Token Events

The old “token playbook” is over, according to 21Shares researcher Darius Moukhtarzade, who said that launching at high FDV, low float with a governance “meme coin” does not work anymore. Moukhtarzade explained that there is a widening “sentiment-fundamentals gap” as the core reason behind

On April 1, decentralized derivatives trading platform edgeX responded to community concerns about the 14% of the total supply EDGE token airdrop, stating that those tokens have been locked for one year and allocated to early liquidity providers and partners to demonstrate a commitment to long-term support.

Aligned has updated its ALIGN tokenomics, with a total supply of 10 billion tokens and an initial circulating supply of 16%. Token allocation includes the team at 23.5%, investors at 19.71%, the ecosystem at 18%, future reserves at 16.61%, the foundation at 11.4%, airdrops at 8.74%, and community sales at 2.04%.

Gate News message, on April 1, the stablecoin protocol USD.AI that provides credit to AI announced that applications for the CHIP token airdrop have opened. Both ICO and airdrop participants can apply, with a deadline of May 30. USD.AI said that the token listing date and supported exchanges will be announced soon.

Gate News message: April 1. According to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, BLUAI (Bluwhale) is trading at $0.00599. Within the past 24 hours, it is up 18.00%, reaching a high of $0.00650 and falling to a low of $0.005. The 24-hour trading volume is $720,100. The current market cap is approximately $7.3643 million. Bluwhale is the intelligent layer of Web3—a consumer-driven decentralized AI network where developers and enterprises can deploy AI agents, providing financial services to 3.6 million users. The project has the backing of financial giants such as Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (UOB) and Japan’s SBI Holdings, and is built on Sui, Arbitrum, Tezos, Cardano,

[PRESS RELEASE – Tel Aviv, Israel, March 18th, 2026] Today, Playnance has officially launched GCOIN trading, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of its Web3 entertainment ecosystem. The token is now live on MEXC, with GCOIN/USDT trading opening on March 18, 2026, at 13:00 UTC

Mercado Libre announced that it will shut down its own crypto token, Mercado Coin, starting on April 17, ending a nearly four-year user incentives experiment. Users can choose to sell the tokens or use them to offset payments, reflecting a reassessment by large technology companies of the viability of their own crypto assets. Even so, the company continues to maintain other crypto businesses, showing a cooling off in the platform-token model.

[PRESS RELEASE – Panama City, Panama, March 20th, 2026] $METAWIN Raises $350,000 in Hours as First Two Tranches Sell Out – Sub-10c Pricing Closes Today! Less than 12 hours after launch, the $METAWIN community token presale has

In brief Mercado Libre killed Mercado Coin after a failed four-year experiment. The company's stablecoin is replacing the Mercado Coin loyalty token. Nubank’s Nucoin collapse shows industry-wide failure of reward tokens. Latin America's e-commerce giant quietly killed its ERC-20 loyalty

The essay discusses advancements in machine learning for Bitcoin transaction classification, highlights Zcash's increasing use of shielded transactions, and outlines the growth of decentralized liquidity in bypassing KYC. It also covers Zcash's post-quantum initiatives and its recent organizational restructuring.

The crypto market is expected to see more than $643 million worth of tokens unlocked in just the first week of April 2025. Notably, major projects such as Hyperliquid (HYPE), Sui (SUI), and Ethena (ENA) will all increase their supply at the same time, creating potential catalysts for volatility

Gate News update: On March 31, according to monitoring by the X account how2onchain, the edgeX team allocated most of the airdropped tokens to more than 80 wallets under its control, distributing a total of about 180 million tokens, with a total value of over $90 million.

Midnight introduces programmable privacy, enabling confidential transactions with selective data disclosure. Hybrid design balances privacy and verification, supporting enterprise use cases and institutional adoption. Dual-token model and phased rollout aim to improve usability and

The cryptocurrency market has lost more than $200 billion in total capitalization over the past few days. This comes on the back of a 7% drop in Bitcoin’s price, which also dragged down most altcoins. Ripple’s XRP is no exception. XRP Price Shaky Amid Global

AWAKE（LGNS）announced on March 31 that it has completed the first round of the $100 million dual-chain ecosystem plan ILO. The total project size is $220 million, and it plans to launch a dual-chain parallel development strategy after completing the ILO, while deploying new contracts on Anubis Chain.

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 24th, 2026] RIV Coin ($RIV), a Vault protocol token built on the Solana blockchain, has officially launched as the core token of a reserve-backed digital asset ecosystem. The project introduces a verifiable reserve framework that enables off-chain

OpenEden announces that the team and advisor tokens will be locked up for another 9 months, extending the overall vesting period to January 2027. This decision reflects its long-term development strategy, and the team will focus on expanding the range of applications and deepening institutional as well as DeFi integrations.

21Shares researcher Darius Moukhtarzade pointed out at the EthCC conference that token issuance failures hit a record high, mainly due to a “low circulating supply, high fully diluted valuation” model. He proposed four practical frameworks to achieve sustainable tokenomics, emphasizing that for token success in 2026, a defensive on-chain economic system must be built within institutional capital and a regulatory environment.

The general-purpose robot network Orbion successfully deployed and went live on the BSC mainnet on March 31, with the goal of enabling end-to-end lifecycle management of general-purpose robots for users worldwide. The platform’s native token ORB has opened a 72-hour public subscription, serving as the core credential for governance, payments, and value transfer.

DeFi developer Dromos Labs has launched a “prediction-based allocation” mechanism to improve the efficiency of liquidity incentives on Aerodrome and Velodrome. This mechanism allows governance token holders to adjust voting in real time, drawing on the logic of prediction markets. It is expected to achieve up to an 80% improvement in reward distribution, signaling that competition in DeFi trading markets is shifting toward capital allocation efficiency.