Integrated with Nina Protocol, a music platform that has stored 20,000 songs permanently on Arweave and recently secured a deal with Merlin (which licenses 15% of all recorded music).

Wuzzy Search launched censorship-resistant search functionality built on AO processes, scaling from 3,500 to 80,000 indexed documents with hub-and-spoke architecture featuring Nests, Crawlers, and AO-native indexing.

experienced a network issue affecting manifoldxyz platform operations on January 4, 2026

Integrated as the decentralized database solution for idlhub, replacing centralized Qdrant infrastructure.

Autonomous Finance completed a three-year collaboration with Forward Research and handed over full operational control of Dexi and aolink products to Forward, while transferring Botega to Community Labs to continue serving the AO ecosystem.

Community-voted Satoshi Nakamoto AI character goes live this Friday, expanding the permanent on-chain AI characters application to five total characters following the four already live (Trump, Obama, Orwell, Ayn Rand).

Permaweb Index routes over 100,000 AO in yield across approximately 160,000 users, generated by hundreds of millions in bridged liquidity and tens of millions of Arweave tokens.

Competitor Walrus Protocol claims 80% lower storage costs compared to Arweave and Filecoin through erasure coding architecture, with live partnerships across AI/video, agents, and identity verticals and 538 TB currently utilized across 125 nodes.

New application launches using Arweave for permanent storage of AI character conversations, with Apus Network handling GPU compute and AO processing conversations on-chain.

New options flow detected on May 15 $40 calls, representing a higher strike price than the December $35 calls reported on 2025-11-07.

AR records 109K social interactions ranking 5th among DePIN projects by engagement. Protocol Team Lead announces livestream covering codebase evolution from ArChain to Hyperbeam and AO coordination changes.

LunarCrush lists AR as top AltRank asset for combined social buzz and market performance. Related $AO token maintains $40M market cap with low liquidity.

Options flow detected on December $35 calls. Market cap stands at $400m compared to competitor FIL at $2b MC and $5.7b FDV after FIL's 99% 24-hour rally.

AR experiences a 40% price increase on the day.

AR demonstrates price strength as traders identify emerging 'storage coin season' with capital rotation into storage tokens including AR and FIL.

Apus Network launches experimental digital twin application on AO + Arweave featuring on-chain AI chatbots powered by decentralized GPU compute with permanent, verifiable memory storage.

ar.io gateways integrate x402 payment protocol to enable per-access microtransaction charging and standardized payments across Arweave's access layer, with revenue flowing to ARIO token.

Token experiences significant price retracement from 2024 levels as market sentiment shifts away from narrative coins.

Arweave Day Asia event is currently underway in Singapore featuring live hands-on demonstrations of aoDevBot for prompt-based dApp deployment and custom merchandise creation by local artists Ink & Clog.

Nau Finance launches DeFi protocol on AO ecosystem introducing GiB stablecoin pegged to 1 GiB of Arweave storage capacity, featuring vaults, stability pools, and staking pools with fair launch tokenomics.

ADA Champion's Summit is currently live, bringing together builders from Arweave Oasis and Arweave India for a day of hacking and collaboration.

AO Mini Build Challenge launches with $1,750 in prizes, featuring @ao_devbot tool for no-code dApp deployment and unlimited submissions with winners announced at Arweave Day Asia.

Major Asian conference scheduled for October 2, 2025 in Singapore featuring Sam Williams keynote with registration now open.

AR.IO Network joins DePIN pledge initiative, operating decentralized gateway network with 600+ operators.

First version of trust-minimized GraphQL querying service deploys to HyperBEAM edge.

Five-day AO building event in Hangzhou announced with pathway to Arweave Day Asia 2025, expanding ecosystem presence in Asian markets.

AO-Core protocol introduces decentralized computing system on permaweb, promising infinite scalability beyond traditional blockchain limitations.

Inference Labs integrates network with Bittensor to provide zk-proof verified AI storage solution for enterprise users.

Agents of the Permaweb Hackathon launches with $1,500 meme contest running July 25-August 4, focusing on autonomous agents development and community engagement.

September 40 calls up 24% with increased derivatives trading activity.

Grok AI model integrates Arweave ecosystem infrastructure.

OKX partnership goes live while Irys launches AI-compatible data infrastructure for smart contracts, expanding ecosystem utility.

New journalism platform CtrlX launches on network, enabling permanent story storage and direct monetization for reporters.

Network experiencing upload issues affecting creators. Technical team investigating.

Network generates 253M storage proofs per second with 346x data replication across nodes.

Cumulative protocol endowment surpasses 220,000 AR tokens in May 2025.

Monthly storage endowment hits record 28k AR tokens in May, driving 52% MoM growth and deflationary mechanics.

Inference Labs partners with AR.IO Network to implement permanent AI output storage and verification system with ZK-proofs across 300+ gateways.

Price reaches highest weekly close since 2022 with notable call option buying activity.

Network reaches 500+ active gateways through AR.IO Network, enabling censorship-resistant data access globally.

Technical partnership with AO creates full-stack permaweb infrastructure for autonomous decentralized applications, launching June 8th.

Mask Extension integrates FileDrive storage layer with S3-compatible endpoint, enhancing decentralized file sharing capabilities.

Inference Labs launches new system implementing zero-knowledge proofs for permanent AI output verification and auditing.

Institutional adoption accelerates with Grayscale ETF consideration and undisclosed CB Ventures investment.

New storage protocol Walrus claims superior performance over existing solutions in read/write operations and data recovery.

Kraken becomes first US exchange to list $AR

Under consideration for Grayscale investment vehicle alongside 20 other assets.

Token launches on Kraken exchange with complete trading functionality enabled.

New competitor offers storage at $50/TB annually, compared to $3,500/TB for current solution.

Protocol revenues now exceed emitted rewards, indicating sustainable tokenomics.

Removed from Grayscale's Q2 Top 20 asset list, indicating reduced institutional positioning.

Founder Sam Williams interviewed about upcoming pipeline developments for $AR.