbase for $375 million. Coinbase stated that the acquisition aims to streamline community-based fundraising and enhance transparency in public token sales, signaling renewed institutional interest in compliant launchpad models.
Returns Decline Sharply Beyond the Top Tier Outside the leading platforms, performance dropped off significantly. For instance, MEXC recorded current returns of 1.98 times, followed closely by Kraken Launch at 1.92 times. Meanwhile, Buildpad posted more modest gains of approximately 1.22 times, despite earlier peaks of up to 10 times across six projects.
At the same time, several platforms, including Cake Pad, Legion, and Bybit, fell below their initial launch prices altogether.
In aggregate, DeFi Oasis data indicate that eight of the twelve major launchpads have delivered returns of less than 2x, with five already trading below break-even.
Launchpad Ranking Exit Timing Becomes the Decisive Factor Analysts tracking these trends identify exit timing as the key differentiator in outcomes. According to DeFi Oasis, participants who sold shortly after launch were far more likely to make a profit.
By contrast, longer-term holders often saw returns deteriorate as post-launch selling pressure intensified and liquidity declined. In this environment, liquidity management consistently outweighed token fundamentals in determining performance.
Broader Market Trends Explain the Shift Broader market dynamics help explain this pattern. The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) declined by approximately 32% between February and April, as capital shifted away from risk assets. Although some funds later returned, the market stabilized at a higher base rather than fully recovering.
Consequently, this backdrop favored short-term trading strategies over extended holding periods.
Indeed, launchpad-related activity peaked on October 1, with volumes surpassing $530 million. By December, total value locked had declined to roughly $344 million. During the same period, seven-day fees reached $7.38 million, while revenue totaled $6.69 million.
Launchpad TVL High Activity, Limited Holding Power Despite these headwinds, short-term participation remained robust, particularly across experimental platforms such as four.meme, pump.fun, and Binance Alpha. These projects attracted intense early engagement, but holding conviction weakened once initial momentum subsided.
Consequently, the advantage consistently shifted toward participants who exited early rather than those who maintained longer exposure.
A Market That Rewards Discipline Over Patience Taken together, the data paints a clear picture of today’s launchpad landscape. Overall, the sector remains active and capable of generating outsized returns, but primarily for disciplined participants with well-timed exits.
However, long-term exposure remains elevated as early momentum fades. Even as compliant platforms such as Buildpad, Sonar, Kaito, and Legion gain traction, the underlying pattern remains intact.
Ultimately, according to DeFi Oasis and CryptoRank, success in modern token launches depends less on patience and more on timing, liquidity, and disciplined exit strategies.
DisClamier: This content is informational and should not be considered financial advice. The views expressed in this article may include the author's personal opinions and do not reflect The Crypto Basic opinion. Readers are encouraged to do thorough research before making any investment decisions. The Crypto Basic is not responsible for any financial losses.
Privacy-focused narratives gained traction across crypto markets amid intensifying debates around artificial intelligence and data regulation. That shift brought Oasis Network into focus, pushing its token sharply higher.
By mid-January, traders increasingly rotated toward privacy infrastructure with tangible utility rather than speculative momentum.
That raised a key question.
Was ROSE’s rally driven only by narrative strength, or did structural demand support it?
Why did Oasis’ privacy narrative lift ROSE? By the 20th of January, Oasis Network’s token, ROSE, had climbed more than 105% from mid-December lows. CoinMarketCap data showed rising interest in privacy technology amid tighter global data regulations.
Oasis Network’s confidential computing stack drew attention during that period. Its SemiLiquid staking design and AI-focused ROFL framework positioned the network as a privacy-first infrastructure layer.
That positioning helped reprice ROSE as an infrastructure asset rather than a short-term speculative play. Institutional participation appeared to outweigh retail-driven momentum during the move.
Rising Volume and Open Interest confirmed real bullish demand According to data from CoinGlass, Oasis [ROSE] Open Interest climbed to $26.23 million, its highest level since September 2025. That increase coincided with price appreciation, indicating fresh long positioning rather than short-covering activity.
Source: CoinGlass Meanwhile, trading volume surged on the 20th of January, reaching $334.6 million, the highest level since 2023. This drove positive price repricing, reinforcing that bulls, not bears, controlled market participation.
Source: CoinGlass ROSE neared resistance as momentum tested On the daily chart, ROSE’s rally approached the upper boundary of a descending channel pattern. Price tested descending resistance following a sharp rebound from recent lows.
Source: TradingView A confirmed breakout could open the $0.030 to $0.039 supply zone. Acceptance within that region would be necessary for continuation.
Even so, downside risks remained. ROSE needed to hold the $0.015 support level, despite the MACD remaining bullish during the move.
Final Thoughts ROSE’s January surge reflected more than shifting narratives. Positioning data suggested traders treated Oasis as infrastructure, not a fleeting theme. Whether that conviction holds may depend on how the price reacts near the overhead supply.
Most onchain activity is financial. Flashback Labs is building something entirely different - a platform where people talk to an AI about their lives, preserving memories before they fade or loved ones pass away. Every conversation generates encrypted files and onchain transactions. The result is 1,000+ users driving 700+ daily transactions on Oasis, all with essentially zero marketing spend.
What flashback doesFlashback is a conversational AI app. Users either pick a prompt, "I visited my grandparents", for example, or run stream of consciousness with a voice assistant. The chatbot asks follow-up questions and extracts structured data around the people, places, emotions, and timelines.
From that conversation, the AI generates a "flashback" - a short animated video combining photos, text, and voice narration that brings the memory to life. It also builds a graph of people mentioned across sessions (siblings, grandparents, friends), so the more someone uses it, the richer and more personal the experience becomes.
The main point is preservation. Details fade, people pass away, conditions like Alzheimer's accelerate the loss. Flashback captures what's in someone's head while it's still there.
How flashback leverages oasisThe Flashback app handles some of the most sensitive data imaginable: personal memories, family relationships, health conditions, grief, etc. Whether or not the app works, depends entirely on users trusting that this data is private and verifiable.
In this sense, Oasis provides the encryption layer.
Since the storage networks Flashback integrates with (0G, BNB Greenfield) don't offer their own encryption mechanisms, Oasis’ confidential network fills this critical gap. Every file is encrypted within a confidential smart contract before being committed to storage. Users can verify onchain that their data is encrypted and accounted for.
TractionThe team has spent very little on marketing so far and there are no active token incentives. Yet the numbers are real:
1,000+ users~200 encrypted files created per day~700 onchain transactions generated per day29 new users on a single recent dayThe team is positioning Flashback as a privacy-first product for a mainstream audience. If adoption continues on this trajectory, transaction volumes will scale naturally with user growth.
What's next Flashback's near-term applications sit somewhat outside crypto. Currently, the team is orienting the product toward Alzheimer's care. There's also a partnership in development with notable bereavement nonprofits in the US who will offer the product to people processing the loss of a family member. Both efforts are already underway.
An agentic framework is also in development that will let the flashback AI proactively reach out to users across channels to collect memories, rather than waiting for them. The team is also exploring hardware integrations, including robotic companion devices running the AI for hospice and elder care settings.
Every one of these interactions feeds back into the same pipeline: AI analysis, file generation, encryption, and then onchain storage. As Flashback grows its user base into healthcare and grief support, Oasis grows with it.
Learn more about Flashback Labs here and follow them on X.
Cryptocurrencies have stood out as winners among asset classes since the outbreak of the war with Iran, but the resilience of digital assets may be a matter of timing.
Bitcoin, the largest token, and a cohort of smaller digital assets have been an oasis of calm relative to the volatility in equities, gold and oil. As crude oil has surged more than 40%, bullion is down roughly 5% for the month and the MSCI World Index is down 4%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin pushed through a crucial psychological mark of $75,000 on Tuesday in Asia, taking its gains since the war started at the end of February to nearly 14%. The token was last trading at around $74,700.
Building with AI means living with some tradeoffs. Switch models and your context drops. Start a new session and your agents reset. The platforms hosting your prompts aren't neutral infrastructure, they're learning from what you send, and they make leaving progressively more costly.
Ekai is building the infrastructure layer to fix this. Step one is already live.
Problem One: Access Control People share access to AI models all the time, between friends, colleagues, side projects, but nobody wants to hand over their actual credentials.
With Ekai's Control Plane, you store encrypted API keys onchain via Sapphire and grant delegated access with fine-grained controls: model restrictions, spending limits, instant revocation. Decryption happens inside the TEE only. Credentials are never visible to anyone outside.
Six providers are currently live: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, OpenRouter, and Groq. The gateway runs on ROFL.
Problem Two: Agent ContextSharing model access is relatively easy. Sharing context is the next challenge.
When an AI agent works on a project for an hour, it accumulates code patterns, architectural decisions, debugging traces, file contents, tool outputs, and the reasoning connecting all of it. Today, that context lives in plaintext. It gets sent to whichever model you're using. It's lost when you switch providers. It's gone or hard to reference when you start a new session.
It degrades within a single session too. After 30 or 40 turns, the agent starts repeating itself, re-reading files it already checked, forgetting constraints from the beginning. Summarization helps, but it's lossy. Once a detail gets compressed away, the agent often can't recover it.
This is an infrastructure problem. And it gets worse as agents get more capable, because the context they accumulate gets more valuable over time.
What Ekai Is Building: ContextoContexto is a context layer for AI agents.
It keeps the main thread clean by storing and indexing older work, retrieving the right context automatically when the agent needs it. It runs subtasks in isolation, spawning scoped workers that handle messy jobs (log review, document comparison, branch investigation) and return structured results. And it recovers anything on demand. Nothing gets thrown away.
A concrete example: your agent is investigating a production bug. Without Contexto, it greps files, reads logs, makes API calls, and by turn 20 it's forgotten the original error. With Contexto, a scoped worker handles the investigation, reads 12 files, and sends back one line: "Auth service returning 401 due to expired cert on node-3." The main thread stays small. The full trace is there if you need it.
Contexto is built as an OpenClaw plugin, so no migration is necessary.
Why This Needs OasisA credential lets you access a model. Context is what the model produced while working for you. As sessions get longer, the context layer becomes a complete record of your project. Today, all of that lives in plaintext inside whatever provider you're calling.
Oasis solves this the same way it solved credential sharing. ROFL runs the context layer inside a TEE. Context is stored, indexed, and retrieved without ever being visible in plaintext outside the enclave. Sapphire enforces policy onchain: scoped context per agent, restrictions on sharing, provider controls, spending limits, and instant revocation.
Contexto manages the context. Oasis keeps it private.
What's NextThe Control Plane is live on mainnet. The context layer is also live as an OpenClaw plugin, with the next step being to bring the context store into the ROFL enclave so persistent context is private by default.
Beyond that, the target is agent-to-agent context routing, where your agent collaborates with someone else's, sharing the right context with the right boundaries, without either side exposing more than they need to. Learn more and try Contexto here.
An update on the direction of Oasis and the Oasis Protocol Foundation.
Crypto has over-indexed on infrastructure and under-delivered on the consumer-facing value that makes any of it matter. There are exceptions, of course, but as a general rule this is true. This has been clear for a long time, and it's the reality we've refocused our strategy around.
Oasis started at Berkeley in 2018, built around the idea that blockchains couldn't scale into something serious without confidentiality. That's the problem I'd been working on, and it became the foundation of what Oasis is today. The throughline from then to now has always been privacy. The recent surge of privacy-focused protocols and renewed focus on the topic validate this thesis we've held all along.
What we've accomplishedIn that time, we built the most complete privacy infrastructure in the industry. Sapphire remains the only confidential EVM network. Runtime Offchain Logic extends that confidentiality and verifiability to off-chain compute. We've had five years of mainnet uptime, a validator set that's never missed a beat, and a clean security track record.
The stack is mature. It works, and it supports real value today. But what's been missing is that breakout application that makes the value of this infrastructure more tangible. This is why we're adopting a new strategy focused directly on the application layer. That is where the value is, and where the future will be decided.
Where we're going nextThis is a big change, but one I'm excited about. It means realigning internally, resetting our strategy, and committing to fewer things done exceptionally well. The first result is live, and it's called Privana Finance: DeFi built for humans. Private trading, smart yield, and automation with full self-custody. Everything we've built, combined into a product that couldn't exist without our tech underneath it.
We'll keep supporting third-party developers building on Oasis. But shipping products ourselves is how we double down on the original thesis. We own more of the stack, and value flows back into the network. More applications are already in motion, with announcements coming soon. Oasis has been here through every cycle. This is how we lead the next one.
TLDR:Ondo expands tokenized securities market accessRegulation and partnerships strengthen Ondo strategyGet 3 Free Stock Ebooks Ondo launched 100+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs, boosting on-chain market access globally Firm secured SEC-registered licenses via Oasis Pro, enabling regulated tokenized securities in the U.S. EU approval allows Ondo to reach 500M+ investors with regulated tokenized equities and ETFs Partnerships with Fidelity, PayPal, and Mastercard expand institutional adoption of tokenized assets Ondo Finance tokenization moved deeper into traditional finance as the company expanded tokenized stocks, secured regulatory approvals, and strengthened partnerships with major Wall Street institutions.
Ondo Finance has outlined a strong year of expansion across tokenized securities and treasury products. The company’s latest update showed rising institutional interest in blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
In a recent X post, Ondo shared comments from executives at Fidelity, S&P Global, and DTCC. These leaders described tokenization as an opportunity that could eventually cover trillions in global assets.
How big is the tokenization opportunity?
Leaders from S&P Global, Fidelity, DTCC, and more all arrived at the same answer:
“The sky is the limit.”
“It's the size of the entire market.”
“The opportunity truly is in the trillions.”
“Over two-thirds of the world's assets will… pic.twitter.com/C2NJ9HT5aD
— Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) May 1, 2026
Their comments reflect a wider shift in traditional finance. Large institutions are now exploring blockchain rails as a more efficient way to manage, transfer, and settle assets.
Ondo expands tokenized securities market access A major growth driver came from Ondo Global Markets, which launched on Ethereum during 2025. The platform introduced more than 100 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs for blockchain users.
These digital assets are fully backed 1:1 by underlying securities. They are also transferable across DeFi ecosystems while maintaining access to liquidity from Nasdaq and NYSE markets.
Ondo stated that its tokenized stock platform became the largest in the sector by market share. The company also reported $2 billion in total trading volume and $370 million in total value locked.
To improve accessibility, Ondo launched Ondo Bridge to connect tokenized securities between Ethereum and BNB Chain. This widened exposure for millions of additional blockchain users.
The company also confirmed plans to expand access to Solana in early 2026. This move could further increase distribution across major blockchain networks.
Regulation and partnerships strengthen Ondo strategy Ondo strengthened its regulatory infrastructure through the acquisition of Oasis Pro. This deal gave the company access to SEC-registered broker-dealer, transfer agent, and ATS licenses.
These approvals support Ondo’s push to develop compliant tokenized securities markets in the United States. The firm also secured authorization to distribute tokenized stocks and ETFs across the European Union and EEA.
Institutional partnerships remained another key growth pillar. Fidelity integrated Ondo’s OUSG product into its tokenized fund strategy, while J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys collaborated with Ondo and Chainlink on cross-chain settlement.
PayPal expanded its partnership through a $25 million facility linking PYUSD with OUSG. Mastercard also added Ondo to its Multi-Token Network, extending blockchain payment infrastructure into tokenized finance.
As institutional adoption of real-world assets continues rising, Ondo Finance tokenization is steadily becoming a larger force in digital capital markets.
Plurality is building portable AI context infrastructure, with privacy guarantees.
May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026
Most people's AI context is a mess. Highlights in one tool. Notes in another. Conversations spread across three different chat interfaces that don't talk to each other. Every time you switch models or start a new session, you start over or spend time digging around.
Plurality built AI Context Flow to fix exactly this, the AI portability problem. All context captured in one place and carried into any tool, any agent, any website. Your accumulated knowledge travels with you instead of staying locked in whatever platform generated it.
That was phase one of what Plurality has been building. Phase two is where it gets really interesting.
The Infrastructure ProblemPortable context is useful. But portable context that flows through someone else's servers is a different kind of problem.
Model context Protocol (MCP) is how agents access tools, data, memory, and APIs. It's powerful infrastructure, and more AI products are being built on top of it every month. But the operator running that MCP server sees everything flowing through it. Most people thinking about AI privacy focus on the model. The infrastructure layer underneath it gets less attention, and it's just as exposed.
Plurality ran into this directly while building AI Context Flow. Context carries intent, history, and sensitive data. Routing it through untrusted infrastructure and hoping for the best wasn't really a viable option.
Why This Needs OasisOasis solves the infrastructure exposure problem through Runtime Offchain Logic, which runs compute inside TEEs.
When the MCP server runs inside a TEE, the operator cannot read context in memory. The host OS cannot tamper with execution. Remote attestation proves exactly what code is running. Plurality runs its MCP server on ROFL, which means the infrastructure layer is now verifiable, not just trusted by policy.
Context is stored and processed without being visible in plaintext outside the enclave. The model still sees what it needs to do its job. The infrastructure operator does not.
What's NextPlurality is building a context marketplace on top of this foundation.
Domain experts spend years building knowledge: curating sources, connecting information, forming conclusions. Right now that knowledge sits in folders or gets scattered across tools. The marketplace lets people package it into context packs and list them for others to inject into any AI tool.
The privacy constraint matters here more than anywhere else. A marketplace brokering knowledge between parties creates an obvious exposure problem: the broker sees everything. Building on Oasis means context can be shared and monetized without being visible to the parties facilitating the transaction.
More details coming soon. Learn about AI context flow here.
Oasis is proud to be the official sponsor of the Slovenian Cycling Federation.
May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026
TLDR: Oasis is joining the Cycling Federation of Slovenia as official sponsor, backing the nation's cyclists as they compete for the biggest titles in the sport. The partnership spans all national teams, the National Road Cycling Championships, and the European Road Cycling Championships, putting Oasis in front of tens of millions of viewers world-wide.
The sponsorshipOasis is now the official sponsor of the Cycling Federation of Slovenia, supporting all national teams, the National Road Cycling Championships, and the European Road Cycling Championships taking place later this year. Combined, the events in this partnership will reach millions viewers globally, with coverage broadcast around the world.
Slovenian cycling has earned a global reputation for overperforming its size. Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, Urška Žigart: world-class riders from a country of two million people, competing at the highest level of the sport. That kind of output is not an accident. It comes from discipline and a relentless focus on performance. It also comes from trust.
The Slovenian team's success is based on trust in the gear, the team, and ultimately trust in themselves. At the top level of sports there is no room for compromise. That's why we partner with the best. Oasis builds technology to the same standard: private, verifiable, trusted by design.
"We build technology that doesn't compromise on privacy or performance. The Slovenian cycling team doesn't compromise either. That's why this partnership is a natural fit" Jernej Kos, Co-Founder, Oasis
The campaignThis sponsorship is also a reflection of a new approach to growth. We're moving past old playbooks, meeting people where they are, and letting what we build speak for itself.
Oasis products will be a focal point across the campaign, starting with Privana, our recently announced private trading platform. The first activation for the campaign lands in June around the National Road Cycling Championships, building through the summer and culminating at the European Championships in October.
Along the way, expect exclusive content, events, rider access, challenges, cash prizes, giveaways, and bonus multipliers. Sign up to be first in line when it goes live here.
As the race to tokenize real-world assets (RWAs) accelerates, ONDO is quietly positioning itself as one of the most influential players in the growing sector. While the market shifts toward real-world asset tokenization, ONDO has continued to expand its footprint in tokenized finance by building products that bridge traditional financial markets with blockchain infrastructure.
Why ONDO Is Emerging As A Leader In The Real-World Asset Sector ONDO Finance is quietly emerging as one of the most influential players in the rapidly expanding tokenized finance sector. A KOL manager and advisor, known as BitBull on X, has revealed that tokenized US Treasury products have now grown into a $13.7 billion market capitalization, with Ondo already ranking among the largest issuers in the space.
At the same time, tokenized stocks are gaining momentum, surpassing $1.5 billion in total value locked (TVL) as assets such as NCDAon, IBITon, MUon, and IVVon attract growing investor demand through Ondo Global markets.
Source: Chart from BitBull on X Meanwhile, the broader shift happening behind the scenes is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Users can now access the US stocks, ETFs, and treasury products directly on-chain, without relying on traditional brokerage infrastructure.
While Ethereum continues to dominate the tokenized asset landscape, Ondo has rapidly positioned itself as one of the major platforms accelerating real-world asset adoption across crypto markets. BitBull noted that this signals a transition beyond stablecoins, with capital markets slowly migrating onto on-chain, and Ondo aiming to sit at the center of that transformation.
Tokenized Stocks Could Become Ondo’s Biggest Opportunity ONDO is increasingly being viewed as one of the most undervalued opportunities in the tokenized finance sector. According to Not Telling on X, the project originally positioned the ONDO token strictly as a governance asset to avoid potential regulatory issues tied to securities laws, particularly around sharing protocol-generated revenue with token holders.
However, with the introduction of a clearer regulatory framework, such as the CLARITY Act, the landscape may be shifting. The new guidance suggests that distributing protocol revenue to token holders may no longer automatically be classified as a security asset.
At the same time, the evolving stance of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) toward tokenized assets is reinforcing Ondo’s position as the best. The platform is already a dominant player in tokenized stocks, reportedly controlling a significant 60% shares of the market.
If Ondo moves forward with the revenue-sharing protocol with token holders, the combination of real yield and strong positioning in tokenized real-world assets could significantly reprice the token. In that scenario, ONDO’s trajectory toward becoming a top-tier crypto asset, potentially breaking into the top 10 or even top 5, would come into focus.
ONDO trading at $0.37 on the 1D chart | Source: ONDOUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Medium, chart from Tradingview.com
Decart just dropped Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing. The product is now available via API, meaning developers can plug directly into it and start building simulation applications without training their own models from scratch.
The money behind the model Oasis 3 arrives on the heels of a $300M funding round completed in May 2026, which valued Decart at approximately $4B. That’s a significant number for a company founded just three years ago in 2023.
Radical Ventures led the round, with Nvidia, Adobe Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Sequoia, and Benchmark all participating.
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Total funding raised by Decart now exceeds $450M.
The funding round also introduced the Decart Optimization Stack (DOS) 2.0, which enhances high-performance inference capabilities.
Why photorealistic driving simulation matters Oasis 3 is Decart’s answer to the fidelity gap in simulation. By generating photorealistic, interactive environments in real time, it allows AV developers to test edge cases, rare scenarios, and dangerous situations without putting anyone at risk.
The API model is a deliberate strategic choice. Rather than building end-to-end AV simulation platforms itself, Decart is positioning Oasis 3 as infrastructure that other companies build on top of.
Decart’s earlier Oasis versions, first made public on October 31, 2024, demonstrated interactive open-world capabilities. Oasis 3 narrows the focus specifically to driving environments, trading breadth for domain-specific accuracy.
The company operates across both Israeli and US markets. Decart also offers the Lucy model for immersive experiences, with the Oasis line serving as the company’s dedicated simulation product.
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PANews reported on February 22 that the IoTeX team announced it has contained the recent security incident and has strengthened the IoTeX blockchain. Preliminary data indicates the attack caused approximately $2 million in damages, including USDC, USDT, IOTX, and WBTC.
Investigations reveal that this incident was a sophisticated, long-planned attack by professional hackers targeting multiple blockchains. The team is collaborating with exchanges and law enforcement to freeze the stolen funds and conduct investigations and fund recovery efforts. On-chain operations and deposit functionality are expected to be restored within 24-48 hours, and the team will continue to provide transparent updates.
According to previous reports, IoTex hackers have begun converting stolen funds into ETH and then swapping them for BTC via Thorchain .
Jefferies: Samsung is likely to follow SK Hynix’s example to list in the US via ADRs.
Jeff Kim, Head of Research at Jefferies, said Samsung is likely to follow SK Hynix in listing on the U.S. market via American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), which will boost the share price of the South Korean chipmaker whose valuation lags behind Micron. "Chip stocks are at a turning point. ADRs will serve as an important catalyst to drive their valuations," he added.
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UBS and TD Cowen sharply raise Arm’s target price, betting on a revaluation of Arm’s AI data center CPU value.
Arm’s stock price pulled back this week alongside the high-valuation AI sector, though some Wall Street analysts say the correction does not alter the company’s long-term standing in AI data centers. UBS sharply raised Arm’s price target from $260 to $470, retaining its Buy rating; TD Cowen lifted its target from $265 to $475, also keeping a Buy recommendation. Both firms share the view that as agentic AI evolves, CPUs could gain greater importance in data center architectures, rather than GPUs continuing to monopolize the investment narrative. TD Cowen believes that over the long term, CPUs could hold a more strategic position in certain AI workloads. UBS, meanwhile, emphasizes that the real debate in the market centers on the revenue potential of Arm’s self-developed or independent CPU business. The bank projects Arm’s CPU-related revenue could reach around $14 billion by 2030, though the company itself has stated this business will not have a material impact on its finances until fiscal 2028. Arm’s strengths lie in low latency and energy efficiency—metrics that major cloud providers are increasingly prioritizing as they expand AI infrastructure. Even with its stock pulling back from recent highs in the short term, analysts still view Arm as one of the key beneficiaries of the server CPU upgrade cycle.
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Sources: Iraqi officials once considered withdrawing from OPEC, but current plans are to remain a member and pursue a higher quota.
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Kepler Cheuvreux raises ASML’s European share price target from €1,460 to €1,830.
Kepler Cheuvreux has raised the target price for ASML’s European shares from €1,460 to €1,830.
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Stifel: U.S. economy in "overheated expansion" as AI investment cycle outweighs consumer pressure
U.S. large diversified financial services holding company Stifel has raised its year-end S&P 500 target and rolled out a stock allocation framework for a "high-growth, high-inflation" environment. The firm lifted its year-end S&P 500 target to 7,800 points, noting the U.S. economy is entering a "running hot" state—where economic growth is strengthening alongside mounting inflationary pressure. Stifel’s models show U.S. growth momentum is picking up while inflation momentum is clearly overheating, a trend that will reshape the market’s leading sector structure in the second half of the year. Instead of traditional consumer sectors, Stifel’s top picks are investment-led cyclical industries, including banks, transportation, materials, energy, semiconductors, software and equipment. The firm adds that fixed-asset investment in AI remains on the rise: large tech firms including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google are projected to combine for roughly $725 billion in total capital expenditures in 2026, some $100 billion higher than prior estimates. This means the AI investment chain is likely to continue outperforming the consumption chain squeezed by inflation. Stifel advises investors to reduce exposure to discretionary consumer, consumer staples, communication services and some financial services sectors, as these areas see weaker earnings revisions. Conversely, the firm favors cyclical value stocks and hedges with defensive value sectors such as insurance, autos, energy and banks.
