Ranked as the top weekly gainer with a +66.53% price increase according to CoinMarketCap's weekly top gainers list for the week ending February 20, 2026.

Experienced a 94% price increase, reaching a $370M fully diluted valuation.

Listed on Upbit and Bithumb with KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs, trading in the $0.04-$0.044 range while global exchanges showed $0.03-$0.036.

Launched perpetual futures market for AZTEK with up to 3x leverage on Phantom.

Reached 33 million AZTEC tokens staked within a 24-hour period ending on February 18, 2026.

Staking supported on KuCoin and Gate exchanges.

Token is supported on Hyperliquid, Lighter, MEXC, and Uniswap exchanges.

Added perpetual futures trading for AZTEC on OKX.

Co-Founder Zac Williamson spoke at ETHDenver 2026 on February 18, 2026, participating in a panel debate.

26.8 million AZTEC tokens were staked in the 24-hour period ending on February 13, 2026.

Joined ETHDenver 2026 as a sponsor.

Distributed 36.6 million AZTEC in block rewards across 3,500 sequencers.

Ethereum's IPTF rebuilt private bonds on Aztec Network using a ~200 line Noir contract.

Launched Ignition chain mainnet on Ethereum mainnet in February 2026, reached 90,000 blocks.

Featured in Bankless podcast discussion on bear market launch strategies alongside MegaETH and other L1/L2 projects.

Max supply is infinite through staking emissions.

Team invented PLONK, the universal SNARK proving system.

Programming language Noir is ranked among the fastest-growing developer ecosystems.

Network is producing empty blocks with no user transactions.

Listed on HTX exchange.

Reached 30% of circulating supply staked.

Staking offers 16% APY.

A single wallet (0x6a4d361b7d0dadf8146dcfe6258a8699ea35eb81) accumulated approximately $1M to $1.1M worth of AZTEC tokens from the market.

Listed on Lighter with spot trading and perpetual futures at 3x leverage.

Less than 1% of token supply was allocated to exchange listings.

Listed on Coinbase for AZTEC-USD pair on February 12, 2026, with limit, market, and stop orders, conversion, and custody support for institutional clients.

Declined 25% to reach $212M fully diluted valuation.

AZTEC-PERP market entered halt mode on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced on February 12, 2026, preventing order matching for a minimum of 1 minute while allowing limit order posting and cancellation.

Listed on Based Terminals and Based Mobile App with trading enabled.

Launched perpetual futures trading on Hyperliquid with 3x leverage.

AZTEC-PERP perpetual futures market launches on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced on February 12, 2026, with limit, market, stop, and stop limit orders.

Listed on Bybit spot trading on February 12, 2026.

Plans Beta Network launch in 2026

Listed on Bybit with a 6,500,000 AZTEC prize pool and up to 555% APR until March 5, 2026.

Ignition Chain operates with over 4,500 sequencer operators and 185 block proof generators.

Listed for pre-market trading on Binance.

Will become available for trading soon with bridging supported by Stargate Finance powered by LayerZero.

Added to Coinbase listing roadmap.

Hired Srijith Padmesh in a role supporting builders and real-world privacy use cases on the network.

Hosts Privacy Meetup on February 19, 2026, at ETHDenver with CMO Claire Kart and Zac speaking, featuring Noir 1.0 and private apps in 2026. Maintains a booth presence (18, 19, 20) and plans Noircon conference in 2026.

Integrated TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments) as part of L2 infrastructure.

Mentioned by Vitalik Buterin for bringing privacy features to Ethereum, in discussions about enterprise privacy for Ethereum.

Network validators are operational with Nansen as #3 validator, and $AZTEC staking is available with rewards.

ICO raised approximately $60 million at a fully diluted valuation of approximately $490 million.

Token sale completes with over 50% of tokens allocated to the Aztec community, including builders and network participants.

Launched the first ICO on Uniswap.

"Aztec Privacy Rabbit Hole" event launches today at 10am ET/4pm CET. (ID: 1999110084761203014)

Plans Alpha Network launch in Q1 2026 by March 31, 2026.

Staking goes live for $AZTEC tokens with Nansen as a validator option. 100M AZTEC tokens staked as of February 25, 2026.

Anchorage Digital serves as the official custody partner for the public sale and acts as day one custodian for the project. (ID: 1998065818727289209, 1998067329960411222)

Token sale raises $61M in ETH (updated from previously reported $59M), with 50% of committed capital coming directly from community members. (ID: 1998042925851127960)

Conducted token auction in December 2025 with 21,218 participants, raising $59M for 15% of supply at $490M FDV using ZKP-based KYC. Experienced 50%+ losses for retail holders, citing VC-inflated valuation concerns vs. prior $480M valuation.

Launched $AZTEC token via Uniswap's CCA mechanism, with 19,476 ETH committed from 16,741 participants at 69% fill rate. Seeded Uniswap v4 liquidity pool with 4,234.6 ETH and 273M tokens, reaching $26M TVL; no airdrop conducted for token distribution.

Completed Uniswap CCA Auction token sale for $AZTEC.

Token sale enters final 12-hour countdown period with registration still open for new participants.

Launched AZTEC token TGE February 12, 2026, with 100% token unlock and Uniswap v4 liquidity pool at 295M FDV floor. Listed on Binance spot trading with AZTEC/USDT pair, trading at $0.021 from a $0.046 sale price.

Token sale enters final 24 hours with 50% tokens cleared, 20,000 participants, 18,900 ETH ($59M) at $415M FDV and 35% above floor price, following an ICO presale at $350M FDV.

Nethermind joins as a core contributor to the ecosystem, focused on blockchain engineering and research, as the project enters the Ignition era. (ID: 1996942726286221539)

Token sale grows to over $58M with current FDV of $411M and clearing price 30% above floor price.

Placed second in the 2025 crypto awards best privacy category, with voter rewards claimable on JokeRace.

U.S. residents are eligible to participate in the ongoing token sale.

Token sale crossed 18k ETH with 40% of tokens cleared and 15k participants actively receiving their tokens, with the sale closing in 48 hours.

Listed on WhalesMarket with ticker $AZTEC, trading markets live.

Token sale reaches over 17,000 ETH ($53M) from 18,500 participants, with current FDV at $360M trading 17% above floor price.

The presale is the first to use the Uniswap v4 CCA presale model.

Token sale closes in 3 days after surpassing the $50M milestone.

Token sale structure includes auction floor priced 75% below private valuation, 12+ month lock-up for team and investors, 100% immediate liquidity for public allocation, and full regulatory compliance across EU, U.S., and Switzerland. Insiders have 36-month token lockups with staking prohibited during the lockup period, with team and investors holding 48.3% of supply with 36-month vesting.

Investor rights and protections are embedded directly in the token contract.

Token sale shows less than 30% of contributor allocation sold at ~$270M FDV, with market price trading 12% premium above floor.

Token sale commitments reach $50M with backing from Vitalik Buterin and Stani Kulechov (Aave founder), described as Vitalik's final public angel investment that has not yet held an ICO.

Secured $120M+ in total funding from Paradigm, a16z, ConsenSys Mesh, and Coinbase Ventures, with Vitalik Buterin and Stani Kulechov. Established 1.547B token supply with ETH 98,483 floor FDV.

Token ticker confirmed as $AZTEC with 1.547B total supply and floor FDV priced at 98,483 ETH with real-time price discovery on Uniswap. Polymarket prediction market shows 2% odds for the auction to exceed 45k ETH in commitments, and sequencer count grows to 617+ from previous 555+.

Token sale reaches 15.9k ETH in commitments with public bids now clearing and prices updating in real time.

US residents can participate in the token sale, using zkPassport to verify nationality without providing full KYC information.

Public token sale reaches $42M with 15.2K bids and 13.2K bidders, representing increases from prior metrics of $36M and 13.7k bids. Bids start clearing 12 hours after placement in the Uniswap Continuous Clearing Auction mechanism.

Public token sale begins Dec 2 at 9am EST via Continuous Clearing Auction on Uniswap, ending Dec 6, with $10M already committed from community and 300K+ addresses whitelisted. TGE scheduled minimum 90 days after sale completion with early sequencers currently earning 158% staking APY.

Launched Ignition Chain mainnet in November 2025 with 555+ active sequencers, offering 158% staking APY for early sequencers. TGE set for minimum 90 days post-auction, with 25% of tokens reserved for Day 1 contributors and 100% unlocked at TGE for auction buyers, featuring native privacy capabilities.

Listed on CoinList Launchpad for public sale through December 6th, with a token sale in 2025. Vitalik and Stani are confirmed supporters, and the auction FDV represents a 75% discount from the 2022 a16z investment valuation.

Total requested bids increase to $36M with contributor clearing at $13M across 13.7k participants (11k unique), while all auction tokens, sequencer/prover block rewards, and Uniswap V4 pool trading remain locked until a governance vote after February 11th 2026.

Pre-sale commitments increase to 12.5k ETH with 13.5k bids and 16k registrations, with only 12 hours remaining for whitelisted pre-bids.

Early bids total $34M+ ahead of the December 2nd public auction at 2pm UTC, with US residents confirmed eligible and the FDV floor set at ~$290M.

Pre-sale commitments reach 11,000 ETH (up from 6,271 ETH), with 12,600 bids and 14,700 registrations ahead of the December 2nd public sale launching at 9am ET/3pm CET.

Launched Ignition mainnet with 617 sequencer nodes (each staking minimum 200K tokens), with contributor clearing active and execution layer targeting Stage 2 rollup status when transactions enable in early 2026. The sale uses Uniswap's continuous clearing auction mechanism and creates a Uniswap V4 liquidity pool at the final clearing price, with execution layer scheduled for Q1 2026.

Partnership with CoinList announced, with CoinList building retail staking for users who own less than the minimum stake amount.

Pre-sale commitments reach 6,271 ETH (~$17.78M) from over 10,000 addresses, with auction floor FDV set at $300M (75% below the $1.2B Series B valuation). Tokens become claimable December 6th with immediate staking available, but transfers remain locked until mid-February 2025 (after 2/11), and 4+ million CoinList users gain direct access to the sale.

The token sale runs from December 2nd through December 6th as a fully unlocked privacy L2 sale.

Token sale reaches 5500 ETH in commitments with the pre-bid window closing in less than 24 hours.

5,000 ETH committed for the token sale ahead of the December 2nd public sale.

Dragonfly clarifies they are not currently an investor in $AZTEC.

3500 ETH committed for the token sale ahead of the December 2nd public sale date.

The network now has 668 validators and reaches 10,000 blocks produced with 0 downtime maintained.

Aztec's Ignition Chain is live with 668 validators, 10,000 blocks produced, and maintains 0 downtime.

Token sale uses a bidding mechanism optimized for price discovery, transparency, and post-sale onchain liquidity.

UK users are geo-blocked from using the products due to regulatory restrictions, despite the project being built in the UK over 7 years.

Public sale for $AZTEC token begins December 2nd at 9am EST / 3pm CET.

DeFi Wonderland becomes a core developer, expanding their role beyond their previous partnership and investment contribution.

A staking infrastructure provider announces upcoming support for Aztec staking, adding it to their portfolio alongside Ethereum, Polkadot, Celestia, Kusama, and zkVerify.

Coinbase Ventures features the project in their 2026 predictions as one of the teams working on privacy layers for onchain finance alongside Starknet and Zcash.

NoirCon 3 attracted 400 builders, and the project had a packed booth at EF Devcon in Buenos Aires.

DeFi Wonderland announces partnership and investment in the token sale, having contributed to the project since the first devnet in 2024.