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Ethereum gaming platform Immutable announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Marblex, the blockchain gaming arm of South Korean gaming giant Netmarble, with the parties collaborating to migrate the Marblex ecosystem and its top games to Immutable zkEVM.

Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, A3: Still Alive, and Meta World: My City will migrate from layer-1 Klaytn blockchain to Ethereum layer-2 network Immutable zkEVM, which is powered by Polygon’s zkEVM scaling tech.

"This is one of the most significant partnerships we've made to date,” said Immutable co-founder and President Robbie Ferguson, in a release. “South Korea is an exciting hub of developer activity in Web3 gaming, and Marblex and Netmarble are pioneers here."

The alliance will also include an "Ecosystem Boost Program," offering up to $20 million in support for developers to attract new titles to Marblex and Immutable.

"To maximize the reach of these experiences and ensure scalability for both existing and upcoming titles, partnering with a proven leader in Web3 gaming was crucial,” said Marblex CEO Hong Jin Pyo, in a release. “That's why Immutable and their industry-leading zkEVM chain was the right choice."

Back in January, Marblex said that it would work with layer-1 blockchain network Saga to support its future games, with Saga also aiding with user acquisition. But Saga’s network is designed to launch dedicated chains, and can be used to support games and apps launched on other blockchain networks.

It’s not immediately clear whether the Immutable migration will impact those plans with Saga. Decrypt’s GG asked an Immutable representative for clarification, but did not receive an immediate response.

Editor’s note: This article was written with the assistance of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Andrew Hayward.

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MARBLEX, the blockchain division of Netmarble, a popular gaming giant, has invested in the $OPEN token of OpenLedger, a blockchain infrastructure firm. The strategic investment aims to advance AI transparency as well as the decentralized gaming landscape. As OpenLedger mentioned in its official social media announcement, the collaboration is a key step to advance institutional confidence in its long-term vision. Hence, the move indicates the rising trend of aligning blockchain infrastructure with gaming.

MARBLEX Supports OpenLedger’s $OPEN with Investment to Drive Robust Decentralized Gaming MARBLEX’s strategic investment in $OPEN endorses OpenLedger in the form of a foundational layer that bolsters AI systems as well as transparent data. In addition to this, the development intends to elevate the development of decentralized gaming agendas and verifiable AI. Complementing this, OpenLedger provides a next-gen infrastructure to guarantee data verifiability, trust, and auditability to broaden AI adoption across industries.

Apart from that, the participation of MARBLEX in this development highlights that key gaming platforms recognize the significance of transparency in AI technologies, specifically in AI-powered and data-led games. The respective investment also displays a wider trend where Web2 gaming entities are delving into the Web3 native infrastructure for future-proof ecosystems. Additionally, the partnership leverages OpenLedger’s infrastructure to let MARBLEX to bolster fairness and trust in zones like in-game economies, data sharing, and AI-generated content.

Setting Stage for Trust-Led Decentralized Gaming Networks According to OpenLedger, the collaboration endeavors to redefine the decentralized gaming networks where publishers, developers, and players can trust AI-led outcomes. For this purpose, the transparent data layers’ integration may assist in decreasing fraud, enabling relatively open stakeholder collaboration, and enhance governance. Ultimately, MARBLEX investment signifies growing institutional inclusion in infrastructure-centered crypto projects instead of entirely speculative assets.

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PANews reported on January 19th that, according to FinanceWire, AKEDO, an AI-native content creation engine and publishing platform, announced the completion of a $5 million seed round of financing. The round was led by Karatage, with participation from investors in the gaming, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency sectors, including Sfermion, Collab + Currency, MARBLEX, Seed Club, The Open Platform, TON Ventures, Gagra Ventures, Kenetic Capital, and Metalabs Ventures.

AKEDO is dedicated to building an "ambience coding" platform driven by a multi-agent AI system, aiming to significantly improve the efficiency of game and content development through collaborative AI agents. The platform allows users to create game collections, generate AIGC content, and plans to support one-click issuance of collection tokens in the future, unlocking diverse revenue streams for creators and protocols. The company's CEO stated that this round of funding will be used to expand its multi-agent infrastructure.

PANews reported on March 26 that PeakAI, an AI-driven Web3 marketing analytics platform, has completed a $2 million seed funding round. Investors include Cogitent Ventures, Covey Network, CatcherVC, 10K Ventures, MARBLEX Corp., PAKA, and ViaBTC Capital.

The platform reportedly combines blockchain data with decentralized marketing infrastructure to help brands conduct marketing campaigns through micro-influencers and settle transactions in USDC.

PANews reported on March 27 that Verse8, a Web3 social gaming platform, has completed a $5 million seed funding round. Investors include Neowiz, Story Foundation, Nexpace, Nexus, and MARBLEX Corp.

The platform reportedly combines social networks, gamification, and blockchain ownership to allow users to create, interact, and monetize content in a decentralized environment, connecting entertainment and the digital economy through on-chain identities and interactive virtual spaces.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps warned that any vessels using the Strait of Hormuz route without Tehran's approval will be targeted.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a stern warning to international shipping on Wednesday, stating that any new shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz established without coordination with Tehran is unacceptable and dangerous, and threatening to take direct action against vessels that ignore its orders. The IRGC declared that vessels can only safely transit the Strait of Hormuz via routes designated by Iran. The IRGC Navy added that all vessels seeking to transit the strait must coordinate with the Iranian military via International Maritime Distress and Safety Frequency Channel 16, a requirement that effectively places Iranian military approval at the core of all commercial shipping transiting this key chokepoint. (Jinshi)

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A crypto whale holding 120,000 ETH long positions has an unrealized loss of over $77 million, and added $8 million in margin in the early hours.

According to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa’s monitoring, a whale holding 120,000 ETH in long positions added $8 million in margin in the early hours. Currently, the total unrealized loss on its ETH long positions across four linked addresses stands at approximately $77.047 million, with an average entry price of around $2,265. Data shows the liquidation prices for the four addresses are $1,174.6, $1,059.1, $1,064.7, and $1,143.6 respectively. Despite the significant paper losses, there remains a large buffer before liquidation, and over 6 million USDC is still held on-chain to replenish margin, resulting in low short-term liquidation risk.

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A crypto whale holding 120,000 ETH long positions is sitting on an unrealized loss of over $77 million, and added $8 million in margin in the early hours.

According to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa’s monitoring, the whale holding a long position of 120,000 ETH added $8 million in margin again in the early hours. Currently, the ETH long positions across its four associated addresses have accumulated an unrealized loss of approximately $77.047 million, with an average entry price of around $2,265. Data shows the liquidation prices for the four addresses are $1,174.6, $1,059.1, $1,064.7, and $1,143.6 respectively. Despite the massive unrealized loss, there is still a significant buffer before liquidation, and over 6 million USDC are still held on-chain to supplement margin, leading to low short-term liquidation risk.

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Ripple's stablecoin RLUSD approved to enter Japanese market

According to official announcements, Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD has been officially approved by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (JFSA) and launched in Japan. Through a partnership with SBI Group and its subsidiary trading platform VCTRADE, RLUSD will be accessible to institutional and retail users for use in scenarios including payments, asset tokenization, and collateral management.

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WSJ: CoinEx Linked to Iran-Related Cryptocurrency Fund Flows

According to a Wall Street Journal report, since 2019, wallets linked to Iran have transferred over $3.84 billion in assets via cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx. On-chain data shows that CoinEx’s custodial wallet received crypto proceeds from hacks tied to Iran’s central bank, and conducted direct transactions with accounts previously designated by U.S. officials as belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Additionally, in 2024, CoinEx replaced Binance to become the largest overseas counterparty for Iranian exchange Nobitex, with the two parties recording over $763 million in fund flows last year. Between 2022 and 2025, CoinEx’s custodial wallet also processed transactions involving individuals suspected of participating in the sanctioned Iranian oil sales network.

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Market Sentiment: Current sentiment among smart money and retail funds in the market is at a neutral level.

According to the latest data from SentimenTrader, as of June 24, the Smart Money Confidence Index stands at 0.56, while the Dumb Money Confidence Index is at 0.49. Both smart money and retail investor sentiment are currently in the neutral range, with no clear optimistic or pessimistic bias emerging in the market.

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A years-long race to de-anonymize Satoshi Nakamoto appears to have reached an ideological dead end, one that has paradoxically benefited the industry. Against the backdrop of the film "Finding Satoshi," leaders of major crypto companies have voiced a synchronized thesis: Nakamoto's identity has definitively become a historical artifact rather than a market factor.

Phong Le, CEO of MicroStrategy, commenting on the film, emphasized that Bitcoin has earned an approach grounded in humility and recognition of contributions, rather than attempts at exposure. He was supported by Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, who stated that Bitcoin's code and economic model now "stand on their own," regardless of who held the pen in 2008.

Who Satoshi is no longer matters for Bitcoin. That said, I agree this is the most thoughtful piece I've seen on the topic. It stands in contrast to prior self-indulgent exposés, approaching the topic with humility and kindness - qualities Satoshi and Bitcoin have earned. https://t.co/atGPtw6Pe6

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— Phong Le (@phongle) April 22, 2026 Who is Satoshi?An interesting angle is that the Finding Satoshi version suggesting a duo of Hal Finney and Len Sassaman is the most "market-neutral." Unlike past theories involving Peter Todd or Adam Back, this version implies that the "keys to paradise" are physically inaccessible, as both presumed creators are deceased - Finney since 2014 and Sassaman since 2011.

This removes the long-standing "black swan" risk of a sudden release of 1.1 million BTC from Satoshi-linked wallets. Moreover, acknowledgment from their widows of the plausibility of this theory puts a cap on speculation, transforming Satoshi from a mysterious manipulator into a tragic genius.

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The numbers confirm that Bitcoin has outgrown its creator. Today, MicroStrategy holds 815,000 BTC and BlackRock holds 806,000 BTC, effectively becoming a collective "Satoshi" of the present era. Their combined holdings balance the founder's share.

Whether this makes the network more decentralized and resilient to any individual reputational risks remains an open question.

Bitcoin is currently showing a structure that often precedes sharp volatility, with liquidity building above key levels while price consolidates below. This kind of setup typically signals that the market may first move to hunt those liquidity zones before establishing its next clear directional trend.

Bitcoin Builds Liquidity Cluster Around $80K Zone Crypto analyst Cryptorphic noted that Bitcoin is once again building a dense cluster of liquidity around the $80,000 level. This area is becoming increasingly important, as leveraged positions continue to stack above current price action, creating a potential target zone for the market.

At present, Bitcoin is trading below this liquidity pocket and moving within a relatively compressed range, reflecting indecision in the market, where price consolidates before a larger expansion. Historically, similar setups have frequently led to liquidity sweeps as the market seeks out areas of unfilled orders.

Source: Chart from Cryptorphic on X These liquidity zones tend to act like magnets, drawing price toward them as stop-losses and liquidation points accumulate. With so much interest positioned around $80,000, the upside liquidity becomes a natural target if momentum shifts even slightly in favor of buyers. The broader implication is that Bitcoin may first attempt to sweep this $80,000 zone or reach that liquidity level and react from it before any sustained directional move becomes clear. 

Markets Move In Two Clear Phases According to the analyst Mags, the market moves through two distinct phases. The first being the Bull Phase, Mags highlights that while the primary trend is upward, it is never a straight line to the top. Instead, price action is characterized by multiple pullbacks, often ranging from 20% to 30%, which occur before a cycle peak is reached. These corrections are presented not as threats, but as a normal and necessary part of every cycle‘s journey, resting sentiment, and fueling continuation.

The second stage identified by Mags is the Bear Phase, which is triggered when the underlying market structure finally breaks. This shift leads to a much deeper correction than the standard pullbacks seen during the ascent. During this period, the market undergoes a process of finding a definitive bottom, clearing the stage for the next trend to begin. 

Ultimately, Mags argues that while the phases transition, the presence of volatility is the one that never changes. The difference between success and failure lies in the ability to recognize your current position within the cycle. As Mags points out, history has consistently rewarded those who can ignore the noise of short-term swings and focus on the long-term game, recognizing that each phase is simply a part of the market’s natural rhythm.

BTC trading at $77,638 on the 1D chart | Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com

Bitcoin’s recent rejection near key resistance has raised fresh concerns about the strength of its ongoing rally. After a steady climb, signs of selling pressure are beginning to emerge, hinting that bullish momentum may be weakening. With price now hovering around critical support zones, the next move could determine whether the uptrend regains traction or starts to lose steam. 

2–618 Pattern Triggers: BTC Rejected At $78,000 In a market update, analyst Kamile Uray revealed that the long-anticipated 2-618 pattern for Bitcoin has officially activated. After the price approached the $78,037 mark, significant selling pressure stalled the upward momentum. This reaction at the local peak confirms that the market is currently responding to technical overhead, initiating a corrective phase.

The immediate outlook suggests the current decline could extend down to the $73,762 level, which serves as a critical decision point for the asset. If Bitcoin manages to hold this floor, the possibility of a renewed bullish push remains on the table. 

Source: Chart from Kamile Uray on X Should the price slip below the $73,762 bottom, the next major target is $70,165, which aligns with the 0.618 Fibonacci support of the most recent upward wave. A successful defense of this area would likely spark another upward move. Conversely, if bulls want to reclaim full control, they must achieve a close above $79,555. Such a move would establish the first higher high on the 4-hour chart relative to the recent downturn, signaling a continuation of the macro uptrend toward the $98,000 and $107,000–$109,000 range.

In the event of a more severe retracement, secondary supports are identified at $65,666, $63,823, $62,433, and $60,000. The stakes are particularly high at this lower limit; a daily close below $60,000 would be a highly bearish signal, potentially marking the beginning of a more substantial market decline.

Key Levels In Focus: Mapping Bitcoin’s Critical Zones Highlighting the key levels marked on the chart, Daan Crypto Trades emphasized that the low $80,000 region remains a pivotal zone for bulls in the short to mid-term. He also noted that the $72,000 level, which previously acted as resistance for over two months, has now flipped into a critical support zone. 

Maintaining price above this level would reinforce bullish control and suggest that the market is building a solid base for further upside, providing the foundation needed for another leg higher. A breakdown below $72,000, however, would likely indicate that the momentum from the recent bounce is fading, opening the door for more sideways market structure. Although Bitcoin has posted a steady 20% gain throughout April, the price action may not last long, as volatility is expected to emerge at any point.

BTC trading at $76,038 on the 1D chart | Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com

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Alex Tapscott on the stalling of the CLARITY Act and how it’s impacting the average American consumer.Aisha Hunt writes that crypto will grow by upgrading Wall Street’s trusted products rather than replacing them.Top headlines institutions should pay attention to by Helene Braun“RWA Perp Volume by Category: Equities Overtake Commodities” in Chart of the Week-Alexandra Levis

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What about the American consumer?By Alex Tapscott, CEO, CMCC Global Capital Markets

The little guy is getting lost in the political horse-trading around the CLARITY Act.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee recently advanced the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, legislation that, if enacted, could finally establish clear rules for digital assets in the United States. The bill has survived months of bipartisan negotiations and horse trading between banking interests and upstart fintech companies.

A bipartisan compromise brokered by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) broke a log-jam that had slowed down the bill’s progress. In the end, the banks got most of what they wanted in this “deal”: the legislation explicitly prevents fintech platforms from treating stablecoins, digital assets backed by dollars, as interest bearing accounts, while still permitting them to pay rewards and bonuses, as banks and credit card issuers do.

That should have ended the debate. Yet banking lobby groups are demanding tighter restrictions to eliminate many forms of consumer rewards altogether. Clearly, they seek to squash this already compromised bill before a full Senate vote, so that it never reaches the Resolute Desk.

Lost amid the political wrangling of crypto and banking interests is the average American consumer.

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Americans paid roughly $5.8 billion in overdraft fees in 2023, even after years of industry efforts to reduce so-called “junk fees.” Overdraft charges disproportionately hit financially vulnerable households, with nearly 80% of fees concentrated among 9% of accounts. And then there are account minimums, wire charges and payment delays, which add friction. Meanwhile, the average savings rate is only 0.38%.

Consumers want financial services to move faster, cost less and earn them more.

Stablecoins are gaining popularity because they herald a world where digital dollars move across the internet as cheaply and seamlessly as a WhatsApp message. They can lower remittance costs, improve access to digital commerce, expedite real-time payments and create new ways for consumers to save, spend and transact online.

And Americans are asking for CLARITY because many already use these tools. According to the Crypto Council for Innovation, one in five American adults now owns cryptocurrency. That’s roughly 68.5 million people. Stablecoins are among the fastest-growing categories of digital assets, particularly among younger consumers, immigrants, freelancers and underserved communities seeking faster and cheaper financial tools. Four in five merchants believe accepting crypto could help attract new customers, while 73% of small business owners expect crypto payments to grow.

That’s what makes this debate so politically mystifying. For years, progressives argued that concentrated financial power harmed consumers and Main Street. They criticized large banks for extracting rents while lobbying against regulations that diluted bank influence. Those critiques were often correct. Today some of those progressives, like Elizabeth Warren, who championed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, are now defending banking profits against a technology that could inject real competition into financial services and empower consumers and small businesses.

Congress should pass CLARITY in its current form to benefit American consumers and preserve American competitiveness and leadership in the next era of financial technology. This lead is by no means assured: today, 88% of global crypto trading volume occurs on non-U.S.-based exchanges, while foreign-issued stablecoins account for 75% of stablecoin volume. Over the past decade, the U.S. share of global crypto developers has fallen from 38% to just 19%.

Do American politicians want their country to continue leading, or do they prefer watching such financial transformation from the sidelines?

In the 1990s, the Clinton administration helped usher in the commercial internet through the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a bipartisan effort expanding innovation and competition. Now, Congress has an opportunity to unleash the new internet of value by passing CLARITY.

Under GENIUS and CLARITY, stablecoin issuers must meet strong reserve requirements, transparency obligations, anti-money laundering standards, cybersecurity rules and consumer protections. Sensible public policy will unleash investment and innovation, as it did in the internet era.

This story need not end in conflict between banks and blockchains. Incumbents can just as easily embrace blockchain and its various benefits, from real-time global settlement and tokenized assets, to new forms of on-chain lending, payments, savings and commerce.

The question is whether lawmakers will vote to lead this next technological revolution and advance the interests of American consumers or cede the future to entrenched interests.

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Why Crypto May Need ETFs More Than ETFs Need CryptoBy Aisha Hunt, founder of Kelley Hunt, PLLC

Crypto spent its first decade trying to replace Wall Street. Its next trillion dollars may come from partnering with it. The first wave of tokenization focused on creating new assets, new venues and new systems outside traditional finance. Some of that innovation mattered. Much of it struggled with the same problem: markets do not scale on technology alone. They scale on trust, liquidity and distribution. That reality favors ETFs.

The ETF wrapper became one of the most successful financial products of the modern era because it solved practical investor problems at scale: low-cost access, transparency, intraday liquidity, operational simplicity and broad distribution across brokerage platforms and advisory channels.

Those advantages took decades to build. Tokenization does not erase them. In fact, it may amplify them. If blockchain rails can be integrated into ETFs, investors may not have to choose between innovation and protection. They could gain exposure to familiar products with the potential benefits of faster settlement, programmable ownership, collateral mobility and broader digital interoperability, all inside a structure already trusted by institutions, advisors and retail investors.

That is a far bigger commercial opportunity than asking trillions of dollars to migrate into unfamiliar vehicles. This is why one underappreciated development matters. On January 21, 2026, F/m Investments LLC and The RBB Fund, Inc. filed what is believed to be the first exemptive application by an ETF issuer seeking to tokenize shares of an exchange-traded fund, TBIL, the U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF. The proposal would record ownership on a permissioned blockchain ledger while preserving the same fund, same economics, same exchange listing and same regulatory framework. The application remains pending before the SEC, and there can be no assurance relief will be granted. That may sound like a niche legal filing. It is not. It is a test of whether capital markets modernization happens inside the regulatory perimeter or outside it.

That distinction matters to investors because the next major on-chain growth category may not be speculative tokens. It may be trusted yield, usable collateral and regulated exposure. Stablecoins already demonstrated the demand for digitally native dollars. The next logical step is digitally native instruments backed by real portfolios, real governance and real investor protections.

That is where tokenized ETFs could become powerful.

Imagine Treasury exposure that can plug into next-generation collateral networks. Imagine ETF shares that remain within familiar regulatory guardrails while operating on more modern rails. Imagine advisors and institutions accessing blockchain efficiency without having to underwrite experimental structures.

The first tokenization narrative was “replace incumbents.” The stronger narrative may be “upgrade incumbents.” That does not diminish crypto; it commercializes it.

For regulators, tokenized ETFs may offer a pragmatic path forward: enable innovation where investor protections remain intact, rather than pushing demand into parallel channels with greater uncertainty. For exchanges, custodians, brokers and market makers, it could create a new infrastructure layer around products investors already understand.

For issuers, it may become a race. The firms that combine trusted wrappers, credible assets and functional on-chain rails could capture disproportionate flows. And for allocators, the signal may be simple: blockchain technology is becoming less about novelty and more about plumbing.That is usually when real adoption begins.

The broader lesson is that distribution often beats disruption:

Who already has trusted wrappers?

Who already has liquidity?

Who already has access to advisors, retirement assets and institutions?

Who can bridge old rails and new rails fastest?

Those questions point toward ETFs.

The next trillion dollars of tokenized assets may not come from inventing something entirely new; they may come from upgrading what already works. Crypto’s first era was about building outside the system. Its next era may be about powering the system.

Headlines of the weekBy Helene Braun

A few of crypto's biggest debates converged this past week as Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) sold bitcoin to fund preferred stock dividends, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon escalated his fight against yield-bearing stablecoins during the CLARITY Act debate, and Citi projected tokenized securities could grow into a $5.5 trillion market by 2030, driven by rising demand for onchain Treasuries and tokenized stocks.

Michael Saylor's Strategy sold 32 bitcoin for $2.5 million to fund dividend payments: The 8-K filing Monday says proceeds from the May 26–31 sale, executed at an average price of $77,135 per coin, will fund distributions on Strategy's preferred stock.‘The banks will not accept it’: Dimon escalates battle over stablecoin rewards in CLARITY Act debate: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned the current CLARITY Act framework could ultimately fail, as banks and crypto firms clash over whether stablecoin issuers should be allowed to offer yield-bearing rewards that resemble bank deposits.Citi predicts the tokenized securities market will grow to $5.5 trillion by 2030: Stablecoins alone will generate a demand for up to $1 trillion worth of onchain U.S. Treasury bills and $2.6 trillion for tokenized stocks, said Citi.Chart of the Week

RWA Perp Volume by Category: Equities Overtake Commodities (excluding oil)RWA perps run ~$45–60 billion/week, and flow is rotating out of commodities into equities. Equities roughly tripled to ~$18 billion and just overtook the commodities (excluding oil) block, while oil faded after its April macro spike. This implies that crypto-venue derivatives are increasingly used for 24/7 equity exposure, with commodities now the episodic, event-driven slice.

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June 9, 2026 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched a new season of its ‘daily treasure hunt‘ campaign, introducing football match tickets and XAUT rewards while offering eligible participants the opportunity to earn a share of 300,000 USDT in daily rewards through trading and platform engagement activities. As the latest edition of Bybit’s ongoing daily treasure hunt rewards program, the campaign encourages users to earn points through everyday activities across the platform, including trading, exploring products and participating in special missions.

This season features an expanded rewards pool, with football match tickets and XAUT airdrop rewards worth up to 100 USDT added to the scratch card prize pool.

XAUT airdrop rewards have also been introduced to the redemption pool, providing participants with additional opportunities to earn rewards throughout the campaign.

Participants can accumulate points by completing daily trading tasks, engagement activities and limited-time missions.

Trading tasks begin with as little as 10 USDT in trading volume, while additional points can be earned through interactions with Bybit products, events and features.

Users may also accelerate their point accumulation by completing special missions tied to new product offerings.

Points can be redeemed for scratch cards at a rate of 50 points per draw.

The campaign will make up to one million scratch cards available, giving participants opportunities to win a variety of rewards, including football match tickets, USDT rewards and XAUT airdrops.

Individual scratch cards may award prizes worth up to 1,000 USDT, subject to availability.

In addition to scratch card prizes, participants can redeem points for rewards including boost coupons, VIP trial passes, USDT airdrops and XAUT airdrop rewards worth up to 100 USDT.

Reward redemptions begin at 300 points.

The campaign’s pre-registration period will run from June 2, 2026, at 3:00 a.m. PST to June 9, 2026, at 2:59 a.m. PST.

The event period will take place from June 9, 2026, at 3:00 a.m. PST to July 14, 2026, at 2:59 a.m. PST, followed by a redemption period from July 14, 2026, at 3:00 a.m. PST to July 17, 2026, at 2:59 a.m. PST.

Logged-in users who visit the event page during the registration period will be automatically enrolled in the campaign.

Points earned throughout the event will continue to accumulate and will not reset. Any unused points remaining after the redemption period ends will expire.

Participation is open to users who have completed individual identity verification level one or business verification and who reside in eligible jurisdictions.

Subaccounts, market makers, institutional users, VIP users and Pro users are not eligible to participate. The campaign is also unavailable to users residing in the European Economic Area.

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Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone.

With a strong focus on Web 3.0, Bybit partners strategically with leading blockchain protocols to provide robust infrastructure and drive on-chain innovation.

Renowned for its secure custody, diverse marketplaces, intuitive user experience and advanced blockchain tools, Bybit bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi (decentralized finance), empowering builders, creators and enthusiasts to unlock the full potential of Web 3.0.

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Fetch.ai is bringing its Agent Execution Verification System to Product Hunt, marking what the company calls the first on-chain tool designed to generate independently verifiable cryptographic receipts for actions performed by AI agents.

Think of it as a notarized paper trail for robots. Every time an AI agent claims it processed a refund, executed a payment, or completed a task, AEVS creates a tamper-evident record that anyone can audit.

What AEVS actually does AEVS generates public audit trails for agent-executed actions like refunds and payments. These aren’t just log files sitting on a server somewhere. They’re cryptographic receipts anchored on-chain, meaning they can’t be altered after the fact without leaving evidence of tampering.

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The verification mechanism works by creating independently verifiable proofs for each action an AI agent performs. When an agent claims “refund processed,” AEVS provides the cryptographic evidence to back that claim up.

The market noticed When AEVS first launched on May 12, 2026, FET climbed 3.15% within 11 hours. That might sound modest, but context matters. The broader crypto market dropped 0.87% during the same window, making the move a roughly 4% outperformance against the prevailing trend.

Fetch.ai’s decision to bring AEVS to Product Hunt is notable in itself. Product Hunt is traditionally a launchpad for consumer tech and SaaS products, not blockchain infrastructure. The planned Product Hunt appearance is scheduled for June 10-11, 2026.

Fetch.ai’s bigger picture AEVS doesn’t exist in isolation. Back in December 2025, the company demonstrated the world’s first AI-to-AI payment, where autonomous agents transacted with each other without human intervention. AEVS is essentially the accountability layer that makes those kinds of interactions trustworthy at scale.

Fetch.ai operates within the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance, a collaborative framework that combines resources and technology from SingularityNET and CUDOS. This alliance pools AI research, decentralized computing power, and agent infrastructure into a shared ecosystem, giving Fetch.ai access to a broader technology stack than it could build alone.

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Americans lost a record-breaking $20.9 billion to cybercrime last year due to a surge in cybercrime. In response, the FBI is cracking down harshly against crypto scammers. 

FBI Director Kash Patel took to social media to warn those decentralized financial systems to avoid accruing ill-gotten gains. 

Crypto Fraudsters have been scamming and taking advantage of the America people for too long.

No more! This FBI will find you, and we will bring you to justice!

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— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 19, 2026 According to the IC3 report, cryptocurrency-related fraud now makes up more than half of all cybercrime losses in the United States, reaching a staggering $11 billion.

The pseudonymous nature of blockchain makes it possible for scammers to avoid traditional financial tracking. 

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Investment fraud accounted for $10.7 billion of the overall cybercrime losses, which is the costliest category. 

Criminals rely on an array of sophisticated tactics that include "pig butchering", fake exchanges, liquidity pool scams, as well as fraudulent decentralized finance (DeFi) that are meant to siphon off crypto from uninitiated victims. 

Who is getting hit the hardest? Unsurprisingly, elderly Americans are the most vulnerable demographic, accounting for nearly a third of the total losses last year.  

Older adults typically fall for investment traps, romance scams, tech support fraud, and so on. Their retirement accounts can be potentially wiped out in a matter of days (as evidenced by countless media reports in various states). 

California, Texas, and Florida were the top states by cryptocurrency losses. 

However, the FBI is not asleep at the wheel. The bureau has managed to freeze more than 3,000 illicit cryptocurrency wallets, thus saving more than $500 million. 

The most recent social media statement indicates that the FBI plans to expand these asset-recovery and tracking operations.

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Vector databases are often housed on cloud servers, which raises questions about centralization and transparency. Chromia’s advancement of blockchain-enabled AI continues with the Mimir Upgrade. Chromia has announced that one of the first decentralized vector databases in the world will be available on March 25th with its Mimir Upgrade. By offering a blockchain-based substitute for centralized solutions, this milestone will open up new avenues for AI-driven applications.

Significant public attention and financial investment have been generated by the emergence of AI models such as GPT and DeepSeek. Nonetheless, the vector database is an essential but sometimes disregarded part of AI infrastructure. These databases help AI models handle language better, allowing for important features like text retrieval, long-term memory, and similarity searches.

Vector databases are often housed on cloud servers, which raises questions about centralization and transparency. By offering a decentralized substitute that enables AI and blockchain applications to store and retrieve vector embeddings on-chain, Chromia’s Mimir Upgrade transforms the landscape.

Johnson Lai, Chromia’s Head of Data and AI stated:

“In most cases, using a vector database means relying on centralized infrastructure. We’re going to change that. With the Mimir Upgrade, projects operating at the intersection of blockchain and AI will be able to store and access their vectorized data directly on Chromia.”

Chromia’s relational architecture plays a crucial role in its evolution. Large data sets may be uniquely structured using Chromia, which improves the efficiency of storage, search, and modification. A vectorized layer, which would be unfeasible on a conventional blockchain, may be implemented thanks to this foundation.

Chromia’s advancement of blockchain-enabled AI continues with the Mimir Upgrade. The integration of Python, one of the most popular programming languages for artificial intelligence, and the establishment of a $20 million Data and AI Ecosystem Fund are the foundations of this effort. Chromia introduced EVAL Engine, a tool to assess AI agent interactions and track performance degradation over time, earlier this year by utilizing Virtuals Protocol.

After the upgrade, Chromia will keep developing its decentralized AI capabilities and advancing partnerships with both new and current Web2 and Web3 partners.

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Chromia addresses operating expenses while also improving transparency, security, and control for artificial intelligence developers. Vector databases play a vital role in artificial intelligence systems, since they enable essential operations such as the search for similarity, the retrieval of contextual text, and long-term memory. The successful deployment of Chromia’s Mimir Mainnet Upgrade, which included substantial breakthroughs in decentralized infrastructure, has been confirmed by the company. Vector data, an essential component for artificial intelligence applications, may now be stored on the blockchain thanks to this upgrade.

Vector databases play a vital role in artificial intelligence systems, since they enable essential operations such as the search for similarity, the retrieval of contextual text, and long-term memory. Most artificial intelligence efforts, on the other hand, depend on centralized services to store and administer these databases. A decentralized alternative is made available by the Mimir Upgrade, which makes it possible for vector data to be stored directly on Chromia’s Layer-1 blockchain.

Chromia addresses operating expenses while also improving transparency, security, and control for artificial intelligence developers. This is accomplished via the decentralization of vector storage. Through the use of a fixed model that prevents surge pricing during times of high demand, the Chromia team has made internal estimations that imply their approach has the potential to lower prices by as much as 98% in comparison to products offered by rivals.

Johnson Lai, Head of Data and AI at Chromia stated:

“Our solution offers significant benefits in security, uptime, and transparency, while also being one of the most cost-effective options available. Not just in Web3, but anywhere.”

Not only does the Mimir Upgrade has vector database capability, but it also includes the first version of the AI Inference Extension. The use of this extension makes it possible for open-source models such as DeepSeek to operate on Chromia provider nodes. This provides an option to hosting these models on cloud servers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Chromia intends to improve the accessibility of blockchain technology for artificial intelligence developers by continuing to innovate and offer decentralized solutions. Additionally, the company intends to enhance the utility of the platform for native Chromia decentralized applications (dapps), projects that build on other blockchains, and Web2 clients who are looking to decentralize their infrastructure.

Chromia is a Layer-1 relational blockchain platform that employs a modular architecture to empower users and developers with specialized decentralized application (dapp) chains, fee structures that may be customized, and improved digital assets. Chromia delivers natively queryable data that is indexed in real time. This presents a challenge to the existing quo in order to bring innovations that will improve the end-user experience and support new Web3 business models. Chromia does this by fundamentally altering how information is structured on the blockchain.

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Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) network Base, incubated by Coinbase, has unveiled its product roadmap for the second quarter (Q2) 2025.

It indicates a bold slate of performance upgrades, enhanced privacy features, and broader support for developers.

Base Q2 Roadmap: Speed, Privacy, and Builder AdoptionIn a detailed post on X (Twitter), Base’s development team outlined key objectives for the quarter. The roadmap reaffirms Base’s commitment to building in the open. It also lays the groundwork for scaling its role as a core pillar of the on-chain economy.

The plan to achieve 200ms effective block times on the mainnet is among the most eye-catching. The move could dramatically increase throughput and improve user experience.

Additionally, Base aims to scale blockspace from 30 to 50 Mgas/s and reach “Stage 1 decentralization.” Notably, they are key milestones in both performance and network security.

Privacy is also a central focus. Base is working to implement privacy-preserving on-chain account verification. This initiative reflects the growing importance of identity and privacy in a blockchain environment where transparency and pseudonymity often clash.

Beyond scaling and privacy, the roadmap details efforts to enhance its developer toolkit, notably expanding usage of the Base MCP (Modular Crypto Platform) tooling. This includes increasing weekly active apps built on OnchainKit and MiniKit and launching new Base Appchains on the mainnet.

The Base MCP tooling is part of a broader push to enable developers to go from “Idea to App, App to Business,” as described by the team. However, it is worth noting that MCP protocols have come under scrutiny recently due to a critical security flaw, raising concerns about their current implementations.

BeInCrypto recently reported on vulnerabilities that, if left unpatched, could expose user data or funds. This suggests that Base’s teams must prioritize security alongside growth.

“This risk comes from using a ‘poisoned’ MCP. Hackers could trick Base-MCP into sending your crypto to them instead of where you intended. If this happens, you might not notice,” Superoo7, head of Data and AI at Chromia, highlighted.

Base’s community-centric ethos is evident in its continued support for builder programs like Base Batches, Buildathons, and the Builder Rewards initiative. The team emphasized that these initiatives will support developers technically and economically, creating viable paths to earning a living by building on-chain.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong also weighed in, endorsing the roadmap with a simple but affirming statement. This highlights Coinbase’s continued backing of the Layer-2 solution, which has become a standout in the ecosystem.

Base Blockchain Leads Net Flows Across DeFi BridgesBase has emerged as a top performer in 2025, leading the market in net flow over the past three months. On total inflow metrics, data on Artemis Terminal shows it is second, after Ethereum (ETH). This traction reflects growing user confidence and adoption across DeFi, gaming, and NFT verticals.

Base blockchain leads net flows across DeFi bridges. Source: Artemis TerminalStill, the network has not been immune to controversy. Only hours ago, Base faced backlash after a meme coin, allegedly promoted by insiders, triggered a trading frenzy and abrupt collapse. As BeInCrypto reported, this raised accusations of a pump-and-dump scheme.

While Base distanced itself from the coin in question, the incident raises concerns about transparency and ethical boundaries on the platform.

“This wasn’t a meme coin. This wasn’t a token launch. Base didn’t drop a coin to pump bags or flip the market. This was a content coin — and that distinction matters,” Base developer Charis posted on X.

As Base moves into Q2, it stands at a crossroads. On the one hand, it is armed with performance upgrades and developer momentum. On the other hand, it faces heightened scrutiny.

If successful, its roadmap could further cement Base’s place as a foundation of the next-generation internet. However, the pressure to balance innovation, security, and trust has never increased.

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Chromia has officially collaborated with TAC, the purpose-built Layer-1 network that aimed to resolve Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility with The Open Network (TON). This partnership will provide an infrastructure through which Telegram Mini Apps (TMAs) can perform their blockchain capabilities in a more enriched manner involving TAC bridging technology and even Chromia layers of data decentralization.

📢We are proud to announce a NEW integration and partnership with @TacBuild! 🥳

TAC is a purpose-built Layer-1 network designed to bridge the gap between EVM and The Open Network.

🗨️ Acting as a translator between the two systems, TAC allows developers to deploy EVM… pic.twitter.com/g6HKzBC4gJ

— Chromia | Power to the Public (@Chromia) June 23, 2025 This merging will enable developers employing TAC to implement EVM Johnson-based wise contracts in Telegram’s ecosystem. Such contracts are completely within TON architecture and avoid the restrictions that EVM-based dApps are frequently subject to on Telegram. Chromia extends further by natively enabling such applications to store their application logic, user activity, and metadata on Chromia subchains, allowing them to decentralize and verify their app backends.

Enhanced Functionality for Telegram Mini Apps Telegram Mini Apps have become an object of high potential as an interface to provide Web3 experiences to users. However, Telegram’s support of native TON wallets and tokens has already been a problem for Ethereum-based applications. TAC does away with this problem by acting as a translation layer, thereby allowing cross-compatibility between Ethereum-based protocols and the TON ecosystem.

Chromia collaborates with TAC to add decency to Mini Apps, including storage and execution of logic. The majority of TMAs are now working with centralized cloud solutions to perform essential operations, and that reduces transparency and trust. Chromia enables developers to transfer such elements to a decentralized context, favouring a secure and transparent experience to the user.

Real-World Use Case: XOOB Launches with TAC and Chromia XOOB is the first Telegram Mini App that needs the ChromiaTAC stack. The app has a gamified PvP and play-to-earn service. Interaction is done through $USDT deposits on the TON network, which are passed through TAC to DeFi protocols like Morpho and Euler. These deposits create yield associated with the system that players and developers share.

Chromia subchains hold all the gameplay data and financial flows and they all have the full insight about the transactions and user interactions. This protocol illustrates that decentralized systems can fit with ease on familiar platforms such as Telegram. The design of XOOB is a perfect example of how this collaboration can enable scalable, user-friendly and trustless Web3 applications

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November 11, 2025

On November 1st, Chromia and TinTinLand brought the Chromia China Tour to Chengdu, continuing our exploration of how blockchain infrastructure can support the next generation of AI systems. The event focused on a central theme: making AI traceable and trustworthy through practical architecture and real-world applications.

Keynote Highlights

Our Head of BD, Yeou Jie, and Head of Data & AI, Johnson Lai, delivered a keynote outlining how Chromia can serve as a foundation for AI applications that require transparency and efficient data management.

They introduced Chromia’s PostgreSQL-based integrated blockchain architecture, discussing the VectorDB Extension and how it functions alongside the relational database layer. This combination enables vector similarity search directly on-chain, providing a framework for AI data retrieval, agent memory systems, and knowledge bases that are tamper-resistant and queryable in real time.

The presentation included use cases showing how developers can build on-chain AI agents with persistent memory, and how these systems can be applied in Decentralized AI (DEFAI) and robotics.

The ChromBot pilot device was featured as a working example. ChromBot stores memory and telemetry data on-chain using Chromia smart contracts, showing how AI agents can operate transparently in a decentralized environment.

Fireside Chat: AI Meets the Real World

In the fireside session, YJ, Johnson, and NodeX’s 0xAllen888 discussed how infrastructure, data availability, model governance, and AI agents are shaping the convergence of AI and Web3. The discussion focused on building systems that are both scalable and accountable. 

The session highlighted that as AI models become more advanced, maintaining transparency and auditability will be essential. Blockchain-based storage and computation can help achieve these goals by ensuring that training data, outputs, and decisions remain verifiable over time.

The Road Ahead

The Chengdu stop marks another milestone in our mission to bring AI + blockchain to real-world use cases. From DEFAI infrastructure to robotics, from on-chain agents to verifiable data ecosystems, Chromia continues to build the foundation for a smarter, more transparent future.

Thank you to all of the attendees, as well as our dedicated community. Your curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm keep us moving forward!

Check out our social media for announcements of our future events!

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On November 20 2025, our Head of Data and AI, Johnson Lai, published an in-depth walkthrough demonstrating how Chromia can function as a decentralized data layer for Virtuals’ Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP). The piece included open-source code showing how to connect an ACP agent to Chromia, enabling verifiable and easily queryable on-chain job storage.

We’ve also launched a new complementary feature: agent owners can now ask Virtual’s Butler to archive X posts. Each item is stored permanently on Chromia’s Filehub, providing decentralized, tamper-resistant storage for just 2 cents per entry.

How do these features help advance Virtuals, Chromia, and the emerging world of autonomous agent economies? Let’s take a closer look.

What Is Virtuals?

Virtuals is a decentralized platform built on the Base and Ethereum networks that allows anyone to create, manage, and co-own AI agents. These agents operate independently across applications, maintain memory, and can earn revenue by completing tasks. Since launch, Virtuals has seen strong adoption across trading, analytics, gaming, and more, becoming one of the most active environments for autonomous AI agents.

In early 2025, Chromia entered the Virtuals ecosystem with the launch of EVAL, an evaluator agent powered by Chromia’s EVAL Engine. This marked the first crossover between Chromia and Virtuals, as well as Chromia’s first interaction with the Base Network ecosystem.

What Is the Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP)?

ACP provides an on-chain framework that allows Virtuals-based AI agents to coordinate, negotiate, and transact with one another, or with humans, using verifiable smart-contract interactions. It functions much like a decentralized job marketplace combined with escrow and arbitration to ensure that tasks, deliverables, and evaluations follow a transparent and trustless process.

The protocol has grown rapidly and recently surpassed $100M in agent GDP transactions, becoming one of the most active real economic layers for autonomous AI entities. Yet this growth exposes a significant challenge: ACP’s on-chain data, while transparent, is difficult to access and analyze.

Where Chromia Comes In

All ACP activity is recorded on Base, but much of it lives in calldata that is difficult to parse without dedicated indexing. As a result, many ACP agents depend on centralized databases to make job data readable and searchable. While effective, this approach sacrifices transparency and introduces single points of failure.

Chromia provides a decentralized alternative. By using Chromia as a purpose-built database layer, ACP agents can store job lifecycle data in a verifiable, structured format while retaining the convenience of PostgreSQL-style queries. Integration is lightweight: with only a few lines of Python, an agent can write job creation, updates, and results directly into a Rell contract.

This data-layer approach also unlocks new services within the Virtuals ecosystem. Users can instruct Virtual’s Butler to archive X content, with each item stored permanently on Filehub (Chromia’s decentralized storage layer) for just 2 cents. This saves both the data and its metadata, ensuring the content remains publicly accessible, verifiable, and tamper-proof.

The result is a best-of-both-worlds model: a relational database experience with blockchain-level transparency and security. Because Chromia is built from the ground up as a decentralized data system, it fits ACP’s needs far better than relying on calldata alone or centralized storage solutions.

Emerging Synergies Between Chromia and EVM

This integration reflects a broader trend: as AI agent economies scale, they require systems that combine fast execution with trustworthy data. Base offers a highly efficient EVM layer for ACP’s smart-contract logic, while Chromia provides decentralized data primitives for agent memory, logs, state changes, job histories, and more. Together, these networks form a complementary environment where agents can transact on one chain and store structured data on another without sacrificing decentralization.

The Big Picture

A much larger opportunity is emerging for Chromia: providing a data layer for next-generation blockchain and AI systems. As ecosystems like Virtuals and other agentic networks expand, the need for verifiable storage, structured data services, and decentralized indexing grows rapidly.

Chromia’s data-first architecture can support everything from agent workloads and analytics pipelines to broader cross-chain services that span Base, Chromia, and beyond.

The rise of autonomous agents is only one expression of this trend. As AI-driven economies mature, demand for reliable, transparent, and queryable on-chain data will accelerate — and Chromia’s capabilities open the door to a new class of tooling, services, and interoperable applications.

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2025 was a productive year for Chromia, with milestones across AI, data, DeFi, gaming, and more. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights month by month:

JanuaryChromia announced the launch of EVAL Engine on Virtuals Protocol, the first AI Agent Evaluation Plugin powered by Chromia. The $EVAL token went live on the Base network and was airdropped to native CHR stakers. Later in the year, following the integration of Base, the EVAL token migrated to Chromia mainnet.FebruarySafePal Integration: SafePal, used by over 20 million people worldwide, integrated Chromia’s Mainnet and added native CHR support. SafePal users can now store, send, and receive CHR across both the mobile app and hardware wallet, expanding accessibility to over 200 regions.
Mines of Dalarnia completed its migration to Chromia, with the $D token and core game logic now running on Chromia’s relational blockchain. This transition improves scalability and performance while supporting rich, immersive on-chain gameplay.MarchThe Mimir Upgrade went live, introducing new tools that expand Chromia’s AI capabilities and overall platform functionality. The most significant addition was the Vector Database Extension, which allows developers to store and manage vector data directly on-chain. Vector data plays a central role in modern AI systems and is an important part of Chromia’s future initiatives.AprilThe Container Grant Program was launched to support developers exploring Chromia’s mainnet capabilities. It provides up to six months of container hosting for qualifying projects, helping lower entry barriers and encourage experimentation within the ecosystem. The program remains active, with applications continuing to be accepted.MayColorPool, Chromia’s leading decentralized exchange, went live on May 26th and has become a central hub for on-chain trading and liquidity. At launch, it introduced AMM-style swaps and a USDC bridge, enabling users to trade CHR, USDC, and COLOR directly on Chromia mainnet and bring assets in from other chains. Since then, ColorPool has expanded support to include additional ecosystem tokens like ALICE and $D, hosted staking and incentivized liquidity farming campaigns, and continues to serve as a key DeFi venue for Chromia users.JuneAs Chromia approached its one-year mainnet anniversary, the network surpassed one million user accounts. This milestone reflects steady growth in on-chain activity and increasing adoption across applications built on the network.
June marked an active period for Chromia’s flagship gaming partner, My Neighbor Alice. Initiatives such as the Pudgy Penguins collaboration and the launch of Chapter One: A New Beginning highlighted how Chromia supports persistent, player-owned worlds with game state and assets managed directly on-chain.JulyUdon Finance, a borrowing and lending platform, launched on Chromia mainnet, enabling users to earn yield or borrow against their assets. Later in the year, the platform introduced Liquid Staking, giving users access to liquidity from their staked CHR while continuing to earn rewards.
Transak integrated Chromia Mainnet and listed CHR, enabling users in 160+ countries to buy CHR with fiat via credit cards, bank transfers, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. This significantly lowers the barrier for new users entering the ecosystem.AugustChromBot, a physical AI device powered by Chromia and EVAL Engine, was showcased in Seoul and Hangzhou. This initiative highlights the potential of combining robotics, AI, and blockchain in real-world applications and continues to be a focus of Chromia’s Data and AI team.SeptemberChromia completed mainnet and native CHR integration with Binance, allowing direct deposits and withdrawals via Chromia Vault. This opens the network to a wider audience and streamlines access for existing Binance users.
The CRC2 NFT standard was introduced to provide interoperability with ERC-721 and ERC-1155 while supporting expanded metadata, on-chain content storage, and programmability. This standard allows developers to create more complex, flexible, and feature-rich NFT projects on Chromia.OctoberEVM staking rewards began to be phased out as part of efforts to encourage mainnet adoption and strengthen governance participation. Mainnet stakers continue to receive a 3% APR, supporting the network’s long-term sustainability and engagement.
Gate integrated Chromia mainnet, joining Binance, BitMart, and MEXC in supporting native CHR deposits and withdrawals. This expansion broadens Chromia’s accessibility and presence across global cryptocurrency markets.NovemberChromia integrated with the Virtuals Agent Commerce Protocol, providing decentralized, query-optimized storage for AI agent data. This allows developers to make agent interactions and workflows easily searchable while preserving transparency.DecemberThe Base network integration was completed and is now active, enabling the EVAL token to operate on Chromia and providing infrastructure for new project integrations.
Chromia Vault received an asset-centric redesign, improving usability and making it easier to manage accounts, assets, and staking.
ChromaWay announced a partnership with AICrit to support infrastructure and research, leveraging Chromia’s growing AI capabilities. The collaboration focuses on building repeatable workflows that provide the underlying infrastructure for scalable, data-driven experimentation.
Looking Ahead to 2026Chromia will focus on completing governance and AI cluster mainnet deployments, expanding AI and data services, and collaborating with new partners to grow the ecosystem. The network is well positioned to support increasingly sophisticated applications and continue innovating in the new year.

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