what's Cygnus?

Cygnus is a Web3 infrastructure project that serves as the first Instagram App Layer, bridging over 2 billion Instagram users to blockchain technology through seamless, low-friction onboarding. It enables users to interact with Web3 directly within Instagram via features like the Cygnus InstaPlay Hub, where social actions such as likes, posts, and quests translate into on-chain rewards and ownership. The platform emphasizes the creator economy by allowing influencers and communities to monetize engagement without traditional barriers, integrating AI-driven content and data sovereignty to empower users with control over their digital identities and assets. At its core, Cygnus operates a modular real yield Layer powered by the Omnichain Liquidity Validation System (LVS) on the Cygnus Chain, which secures liquidity across chains and provides distributed validation for both on-chain and off-chain assets. This system allows participants to earn staking yields, validation fees, and ecosystem incentives through tokenized social data and Account-Fi mechanisms, where user accounts function as self-custodied wallets. By combining social media utility with blockchain primitives, Cygnus fosters a network where growth is user-owned, turning everyday interactions into compounding economic value without requiring downloads, seed phrases, or complex setups.

Cygnus uses USDC on Base for its app layer, enabling onchain onboarding and cross-EVM/non-EVM access.

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