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Jun 2, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

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Movement is pivoting from being another layer-2 blockchain to becoming a stablecoin-powered payments and remittance network, targeting emerging markets with cross-border transfers, dollar savings products and yield infrastructure.The shift reflects a broader trend in crypto, where an increasingly crowded layer-2 landscape is pushing projects to pursue real-world payment use cases, similar to moves by firms like Polygon, as blockchain scaling becomes less differentiated.Movement, a project originally designed to link blockchains built using the Move programming language with Ethereum, is pivoting toward cross-border payments, remittances and dollar savings products, reflecting a broader shift across the increasingly crowded layer-2 landscape.

The company behind the blockchain said Tuesday that it had secured access to licensed payment systems in the U.S., Canada and European Union, and would focus on building stablecoin-based settlement infrastructure for emerging markets.

The direction change comes as a number of layer-2 projects reassess their original scaling-focused roadmaps amid growing competition and declining differentiation among networks. With dozens of Ethereum scaling chains now competing for users, liquidity and developer attention, some projects are turning toward payments and real-world financial applications as a path to growth.

Polygon, one of the earliest Ethereum scaling projects, has increasingly emphasized payments and stablecoin infrastructure in recent years, pursuing projects with fintechs and payment providers as transaction fees and rollup technology become commoditized.

While layer-2 networks were initially pitched as a solution to Ethereum's scaling challenges, the sector's rapid expansion has left many projects searching for more specialized use cases. For Movement, that increasingly means competing not with other blockchain networks, but with traditional payment systems and remittance providers.

The team behind Movement said it plans to leverage licensed payment partners alongside blockchain settlement infrastructure to target the roughly $685 billion remittance market serving low and middle-income countries.

As part of the transition, the Movement Network Foundation said it repurchased some 19% of tokens previously allocated to investors, equivalent to 4.1% of total token supply. MOVE was recently trading around 14.35 cents.

"Billions globally are financially disenfranchised and unserved," CEO Torab Torabi said in a press release shared with CoinDesk. "Our mission is to marry licensed payment rails with onchain settlement to modernize financial services globally, particularly in emerging markets."

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DECRYPT: Movement Shifts From Ethereum Layer-2 Network to Stablecoin Tech for Emerging Markets

Key Highlights Movement deploys licensed infrastructure to enable global stablecoin transactions New payment channels in US, EU, and Canada focus on remittance corridors Network foundation repurchases significant token allocation from early investors Platform bridges traditional banking systems with blockchain settlement technology Infrastructure aims to serve financially underserved populations in developing nations Movement has obtained regulatory approval for licensed payment infrastructure spanning the United States, European Union, and Canada. This strategic expansion reinforces the network’s commitment to stablecoin-based settlement systems, international money transfers, and dollar-denominated savings solutions. The initiative specifically addresses markets where conventional financial systems impose significant friction and expense.

Addressing the Global Remittance Challenge The network intends to bridge licensed financial infrastructure with blockchain-based settlement mechanisms to accelerate international money transfers. Movement now prioritizes remittance services, corporate treasury solutions, and banking products designed for populations with limited access to financial services. This represents a deliberate pivot from broad blockchain growth initiatives toward functional payment infrastructure.

The platform argues that existing financial networks continue to impose burdensome costs and delays on users worldwide. World Bank data indicates that remittance flows to developing and middle-income nations totaled $685 billion throughout 2024. Despite this massive volume, senders faced average transaction fees of 6.36% for cross-border transfers.

Movement seeks to eliminate these inefficiencies by leveraging stablecoin settlement technology combined with regulated partner channels. The infrastructure enables financial technology companies and digital banks to offer payment services, dollar-based savings accounts, and interest-bearing products. Importantly, this approach minimizes dependence on traditional correspondent banking relationships and prefunded nostro accounts.

Foundation Executes Strategic Token Buyback The Movement Network Foundation recently acquired approximately 19% of tokens that had been distributed to initial backers. This repurchase represented roughly 4.2% of the entire token circulation. The foundation characterized this action as aligned with its commitment to token holders and payments infrastructure development.

The company has not publicly identified the specific regulated entities providing access to its payment channels. However, it confirmed that the infrastructure encompasses significant markets throughout North America and the European region. This access creates pathways between conventional banking infrastructure and decentralized settlement networks.

Movement has reinforced this approach through multiple ecosystem collaborations. KAST has onboarded more than 18,000 verified participants spanning over 160 nations using Movement-enabled products. Additionally, Circle deployed USDCx on the platform as a stablecoin with one-to-one backing by native USDC reserves.

Stablecoins Emerge as Critical Financial Infrastructure Digital dollar tokens have become foundational to numerous blockchain expansion initiatives. Movement aligns with ecosystems including Solana, Polygon, and Aptos in emphasizing payments and financial services infrastructure. This shift positions blockchain platforms in direct competition with established settlement and money transfer networks.

The platform has cultivated partnerships across savings products, yield generation, digital wallets, and tokenized tangible assets. Sorted Wallet, Yuzu Money, Oro, Avant Protocol, and Zoth contribute various components to this technology foundation. These solutions encompass mobile-accessible wallets, dollar-based returns, precious metal storage, and institutional-quality real-world asset yields.

Movement’s strategic reorientation follows the passage of the GENIUS Act, which established regulatory clarity for payment stablecoins in the United States. The legislation intensified attention on compliant stablecoin offerings and reserve-backed financial instruments. Movement now frames its payment infrastructure as connecting regulated traditional finance with blockchain-based settlement technology.

Oliver Dale

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Movement has launched a Global Hubs Program!

Our Global Hubs are a big step toward a decentralized, globally connected ecosystem. We're calling all passionate community leaders and builder teams worldwide. Come start a Hub and cultivate a vibrant Movement tribe in your region.

What is this Program AboutThis program is about fostering strong local communities of builders, talents, investors, and users. We're looking to cultivate a thriving developer ecosystem on Movement and drive widespread adoption. Essentially, we're building a global network of 12+ Movement Hubs, nurturing leaders and giving them opportunities to grow with us.

The first wave begins in these dynamic cities, with these leaders:

Hanoi: @MovementHubHN led by @Kite_Labs, @hason61vn

HCMC: @MovementHubHCMC led by @arkaiworld

Jakarta: @MovementHubJKT led by @0xRyzzu, @Cikyyy2

Taipei: @MovementHubTPE led by @idotsol, @pennylu_0018

Istanbul: @istmovement led by @furkastronomy, @hayimsadioglu

Frankfurt: @movementhub_de led by @gorilla_zadam

Each Movement Hub will have a branded physical location. Imagine local meetups, virtual events, and a central point for all things Movement in your city.

The day-to-day activities of a Movement Hub will involve building a following, sharing the latest Movement news, advocating for Move and Movement, tailoring our message to the local context, and onboarding developers, users, and investors into the ecosystem. Beyond these core activities, Hubs will also play a crucial role in promoting the Movement network regionally by partnering with universities, institutions, and more.

After wave one, Movement Hubs will expand to more cities.

Get InvolvedMovement is a true Movement. People come first. We're encouraging collaboration between community members and personal growth. If you're eager to get involved with a wave-one Hub, ping its leader.

If you have hustle and long-term vision, perhaps you can grow the next Movement Hub. We're seeking community organizers experienced in managing crypto communities, developer teams with strong technical expertise, and even VCs/incubators connected to local startup and investment ecosystems.

Our Hubs will begin listing events on their respective social media pages. Keep your eyes peeled for a lot more activity in the Movement ecosystem.

And trust us, there’s much more exciting news coming your way. Stay tuned. Get ready to witness an explosion of innovation and collaboration as we build the future of Movement, together.

The crypto market will welcome tokens worth more than $634.89 million in the second week of June 2026. Major projects, including HOME (HOME), HumidiFi (WET), and Magic Eden (ME), will release significant new token supplies. 

These unlocks could introduce market volatility and influence short-term price movements. So, here’s a breakdown of what to watch.

1. HOME (HOME) Unlock Date: June 10 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 750 million HOME Released Supply: 3.78 billion HOME Total supply: 10 billion HOME HOME is the native token of DeFi.app, a self-custody “everything app” for swaps, perps, and yield across chains. The platform uses HOME for gas abstraction, governance, and fee buybacks.

On June 10, the network will unlock 750 million HOME, worth about $23.56 million at current prices. The release equals 19.79% of the released supply.

HOME Crypto Token Unlock in June. Source: TokenomistCore Contributors will receive 500 million HOME from the unlock. Early Backers will claim the remaining 250 million HOME.

2. HumidiFi (WET) Unlock Date: June 9 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 256.67 million WET Released Supply: 230 million WET Total supply: 1 billion WET HumidiFi is a Solana-based decentralized exchange. WET is the network’s native token. The protocol integrates with Jupiter, DFlow, Titan, and OKX Router, serving as a key liquidity layer for the network.

HumidiFi will release about 256.67 million WET, worth roughly $14.66 million, on June 9. The unlock accounts for around 111.59% of the released supply. 

WET Crypto Token Unlock in June. Source: TokenomistThe supply spans several stakeholders. HumidiFi will give 106.67 million altcoins to the Foundation. Labs will get 83.33 million tokens. Lastly, the team will allocate 66.67 million tokens towards the ecosystem.

3. Magic Eden (ME) Unlock Date: June 10 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 172.03 million ME Released Supply: 506.9 million ME Total supply: 1 billion ME Magic Eden is a multi-chain marketplace, and ME is its native utility and governance token. It started as the dominant NFT marketplace and has since expanded.

On June 10, Magic Eden will release 172.03 million ME, worth roughly $10.36 million. The release equals about 33.99% of the released supply.

ME Crypto Token Unlock in June. Source: TokenomistThe bulk of the unlock flows to contributors. They will receive 162.19 million ME. Strategic Participants will gain 2.88 million ME. The team will also allocate the remaining 6.96 million tokens to Community & Ecosystem.

Besides these three, other prominent token unlocks that investors can look out for in the second week of June include Aptos (APT), Babylon (BABY), and Movement (MOVE).

Stablecoin products often look simple from the outside. A user sees a dollar balance, a send button, a checkout flow, a payout, or a treasury transfer. Under the surface, the operator is coordinating a stack of product, compliance, custody, asset, liquidity, orchestration, settlement, reconciliation, and support systems.

The stablecoin app stack includes the user product, wallet or custody layer, stablecoin asset, cash-in and cash-out ramps, liquidity and FX, compliance controls, transaction orchestration, settlement infrastructure, observability, reconciliation, and customer support. Infrastructure choices matter most where value-bearing state, permissions, settlement logic, and operational reviewability sit. This is where Movement provides the execution and settlement infrastructure layer, offering builders Move-based asset logic, programmable financial workflows, and application environments for stablecoin products, and vault infrastructure.

A stablecoin app is not one wallet on one chainMost stablecoin apps are described by what the user sees: hold dollars, send dollars, receive a payout, pay a merchant, move treasury balances, or settle with a counterparty. That surface can feel familiar, especially when the app hides addresses, network choices, and token mechanics behind a fintech-style experience.

The operating reality is different. A stablecoin app is a stack. The user sees a balance. The operator manages identity checks, custody decisions, issuer exposure, local payment methods, FX, liquidity, transaction routing, settlement, ledgering, monitoring, failed-payment handling, and support.

That distinction matters because a blockchain or execution environment is only one part of the product. It can be a critical part, especially when financial state and application logic live there, but it is not the whole payments product.

What is the stablecoin app stack?

Figure 1. The stablecoin app is a stack, not one wallet on one chain.

A stablecoin app stack is the set of product, compliance, liquidity, and blockchain infrastructure layers required to let users or businesses hold, send, receive, spend, or settle value using stablecoins.

At the top is the user product: the wallet, account, merchant checkout, card experience, payroll flow, remittance app, or treasury dashboard. Beneath it sit identity and compliance controls such as KYC, KYB, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, limits, and audit trails. The wallet and custody layer determines how keys, permissions, recovery, custodians, embedded wallets, MPC systems, smart accounts, or self-custody fit the product.

The stablecoin asset layer introduces another set of decisions: which issuer, reserve model, redemption path, supported networks, token standard, and risk model the product relies on. Cash-in and cash-out then connect the app to bank accounts, cards, local payment methods, mobile money, payment processors, or other payout systems. Liquidity and FX determine whether the product can convert value at acceptable spreads, in the right markets, at the right time.

Orchestration connects these layers. It may include transaction routing, batching, gas abstraction, retries, balance management, bridging where applicable, and workflow logic. The settlement and execution layer is where smart contracts, asset logic, and state transitions may live. Finally, reconciliation, observability, risk operations, and support help the operator understand whether the app ledger, on-chain transactions, fiat partners, and user-facing balances all match.

The front end, the money movement, and the operational truth are different systemsA consumer wallet, a fintech dollar account, a B2B settlement tool, and a developer protocol can all use stablecoins, but they do not expose the same stack to the user.

In a consumer wallet, the user may directly hold tokens and choose when to send them. In a fintech app, the user may see an account balance while stablecoins move in the background as a settlement or treasury rail. In a B2B flow, stablecoins may move between institutions, liquidity providers, or regional payout partners. In a protocol, smart contracts may coordinate escrow, fees, payout splits, collateral, or settlement events.

The product design question is not simply “which chain should we use?” It is “which parts of the product should users see, which parts should operators control, and which parts should infrastructure make reliable, auditable, and programmable?”

Where infrastructure choices matterInfrastructure choices matter most where the app handles value-bearing state. Stablecoin applications need explicit rules for assets and balances. Transfers need predictable execution and clear failure handling. Developers need to reason about permissions, escrow, fees, limits, and settlement state. Operators need observability for accounting, compliance review, and incident response.

The execution layer is also where composability can matter. A product may need contracts that coordinate multiple actions: receiving a stablecoin, applying a fee, holding funds in escrow, releasing a payout, updating a settlement record, or exposing events to an internal ledger. If that logic becomes difficult to inspect or reason about, the rest of the app inherits operational risk.

This is the context in which Move-based infrastructure becomes relevant. Move’s resource-oriented model is designed around explicit handling of digital assets and ownership. For stablecoin app builders, that can help frame how assets, permissions, and state transitions are modeled in application logic. This should be understood as a developer and architecture benefit, not a guarantee that any app is automatically safe, compliant, cheaper, or free of operational risk.

Where Movement fits

Figure 2. Where Movement fits: programmable execution and settlement logic, bounded from issuer, wallet, ramp, compliance, liquidity, and support layers.

Movement fits at the execution and settlement infrastructure layer of the stablecoin app stack. It is relevant when builders need Move-based infrastructure for financial application logic: asset handling, permissions, balances, escrow, settlement workflows, and composable smart contract systems with secure vault infrastructure.

That role is important, but it is intentionally limited. Movement is not the issuer of the stablecoin. It is not the bank account, the on-ramp, the off-ramp, the compliance provider, the custodian, the liquidity venue, the payment processor, or the customer-support operation. Those layers still need to be selected, integrated, monitored, and governed by the product team.

Consider a global payout app like Zoth. A contractor signs up, passes the required identity checks, and receives a dollar-denominated payout from a platform. The app may show a simple balance and let the contractor choose whether to hold value, transfer it, or withdraw through a local payout method.

Behind that experience, the operator may need to accept funds from a platform, represent value in an internal ledger, convert or settle using a stablecoin, route the transaction through an execution environment, apply fees or escrow rules, connect to liquidity providers, and coordinate local payout. The operator also has to reconcile the app balance, on-chain movement, banking or ramp activity, support events, and any failed or delayed steps.

Movement’s role in that example would be the execution and settlement logic: the place where Move-based contracts can help model asset movement, permissions, escrow, and settlement workflows. It would not, by itself, solve KYC, local payout availability, FX liquidity, issuer risk, custody policy, or customer support.

Figure 3. User simplicity versus operator reality: stablecoin settlement is one step in a longer payout, liquidity, reconciliation, and support flow.

The hard parts are often at the edgesStrong settlement infrastructure does not remove the edge problems of stablecoin products. Cash-in and cash-out availability still vary by market. FX spreads and liquidity can decide whether a product is affordable to operate. Compliance obligations depend on jurisdictions, counterparties, product design, and the role of each service provider. Custody and key management determine who can move funds, recover accounts, or approve transactions.

Stablecoin asset choice also matters. Issuer, reserve, redemption, supported network, depeg, and governance risks should be evaluated directly. Operators need to understand whether users hold tokens, claims against an intermediary, or balances represented in an internal ledger. Those distinctions affect disclosures, support, risk controls, and legal analysis.

Reconciliation is another common failure point. A user-facing balance, an app ledger entry, an on-chain transaction, a ramp event, a liquidity trade, and a bank movement may all describe different parts of the same payment. If those systems do not reconcile cleanly, users may experience delays, support teams may lack answers, and operators may struggle with accounting or compliance review.

What fintech and crypto teams should evaluateBefore choosing stablecoin infrastructure, teams should map the product from the user action to final operational reconciliation. Who is the user? What balance do they see? Which stablecoin asset is used? Who holds custody? What identity and transaction controls apply? How does money enter and leave the system? Which liquidity partners support the required corridors? What happens when a transaction fails? Which ledger is the source of truth?

Only after those questions are clear should the team evaluate the execution layer. At that point, Movement is relevant if the product needs Move-based application logic for assets, permissions, settlement workflows, and composability. The stronger the financial logic inside the app, the more important it becomes for developers and operators to reason clearly about state transitions.

Strong stablecoin products make the stack legible to builders and operators while keeping unnecessary complexity away from users. Users should not need to understand every issuer, route, ledger, contract, and reconciliation step to receive value. Builders, however, do need that map.

Closing thoughtStablecoin apps are not just wallets, tokens, or chains. They are layered products that combine user experience, compliance, custody, assets, ramps, liquidity, orchestration, settlement, reconciliation, and support. Movement fits into that stack as execution, settlement, and vault infrastructure for builders who need Move-based financial application logic. Strong stablecoin apps hide the rail from the user while making the infrastructure legible to developers, operators, and compliance teams.

FAQWhat is the stablecoin app stack?The stablecoin app stack is the set of layers required to let users or businesses hold, send, receive, spend, or settle value using stablecoins. It includes the user product, identity and compliance controls, wallet or custody layer, stablecoin asset, ramps, liquidity and FX, orchestration, settlement infrastructure, reconciliation, and support.

Where does Movement fit into the stablecoin app stack?Movement fits at the execution and settlement infrastructure layer. It is relevant when builders need Move-based asset logic, programmable financial workflows, smart contracts, vault infrastructure, and settlement environments for stablecoin products.

Is Movement a stablecoin issuer, wallet, ramp, or compliance provider?No. Movement should not be treated as the issuer, bank, wallet, custodian, on-ramp, off-ramp, compliance provider, liquidity venue, payment processor, or customer-support layer. Those functions remain separate parts of the stack.

What layers does a stablecoin app need besides a blockchain?A stablecoin app usually needs a user product, identity and compliance checks, custody or wallet infrastructure, an asset and issuer model, cash-in and cash-out routes, liquidity and FX, orchestration, reconciliation, observability, support, and risk controls.

Why does the settlement layer matter for stablecoin apps?The settlement layer matters because it can hold value-bearing state and execute application logic. It may define how balances, permissions, escrow, fees, transfers, and settlement events are handled. That makes it important for developers, operators, and risk reviewers.

How is a stablecoin wallet different from a stablecoin fintech app?A stablecoin wallet often lets users hold and transfer tokens more directly. A stablecoin fintech app may show a familiar account or payment experience while using stablecoins behind the scenes for settlement, treasury, or payouts. The architecture, custody model, disclosures, and operational responsibilities can be very different.

What is the difference between stablecoin settlement and a completed payment?A stablecoin transfer or on-chain settlement event can be one step in a payment flow. A completed payment may also depend on compliance checks, liquidity, FX, local payout, cash-out, user notification, and reconciliation between internal and external systems.

Why do liquidity and off-ramps matter in stablecoin apps?Liquidity and off-ramps determine whether users or businesses can convert value when and where they need it. A product can have strong on-chain execution but still fail if spreads are too high, local payout is unavailable, or conversion depends on unreliable partners.

How can Move-based infrastructure help stablecoin app builders?Move-based infrastructure can help builders model assets, ownership, permissions, and state transitions explicitly in application logic. For stablecoin apps, that is relevant to balances, escrow, fees, settlement events, and composable financial workflows.

Does Movement make stablecoin apps automatically compliant or risk-free?No. Compliance, risk controls, custody, asset selection, liquidity, disclosures, support, and jurisdiction-specific obligations remain separate product and operational responsibilities. Movement’s role is infrastructure for execution and settlement logic, not a guarantee of compliance or risk removal.

What should fintech teams evaluate before building on stablecoin infrastructure?Teams should evaluate the user experience, custody model, stablecoin asset and issuer risk, cash-in and cash-out routes, liquidity and FX, compliance obligations, ledger design, support model, failure handling, and reconciliation process before choosing the execution layer.

What parts of the stablecoin app stack should users never have to see?Users should usually not have to understand every contract, route, ledger entry, liquidity provider, gas mechanic, compliance workflow, or reconciliation step. Builders and operators need that visibility so the product can feel simple without hiding operational risk from the team.

SPX6900 has become one of the most talked-about meme assets of 2026. Built around a satirical vision of “flipping the stock market,” the token has attracted a loyal community and significant speculative attention throughout the year.

Recent exchange developments have only intensified that interest.

At the same time, another trend is unfolding across crypto markets. Investors are increasingly allocating capital toward artificial intelligence ecosystems rather than relying exclusively on traditional meme narratives.

This shift has helped projects like MemeToro ($MT) emerge as one of the most closely watched AI-focused presales heading into Q3 2026.

Why SPX6900 Is Back in Focus SPX6900 recently received a major boost from exchange expansion.

Listings on both Upbit and Bithumb dramatically increased visibility across Asian markets and helped trigger a significant surge in trading activity. Volume accelerated sharply following the listings as new liquidity entered the ecosystem.

The price reaction was immediate.

SPX recorded a notable rally as traders responded to the increased accessibility and market exposure. Since then, attention has remained elevated as investors speculate about the token’s next major move.

Current trading activity remains relatively stable.

The asset continues trading near the $0.364 to $0.370 range while maintaining support from broader community participation and speculative interest.

What Analysts Are Watching Next Momentum remains the key variable for SPX6900.

Market participants are closely monitoring whether recent exchange-driven demand can evolve into a more sustained trend. Several forecasting models suggest the token could revisit higher levels if favorable market conditions persist. Some traders continue targeting recovery scenarios extending toward the $0.452 to $0.510 range.

Others remain focused on longer-term possibilities that could emerge if additional exchange catalysts arrive and broader market sentiment improves.

However, SPX remains heavily dependent on attention. Like many meme-focused assets, its performance is closely tied to community activity, trading momentum, and investor enthusiasm.

That dynamic creates both opportunity and uncertainty.

Why Capital Is Rotating Toward AI Projects While meme coins continue attracting attention, artificial intelligence has become one of crypto’s strongest narratives.

The Web3 AI and autonomous agent economy currently commands between $26.6 billion and $27 billion in market value. Long-term projections suggest the broader sector could expand toward $52 billion by 2030.

This growth is changing investor behavior.

Many participants are now looking for projects capable of combining strong narratives with practical utility. Instead of relying entirely on sentiment, they want ecosystems that encourage ongoing participation and product usage.

That shift has helped AI-focused projects attract increasing amounts of capital throughout 2026.

What MemeToro Actually Brings to the Market MemeToro approaches the market from a different angle than SPX6900.

The MemeToro ecosystem combines four strong blockchain features fueled entirely by the multi-purpose $MT token. At its core, an autonomous AI agent scans live data streams to launch viral memecoins fairly without developer interference.

Traders can swap or mint these custom tokens through a clean dashboard. For continuous action, the platform features decentralized prediction markets where you can monetize real-world insights, alongside a global blockchain casino that uses $MT for nonstop gameplay.

Backed by a curated trend news portal and high-yield staking, MemeToro is the ultimate community playground.

MemeToro Ecosystem: Launch Viral Tokens and Earn High-Yield Staking Rewards MemeToro ($MT) delivers a complete crypto hub built on the BNB Chain. The platform features an autonomous AI agent that launches fair, developer-free memecoins instantly using live data.

Beyond token creation, you can grow your crypto holdings through high-yield staking rewards, play in an onchain casino, and wager on global events in prediction markets.

Every piece runs on the $MT token, which gives you real utility and several different ways to grow your portfolio in one place. It is the perfect all-in-one hub built to reward the modern crypto community.

As investors evaluate opportunities ahead of Q3 2026, the contrast between attention-driven meme assets and utility-focused AI ecosystems is becoming one of the defining themes shaping capital allocation across the market.

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Changpeng Zhao, better known in the crypto industry as CZ, is joining artificial intelligence startup Vana as an advisor.

YZi Labs, the venture capital firm recently rebranded from Binance Labs, announced the strategic investment and CZ advisor on Feb. 24. 

“We’re thrilled to announce YZi Labs’ strategic investment in Vana and to welcome CZ as an advisor as we advance the Data Layer for AI alongside our expanding DataDAO ecosystem,” Vana posted on X.

The move is part of YZi Labs’ investment in Vana, the first the CZ-led firm is taking in an AI protocol since the rebranding early this year. According to the announcement on Feb. 24, YZi Labs’ backing and CZ’s role as advisor will help Vana expand its reach as a layer 1 blockchain for AI data and interoperability.

YZi Labs and CZ’s bet on AI, blockchain and biotech CZ, the founder and former chief executive of Binance, is making a huge comeback in the crypto industry following his release from U.S. custody.

Before doing his four-month prison time, Zhao had agreed to step down as Binance CEO. This came as he pleaded guilty to money laundering violations in November 2023, with Binace agreeing a $4.3 billion settlement with U.S. authorities.

While he returned to the crypto scene following his release, his plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice meant he could not return as CEO of the crypto exchange. Zhao confirmed this during the Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai in November.

However, he reiterated his plans of focusing on other things in crypto. Apart from the crypto education initiative with Giggle Academy, he said he looked forward to participating more in the investment space. The three major areas he sought to dive into were blockchain, AI and biotech.

Taking the helm of Binance Labs, now YZi Labs, aligns with this ambition. After a recent $16 million investment in token airdrop platform Sign, YZi Labs is eyeing AI growth with Vana.

Vana, an open protocol for data sovereignty, looks to bring the benefits of blockchain technology and staking to data creators amid growth in the AI economy. Businesses, researchers and developers can leverage the L1 for high quality datasets while remaining in control of their data.

Commenting on the development, YZi Labs director of investment Andy Chang noted:

“Data sovereignty is becoming a critical issue as AI advances, and Vana is pioneering a model where individuals retain control over their data while enabling groundbreaking AI research. We’re excited to support their mission to redefine how data is accessed, shared, and leveraged in the AI economy.”

Key NotesThe investment will help Vana develop its DataDAO ecosystem, incentivize data contributors, and accelerate adoption across its existing 16 DataDAOs.This strategic move represents YZi Labs' expansion beyond Web3 into AI and biotech, focusing on data sovereignty issues in artificial intelligence.VANA token surged 20% following the announcement, trading at $7.5 with increased trading volume, despite being down 77% over the past two months. YZi Labs, a top-tier venture capital firm formerly known as Binance Labs, has announced the first strategic investment into artificial Intelligence through the Vana (VANA) blockchain. Changpeng Zhao (CZ), co-founder of Binance Holdings, will join the Vana layer one (L1) chain as an advisor to aid the team in navigating through the global AI and blockchain industry.

Furthermore, Vana blockchain intends to develop and expand its DataDAO ecosystem with the newly acquired funds. Additionally, the newly raised funds will help the network accelerate the adoption of its 16 DataDAOs, incentivize new data contributors, and onboard more DataDAOs, among other developments.

“Data is a competitive advantage when it comes to training next-generation AI. As the space becomes increasingly dynamic, new entrants like DeepSeek are rapidly shaking up the status quo. Competing at this pace requires continuous access to high-quality private data, and that’s exactly where Vana comes in: we connect researchers and developers to the datasets that fuel AI innovation across industries,” Anna Kazlauskas, Creator of Vana, noted.

Binance Expands Beyond Web3 into AI Via Vana The strategic investment into the Vana network will help YZi labs and the entire Binance ecosystem expand into the fast-growing intersection of AI and blockchain technology. In August 2024, Binance announced a strategic investment in Sahara AI and MyShell (SHELL) to enhance the adoption of AI by web3 users.

“YZi Labs has expanded its focus beyond Web3 to include investments in AI and biotech, reflecting our commitment to pushing the boundaries of transformative innovation. Data sovereignty is becoming a critical issue as AI advances, and Vana is pioneering a model where individuals retain control over their data while enabling groundbreaking AI research.,” Andy Chang, Investment Director at YZi Labs, noted.

The strategic investment will strengthen both entities’ business outlooks amid the mainstream adoption of web3 protocols, digital assets, and AI technology. Following the announcement, VANA price rallied over 20 percent to trade about $7.5 on Monday, February 24, during the mid-New York session.

The small-cap altcoin, with a fully diluted valuation of about $933 million, recorded a 250 percent surge in its 24-hour average traded volume to about $174 million at the time of this writing. The recent rally is, however, far from obliterating the losses made in the past two months of about 77 percent drop.

Vana network is well positioned to grow exponentially with the support from YZi Labs and insights from CZ. According to Vanascan, the network has amassed nearly 1.3 million addresses, which have transacted over 35.4 million times.

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On Feb. 26, Zuvu AI and Vana announced a partnership to enhance decentralized artificial intelligence in Bittensor. The goals are to create a more open, financially sustainable AI ecosystem.

Zuvu AI (formerly SocialTensor) brings its experience scaling four Bittensor (TAO) subnets, while Vana, recently advised by Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, contributes its pioneering user-owned data network.

This collaboration aims to test a new artificial intelligence development model, one that’s open, collaborative, and financially sustainable, by integrating key layers of the decentralized artificial intelligence stack.

Creating real-world value  Art Abal, Managing Director at Vana Foundation, commented the partnership integrates Vana’s data layer, Bittensor’s subnet network, and Zuvu’s economy layer to improve Vana’s DataDAO ecosystem and address key challenges in AI development.

Zuvu powers the AI economy layer, allowing models, agents, and data to be invested in, staked, traded, and monetized, creating new opportunities in a rapidly growing market. This collaboration comes as the AI market is projected to reach trillions by 2032, according to the press release.

DeFi’s growing disruption  The partnership’s integration into Bittensor is strategic, leveraging its incentive-driven network to scale AI development. By combining user-owned data with permissionless compute and economic incentives, the collaboration mirrors Decentralized finance’s disruption of traditional finance. 

The partnership is expected to enhance Bittensor’s subnet diversity, support Vana’s DataDAO expansion, and position Zuvu as a leader in AI financialization, potentially influencing industry practices, according to Abal and Daniel Raissar, COO at Zuvu AI.

The partnership aligns with trends toward open-source artificial intelligence, as seen in Bittensor’s growth to 45 active subnets, and responds to calls for alternatives to centralized artificial intelligence giants.

Zuvu AI Announces a Strategic Partnership With Vana ($VANA) Network to Unlock New Opportunities Via Bittensor ($TAO)

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Today, a handful of tech giants dominate the landscape, holding vast amounts of user data in their control. For years, this centralized control seemed inescapable—users had little choice but to surrender their information or lose access to essential services. Privacy, security, and fairness took a backseat. But now, a shift is underway.

Decentralized AI is emerging as a bold challenge to this status quo, aiming to put power back into the hands of people. Vana and Pundi AI are two projects that challenge this control. Both these projects shift power back to users, but tackle it differently.

Why Decentralized AI Matters: The Bigger Picture To understand Vana and Pundi AI, lets understand why today’s AI systems face serious hurdles:

Data Silos: Tech giants hoard data, limiting access for smaller innovators and slowing progress. Privacy Risks: Users rarely know how their data is exploited, fueling distrust. Biased Models: Without diverse, high-quality data, AI often mirrors societal biases, leading to flawed outcomes. So basically, you grant tech giants access to your personal data, which may be at risk of exploitation and the AI itself may not be as accurate when it comes to the end result—this is a recipe for disaster. Let’s explore how Vana and Pundi are turning things around.

Vana uses Data Liquidity Pools (DLPs)—big, open systems where data from millions gets collected, verified, and used to train AI models. Their core idea is simple: data should be free-flowing, and users should own the AI it powers, not corporations. Binance, with major funding, boosted Vana’s treasury to $1 billion in fully diluted value.

In 2025, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao joined as an advisor, bringing his financial and strategic know-how to push them further. Vana’s aim is to onboard 100 million users by 2027, and with steady investments, they’re gaining traction as a decentralized data player.

But Pundi AI takes a broader approach, building a complete AI economy. They don’t just pool data—they validate it, trade it, deploy it, and use it with precision. They’ve gathered 90,000 datasets from sources like Hugging Face and Kaggle, creating the largest AI data layer in Web3, supported by 3.5 billion AI tokens. 

Unlike Vana, Pundi AI isn’t tied to centralized investors; its wealth is fully unlocked and community-owned. They operate across Base, EVM, and Cosmos chains for seamless cross-chain functionality, and their system includes data tagging, marketplaces, AI deployment tools, and a liquidity council to keep everything running smoothly.

Let’s compare the two projects and understand their key differences:

Feature Comparison: Vana vs. Pundi AI Feature Vana Pundi AI Data Platform ❌ No tagging platform ✅ “Tag-to-Earn” data validation Data Marketplace ✅ Yes ✅ Yes AI Agent Deployment ❌ No ✅ Pundi Fun AI Agent Market-Making Agent ❌ No ✅ AI-driven MM agent Cross-Chain Support ✅ Partial ✅ Full EVM + Cosmos Exchange Presence ❌ Limited ✅ Coinbase, Bitmart, Huobi Token Unlock Status ❌ Likely vested ✅ Fully unlocked FDV (Fully Diluted Valuation) $1B $250M Tag-to-Earn: Pundi AI’s validation process creates better data, critical for accurate AI—something Vana lacks. Cross-Chain Support: Pundi AI’s broader compatibility makes it easier to use across ecosystems. Deployment Tools: Pundi AI empowers users to build AI, while Vana stops at data contribution. The Two Approaches: Data Liquidity vs. Holistic AI Infrastructure

Vana has gained traction due to its model being centered around Data Liquidity Pools. A data liquidity pool is a decentralized system where individuals voluntarily contribute their personal data, which is verified and used to train AI models, enabling users to retain control and earn rewards.

This approach gives individuals ownership of their data, allowing them to contribute to and be rewarded for AI development. While this concept is valuable in liberating data from walled gardens, it primarily functions as a passive mechanism, aggregating, verifying, and storing information for AI model training.

Pundi AI, in contrast, takes a different route to the same problem, designing a fully integrated AI data ecosystem. Pundi provides a complete infrastructure that actively supports AI tagging, dataset trading, model deployment, and liquidity solutions. This multi-layered architecture not only ensures a seamless flow of high-quality AI training data but also positions Pundi AI as an indispensable hub for decentralized AI development.

Why This Matters: Broader Implications Pundi AI’s approach addresses key challenges in AI development, such as the need for high-quality, structured data and the ability to deploy models without centralized intermediaries. In contrast, Vana’s focus on data liquidity is valuable for breaking down silos, but it may not meet the needs of users seeking active engagement in AI creation. This unexpected detail—that Pundi AI caters to a more hands-on audience—could help it advance decentralized AI, especially given its lower FDV, suggesting room for growth.

With a valuation of $250M FDV, full cross-chain compatibility, a fully unlocked token economy, and established exchange listings, Pundi AI represents a significantly undervalued opportunity. As demand for high-quality, decentralized AI data continues to grow, Pundi AI’s full-stack approach positions it as the definitive AI data powerhouse, ready to meet the rising needs of the industry.

Conclusion and Future Considerations Pundi AI’s fully integrated AI data ecosystem means it offers an end-to-end platform for decentralized AI data management, covering collection, validation, trading, and deployment, unlike Vana’s narrower focus on data pooling and governance. 

This approach positions Pundi AI as a potential leader in the space, but its success hinges on overcoming scalability and adoption challenges, which it aims to cover in due time.

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Mind Network, a decentralized network designed to transform how data privacy and security run in the Web3 landscape, has announced a strategic collaboration with Vana, a decentralized platform that aims to put data ownership into users’ control.

Mind Network is a protocol that serves digital sectors that need strong data privacy and security standards, protecting all users’ data, AI, and smart contracts on Web3. It utilizes Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to protect AI and Web3 applications.

On the other hand, Vana is a decentralized AI-powered protocol that aims to provide users with complete control over their personal data.

The partnership between these two firms is to develop a Global AI health DataDAO, a decentralized tech system for health.

Mind Network × @vana

🤝 Mind Network is partnering with @vana to build the World AI Health DataDAO, a decentralized infrastructure built to support the future of Health.

The World AI Health DataDAO serves as a key component of the World AI Health Hub.

🧬 World AI Health Hub’s… pic.twitter.com/bu9j5tWUUs

— Mind Network (@mindnetwork_xyz) June 23, 2025 Vana Integrates Mind Network’s FHE The core of this collaboration involves the integration of Mind Network’s FHE with Vana’s distributed AI data network.  

Mind Network’s FHE infrastructure will play an essential role for the Global AI health DataDAO, providing computing power on protected health data without revealing it. This ensures complete encryption for confidential data. Vana, on the other hand, will offer a foundational tech architecture for collecting and governing the protected data.

While Vana’s DataDAO network enables people to connect their health data safely, Mind Network’s FHE empowers encrypted artificial intelligence training on such a compiled, safeguarded confidential personal data repository. This establishes a data segment inside the Global AI Health system where health data remains protected in their entire lifetime while integrated with a trained AI model.

Putting Health Data Power into Users’ Hands The alliance between the two networks is essential for the Web3 landscape, particularly in the health sector. It resolves the major problem associated with user data control and confidentiality in the era of AI integration and usage.

By merging Mind Network’s FHE infrastructure with Vana’s DataDAO, this integration creates a system where people can individually manage their protected health data while still leveraging the advantages of AI use cases. This promotes user confidence and rewards them for sharing their data within the Global AI Health DataDAO.

The establishment of the Global AI Health DataDAO highlights a change in which digital users and market players embrace a more inclusive, fair, and confidential-focused data economy. Such a decentralized digital economy unleashes advancements and opportunities within health AI by establishing an open, safeguarded system for world health data sharing.

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Vana Playground will help AI developers train their models with 12.7 million community-owned data points.

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Vana Playground launches to make AI development more accessible The platform has 12.7 million community-owned data points available for developers The future of AI development should be open to everyone, Vana Foundation stated AI development has long faced the issue of big players controlling all the data, but this could change. On Wednesday, September 10, Vana Foundation announced the launch of Vana Playground, a platform for AI developers and researchers.

So far, 1 million Vana Playground users have contributed over 12.7 million unique data points. The platform enables AI developers to explore this data and leverage it to build applications and train their own AI models.

“Playground is about opening the door for everyone- users and innovators alike,” said Art Abal, Managing Director of The Vana Foundation. “When everyday people can own and participate in the value of their data, and developers can see and test that data’s depth- we move from talking about a new data economy to actually building it.”

According to the Vana Foundation, the platform hopes to address deficiencies in open datasets. At the same time, the platform wants to challenge the proprietary model, where data is controlled by tech giants.

Data remains the big bottleneck in AI Almost every big tech firm has designed some type of large language AI model. In practice, there is little difference when it comes to their performance. Moreover, the speed of their improvement is slowing down, and it is increasingly costly in terms of computing resources.

This has led experts to believe that the real bottleneck when it comes to AI will be the quality of its training data. This also means that data will likely accrue most of the economic value that AI usage generates.

The Vana App, released on September 22, 2025, is a mobile application focused on data management within a blockchain framework. Available for download on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, this app enables users to aggregate personal data from multiple sources, convert it into tokenized assets, and participate in collective data pools known as DataDAOs. 

Built on the Vana network, an EVM-compatible blockchain, the app addresses data ownership by allowing users to control and potentially monetize their information through encrypted processes and community governance. This article examines the key features of the unique application that allows users to convert their data into capital. 

What Is the Vana App?Vana operates as a network designed for data sovereignty, where individuals can manage their personal data outside traditional platform silos. The app serves as the primary interface for this network, launched to coincide with the Vana mainnet activation. 

The Vana App is here on iOS and Android.

The first blockchain app that lets you reclaim your data, take it anywhere, and turn it into capital.

Your VIBE is unique, irreplaceable, valuable. For the first time, it’s truly yours.

Exclusive to the community. Get invited by a… pic.twitter.com/5HUm9bRO0U

— vana (@vana) September 22, 2025 On iOS, it appears under the name "Vana Data," with version 1.7.0 as the latest update. In contrast, the Android version is listed as "Vana," having recorded over 10,000 downloads by September 30, 2025. Ratings on the App Store stand at 3.7 out of 5, based on initial user feedback, often noting the invite-only access model as a point of discussion.

The app's core function involves importing data from various services, including social media platforms, streaming apps, and health trackers. This data is then processed into what Vana terms VIBEs (digital representations that function as unique, programmable assets on the blockchain). 

Users must obtain an invitation from an existing member or join a waitlist to access the app, which underscores its community-oriented approach. Once inside, the interface features tools for monitoring data usage, tracking rewards, and interacting with DataDAOs, which are decentralized autonomous organizations focused on specific types of data.

Vana's development stems from efforts to create a user-owned AI data layer. The network has onboarded over 12 million data points since its mainnet launch, indicating scale in data aggregation. The app integrates with the $VANA token, the native asset used for transactions, governance, and accessing data within the ecosystem.

Key Features of the Vana AppThe Vana App includes several components for data handling and interaction:

Data Reclamation Feature: A primary feature is data reclamation, which enables users to connect accounts from platforms such as Spotify, Instagram, or Netflix to import information securely. This process utilizes encryption to safeguard data during transmission and storage. The app displays imported data through visual elements, such as progress bars for XP accumulation and card-like representations for VIBEs.

VIBEs as Tokenized Assets: VIBEs represent transformed data points, created as tokenized assets that users can manage with granular permissions. For instance, permissions can be set using SQL queries to specify which data fields are accessible. This allows for controlled sharing without exposing the raw data.

Earnings Tracker and Data Insights: Another feature is the earnings tracker, which monitors XP earned from tasks like connecting data sources or participating in DataDAOs. XP serves as a metric for unlocking rewards, including portions of $VANA tokens or DataDAO-specific incentives. The app also generates insights from user data, such as patterns in listening habits or health metrics, presented in formats like games or visual summaries.

Community Integration via DataDAOs: Community integration occurs through DataDAOs, where users pool VIBEs into shared liquidity pools for uses like AI model training. Examples include CredMont for credit card transaction data, $BOPS for music preferences, and sleep.fun for sleep tracking information. Each DataDAO operates under VRC-20 standards, a token specification compatible with ERC-20 but tailored for data-bound assets.

Interface and Interoperability Support: The app's interface supports wallet connections for blockchain transactions, compatible with Ethereum-based tools. Bridges like Stargate facilitate asset transfers from other chains, enhancing interoperability.

How the Vana App Works: Step-by-Step Workflow1. Onboarding: The Vana App workflow begins with onboarding. After downloading and receiving an invite, users sign up using an email address and connect data sources via dropdown menus in the app. Data import occurs in an encrypted manner, with the app not collecting information itself but facilitating user-controlled aggregation.

2. Data Transformation: Next, data transformation converts imported information into VIBEs. This step involves on-chain tokenization, where VIBEs become programmable assets with defined permissions. Users can then decide to contribute these to DataDAOs, pooling them into Data Liquidity Pools (DLPs) for collective applications.

3. Participation in DataDAOs: Participation in DataDAOs requires VRC-20 tokens, which are minted based on contributions and validated through cryptographic validation. AI developers or other entities access these pools by burning $VANA and VRC-20 tokens, with proceeds distributed back to contributors via the app's dashboard.

4. Activity Tracking and Compute Tasks: The app tracks all activities on-chain, using the Vana blockchain for transparency. Compute tasks, such as AI training on pooled data, occur in Trusted Execution Environments to maintain privacy. Users manage permissions and withdraw data at any point, ensuring control remains with the individual.

5. Dataset Limits and Governance: There are no specified limits on dataset sizes, with governance handled at the DataDAO level through voting mechanisms tied to VRC-20 holdings.

Technical Aspects of the Vana AppVana utilizes VRC-20 tokens, which are tied to data contributions and facilitate trading on platforms like Solana, thereby increasing liquidity. These tokens integrate with DeFi protocols, allowing users to stake or lend data-linked assets.

The secure runtime environment enforces permissions during data processing, using verifiable computations to confirm operations without revealing underlying data. Data flows from user devices to encrypted storage, then to on-chain validation, minimizing exposure.

Validator nodes stake $VANA to secure the network, ensuring data availability and integrity. Incentives include 15% of the token supply distributed every 21 days to top-performing DataDAOs based on staking metrics.

Tokenomics in Vana center on the $VANA token for staking, governance votes, and data access fees. The model has shifted toward liquidity-focused incentives, requiring DataDAOs to adhere to VRC-20 for emission eligibility. Earnings can include specific tokens, such as $REM, for contributions related to sleep data.

Privacy and Security in the Vana AppPrivacy measures include end-to-end encryption for all data handled by the app. Users set permissions to control access, and Vana does not collect any data itself. The privacy policy, accessible at vana.org/privacy, outlines these practices.

Security relies on blockchain validation and Trusted Execution Environments for sensitive computations. This setup ensures that AI models trained on pooled data do not compromise individual privacy.

ConclusionThe Vana App provides tools for data tokenization, secure pooling in DataDAOs, and reward tracking via XP and $VANA mechanisms. It operates on an EVM-compatible blockchain with VRC-20 standards for data assets. Users can manage personal information from various sources, set permissions, and participate in governance. This setup supports data sovereignty through encrypted processes and community-driven collectives. 

For those interested in blockchain-based data management, downloading the app via official stores and securing an invite offer a direct way to engage with these features. The app's emphasis on user control highlights its role in decentralized data ecosystems.

Sources:

Vana Official Website - https://www.vana.org  Vana Documentation - https://docs.vana.orgVana Launches Application: https://www.blocmates.com/news-posts/vana-launches-mobile-app-with-vanaxp-rewards-for-data-ownership App Store Listing - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vana-data/id6751347372PlayStore Listing: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vana.vanavibes&pli=1 

Vana is excited to announce its sponsorship of Season 3 of The People’s AI Podcast, a show that breaks down the wild, weird, and sometimes shocking world of modern AI. As AI systems grow more powerful and become more deeply woven into our lives, understanding where they get their intelligence, and who truly benefits from it, has never been more important.

Season 3 dives directly into those questions, making it the perfect companion to Vana’s mission of building a world where people own their data and participate directly in the AI economy.

If you want a single hub with all listening links, head to the podcast’s official Linktree.

Why Vana Is Supporting the New Season of The People’s AI PodcastSeason 3 of The People’s AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast opens with a simple but powerful idea: You are a factory. Every day, every click, every photo, every post, you quietly generate the most valuable resource on earth: data.

AI companies are hungry for it. Most of the time, they capture it quietly. And in many cases, they use it without permission.

This is where the podcast comes in. Season 3 explores the rise of AI, the ethics behind AI training data, and the real-world consequences of today’s data-hungry systems. It blends gripping stories, surprising tech deep dives, and timely AI news to help listeners understand what’s happening behind the curtain.

Episodes also address how decentralized technologies, like blockchain and user-owned datasets, may offer a better path forward. It’s one of the few shows sitting at the intersection of AI, digital rights, and emerging decentralized systems, making it not just an AI podcast, but a genuinely important resource for anyone thinking about the future of technology.

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Inside Season 3: AI, Data, and the Human Stories Behind ThemSeason 3 doesn’t hold back. The topics dig deep into the reality of where AI training data comes from and what happens when personal information is misused or scraped without consent.

Some of the stories include:

A robot vacuum cleaner that photographed a woman unclothed in her bathroom, then leaked the photos onto Facebook.
(Covered widely in publications like MIT Technology Review.)How most of the internet’s books, articles, and creative work were used to train AI systems, often without the author’s knowledge or approval.
(The Atlantic and The New York Times have both investigated these issues.)These stories aren’t exaggerations, they highlight a genuine problem in the AI ecosystem: our data is being used, taken, and monetized at scale, yet the people who generate it rarely benefit.

The show presents these moments with clarity, humor, and a level of honesty that makes complex issues surprisingly easy to understand. Whether you’re someone who follows the latest AI news religiously or someone who just wants to stay informed without drowning in jargon, Season 3 is built to be accessible.

Connecting With Vana’s VisionVana is building a system where individuals, not platforms, control their own data. You decide how it’s used, who can access it, and how you benefit from it.

That’s why Season 3 of The People’s AI aligns so naturally with what Vana stands for. When the show exposes how AI models scrape data without consent, when it highlights the imbalance between centralized systems and individual rights, when it asks who actually profits from your information, it’s addressing the same issues Vana is working to fix.

With Vana, your data becomes part of your digital identity, something you control, instead of something quietly collected and locked away by centralized systems. To see how Vana is approaching a more decentralized, user-driven AI future, explore the Vana Vision page.

This partnership with The People’s AI Podcast isn’t just a sponsorship, it’s a shared effort to bring these topics into the open and give people more agency over their digital lives.

What Listeners Can Expect This SeasonSeason 3 is packed with topics that touch every part of our digital lives:

How AI models learn and what they learn from youThe ethics of web scraping, data harvesting, and training setsReal-world stories of AI gone wrongHow decentralized technology may reshape the future of AIWhat “life after death” means when your data lives foreverThe emerging role of blockchain systems in securing personal dataThe philosophy of digital identity in an AI-driven futureReclaiming ownership of your digital footprint
Unlike many overly technical AI podcasts or dry blockchain news shows, this one balances storytelling, humor, and insight. Each episode feels like a conversation with someone who knows the stakes but also knows how to make it enjoyable to learn about them.

Where to Listen to The People’s AI PodcastSeason 3 is available everywhere you listen. Use any of the links below to join the conversation:

Listen on Apple PodcastsWatch episodes on YouTubeFollow on BuzzsproutExplore all platforms via LinktreeSubscribing ensures you never miss new episodes, story breakdowns, or major updates in the worlds of decentralized AI, digital identity, and data governance.

Building a Human-CentricFuture for TechnologyVana’s sponsorship of Season 3 marks a shared commitment to something bigger: reshaping the relationship between people, their data, and the AI systems shaping the world.

The show exposes the flaws in how AI companies gather intelligence today.
Vana offers a path toward a more ethical, decentralized future.
Together, they help people understand not just what’s happening, but what’s possible.

If you’re ready to explore the future of AI through a human lens, start listening to Season 3 today, and learn how your data can become a source of empowerment rather than exploitation.

Subscribe now and be part of the movement toward a more transparent, decentralized AI world.

The TRUMP token’s Mar-a-Lago gala announcement on April 25 triggered a whale purchase of 2.2 million tokens, proving that political meme coins still drive speculative spikes even as the token sits 96% below its $73.43 all time high.

While the official trump coin price prediction recalculates around gala hype, the 813,000 wallets that collectively lost $2 billion trading TRUMP show exactly why tools matter more than hype.

Pepeto has raised above $8.8M at $0.000000186 because early wallets see a confirmed Binance listing and 100x potential backed by real exchange tools.

TRUMP Gala Triggers Whale Buying Ahead of April 25 Table of Contents

TRUMP Gala Triggers Whale Buying Ahead of April 25Official Trump Coin Price Prediction and the Entries Built to LastPepeto: Tools That Protect Capital Instead of Extracting ItOfficial Trump (TRUMP): Event Hype Without Sustained ReturnsShiba Inu: Burns Without Price ImpactConclusionClick To Visit Pepeto Website To Enter The PresaleFAQ A crypto whale inactive for five months purchased 2.2 million TRUMP tokens after the gala dinner was announced for the top 297 holders, according to CoinGecko.

The token briefly rallied 50% on similar event marketing in March before giving back most gains, and $427 million in fees has been extracted from TRUMP traders since launch, according to BeInCrypto.

For anyone following the official trump coin price prediction, event pumps create fast moves but the 96% decline shows that without utility, returns do not stick.

Official Trump Coin Price Prediction and the Entries Built to Last Pepeto: Tools That Protect Capital Instead of Extracting It While political meme coins extract fees and ride event hype, Pepeto is building tools that protect every trade and create lasting value ahead of the confirmed Binance listing. Above $8.8M is raised and each presale stage closes faster than projected.

The zero fee swap engine processes token trades across chains at zero cost to the trader, the exact opposite of the fee extraction model that drained $427 million from TRUMP holders. PepetoAI scores positions for risk before capital is exposed, catching contract traps and abnormal activity that most traders only discover after the damage. Both tools are audited by SolidProof and operational right now.

Pepeto’s 186% APY staking yields attract holders who lock tokens before listing day, compressing available supply as demand grows. The cofounder who built Pepe from zero into a cultural force worth billions and is applying that same energy to Pepeto with working tools behind it leads Pepeto, with a developer from Binance engineering the exchange infrastructure.

The official trump coin price prediction audience is noticing because Pepeto offers what political meme coins never did, which is real tools protecting real capital.

Official Trump (TRUMP): Event Hype Without Sustained Returns TRUMP trades near $2.99, down 96% from its $73.43 all time high set in January 2025, according to CoinMarketCap. The token launched days before Trump’s second inauguration and peaked at a $27 billion market cap before collapsing.

The upcoming gala and Trump Billionaire Game launching May 5 on the App Store add utility attempts, but 80% of the supply is held by insider entities with gradual unlocks through 2028.

The official trump coin price prediction from analysts targets $5 to $11 for 2026, which is meaningful from $3 but carries heavy dilution risk as insider tokens unlock.

Shiba Inu: Burns Without Price Impact SHIB hovers near $0.0000059 after falling 93% from its $0.00008616 record, according to CoinMarketCap. Burn spikes keep making headlines, but destroying tokens barely dents 589 trillion supply.

Shibarium activity dropped after the September 2025 exploit, and price trades below every key moving average. For the official trump coin price prediction crowd comparing meme coins, SHIB faces the same problem, hype without tools to hold value.

Conclusion The TRUMP gala triggering whale buying proves that political meme coins still create fast moves, but the 96% decline from peak and $2 billion in collective losses show that without real tools, those moves never stick.

While TRUMP and SHIB ride event hype and burn headlines, neither delivers what presale pricing before a confirmed Binance listing can produce. Wallets keep entering at the Pepeto official website because each round closes faster than expected and the listing date does not wait.

The reader who still regrets missing a past opportunity knows that last cycle turned first movers into millionaires, and Pepeto at presale pricing with a confirmed Binance listing is where the next millionaires of this cycle are forming right now.

Click To Visit Pepeto Website To Enter The Presale

FAQ What is the official trump coin price prediction for 2026?

Analysts target $5 to $11 for TRUMP in 2026, but 80% insider supply and heavy dilution risk cap the return math compared to presale entries with confirmed listings.

Why did TRUMP whales buy before the gala?

Event marketing creates short term pumps, but the 96% decline from peak shows that without real utility, event driven returns do not hold. Pepeto offers tools that create lasting value.

How do presale entries compare to political meme coins?

Presale entries capture the full distance between entry cost and listing price without dilution or fee extraction. Explore the Pepeto official website for stage pricing and tool demos.

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The price drop was instant after the conclusion of the event, making it another 'sell-the-news' move for the token.

After a month of building hype around what was described by the POTUS himself as the “most exclusive” crypto and business conference in the world, in which many big names delivered speeches, the meme coin related to the First Family plunged hard yet again, wiping out over $160 million from its market cap in hours.

Aside from the event hype, there’s another reason why the asset keeps digging new lows.

The Mar-A-Lago Crypto Event The POTUS and his team launched the TRUMP (and later MELANIA) meme coin days before his inauguration in January 2025. The asset quickly skyrocketed to be one of the largest crypto assets, charting an all-time high of over $73 on CoinGecko within hours.

However, it has been predominantly downhill since then, and Trump’s attempts to revive it have seen short-term gains. Earlier this weekend, he hosted the second large event for the biggest meme coin token holders at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. The 297 top buyers who had registered for the contest attended the gathering, while the largest 29 holders went for a “special VIP reception and champagne toast” with the president.

Trump was the keynote speaker, indicating that he felt an “obligation” to support the crypto industry:

“As a president, I have to be able to make sure that all of our industries do well. Crypto is a big industry; it’s actually become somewhat mainstream,” he added.

Many of his family’s crypto ventures, including the meme coins, have faced intense scrutiny from Democrats and certain regulators. A Reuters report claimed that the First Family has profited more than $1 billion from crypto asset sales, including $336 million from meme coin sell-offs made only in the first half of 2025.

It’s worth noting that this event took place hours before the President returned to Washington and was evacuated from another dinner after multiple gunshots were fired.

You may also like: Donald Trump Launches US Quantum Push With Two Executive Orders Is Bitcoin (And Peace) In Trouble as Trump Warns Iran of Fresh Strikes? Trump Says ‘You’re Welcome’ as Oil Is Flowing and Prices Are Dumping TRUMP Plummets As mentioned above, the TRUMP token has been nosediving for over a year, while the two events managed to boost its price briefly as holders rushed to buy to attend the gatherings or just to take advantage of the expected hype. However, once the event concluded, a familiar scenario occurred: the asset tanked almost instantly.

TRUMP peaked at just over $3.1 yesterday before it plunged by 20% to $2.5. Although it has rebounded slightly to $2.65 as of press time, it remains more than 96% away from its all-time high marked just over a year ago. Moreover, there are several reports that the Trump team has continued to dump tokens as the asset recovered some ground in the past few weeks, which is another reason behind today’s crash.

$TRUMP token has crashed -21.5% and wiped out nearly $161 million from its market cap in the past 24 hours.

This came after investors sold before Trump’s Crypto Conference, a classic “sell the rumour” event.

But that’s not the only reason.

Over the last 3 weeks, the Trump team… pic.twitter.com/22UfiGjreL

— Ash Crypto (@AshCrypto) April 25, 2026

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Trump Reportedly Talked About Iran War, BidenOnly the top 297 TRUMP token holders who registered made it to the event at Trump’s Florida resort, while the top 29 qualifying holders got access to a VIP reception with him.

Sander Lutz, White House Correspondent from Decrypt, reported, citing sources, that Trump spoke for 45 minutes on the cryptocurrency industry, the Iran conflict, Joe Biden, among other topics.

Lutz added that Trump didn’t speak much about the Clarity Act, except to say he supports its passage and would sign it immediately.

Alongside Trump, boxing legend Mike Tyson, motivational coach Tony Robbins, and Tether (CRYPTO: USD) CEO Paolo Ardoino were scheduled to speak at the event.

Did Sun Skip The Gathering?Notably, a wallet tied to Sun held no TRUMP tokens, according to Arkham’s on-chain data.

Sun didn’t immediately return Benzinga’s request for comment regarding the event or his TRUMP holdings.

TRUMP Nosedived 15%Interestingly, the TRUMP memecoin dropped nearly 15% right before the event, fueling speculation of huge liquidations.

Price Action: At the time of writing, TRUMP was exchanging hands at $2.59, down 0.44% in the last 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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29.04.2026 - 13:15

Update: 29.04.2026 - 13:15

As is known, US President Donald Trump launched his own altcoin just a few days before officially taking office.

Official Trump (TRUMP), which rose to over $60 after its release, has been the target of criticism ever since.

At this point, a criticism also came from the founder of Moonrock Capital. According to Simon Dedic, the founder of Moonrock Capital, the memecoin named Trump is the biggest obstacle to cryptocurrency regulation.

Simon Dedic, founder of cryptocurrency and blockchain venture capital firm Moonrock Capital, argued that President Donald Trump’s memecoin is the biggest obstacle to creating a clear regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

In a post published from his X account, Dedic claimed that the TRUMP meme coin delayed the passage of the Clarity Act by Congress.

Dedic stated that Democrats are using the Trump memecoin issue to demand the addition of ethical clauses, which could lead to the law being completely halted or repealed.

The well-known figure also claims that the president, who portrays himself as crypto-friendly, is too focused on lining his own pockets, thus ruining the legislation the industry needs most.

He also criticized the crypto sector for failing to address this uncomfortable reality.

Dedic pointed out that instead of distancing themselves, members of the cryptocurrency sector attended dinners organized for Trump coin holders and flattered the president. At this point, Dedic emphasized that nothing would change unless someone spoke up.

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The TRUMP coin price continued witnessing pressure today. It declined after its team’s wallets transferred millions of tokens into and out of custody and exchange addresses.

Offical Trump Team Moves Millions Worth of Tokens The wallet for the “Official Trump Meme: Team Allocation” transferred 4.915 million TRUMP tokens today. According to Arkham Intelligence data, this stash valued at nearly $12.09 million made its way to the Fireblocks custody wallet “3S7zwP.”

Official Trump team transfers TRUMP tokens. Source: Arkham Intelligence Only a few minutes later, wallet 3S7zwP sent 7 million TRUMP, worth approximately $17.22 million, to a BitGo deposit address. It sparked concerns of a Trump coin selloff due to the exchange deposit.

Earlier, around three weeks ago, the team dumped around 7.58 million TRUMP tokens from Fireblocks to BitGo deposit wallets some weeks ago. The on-chain activity from the team wallets led to uncertainty in the market with Trump coin price extending decline.

Earlier, last month, the meme coin continued dropping despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago conference that invited TRUMP holders.

Trump Coin Price Dips Amid Latest Transfer Trump meme coin price chart. Source: TradingView As per market data from TradingView, TRUMP was trading around $2.43-$2.44 in the past few transfers. The token fell about 1.04% in 24 hours following a quick surge past $2.55 in the session before heading back downwards. It defied the overall strong performance in the crypto market today.

The overall trend was also down at higher time frames. According to Coinglass data, the TRUMP coin has lost 14.50% in the last 30 days. Moreover, it nosedived 69.05% over the past six months. In addition, the losses for the yearly timeframe reached almost 49%.

Derivatives activity was indicative of increased volatility after the transfers. Open interest in futures plunged over 10% to around $136.7 million. It suggests that traders are becoming cautious and dumping their Trump coin positions. Meanwhile, 24-hour futures volume edged up to over $196 million.

Liquidation data also indicated that most of the losses taken by the long traders were recent. Total liquidations topped nearly $606,650 in the last 24 hours, with nearly $486,650 in long liquidations. While, Trump coin registered approximately $120,000 in short liquidations.

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Bitcoin’s brief slide under $66,000 dragged the broader market into one of its sharpest selloffs in months, with more than $1.8 billion in positions liquidated. Yet on-chain data shows large wallets or crypto whales are not fleeing in unison.

BeInCrypto tracked four tokens where whale positioning split during the crash, with accumulation in two corners and a clear exit in others.

Maple Finance (SYRUP)As leverage flushed out of the market, some whales used the drop to add a token tied to real yield rather than speculation.

Crypto whales holding Maple Finance (SYRUP) lifted their balance by about 220% in 24 hours. That pushed the cohort to roughly 1.68 million tokens, an addition of nearly 1.15 million SYRUP worth around $180,000. The top 100 addresses or mega whales also grew their stash by 0.97%, close to 11 million tokens or about $1.7 million.

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SYRUP Holder Cohorts: NansenThe buying lines up with Maple’s standing in institutional on-chain credit. Its total value locked, the dollar amount deposited, sits near $3.9 billion. That is up about 21% from roughly $3.22 billion in late April.

Maple Finance TVL Growth: DefiLlamaThat climb came even as the broader real-world asset (RWA) trade cooled. About $1.83 billion sits out as active loans, so most of the capital is deployed and earning rather than idle. The protocol also runs near $75 million in annualized fees. Its yield-bearing products, syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT, pay around 4.7% and 4.1%.

That yield comes from borrowers paying real interest, not token emissions. Holder numbers grew over the past month to more than 4,242. For whales, that profile reads as a growing credit business at a discount. That helps explain the accumulation during a market-wide selloff.

Still not sure about Maple? Well…here’s a quick TLDR for those who still don’t believe my take on it..

Maple now sits at:
• $2.03B TVL
• $1.85B active loans
• $1.51B distributed RWA value
• $17B+ cumulative loan originations
• ~$74M annualized fees

That’s a functioning… https://t.co/XXlV4AmBsE

— Rektonomist (@rektonomist_) June 1, 2026 However, the signal is not clean. Smart money wallets cut holdings 4.63%, and exchange balances rose 2.1%, a hint that not every large holder shares the conviction.

Official Trump (TRUMP)Not every whale leaned in. The risk-off mood hit speculative meme coins hardest.

Whales trimmed their Official Trump (TRUMP) holdings by 1.35% during the session. That removed about 65,800 tokens, near $130,000 at current prices, from the cohort. The modest exit stands out because the top 100 wallets barely moved, leaving regular whales as the main sellers.

This whale distribution fits the token’s weak setup. TRUMP trades near $2, down from a $73 high, with no utility beyond its political brand.

TRUMP Holder Cohorts: NansenDaily unlocks released roughly 900,000 tokens, about $2 million, each day through May, a steady supply drip that pressures price. Plus, upcoming unlocks are due.

The token also carries headline risk, and the latest flare-up in US-Iran tensions gave large holders a fresh reason to cut political exposure during a crash.

Aster (ASTER)The crash also pushed crypto whales out of higher-risk corners of the market.

Whales cut their Aster (ASTER) holdings by 3.42% in 24 hours. That removed about 765,000 tokens, near $520,000, from the cohort. The selling stands out because the top 100 wallets and exchange balances barely moved, leaving whales as the clear sellers.

ASTER Holder Cohorts: NansenThe exit fits the token’s profile as a high-beta bet. Aster runs one of the largest perpetual decentralized exchanges, a venue for leveraged futures. The token launched in September 2025 and rose by more than 2,000% before cooling, and it stays closely tied to Binance.

Notably, ASTER still edged up about 1% on the day, per the chart, so whales sold into strength rather than weakness.

Keeta (KTA)The fourth token shows the most tension. Its price fell hard, yet whales kept buying.

Keeta (KTA) dropped about 8% in 24 hours, one of the session’s weaker performers. Even so, the whale cohort raised its balance 4.56%, adding roughly 6,300 tokens. The sum is small, but whales were the only group adding while every other cohort sat flat.That could be an early dip-based accumulation.

KTA Holder Cohorts: NansenThat lone accumulation ties to Keeta’s RWA ambitions. The Layer-1 network, a blockchain built for global payments, is backed by former Google chief Eric Schmidt and plans to acquire a bank using its KTA reserves.

Eric Schmidt (former CEO of @Google) is the lead angel investor and primary backer for @KeetaNetwork

When you're one of the most successful builders of the modern era (@ericschmidt) it's not about money anymore, but about reputation
If you think Eric Smith just backed Keeta… https://t.co/waN26h5E6U

— Keeta Land (@keeta_land) May 25, 2026 Crypto whales buying into an 8% drop suggests conviction in that infrastructure story rather than a reaction to price.

The risk is that they are early, since the falling price shows broader demand has not yet followed.