what's Amp?
Amp is a decentralized collateral token designed to secure digital payments and value transfers across various blockchains. It powers instant, verifiable collateralization, enabling fast and secure transactions without traditional intermediaries. Primarily integrated with the Flexa network, Amp allows users to pay with cryptocurrencies like BTC or ETH at real-world merchants, who receive fiat settlements. Amp operates through smart contracts that stake tokens as collateral for transactions, distributing risk across a global network of participants. Validators check and release collateral upon successful payment confirmation, with slashing mechanisms for misbehavior ensuring reliability. This peer-to-peer model supports scalable, low-cost payments while maintaining decentralization.
Recorded the highest negative netflows from Binance during the week ending January 5, 2026, indicating net withdrawals of AMP tokens from the exchange.
The Graph announces exclusive Amp developer preview access at EthGlobal Buenos Aires hackathon with $10k in bounties, making EthGlobal hackers the first to access and build with the blockchain-native database across three competition tracks.
CEO Rodrigo Coelho presents at Frontier Forum in Buenos Aires on Amp and Ampersend, describing how they bring verifiable structure to automated financial systems.
The first public demo of Amp takes place at multiple events in Buenos Aires including Devcon, Pragma, and EthGlobal.
Amp announcement takes place at Chainlink SmartCon main stage in NYC.
Edge & Node (The Graph core development team) CEO announces Amp, the world's first blockchain-native database built for modern finance after years of R&D. Amp enables SQL queries across multiple blockchains with enterprise-ready deployments and transforms onchain data into real-time, verifiable datasets.