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New York, NY, USA, December 18th, 2025, Chainwire

DevDAO partners with Pocket Network to boost performance, choice and resilience for Web3 builders

DevDAO is announcing the launch of its managed infrastructure platform Developer DAO Cloud. The platform is initially launching with a high performance, managed blockchain node product for eight chains. In order to maximize the diversity and resilience of their fleet of nodes, DevDAO partnered up with Pocket Network. The service aims to be both lower-cost and more efficient than competitors like Infura and network peers like Grove. Their highly optimized codebase does away with garbage collection to reduce latency spikes and costs for the end user.

Though RPC provisioning isn't new ground, DevDAO differentiates itself on cost, ease of use, and reliability. Following a successful refactor, DevDAO has achieved higher return on investment by eliminating certain types of compute bloat. Through their long standing relationship with Pocket Network & time in PGAT, DevDAO was able to engineer a competitive service with better reliability, cost, and variety. In turn, excess compute capacity from DevDAO owned infrastructure can be resold back to Pocket Network’s supply side, creating a scenario not unlike homeowners with solar panels selling energy back to the utility grid.

DevDAO’s D_D Cloud is streamlining the developer experience by abstracting away the complexity of deploying and managing infrastructure. The platform is aiming to support all sorts of software including web applications, databases, and servers through their container runtime. DevDAO’s approach is similar to companies like Vercel, but laser-focused on cost efficiency and a more expressive offering. DevDAO is working towards vertically integrating internet infrastructure for best in class pricing, performance, and developer experience.

DevDAO is lowering Web3 infrastructure costs through vertically integrated development

Speaking about the vision for the partnership, DevDAO Cloud founder Zachary Kornberg shared, “Long-term, we envision supplying not just RPC endpoints but also virtual machines, cloud runtimes, and storage to end-users. We’re capitalizing on our strong developer community and social media presence, as well as our partnership with Pocket Network, to simplify Web3 infrastructure deployment without compromising on functionality, both for end users and developers, to make it happen.”

DevDAO offers straightforward developer integration: a single URL RPC endpoint can be plugged directly into blockchain SDKs. It abstracts away complexities like infrastructure management or DevOps, freeing developers to focus on building applications. The platform will support both subscription and payment models, primarily via stablecoins, including a proprietary payment processor. Fiat payments will be available in the future. 

“The Pocket Network/DevDAO partnership will be a shining example of what’s possible when goals and needs align,” shared Pocket Network Director Chris "Jinx" Jenkins, adding “This cooperation will increase resiliency and performance for DevDAO’s end users, optimizing for low latency and fault tolerance, while beefing up capacity for Pocket Network’s supply side.”

Additional information and updates related to DevDAO are published on its X account. 

About DevDAO

DevDAO’s mission is to accelerate the education and impact of a new wave of Web3 builders. Its developer-owned and governed community creates an environment that fosters, supports, and incentivizes a diverse community of builders to help create a better, more equitable future. 

About Pocket Network

Pocket Network is a decentralized data delivery network that provides access to blockchain data for Web3 decentralized applications (dApps). It acts as a relay network, connecting applications to full nodes (which store and process open data.) Pocket uses a native cryptocurrency, POKT, to facilitate this process, creating a marketplace where node providers can earn rewards for servicing application requests.

Since its launch, Pocket Network has processed over 1 trillion requests across 63+ blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, and Cosmos chains. The network operates through 5,000+ nodes distributed across 22 countries, providing enterprise-grade reliability with industry-leading uptime. Major Web3 projects and developers rely on Pocket's decentralized infrastructure as an alternative to centralized RPC providers, with costs up to 80% lower than traditional services.

Contact

Media Team [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Geneva, Switzerland, December 18th, 2025,

TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced that Kalshi, the world’s largest prediction market platform, has integrated the TRON blockchain network. This integration enables seamless deposits and withdrawals using TRX, the native utility token of the TRON network, and USDT on TRON, expanding Kalshi’s multichain infrastructure by providing additional liquidity pathways for global market participants while bridging traditional finance with blockchain infrastructure.

The integration positions TRON as a critical component in Kalshi’s expansion beyond traditional finance rails into the blockchain economy. Domestic account holders can now directly deposit and withdraw native TRX and USDT on TRON, while international users can leverage the integration through connected exchange accounts. This development combines TRON’s proven scale and efficiency with Kalshi’s innovative prediction market infrastructure to unlock new channels for onchain liquidity to flow seamlessly into real-world event trading markets.

“The collaboration between Kalshi and TRON demonstrates the growing convergence between traditional financial markets and blockchain infrastructure,” said Sam Elfarra, Community Spokesperson at the TRON DAO. “As the world’s largest prediction market embraces multichain capabilities, TRON’s speed, scalability, and dynamic ecosystem provide the ideal foundation for new pathways to liquidity.”

Three-second block times and near-zero transaction fees create an optimal environment for seamless movement of funds between the world’s largest prediction market and TRON’s proven blockchain ecosystem, which is trusted by institutions and users worldwide. “TRON’s integration strengthens Kalshi’s multichain vision of maximizing accessibility," said John Wang, Head of Crypto at Kalshi. “With TRON processing over $24 billion in daily transfer volume and hosting more that $80 billion in circulation USDT, the network brings deep stablecoin liquidity to Kalshi’s platform.”

The collaboration reflects a broader industry trend toward blockchain integration among traditional financial platforms seeking enhanced efficiency, global accessibility, and reduced settlement friction. TRON's established infrastructure, spanning over 350 million user accounts and processing more than 12 billion total transactions, provides Kalshi with immediate access to one of the most actively used blockchain networks worldwide. This scale enables Kalshi to tap into global liquidity pools while maintaining the speed and cost-efficiency required for active market participation.

As both cryptocurrency and prediction markets gain mainstream adoption and regulatory clarity, the integration of blockchain infrastructure becomes increasingly critical for enabling global participation and efficient capital movement. TRON’s proven capability in handling institutional-scale transaction volumes, combined with its dominance in stablecoin infrastructure, positions both platforms at the forefront of the evolving intersection between traditional markets and decentralized finance. 

About TRON DAO

TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps. Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Until recently, TRON hosted the largest circulating supply of USD major stablecoins, which currently exceeds $80 billion. As of December 2025, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 351 million in total user accounts, more than 12 billion in total transactions, and over $23 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions.”

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About Kalshi

Founded in 2018, Kalshi is the world’s largest prediction market. Prediction markets provide accurate, real-time information on the likelihood of events, making humanity more informed about the future. Kalshi is credited with legalizing and establishing prediction markets as a financial asset class. It’s the leading safe and regulated platform trusted by millions of people in America. To learn more about Kalshi, visit www.kalshi.com. 

Contacts

Yeweon Park [email protected] Elisabeth Diana [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

London, United Kingdom, December 17th, 2025, Chainwire

Artificial Super Intelligence Alliance has announced that ASI:Cloud is now processing live workloads, offering developers permissionless access to enterprise-grade GPU infrastructure and AI inference services.

Rather than forcing AI builders to navigate fragmented vendor ecosystems, the ASI:Cloud platform provides unified infrastructure. This is particularly valuable given that most enterprises intend to repatriate their workloads, sending institutional demand for production AI soaring. ASI:Cloud provides teams with a robust and flexible alternative to centralized vendors. 

Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET and the ASI Alliance, said: “Every GPU cycle brings us closer to sustainable decentralized intelligence. ASI:Cloud represents that vision becoming operational infrastructure rather than aspiration.”

ASI:Cloud combines permissionless infrastructure with transparent pricing, allowing developers to authenticate using Web3 wallets without KYC. Payments can be made in FET tokens and stablecoins, with fiat options coming soon.

The platform delivers OpenAI-compatible inference endpoints across top open-source models, including Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen 3 32B, and Gemma 3 27B, at competitive pricing starting at $0.07 per million input tokens. 

In comparison, operational instances of the popular H100 GPU on major cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure typically range from $3.90 to $6.98 per hour. At the same time, bandwidth, egress, and storage incur unpredictable surcharges, limiting accessibility.

Built in collaboration between SingularityNET – which supplies the AI infrastructure backend and model optimization – and CUDOS – which operates enterprise-grade compute infrastructure globally – ASI:Cloud unifies billing, developer experience, and network access.

Luke Gniwecki, Head of AI Compute Product at CUDOS said: “Enterprises are hitting real constraints in the centralized cloud market, with capacity shortages and vendor lock-in holding back AI innovation at precisely the moment demand is exploding. ASI:Cloud combines CUDOS’s enterprise-grade compute infrastructure with SingularityNET’s AI backend. This gives builders dependable access to high-performance compute without the bottlenecks that define the legacy providers.”

The infrastructure arrives at a critical inflection point as Nvidia's latest GPU allocations are sold out through 2026, with waitlists extending well into next quarter, and the decentralized computing market projected to reach $45 billion by 2035.

Developers and researchers interested in exploring the platform can head over to asicloud.cudos.org. Documentation is available at docs.cudos.org.

About Artificial Superintelligence Alliance

The Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) Alliance is a collective formed by Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, and CUDOS. As the largest open-sourced, independent entity in decentralized AI research and development, the alliance aims to accelerate advancement of decentralized Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and, ultimately, Artificial Superintelligence (ASI).

Contact

SingularityNet Team [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Montreux, Switzerland, December 17th, 2025, Chainwire

SMARDEX is transitioning its DeFi infrastructure into Everything, a unified protocol that combines the functionality of a DEX, lending market, and perpetual style trading system within a single smart contract.

Everything is structured around one smart contract and one unified liquidity pool, through which all AMM swaps, borrowing, and leveraged trading are executed. Users can interact with all core functions inside a single pair, while the oracle-less leverage engine executes trades atomically and the tick-based borrowing model limits bad debt through defined collateral requirements.

“Our goal with Everything is not only to improve DeFi mechanics but to redefine how teams build financial infrastructure on chain,” said Jean Rausis, founder of Everything. “We designed this protocol so new projects can launch markets, liquidity layers, and financial primitives without relying on fragile and fragmented integrations. This shift from SMARDEX to Everything provides a foundation that supports real scale, long term stability, and products the previous architecture could not support.”

Conceived as a go-to system for on-chain liquidity management and scheduled for February 2026, Everything layers permissionless lending and borrowing atop the classic xy = k model, turning fragmented DeFi interactions into a capital efficient structure.

Everything enables borrowing from any pair available on the platform. Unutilized collateral is repurposed though a shared vault, the contract deploys it into approved external yield strategies. Loans remain over collateralized with predictable interest mechanics, and productive collateral can reduce borrowing costs. Pools are permissionless, and anyone can provide liquidity.

Traditional AMMs often underutilize reserves through unconcentrated liquidity, and newer designs add complexity without broad versatility.

Everything addresses fragmentation by combining AMM operations, lending, and perpetual style trading inside one self balancing system. By pairing with USDNr, a decentralized synthetic stable asset with a sustainable yield of approximately 16 percent APR, liquidity providers gain access to an additional source of returns, earned alongside swap fees, borrowing interest, ‘funding rates’, and liquidation penalties. 

Everything aims to put liquidity to better use, removes reliance on price oracles, and reduces the potential for bad debt. Virtual reserves stabilize pricing and allow the AMM to serve as a dependable benchmark for lending and perps. A tick based liquidation system provides deterministic outcomes without insurance funds or auto deleveraging, keeping positions solvent and optimized. 

Planned for summer 2026, the Everything “Geneve” upgrade will add yield-bearing collateral as well as native limit and take profit order liquidity, which brings yield into the heart of the system and enhances efficiency across the board.This upgrade will include an innovative feature where all idle waiting orders will also generate yield, creating 100% capital efficiency.

About Everything

Everything is a unified DeFi protocol that combines Automated Market Making, lending, borrowing, and perpetual style trading within a single smart contract architecture. Built as the evolution of the SMARDEX infrastructure, the system introduces a consolidated liquidity model where one pool powers multiple market functions. Everything uses a tick based liquidity framework, oracle less leverage execution, and deterministic liquidation mechanics to improve capital efficiency and reduce systemic risk. The protocol is designed to support permissionless market creation, generate multisource yield for liquidity providers, and serve as a foundation for streamlined on chain financial infrastructure. Everything aims to advance liquidity efficiency across DeFi through a roadmap of features that extend the earning potential of collateral, orders, and pooled assets.

Contact

Mikael Cruchon [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Miami, USA, Florida, December 17th, 2025, Chainwire

Fhenix has released Fhenix402, a one-day experimental build that marks the first-ever private version of Base’s emerging x402 payment protocol. Built using Fhenix’s CoFHE technology, the prototype demonstrates how fully encrypted transactions can make onchain micropayments private, composable, and usable — without revealing amounts to observers or block explorers.

These two announcements together highlight a turning point for Web3 privacy infrastructure: the need for a universally accepted taxonomy and the emergence of practical, real-world applications built on advanced cryptography.

Why Privacy Standards Matter Now

As Ethereum scaling matures and transaction costs fall, the industry’s bottleneck has shifted from throughput to privacy. Enterprises across payments, healthcare, AI, and finance require encrypted computation and confidential settlement — yet the ecosystem still lacks a clear way to assess competing solutions.

Borrowing from the impact of rollup stages on Layer-2 development, Fhenix’s Privacy Stages framework introduces a shared vocabulary and testable methodology to answer one core question: Who can decrypt your data?

“Progress accelerates when we share benchmarks,” said Guy Zyskind, MIT PhD in Cryptography and Founder of Fhenix. “Privacy Stages give developers, enterprises, and regulators the first objective way to evaluate blockchain privacy — and a roadmap to achieve true global confidentiality.”

The Four Privacy Stages

The framework categorizes privacy systems according to their cryptographic guarantees and real-world resilience:

Stage 0 — TEE-Only (“Trust the Box”)

Fast, but privacy collapses if the enclave is compromised.

Stage 1 — Pure Cryptography With Training Wheels

FHE/MPC improves security, but trust assumptions remain fragile without decentralized operators or additional safeguards.

Stage 2 — Blocking Quorum + Defense-in-Depth

The practical gold standard: distributed key generation, independent operators, optional TEEs, permissionless participation, and economic incentives. Breaking privacy requires either a major cryptographic failure or massive collusion.

Stage ℵ (Aleph) — Indistinguishable Obfuscation

A theoretical end-state where programs themselves become vaults. Not yet practical, but a north star for the industry.

This classification provides measurable criteria for builders, investors, and enterprises evaluating privacy tech — a step toward aligning ecosystem development and raising the bar for security.

Fhenix402: A Private Version of x402 Built in Just One Day

To test the boundaries of its CoFHE technology and FHERC20 token standard, Fhenix’s engineering team built Fhenix402 — a private version of Base’s emerging x402 micropayment protocol.

x402 introduces a long-awaited web primitive: HTTP 402 “Payment Required” as a real, universal micropayment layer. But in its current form, every payment is public.

Using CoFHE, Fhenix added privacy.

In just one day, the team deployed Fhenix402 on Base Sepolia, demonstrating payments where no one — not users, not block explorers — can see the real transaction amounts. Only encrypted values appear onchain, while wallets show directional updates without revealing specifics.

Two real transactions ($0.10 and $4.02) appear identical on Base Sepolia — indistinguishable to observers.

“You can’t tell which is which — and that’s exactly the point,” said Zyskind. “We built something that wasn’t supposed to be possible yet: private payments that are fast, composable, and intuitive.”

What Private Micropayments Unlock

The impact extends far beyond content access:

Confidential subscriptions

Private tip jars and donations

Sealed-bid auctions

Anonymous pay-per-use APIs

Enterprise-grade private business intelligence

Fraud detection on encrypted data

Privacy-preserving AI and agentic workflows

This combination — programmability (Ethereum), access (Base), and confidentiality (FHE) — represents the missing layer of Web3 payments.

A Glimpse Into the Future of Encrypted Finance

The Fhenix402 experiment revealed gaps in today’s privacy infrastructure, including encrypted approvals, gas-efficient FHE operations, and user-friendly interfaces. Fhenix is actively addressing these gaps inside its CoFHE sandbox, building tools and standards to operationalize private onchain computation at scale.

“We’re at a true inflection point,” said Zyskind. “Circle, Stripe, and global enterprises are moving into blockchain payments. Privacy isn’t optional anymore — it’s the requirement that will make open payments viable.”

About Fhenix

Fhenix is a research and development company pioneering encrypted smart contracts with fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). Starting with a laser focus on Private DeFi, Fhenix is building the infrastructure to bring FHE everywhere — empowering developers, institutions, and users to create and use financial applications without sacrificing confidentiality or composability. Users can learn more at www.fhenix.io.

Contact

Head of Marketing Anzhelika Hrokholska Fhenix.io [email protected] TG: @anzhelika_ua Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Tortola, British Virgins Island, December 17th, 2025, Chainwire
Space is the first 10x leverage prediction market on Solana where users trade real-world outcomes across crypto, politics, sports, technology, culture and beyond - getting paid for being right. Today, they announced the public sale of their native token, $SPACE.
The company has a token flywheel mechanism where 50% of revenue goes into buying back and burning $SPACE.
Space is built by the team behind UFO, a top 100 project in 2021 on CoinMarketCap that grew to $1.5B+ market cap with a large on-chain community. That success came from distribution and community, not insiders. The same ethos powers Space.
Core Features:
Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) with 0% maker feesUp to 10x leverage on predictions, more than 1,000x gainsEngineered user acquisition and retention loops50% of revenue - buyback and burnGamified points, ranks, and seasonal airdropsLiquidity and referral rewards
Backing

Space's $3M seed and strategic round was led by Morningstar Ventures and Arctic Digital. Alongside a record breaking 1,360% oversubscribed raise on Echo and participation from investors on Curated by Impossible Finance.
Now they are opening ownership to the community.
Public Sale
The team believes the people who use, trade, build on and support Space should own a part of it. A public sale puts ownership in the hands of the community where everyone gets the same price.
Fair Price Discovery
The public sale uses a variable token distribution model. Tokens distributed are determined at the final market-clearing price. This ensures fair and efficient price discovery while guaranteeing all participants receive the same price.
Key Details:
Chain: Solana
Start: December 17th, 6:00 PM UTC
Target: $2.5M
Floor FDV: $50M
Ceiling FDV: $99M
FDV Curve: Linear ($0.05 → $0.099)
Vesting: 100% Unlocked at TGE
Accepted: USDC, USDT, SOL
Minimum Contribution: None
Maximum Contribution: None
How It Works:
At the end of the countdown, sale.into.space will be open for contributionsThe sale starts at a floor valuation of $50M FDV and remains at this level until the $2.5M target is reachedAfter the target is met, the sale enters price discovery, with FDV increasing linearly up to the $99M ceilingAt the close of the sale, all participants pay the same clearing priceIn the event demand exceeds available tokens at the final price, the team will manage allocations and refund any excess contributions to ensure fair participation for all contributors
Tiers & Perks
Every 24 hours the participation tier will change, the earlier a user commits, the higher their tier and higher likelihood of getting their allocation filled: unlocking a larger bonus airdrop, lifetime-perks and benefits on the Space platform.

Minimum contribution is to unlock a tier and subsequent rewards. There is no minimum contribution to participate in the Public Sale.
Perk Benefits:
Bonus Airdrop: Unlocks additional bonus token airdropPoints Multiplier: Earning points faster across airdrop seasons 1-4 (Q1-Q4 2026)Referral Multiplier: Lifetime bonus on trading fees from referred usersTrading Fee Discount: Reduced fees on user's trades for 12 months
Users' total contribution is cumulative, but they can only achieve a tier if they hit the minimum during that tier's active window. Once a user secures one, it's theirs for life. Tier achievements transfer to their Space profile and come with additional benefits.
Allocation & Refunds
In the event of oversubscription, the team will manage allocations to ensure fairness.
Refunds of any excess contributions will be issued after the sale, with criteria disclosed once the sale concludes.
Tokenomics

Total Supply: 1,000,000,000
Flywheel Mechanism
All platform fees fuel a self-sustaining cycle:
50% of revenue → Buyback & burn $SPACE50% of revenue → Protocol treasury
What's Next
Public Sale: December 17th, 6:00 PM UTC
Refunds: Immediately after sale closes
TGE: After public sale
Platform Launch: January 2026
In order Participate, users can:
Go to sale.into.spaceConnect a self-custodial wallet (Phantom recommended)Desktop is recommended for the best user experienceSelect contribution amount in USDC, USDT, or SOLSign and confirm transaction
Important: Do not send from a centralized exchange (CEX). Use a self-custodial wallet like Phantom.
About Space
Space is a leveraged prediction market built on Solana by the team behind UFO, a Top 100 project with a $1.5B+ market cap. It combines a central limit order book, 10x leverage, and zero maker fees to address liquidity challenges common in prediction markets. Space integrates gamified rewards, referral incentives, and a seasonal airdrop system to enhance user engagement.
The protocol raised $3 million, including a 1,360% oversubscribed round on Echo.xyz, with backing from Echo, Impossible Finance, Morningstar Ventures, and Arctic Digital. With 50% of platform revenue allocated to a buyback and burn mechanism, Space aims to provide a foundational layer for decentralized prediction markets, supporting traders, developers, and token holders.
Socials
Website: https://into.space/
Public Sale: https://public.into.space/
X/Twitter: https://x.com/intodotspace
Telegram (Ann): https://t.me/intodotspace
Telegram (Chat): https://t.me/spacechat
Contact
Ace Intodotspace Limited [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Los Angeles, California, December 17th, 2025, Chainwire

Strategic partnerships target low-cost energy markets in developing economies

Orion Compute, founded by early Bitcoin investor Nick Rose, announced its expansion into large-scale Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence data center infrastructure, with an initial focus on developing markets. The strategy reflects a growing shift among crypto-native infrastructure operators toward AI compute, driven by surging global demand and mounting energy constraints in North America and Western Europe.

As global investment in AI data centers accelerates, many operators face rising power costs, grid congestion, and increasing curtailment in established markets. Orion Compute is pursuing a differentiated approach by deploying infrastructure in regions with abundant, underutilized energy capacity, enabling continuous power availability at significantly lower cost. In the near term, Orion Compute is strategically prioritizing deployments in West Texas, one of the most energy-abundant regions in the United States, with planned expansion into developing markets as regulatory frameworks and infrastructure conditions align.

“One of the most overlooked advantages of developing markets is the scale of untapped, low-cost power that already exists,” said Nick Rose, founder of Orion Compute. “By prioritizing energy economics first, rather than chasing hype cycles, we believe it is possible to build AI and mining infrastructure that is both capital-efficient and resilient over the long term.”

Orion Compute is adopting a phased deployment model designed to mitigate regulatory and capital risk. Initial rollouts will utilize lower-cost AI hardware, including Nvidia A100 GPUs, allowing the company to establish energy and operational infrastructure while limiting upfront capital expenditure. As local regulatory frameworks and market conditions mature, Orion Compute plans to scale deployments with more advanced hardware, including H100-class GPUs.

The company is also developing dual-purpose infrastructure capable of supporting both AI workloads and Bitcoin mining, with a mix of on-grid and off-grid deployments. This approach is supported through strategic collaboration with Terra Solis, which provides ultra-low-cost, location-agnostic energy technologies aligned with Orion Compute’s cost-first infrastructure strategy.

While much of the current AI data center buildout remains concentrated in the U.S. and Western Europe, Rose argues that long-term value creation will depend on access to stable, affordable energy rather than proximity to traditional capital hubs. Orion Compute’s model is designed to prioritize sustainable operating margins and continuity of power in anticipation of continued volatility across global energy markets.

About Orion Compute

Orion Compute is an infrastructure company focused on large-scale Bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence data center development. Founded by 2011 OG Bitcoin investor Nick Rose, the company specializes in deploying compute infrastructure in energy-rich, underutilized markets with an emphasis on cost efficiency and long-term operational resilience. Orion Compute develops flexible, dual-purpose facilities designed to support both AI workloads and digital asset mining across on-grid and off-grid environments.

Contact

Nick Rose Orion Compute [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Fernandina Beach, USA/Florida, December 15th, 2025, Chainwire

SaucerSwap Labs, the team behind Hedera's leading decentralized exchange, today unveiled a fully redesigned platform and refreshed brand identity. The update delivers modernized navigation, integrated analytics, and a new visual design system while preserving the audited smart contracts and non-custodial architecture that users rely on.

"Whether you're discovering Hedera DeFi for the first time or you're a professional trader, everything has been rebuilt to feel fast, trusted, and intuitive," said Peter Campbell, CEO and Co-founder of SaucerSwap Labs. "This is a serious workstation for capital."

A New Era for Hedera's Liquidity Protocol

Since launching in 2022, SaucerSwap has grown from an early-stage automated market maker into Hedera's dominant DeFi protocol, routing the majority of on-chain liquidity and processing tens of millions of swaps. The redesigned platform brings the user experience in line with that scale, introducing clearer information architecture and analytics built directly into every workflow.

The launch also introduces a refreshed visual identity for SaucerSwap, including an updated logo, new color palette, and a modern design system that reflects the protocol's evolution from startup to infrastructure.

Navigation Built Around Real Workflows

The platform is now organized into clear, action-driven sections. Trading, token discovery, liquidity provisioning, staking, governance, and portfolio monitoring each have dedicated views. Users can move from a token swap to providing liquidity, staking SAUCE, or voting on a governance proposal in seconds.

A bridge modal connects Hedera to external networks including Base and BNB Chain, making it easier to move capital in and out of the ecosystem.

The redesign standardizes how information is displayed across the platform: pair and pool charts, liquidity depth, fee APYs, LP position analytics, historical performance, and protocol health metrics all follow consistent visual patterns. These components are designed to scale with SaucerSwap's roadmap, including the planned V3 protocol upgrade, perpetuals, limit orders, dollar cost averaging, and ETF-style products.

"The interface was designed so that complex features feel simple," said Markus Bergvinson, Chief Strategy Officer at SaucerSwap Labs. "Whether it's swaps today or advanced derivatives tomorrow, it all lives inside one consistent experience."

Built for Every Type of User

The platform is tuned for different audiences. Retail users and newcomers get clear copy and guided flows that feel similar to modern banking apps. Advanced users and liquidity providers gain faster access to deeper analytics and more powerful LP tools. Builders and token projects can rely on the interface for token launches and liquidity programs. Professional partners can bridge assets from other networks and interact with a protocol that matches their expectations for security and longevity.

Protocol Unchanged, Experience Upgraded

The redesign does not change SaucerSwap's audited smart contracts, non-custodial architecture, on-chain governance via SAUCE and xSAUCE, or any existing LP positions, stakes, or rewards. Everything users have built on SaucerSwap remains intact.

This launch marks the beginning of SaucerSwap's next chapter: new design, new brand, and new capabilities, with the same mission of being the most efficient, accessible, and secure liquidity protocol on Hedera.

About SaucerSwap

SaucerSwap is Hedera's leading decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol, enabling fast, low-cost token swaps with integrated analytics. Governed by the SaucerSwap DAO through SAUCE and xSAUCE, the protocol powers Hedera-native and cross-chain liquidity for retail users, builders, and institutional partners.

For more information, users can visit the SaucerSwap Docs and explore the new SaucerSwap platform.

Contact

CEO Peter Campbell SaucerSwap Labs LLC [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Dubai, UAE, December 16th, 2025, Chainwire

YEX , a fast-growing cryptocurrency exchange committed to making trading simple and accessible for everyone, announced the launch of its Christmas Futures Trading Championship – Holiday Season 2025, a themed series of its futures trading competitions aimed at engaging crypto traders worldwide. The campaign offers a total prize pool of $21,000 in real USDT and DOGE rewards.

The championship is now open and will run until December 31, 2025, inviting both experienced futures traders and beginners to participate. As it says, all participants can enjoy clear rules, transparent rankings, and guaranteed rewards for eligible tradings.

Campaign Details and Prizes

The Christmas Futures Trading Championship ranks participants based on individual futures trading performance. All prizes will be credited directly to participants’ YEX accounts in real-time.

Prize Distribution

1st place: 5,000 USDT

2nd place: 3,000 USDT

3rd place: 1,000 USDT

4th–100th place: Share of $10,000 worth of DOGE token

Additionally, eligible participants may receive a share of a $2,000 futures bonus distributed at random, allowing both high-performing and casual traders to take part in the event. This structure is intended to support broader engagement, including among less experienced users, by providing an opportunity to explore futures trading with limited initial exposure.

The competition is accessible on both PC and mobile platforms:

PC: https://futures.yex.io/en_US/competition

Mobile: https://mco.yex.io/en_US/competition

Futures-A Featured Product of YEX Exchange

YEX Futures offers cryptocurrency derivative trading with over 200 listed trading pairs. Traders can buy and sell perpetual futures contracts to speculate on price movements, and these contracts have no expiration date, allowing continuous trading at agreed-upon prices. This flexibility distinguishes YEX Futures from traditional futures, giving traders more control over their positions.

The platform supports leverage up to 150X, one of the highest in the market, allowing traders to amplify their potential gains while carefully managing associated risks. YEX also provides futures copy trading features, enabling users to follow professional traders, observe strategies in real time, and automatically copy their trades. This functionality is particularly valuable for beginners, offering an opportunity to learn market strategies and potentially replicate the success of experienced traders while minimizing learning curves.

Beyond futures trading, YEX’s ecosystem also includes spot trading, margin trading, staking, AI-powered trading bots, and institutional tools. These features collectively create a comprehensive trading environment where users can explore diverse crypto financial instruments and manage their portfolios efficiently.

About YEX

YEX is a fast-growing crypto exchange dedicated to making trading simple and accessible for everyone. Aiming to “Make Trading Easy”, YEX put users at the center of its operations, combining intuitive offerings and robust security to create a trustworthy platform.

With a comprehensive suite of crypto products, including derivatives, spot, margin trading, staking, AI bots, copy trading, and institutional tools, YEX is committed to empowering the next billion crypto users to explore and unleash their potential in crypto finance. The platform is also available on iOS and Android, providing users with the convenience to participate in crypto finance with ease.

Headquartered in Dubai and trusted by users worldwide, YEX is built on the principles of simplicity, security, and user-centricity, helping everyone trade confidently and exploring new opportunities in crypto.

Users can learn more about YEX:

Website: https://yex.io

X: https://x.com/YEXOfficial_EN

Telegram Community: https://t.me/YEXOfficial_EN

Contact

PR Manager Amelia YEX Exchange [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

London, United Kingdom, December 16th, 2025, Chainwire

TON Foundation, a non-profit organisation supporting the development of TON Blockchain, has selected OpenPayd to provide the global fiat infrastructure underpinning its rapidly expanding ecosystem.

OpenPayd’s universal financial infrastructure will serve as a core operational layer for TON Foundation, connecting international fiat rails through a single API. This enables TON Foundation to fund ecosystem grants more efficiently, streamline multi-currency treasury operations, and support the global community of builders contributing to TON’s development.

TON Foundation stewards the development and long-term vision of TON Blockchain, a decentralised, open-source blockchain native to Telegram. Deeply embedded within Telegram’s interface, TON serves as the exclusive blockchain infrastructure powering the platform’s Mini App ecosystem, supporting more than 1 billion monthly active users. 

By integrating with OpenPayd, TON Foundation can now route fiat flows to and from ecosystem partners, community programmes and operational activities across multiple regions - all through a unified infrastructure designed for international reach and rapid scale.

Iana Dimitrova, CEO of OpenPayd, said: “TON Foundation is building one of the most strategically positioned blockchain ecosystems in the world. Their community-led model, combined with their integration into the Telegram environment, creates extraordinary global reach, and that requires financial infrastructure that can match it. We’re proud to have been chosen by TON Foundation to support their fiat operations, enabling them to fund grants, support builders and scale new initiatives across borders with ease.”

Max Crown, President and CEO of TON Foundation, said, “Partnering with OpenPayd gives us a far more agile and globally connected financial backbone. Through this integration, we can now move funds at greater speed, simplify how we manage currencies, and resource the teams and builders driving TON’s growth more effectively. It’s an upgrade to our core operations and a catalyst for the next stage of our global growth.” 

About TON Foundation

TON Foundation is a non-profit organisation accelerating the growth of TON Ecosystem by funding and supporting developers, creators, and businesses building on TON Blockchain. Founded in Switzerland in 2023, the Foundation brings together global expertise to advance protocol development, foster ecosystem growth, and drive adoption through grants, technical resources, and strategic partnerships. While it advocates for TON’s mission, the Foundation does not control the network. TON is fully open-source, community-driven, and free from central control. 

To learn more, visit https://ton.foundation.

About OpenPayd 

OpenPayd is building the universal financial infrastructure for the digital economy. Their rails-agnostic platform enables businesses to move and manage money globally – across fiat and digital assets – through a single, powerful API. OpenPayd provides embedded accounts, FX, domestic and international payments, Open Banking, and stablecoin on/off ramps – delivering interoperability between traditional finance and digital assets. With one of the most comprehensive banking networks in the market, OpenPayd enables real-time money movement, everywhere. 

Trusted by global brands including eToro, Kraken, OKX, and B2C2, they process more than €130 billion in annual volumes for over 800 businesses. OpenPayd is the infrastructure layer powering the next generation of financial services.

Contact

OpenPayd [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

George Town, British Virgin Islands, December 15th, 2025, Chainwire

Aster, an on-chain trading platform focused on performance and privacy and supported by YZi Labs, has announced the launch of Shield Mode. This new feature, integrated into Aster Perpetual, introduces a protected trading option designed to offer high-leverage trading—up to 1001x—within a more secure and flexible on-chain environment.

Shield Mode represents a key milestone in Aster’s mission to build the next generation of on-chain trading platforms, designed to serve advanced traders while addressing the challenges of trading in fully transparent on-chain markets.

“Shield Mode reflects our belief that the future of on-chain trading isn’t just about leverage or speed—it’s also about control, discretion, and protection,” said Leonard, CEO of Aster. “We’re building a trading platform that allows traders to perform at the highest level without being forced to broadcast their strategies to the market.”

Evolving On-Chain Trading: From 1001x to Shield Mode

Aster’s 1001x product offers up to 1001x leverage, zero slippage, no opening fees, and fully on-chain settlement. As on-chain trading infrastructure evolved, participants became increasingly aware of the transparency-related trade-offs—particularly the exposure of trading strategies and intentions to the broader market.

In mid-2025, Aster introduced Hidden Orders on Aster Perpetual, enabling traders to conceal order price and size from the public order book while retaining access to available liquidity. This update was aimed at enhancing trading discretion within an on-chain environment.

Shield Mode builds on this foundation by introducing a more comprehensive protected trading mode, combining high-leverage performance with stronger protection of trading intent and a smoother, more controlled trading experience.

Shield Mode: A New Trading Mode on Aster

Shield Mode is a new trading mode built directly into Aster Perpetual, bringing the full 1001x trading experience into a single interface and account system.

The new mode simplifies how traders open and manage long or short positions by removing the need to interact with a public order book, while allowing seamless access to high-leverage trading without cross-chain switching, fragmented workflows, or frequent on-chain transaction signing.

Core features of Aster’s 1001x trading model remain intact, including up to 1001x leverage for BTC and ETH, zero slippage, and no opening fees. Shield Mode further improves efficiency by eliminating closing fees, removing gas costs entirely, and enabling faster trade execution. Together, these improvements set a new benchmark for cost-efficient, high-performance on-chain perpetual trading.

Flexible Fees, Designed for Different Trading Styles

Shield Mode is designed to support a flexible fee model, giving traders the ability to choose how they pay for trading based on their strategy and preferences.

In future updates, traders will be able to choose between Commission Mode, a transparent fixed percentage fee per trade designed for consistent and high-volume trading, and PnL Mode, a performance-based model where fees are only charged on profitable trades.

To celebrate the launch of Shield Mode, all Shield Mode fees will be waived until the end of the year.

This upcoming flexibility is intended to give traders greater control over trading costs and allow different trading styles to operate under fee structures that better match their risk profiles and trading behavior.

Building the Foundation for the Next Phase of Aster

Shield Mode reflects Aster’s broader vision beyond a single trading feature. By introducing a protected trading mode for on-chain markets, Aster gives traders greater discretion and stronger protection of their trading strategies.

By integrating the 1001x trading capability directly into Aster Perpetual, Shield Mode contributes to the ongoing consolidation of Aster’s core trading features into a unified system, aimed at streamlining access to high leverage and position management.

Combined with gas-free trading and zero fees, Shield Mode sets a new standard for efficiency and performance in on-chain perpetual trading. With this launch, Aster introduces additional features aimed at supporting professional and high-performance trading within the evolving landscape of on-chain finance.

About Aster

Aster is an on-chain trading platform offering high-performance perpetual and spot trading with MEV-aware trading mechanics, advanced order types such as Hidden Orders, and a protected trading mode, Shield Mode, across multiple chains. Beyond trading, Aster enables greater capital efficiency through Trade & Earn and supports ecosystem growth via Rocket Launch, which connects real traders with early-stage liquidity opportunities. Backed by YZi Labs, Aster is building toward its own Aster Chain and is currently running a multi-stage airdrop and incentive program to support its global community.

Users can learn more at Aster official website, or connect with Aster on the official X account.

Contact

PR & Content Manager Lola Chen Aster [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

London, United Kingdom, December 15th, 2025, Chainwire

Hybrid crypto hub Byrrgis has announced that it has secured an EU license (MiCA), enabling it to operate as a fully regulated financial platform upon launch. In addition, Byrrgis has rolled out its waitlist, allowing users to sign up in order to secure early access to the multi-functional crypto platform.

Byrrgis has officially been granted an EU license after successfully completing the rigorous application process required to operate a compliant Web3 financial service. It is now in the process of further enhancing this, with the goal of attaining CASP level 3 certification, the gold standard for blockchain businesses operating within the European Union.

Set to go live on January 15, Byrrgis will serve as a universal trading platform that incorporates the best elements of CEX and DEX architecture. This hybrid design enables users to create custom packs of crypto assets, supporting portfolio diversification and eliminating friction by automating the rebalancing process.

Byrrgis has reported significant community demand for its all-in-one trading platform, with a high number of users having already signed up to its waitlist. In addition to being first to experience the Byrrgis platform once it goes live, waitlist members may be eligible for other future bonuses.

Having successfully met the high bar placed upon Web3 projects applying for an EU license, Byrrgis is primely positioned to move forwards with the launch of its hybrid crypto hub. With the platform fully regulated, Byrrgis will be able to offer users a full range of trading features including advanced charting and tools for setting automated orders such as stop-loss and take-profit.

All of the assets available for trading on Byrrgis will be subjected to full audits, enabling users to safely trade a wide range of tokens and to incorporate them into a bespoke portfolio. As a fully regulated platform, Byrrgis will provide a best-in-class user experience defined by security and transparency coupled with intuitive UI and robust risk management controls.

Siraaj Ahmed, CEO of Byrrgis, said: “We’re delighted to have secured an EU license, which attests to the level of due diligence undertaken to ensure that Byrrgis is capable of realizing its full potential. We aim to lead by example, demonstrating that it’s possible for users to enjoy compliant access to onchain finance while retaining the freedom to trade the assets and bundles of their choosing. With the Byrrgis waitlist now open, we look forward to welcoming crypto users seeking a better way to reap the rewards that crypto has to offer.”

Following the platform’s launch in mid-January, Byrrgis will press ahead with onboarding users from its waitlist and build out its hub, adding new assets, products, and features. It will also maintain the work it is undertaking to reach CASP level 3, positioning Byrrgis as the leading regulated crypto trading hub.

About Byrrgis

Byrrgis is the crypto hub that combines transparency with automation and professional-grade tools. Its dynamic multi-chain packs enable users to seamlessly acquire curated collections of coins. Built as the utility platform behind the $WOLF token, Byrrgis gives traders a fortress-like environment where they can effortlessly invest across chains. Its advanced tools help users efficiently deploy capital by automatically reallocating funds to the strongest positions.

These innovations have established Byrrgis as one of the most intelligent portfolio platforms.

Learn more: https://byrrgis.com

Contact

Robert Freeman [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Tampa, Florida, December 15th, 2025, Chainwire

The Geode Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to fostering economic opportunity and community empowerment through blockchain innovation, today proudly announces the primary exchange listing of its native cryptocurrency, GEODE, on BitMart.com.

This milestone marks GEODE's trading debut, opening the doors for broader adoption and liquidity in a project that has been quietly revolutionizing decentralized applications since its inception almost four years ago.

As the crypto market continues to evolve amid a pro-crypto regulatory landscape in the United States, Geode Chain stands out as a beacon of long-term sustainability and real-world utility. Built on a foundation of volunteer-driven development and a mission to "set humanity free," Geode Chain integrates a robust Layer 1 blockchain with a fully deployed suite of native apps, enabling seamless access to the entire "Internet of Chains" in one unified ecosystem. This listing on BitMart – a trusted exchange serving millions of users worldwide – is not just a trading event; it's a gateway for everyday people, the crypto curious, creators, and innovators to join a movement that's been operating and building for years.

A Proven Foundation: MainNet Excellence and Native App Ecosystem

Launched in February 2023, Geode Chain's MainNet has achieved an extraordinary record of zero downtime over 34 months of continuous operation – a testament to its resilient Nominated Proof of Stake (NPoS) consensus mechanism, which consumes 99% less energy than Proof of Work alternatives. This eco-friendly architecture allows users to participate using everyday devices like laptops, desktops, or even smartphones, democratizing access to blockchain technology without the need for specialized hardware. Complementing the chain is Geode's native app suite, already fully built and deployed, empowering users to register intellectual property (IP) on-chain for immutable timestamps, endorse expertise among peers, and monetize creative works directly. The Life and Work App, for instance, lets users post work history, education, and "good deeds" while facilitating endorsements and IP protection. Additional Geode apps include social, private messaging, marketplace, and cross-chain dApp discovery – all designed to create a complete user-owned economy where value flows back to individuals, not intermediaries.

"Geode isn't just another blockchain; it's a 50-year vision for economic sovereignty," said Dr. Kathryn Messegee, Founder at Geode. "With our MainNet's unwavering reliability and apps already in users' hands, we are proving that decentralization can be practical, and transformative from day one."

Surging User Growth: A Thriving Community of Over 10,000 Active Participants

Geode Chain's grassroots momentum is undeniable, with over 10,000 registered users and counting – a figure that reflects not just sign-ups, but active engagement. Remarkably, 40% of account holders contribute as ambassadors, product testers, or innovation team members, far surpassing typical blockchain retention rates. This organic growth stems from Geode's "post-to-earn" programs, onboarding incentives and more which reward participation in everything from content creation to validator nominations. The project's all volunteer global team, spanning developers, marketers, and governance experts, has fueled this expansion without relying on venture capital or fiat funding. Instead, Geode operates as a self-sustaining and self-funded project, promoting long-term tokenomics health. As users flock to the platform for its low-barrier to entry and real utility, Geode is positioning itself as the go-to hub for cross-chain interactions, where one app unlocks the decentralized world. 

Leadership and Vision: Purpose-Driven Innovation for Generations

At the helm is the husband-wife team of Thomas and Kathryn Messegee. Thomas Messegee - hardware and software prototyping expert - serves as the technical team lead overseeing development. Dr. Kathryn Messegee, PhD – a mathematician, behavioral expert, former DARPA Program Manager – serves as the CEO, whose visionary leadership has guided Geode from concept to a mature ecosystem. With expertise in blockchain, smart contracts, and human-centered design, Dr. Messegee has assembled a distributed team of volunteers passionate about replacing centralized gatekeepers with user-governed tools. This includes on-chain governance for treasury decisions, code upgrades, and runtime parameters, ensuring the chain evolves with its community. Geode's long-term roadmap extends far beyond today's listing: a 50-year commitment to building an "entirely new economy" where GEODE can pay rent, buy groceries, and fuel global collaboration. By converging AI and blockchain, Geode envisions a decentralized future that accelerates innovation while prioritizing privacy, IP rights, and the Individual. As the project eyes expansions into AI-OS integrations, this listing accelerates the marathon toward a world where individuals – not corporations – control their digital destiny.

About The Geode Foundation

The Geode Foundation is a US based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on a mission to promote economic opportunity for all by increasing innovation, awareness, and access to decentralized applications (dApps) and on-chain activities. Founded in February of 2022 and headquartered in Florida, the Foundation oversees the development of Geode Chain – a Layer 1 blockchain and native app suite designed to bring the Internet of Chains into one accessible place for everyday people. With a focus on volunteer-driven progress and community governance, Geode empowers creators, educators, businesses, and individuals worldwide to thrive in a decentralized economy. For more information, users can visit geodechain.com or follow @GeodeChain on X at X.com/GeodeChain.

About BitMart

BitMart is the premier global digital asset trading platform. With millions of users worldwide and ranked among the top crypto exchanges on CoinGecko, it currently offers 1,000+ trading pairs with competitive trading fees. Constantly evolving and growing, BitMart is interested in cryptoʼs potential to drive innovation and promote financial inclusion. To learn more about BitMart, users can visit their website, follow their Twitter, or join their Telegram for updates, news, and promotions. Users can download the BitMart App to access cryptocurrency trading at any time and from any location. 

Media Contacts

For more information, users can contact:

Geode: [email protected]

BitMart: [email protected]

Disclaimer

The information provided is for informational purposes only and should not be considered a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any financial assets. All information is provided in good faith. However, we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability or completeness of such information.

All crypto investments, including earnings, are highly speculative in nature and involve substantial risk of loss. Past, hypothetical, or simulated performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The value of digital currencies can go up or down and there can be a substantial risk in buying, selling, holding, or trading digital currencies. You should carefully consider whether trading or holding digital currencies is suitable for you based on your personal investment objectives, financial circumstances, and risk tolerance. BitMart does not provide any investment, legal or tax advice.

Contact

Founder Dr. Kathryn Messegee Geode Chain [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Willemstad, Curaçao, December 14th, 2025, Chainwire

Whale.io has officially launched the $WHALE NFT collection on Solana, introducing the next phase of the platform’s native token rollout and bringing the community one step closer to the upcoming Token Generation Event (TGE).

The $WHALE NFTs – presented as fully tradable digital cards – represent a new value layer within the Whale ecosystem. Each card holds a fixed amount of $WHALE tokens locked on-chain and backed 1:1, making them redeemable at any time for the underlying tokens. Minting is now live exclusively at mintwhale.io, where users can acquire these asset-backed cards and begin trading immediately on secondary marketplaces such as Magic Eden.

This format transforms $WHALE into a hybrid asset: a collectible card that behaves like a traditional NFT while carrying real, instantly verifiable token value. Cards can be freely transferred, sold, or held, with the assurance that the locked $WHALE can always be unlocked and returned to the Whale.io platform when needed.

Key Benefits of the $WHALE NFT Model

Liquidation and stronger community - $WHALE NFTs enable holders to convert tokens into tradable crypto assets, supporting liquidity and ongoing ecosystem activity.

Easier entry for new participants – Anyone can now join the Whale ecosystem by purchasing cards on Magic Eden, bypassing the traditional play-to-earn grind.

Seamless top-ups – Players with low $WHALE balance can buy additional cards on secondary markets and redeem them instantly for playable tokens to continue enjoying games, battle passes, and rewards.

Because every card is transparently backed by real $WHALE, value remains anchored and fully verifiable on-chain at all times.

Utility Already Live

$WHALE continues to serve as the native currency across Whale Originals titles, including Crock Dentist and Blackjack. Holders use it for gameplay, Battlepass purchases, staking rewards, and exclusive in-platform features – a utility that is available today and will expand significantly after TGE.

Next Steps on the Roadmap

Upcoming features include a Staking mechanism (locking liquid $WHALE into cards) and a dedicated Token Swapping interface for one-click redemption. Whale.io has also reaffirmed its commitment to regular market buybacks followed by permanent token burns to support long-term token health.

Participation Now Open

The $WHALE NFT collection is available for minting exclusively at mintwhale.io. Detailed card tiers, pricing, and redemption instructions are displayed on the site. All on-chain activity remains fully transparent through Whale.io’s established Treasury wallets.

Community members are invited to follow @Whalegames_en on X for real-time mint updates, secondary market insights, and announcements on future roadmap milestones.

About Whale.io

Whale.io is an online casino and sportsbook platform, recognized for its proprietary Whale Originals games and innovative reward systems. With $WHALE at its core, the platform combines provably fair gaming with community-owned economics and transparent tokenomics.

For complete details on the $WHALE NFT collection, users can visit mintwhale.io or whale.io.

Information on the future direction of Whale.io Casino and the Whale Token is available here:

Website: https://mintwhale.io/

Socials: https://linktr.ee/whalesocials_tg

Contact

Whale Spokesperson Whale.io [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

New York, New York, December 11th, 2025, Chainwire

Bitcoin rewards platform Lolli integrates Spark's infrastructure, with expanded integrations planned.

Lolli, the Bitcoin rewards platform acquired earlier this year by Bitcoin venture studio Thesis*, today announced a partnership with Spark, the fastest, cheapest, most user-friendly way to build financial apps and launch assets natively on Bitcoin, developed by Lightspark. This launch marks the first official collaboration between the two companies, with additional integrations planned for 2026.

Following the launch, Lolli will now support Lightning Network withdrawals for bitcoin rewards held on the platform, with Spark's SDK powering the near-instant withdrawal system. 

"Our acquisition of Lolli was about making earning bitcoin simple, fun, and a part of people’s everyday lives," said Matt Luongo, CEO of Thesis*. "Spark's infrastructure takes that a step further — giving users a real path into the Bitcoin economy with instant, self-custodial withdrawals."

The integration follows Lolli's recent launch of Earn, which lets users earn Bitcoin rewards when shopping at popular retailers. With Lightning withdrawals now live, users can earn and withdraw bitcoin in a single, streamlined experience.

"Bitcoin rewards are magical,” said Kevin Hurley, Creator of Spark. “We’re thrilled to partner with Lolli, the industry’s leading rewards platform, to bring that magic to millions, now powered by Spark under the hood." 

Lightspark has experienced impressive growth over the past year in its institutional offerings, and has expanded into the institutional sector through partnerships and strategic agreements. Now integrated directly with Lolli, Spark will help streamline access to BitcoinFi through Lolli’s rewards platform, as well as the broader Thesis* BitcoinFi economy.

Future collaboration will focus on expanding wallet integrations and integrating bitcoin-native assets into Spark's infrastructure.

About Lolli

Lolli was founded in 2018 as the first bitcoin rewards application, allowing users to earn bitcoin and cashback when they shop in-store and online at 50,000+ top stores and play 1,000+ mobile games. Lolli was created with the goal of making it easy to earn, own, and share bitcoin with as many people as possible.

About Thesis*

Thesis* is a venture studio dedicated to building on Bitcoin. Since 2014, Thesis* has been committed to empowering individuals and communities through the creation of market-leading products, including Fold, Mezo, tBTC, and more. Thesis* is driven by innovation and a belief in a sovereign digital future.

About Spark

Spark is the fastest, cheapest, most UX-friendly way to build financial apps and launch assets on Bitcoin. We're building the Bitcoin internet. Users can follow on X @spark.

Media Contact:

Andrew Heibeck

[email protected]

(717) 372-0948

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Senior Account Executive Andrew Heibeck M Group Strategic Communications [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 11th, 2025, Chainwire

HAI Group has announced the launch of the CORE.3 risk intelligence platform, which introduces the Web3 sector’s first open, data-driven Probability of Loss (PoL) framework. The platform aims to translate complex on-chain activity into standardized, quantitative risk metrics, offering a new approach to evaluating operational and security risks associated with digital asset projects.

The initial rollout of the CORE.3 platform includes risk assessments for 50 digital asset projects, with plans to expand coverage to over 1,000 projects within the next three months.

At the core of the platform is the PoL metric, a forward-looking numerical score that estimates the probability of financial loss when engaging with a particular crypto project. The metric is designed to offer a structured, data-based alternative to traditional indicators such as Total Value Locked (TVL) or market sentiment, which have historically failed to capture operational vulnerabilities.

A Data-Driven Approach to Risk

According to HAI Group, the PoL framework incorporates over 100 data points across key risk dimensions, including security, financial integrity, operational robustness, reputation, and regulatory compliance. The methodology follows a three-tier structure:

Conditions (The Evidence): Factual data points such as audit remediation status or admin key management.

Metrics (The Focus): Grouped assessments in areas such as smart contract risk and reserve transparency.

Categories (The Weight): Risk prioritization across domains, giving more weight to critical factors like security.

The final PoL score represents a quantifiable risk assessment, where higher scores correspond to a higher probability of loss.

A supplementary component, termed "Proof-of-Opinion," evaluates subjective indicators such as market relevance or ecosystem adoption. This layer is not factored into the PoL score, preserving the framework’s objectivity and quantitative integrity.

Open Access and Industry Participation

The CORE.3 platform operates as an open-access framework. Projects can either passively observe their scores, which are derived from publicly available data, or actively participate by verifying inputs and addressing identified risks. This model is intended to promote transparency and provide a mechanism for self-regulation within the digital asset ecosystem.

Risk profiles and submission tools are available at app.CORE3.io.

About HAI Group

HAI Group is a global Web3 holding company and the parent entity of the Hacken ecosystem. It manages a portfolio of independent products and services focused on cybersecurity, risk analysis, and blockchain infrastructure, including Hacken, HackenProof, and CER.live. HAI Group supports the development of scalable solutions at the intersection of DeFi, AI, and fintech, with the goal of fostering transparency and trust in the digital asset sector.

About CORE.3

CORE.3 is an independent analytics platform offering a data-driven Probability of Loss (PoL) framework to quantify risk in Web3 projects. Designed as a voluntary, self-regulatory infrastructure for the digital asset industry, CORE.3 provides standardized risk intelligence to support institutional due diligence. The platform is not a ratings agency, and its metrics do not constitute investment advice.

Contact

CEO HAI Group Dyma Budorin CORE.3 [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

London, United Kingdom, December 10th, 2025, Chainwire

Community-driven football management and trading game Soccerverse has signed an agreement with FIFPRO, the global representative organisation for professional footballers.
The new license grants Soccerverse the rights to use the names and images of more than 65,000 professional football players, marking a significant step up in authenticity for the game, which is a decentralized experience running on the Polygon blockchain.
The worldwide license covers players from over 70 FIFPRO-affiliated member unions, spanning major footballing nations including England, France, Italy, Argentina, Portugal, Belgium, Scotland, Norway and Sweden.
By integrating officially licensed players, Soccerverse adds a new layer of realism, trust and immersion that is often missing in other blockchain games. Gamers can now manage their clubs with real-world players and trade their favourites from the world's top leagues, and compete in a truly dynamic player-driven economy.
The integration of these officially licensed players will be rolled out within the Soccerverse game over the coming weeks, ushering in a new era of authenticity and excitement for all managers as they build their squads.
"Partnering with FIFPRO is a landmark moment for Soccerverse and a massive win for our community," said Andrew Gore, CEO of Soccerverse. "Trust and authenticity are critical to our vision, and this license is our commitment to building a legitimate football universe. This is a true partnership that also supports FIFPRO's vital mission, providing a global platform for the entire collective of players and giving our community the chance to discover talent from under-represented footballing nations."
“FIFPRO is delighted to welcome Soccerverse, a community-driven system where fans can shape clubs, share influence, and build something together. We value partners who are willing to innovate and rethink the norm as digital entertainment continues to evolve” stated FIFPRO Commercial Enterprises.
About Soccerverse
Soccerverse is a community-driven, and community-owned football management simulator and trading game developed by one of the original creators of Soccer Manager, alongside a team which has pioneered blockchain gaming since 2013. The game went live in January 2025, and has entered a successful 2nd season with over 2,000 active managers.
About FIFPRO
FIFPRO is the global union of professional football players bringing together agreements from participating countries to offer the world’s most comprehensive package of active football players for use, on a collective basis, in the digital entertainment sector. This includes more than 65,000 men’s and women’s players, their names, image and likeness, in both club and national team environments.
Links: 
Game: https://play.soccerverse.com/Website: https://soccerverse.com X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/soccerverse Discord: https://discord.gg/soccerversePress Kit: https://soccerverse.com/press-kit/

Contact
Leslie Chu
[email protected]

Glencoe, Illinois, USA, December 10th, 2025, Chainwire

Today, BOLTS Technologies (BOLTS), a cybersecurity company pioneering crypto-agile and cipher-neutral security infrastructure, announced the launch of a pilot program to explore bringing quantum-resilience on the Canton Network, the public, permissionless blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance. 

The pilot will explore how BOLTS’ quantum-resilient software product, QFlex, could potentially bring quantum-resistant transaction assurance to Canton Network. QFlex addresses the multi-faceted complexities around fortifying blockchain networks against Q-Day. This refers to the day when a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) arrives, and undermines the foundations of current Internet security using Shor’s algorithm.

Following the EU's introduction of PQS 2030, flexible support for post-quantum cryptography (PQS) will become an increasing focus for Canton Network, which has an extensive roster of institutional ecosystem participants, processing over $4T in repos monthly.

Bernhard Elsner, Chief Product Officer of Digital Asset, said, “We’re excited to explore QFlex's promise of allowing sub-networks to enable flexible, user-controlled use of a wide range of cutting-edge cryptographic algorithms without code-changes. This would further strengthen the Canton Network's cryptographic agility and position it well to seamlessly support stakeholders adopting rules like DLT 2030 and beyond.”

Yoon Auh, CEO of BOLTS affirms, “We are proud that our proven expertise and technology are in this pilot test with Canton Network. This collaboration represents a meaningful step in our mission to deliver durable, future-ready security infrastructure solutions for institutions operating on distributed ledger platforms. 

QFlex gives assurance to the industry that Q-Day fears can be overcome efficiently today, with a clear path to becoming quantum-ready. The industry can no longer delay this, given the trillions of dollars in institutional digital assets at stake. With Canton Network supporting over $6 trillion in on-chain real-world assets, this pilot will have a significant impact on the industry.”

Built on the Structured Data Folding with Transmutations (SDFT) protocol, QFlex delivers cryptographic agility at the transaction level. As such, it empowers each asset owner to respond to new threats in real time on their next transaction unlike existing static or hybrid-algo solutions.

About BOLTS Technologies

BOLTS Technologies provides advanced, validated quantum-resilient solutions for Web3 systems. Its flagship technology, QFlex, enables crypto-agile protection of blockchain transactions controlled by the owner/wallet. QFlex saves blockchains from future cryptography transitions. QFlex has its roots in secure data centric technologies providing scalable privacy solutions originally developed by its sister company, NUTS Technologies. QFlex (SDFT) has won numerous grants from The National Institute of Standards and Technology, The United States Air Force, and The United States Navy for advanced cryptographic technologies. SDFT/NUTS advanced applied cryptographic technologies are backed by more than 30 international patents. More: https://boltstechnologies.xyz/ 

Contact

Media Contact Candice Teo [email protected] Disclaimer. This is a paid press release.

Hyogo, Japan, December 10th, 2025, Chainwire

No NPC Society (NONPC), the awakening protocol, has announced the official presale of its native token, $NONPC. The presale will open on December 15th at 12:00 PM (UTC) and run for a strictly limited 48-hour window, opening the first opportunity for early participants to join the project’s decentralized ecosystem.

The presale will offer 10% of the supply via the Smithii launch platform, with a 300 SOL softcap, 800 SOL hardcap, and a strict 20 SOL per-wallet limit to ensure wide distribution and prevent presale dominance by large holders. Built on Solana for high speed and low transaction costs, the token features a 1 trillion supply, fully minted at launch to eliminate hidden reserves or discretionary minting. 

A central pillar of the project is transparency. All treasury, custody, and operational funds are secured through Squads Protocol multisig vaults, a level of auditable fund management not typically used in meme-token launches. Long-term allocations such as the founder’s share, development fund, and DAO treasury are locked with Ledger-backed signers, ensuring immutability and eliminating single points of failure. 30% of the total token supply will be committed to liquidity, with LP tokens locked for six months on Raydium. Additionally, 85% of the SOL raised in the presale will be deployed directly into initial liquidity, establishing a durable trading foundation.

The project’s roadmap outlines a transition to community governance through Realms, Solana’s native governance standard, with the whitepaper explicitly detailing the eventual handoff of authority to the DAO. Future utilities for $NONPC include digital identity modules, community-driven governance tools, and collaborative integrations with AI-powered digital avatar ecosystems.

With a tightly engineered presale model and a narrative centered on digital awakening, NONPC positions its token as a new format of meme token built on transparency, culture, and verifiable decentralization.

The $NONPC presale opens December 15 for 48 hours. Early participants can join directly here.

About No NPC Society

No NPC Society is a next-generation meme token ecosystem that merges cultural narrative, transparency, and DAO governance. Powered by the $NONPC token on Solana, the project leverages multisig-secured treasury systems, community-first token distribution, and a roadmap toward full decentralization. No NPC Society aims to redefine how meme projects scale by grounding its movement in digital consciousness, storytelling, and collective empowerment.

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Bitunix exchange has announced new partnerships with Fireblocks, a global leader in digital asset security, and Elliptic, a top blockchain risk monitoring platform. As part of these collaborations, the world’s fastest-growing crypto exchange will integrate Fireblocks’ institutional-grade custody infrastructure and Elliptic’s advanced compliance tools, a major upgrade that reinforces Bitunix’s long-term commitment to building a secure, transparent, and institution-ready ecosystem.

Fireblocks is globally trusted by banks, asset managers, fintech companies, and top-tier crypto exchanges because of its industry-recognized security standards, strong infrastructure, and MPC technology. This partnership positions Bitunix among the most reputable institutions in the management of digital assets.

Stronger Security for Users’ Funds with Multi-Party Custody

At the core of the partnership with Fireblocks lies the implementation of the Multi-Party Computation (MPC) - based custody to replace traditional single private-key models.

This technology distributes critical material across multiple secure components, reducing the risk of unauthorized access. Fireblocks also introduces:

Policy-based approval workflows to prevent unauthorized transactions

Secure transfer infrastructure used by leading financial institutions

Operational tools that ensure efficient and safe asset management

These improvements bring a much stronger protection system for Bitunix's users, while at the same time enabling the exchange to meet the needs of institutional and high-net-worth clients even better.

$42.5M Insurance as an Added Layer of Protection for Users

Under this collaboration with Fireblocks, Bitunix now also benefits from a total insurance coverage of $42.5 million, including digital asset crime insurance and additional protections against operational risks. This expanded coverage further strengthens user confidence and adds an extra safeguard against rare but serious incidents.

Elliptic Partnership Boosts Bitunix’s Fight Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Bitunix exchange is also strengthening its compliance operations through the use of Elliptic KYT (Know Your Transaction), a blockchain monitoring platform widely used by banks, major exchanges, fintech firms, and regulators.

Elliptic KYT allows Bitunix to track on-chain activity in real time and flag high-risk transactions, including funds linked to darknet markets, stolen assets, fraud-related flows, high-risk counterparties, and sanctioned entities.

By integrating this technology, Bitunix enhances its Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering, and Counter-Terrorism Financing standards, reinforcing trust with institutional clients and regulatory partners. Together, Fireblocks and Elliptic form a dual security layer that further elevates Bitunix’s overall safety and compliance framework.

Building a Safer and More Scalable Exchange for the Future

Despite the drop in total losses, only in September 2025, centralized exchanges suffered $182 million in losses, marking a harder hit in Q3 compared to decentralized exchanges, according to reports. Hence, these partnerships represent an important milestone in the Bitunix exchange security roadmap.

The Fireblocks and Elliptic integrations are a major step in Bitunix exchange security and transparency strategy. They provide all users, including retail and institutional, with a security framework that includes secure custody, real-time AML monitoring, and risk controls.

“For this Bitunix security upgrade, we have partnered with several security providers, but the collaboration with Fireblocks and Elliptic certainly reconfirms our top priority: user protection. We want users to be 100% safe when using our exchange,” said Steven Gu, Chief Security Officer, at Bitunix.

Furthermore, these are not the only partnerships of Bitunix in terms of security, since the exchange has already partnered with trusted custodians like Cobo Custody and conducts frequent audits through firms such as Hacken and Salus. Moreover, the exchange maintains an additional $5 million insurance policy with Nemean Services to protect against unexpected incidents.

About Bitunix

Bitunix is a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange trusted by more than 3 million users in over 100 countries. The company is committed to providing a transparent, compliant, and secure trading environment for all users. Bitunix offers a fast registration process and a user-friendly verification system supported by mandatory KYC to ensure safety and regulatory compliance. With global protection standards such as Proof of Reserves (PoR) and the Bitunix Care Fund, the exchange places strong emphasis on user trust and fund security. Its K-Line Ultra chart system delivers a seamless trading experience for both beginners and advanced traders, while leverage of up to 200x and deep liquidity make Bitunix one of the most dynamic platforms in the market.

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