what's coinage?
Coinage is a community-owned Web3 media outlet that provides news and analysis on Bitcoin, Ethereum, crypto, blockchain, DeFi, and web3 topics with a skeptical and personality-driven approach. Launched in 2022, it pioneered onchain media through NFTs and a DAO structure, allowing holders to participate in governance and potentially receive dividends. The project emphasizes creator capital markets and has integrated with platforms like Zora for its $COINAGE creator coin. It has achieved milestones such as becoming the first US NFT media project to establish dividends and surpassing other outlets in visibility. Coinage focuses on building a sustainable model for media in crypto, attracting notable figures like the co-founder of Netflix as investors.
Coinage video discusses Bitcoin crashing to $60K in 2026.
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Published a video discussing the possibility of Bitcoin crashing to $60K in 2026.
Reached $14.9M in volume.
Community members can submit Crypto Project of the Year nominations by holding 1M $COINAGE and DMing the team on Zora.
The project completed a burn of 385 million $PLYBTN tokens, automatically triggered by viewership of coinage_media content this year.
Stellar becomes the second nominee for Crypto Project of the Year 2025, following Solana, with 14 remaining spots out of 16 total nominees.
Full interview with Ethereum Foundation Co-Executive Director Tomasz Stańczak is coming following conversation at EFDevcon.
DAO proposal CP_25-021 has passed, setting up 100% $COINAGE buy and burn from Zora trading fees.
The project partners with Consensys, Stellar, and SNZ Holdings to host a Sky Bar event in Buenos Aires for journalists and $COINAGE holders.
Solana becomes the first of 16 nominees for Crypto Project of the Year, with participation requiring $COINAGE usage on Zora or NFT purchase for token-gated community access.
60 Minutes confirms broadcast this Sunday of the piece Coinage Media inspired, covering Trump's crypto empire and the CZ pardon.
Team member invited to speak at EFDevcon in Argentina on building the community-owned media outlet onchain. Project's NFTs are up 3x since 2022.
DAO Proposal 25-021 goes live, proposing to redirect 100% of earned Zora trading fees to a $COINAGE buy and burn mechanism, with voting now open on Snapshot.
The project announces an upcoming onchain voting event where viewers will crown Crypto's Project of the Year.
60 Minutes is planning to release a new piece on Trump's crypto empire, with producers having reached out to Coinage in August for expertise on the story and consulting with them to understand the Trump stablecoin connections.
Believe Fund supports the project as part of a 1.8M $ZORA distribution to creators this week.
MoonPay team and Keith Grossman bid on an ad space NFT, supporting the project's independent crypto media efforts.
Vitalik Buterin liked a project thread, which the team states categorically changed things for them, and the team publicly requests him to consider buying $COINAGE tokens.
The project paid a distribution to members this year, marking the first payout to community owners, and membership pass price increased 3X since inception.
A Coinage Zora creator coin launches and the project collaborates with BETR for a promotional event on Farcaster offering $COINAGE and $BETR prizes.
The team is working on a distribution deal with details undisclosed at this time.
The DAO approved holding all $COINAGE tokens through 2025 without selling, and members can now vote on two new governance proposals via Snapshot.
The DAO earned $141,000+ in trading fees in under 2 months on Zora and approved doubling the membership pass price from 0.25 ETH to 0.5 ETH. Approximately 2.6 million $COINAGE tokens are now off the market due to membership pass minting, and validator operations continue expanding with more staking participants and project partnerships.
2,154,480 $COINAGE tokens have been spent to join the DAO, with the membership mint currently 19% complete.
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph joins the project.
Coinbase paid $25M for 8 episodes of a crypto show produced by coinage_media.
$COINAGE is now available on OpenSea with a custom token page for the project.
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph is an investor in the project and will appear live tomorrow at 1 PM ET streaming on Zora.
Zora Believe Fund has started to accumulate creator coins including $coinage.
The token becomes available on Coinbase through Base's Zora coin listings. A meeting with Netflix's co-founder is scheduled for this week.
Integration with Zora creator coins launches as the on-ramp to co-ownership at a 30% discount. Total holder spending reaches 1,669,194 $COINAGE tokens.
The DAO treasury now holds 1,380,080 $COINAGE tokens, up from 1,123,868. Co-ownership mint prices have been adjusted higher and now require more $COINAGE to participate.
The team cannot sell tokens through 2025 following a DAO vote, establishing a lockup period for insider holdings.
More than 1,123,868 $COINAGE tokens have been transferred to the DAO treasury, and the co-ownership mint has reached 12% completion.
More than 483,338 $COINAGE has been removed from the market and sent to the Coinage DAO treasury.
The co-ownership mint launches at 129,400 $COINAGE with availability limited to 100 spots.
Base blockchain creator Jesse Pollak features the project in a live discussion today on Zora focused on the onchain creator economy.
Minting activity has begun with 3.66 ETH already added to the DAO Co-op treasury, and a 30% discount mint event is planned.
Users will soon be able to use $COINAGE token to mint Coinage NFTs that grant co-ownership in the project through a Co-op structure, implementing a READ/WATCH/OWN media model.
Nansen.ai analytics identifies COINAGE as part of smart money buying activity within the Zora meta sector.
Leadership announces no plans to launch personal creator coin to avoid dilution, has not taken salary from the project, and declares complete alignment with $COINAGE and @PLYBTN success.
NFT performance reaches 400% since launch and creator coin achieves over 70x returns; multiple exchanges express interest in token listings though no specific exchanges confirmed.
Coinage achieves Top Zora Creator Coin position.
Strategic expansion announced to roll out the crypto media model to other niches in the near future.
Zora creator coins added to Coinbase app for trading and Zora listed on Robinhood this week, providing significant liquidity unlocks for the ecosystem; DAO votes to hold accrued trading fees through 2025 while a major holder announces continued accumulation.
DAO proposal 25-018 passes to enable Caucus membership NFT minting settled in $COINAGE at 30% discount, with minting beginning next week.
Token gains 119% to become one of the day's top runners on Base chain, listed among multiple tokens showing significant double and triple-digit percentage increases.
$COINAGE achieves Coinbase listing and validators hold ~$500M in entrusted assets, with team hinting at upcoming announcement within 24 hours while token sits at $3M market cap.
Governance proposal 25-018 announced, which if approved, will allow $COINAGE holders to use the token to gain co-ownership in the media outlet.
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely mints his first NFT with the project, marking a high-profile membership addition and indicating growing quality of member base.
$COINAGE token surges 900% on Zora while achieving top position on the platform; companion token $PLYBTN also rises as NFT co-ownership participation increases.
DAO votes against selling $COINAGE tokens, indicating strong holder conviction and reduced sell pressure. Project surpasses Bankless and SeedClub in competitive positioning, with Zora co-founder and Balaji Srinivasan mentioned as next targets.
Project launches "attention bonds" product allowing public bidding on future creator ad-space as NFTs, partnering with GBMauction, therollupco, and ThinkingCrypto1 on Base blockchain.
New institutional backing as CreatorDAO includes project in creator coin portfolio.
Treasury holds 101 ETH, with US-registered DAO/Cooperative structure receiving Vitalik Buterin's attention.
NFT holders gain direct media pitch rights worth $3,000/month in PR value; former CFTC Chairman interview announced
Prominent wallet dockerxbt initiates position in creator coin ecosystem.
New ETH dividend announced by digital asset treasury for NFT holders.
DAO establishes buy-only policy for creator coins with complete sale restriction through 2025.
Rare NFT sale confirms existence of 12 legendary-tier pieces, with one legendary piece selling for 1.65 ETH in possible market inefficiency event.
DAO/Coop launches with 5,000 max membership cap, equal ownership distribution, and 100 ETH treasury target for 2025, implementing direct ETH-to-treasury mint mechanism.
76.5M tokens burned in May through content engagement mechanism, showing 63% increase from April's burn.
Media DAO establishes distribution partnership with Brave browser, reaching millions of users while implementing hybrid B Corp-DAO structure.
Token launches with innovative tokenomics excluding traditional market makers.
Token de-listed from Phantom wallet following disputes over verification incentives.
46.9M tokens burned in April, bringing total burn to 132M tokens through content bonding curve mechanism.
New token burn mechanism launches, tied to monthly YouTube and X views, with lockup period through October.
New token burn mechanism launches, linking burns to X and YouTube video views, with Dune Analytics tracking.
NFT value up 57% post-launch with first dividend distribution completed. 91% unique ownership ratio achieved.
Community-owned media DAO completes first distribution to 6,700+ NFT holders while exploring Netflix documentary collaboration.
Launching on Pink ecosystem as one of largest Solana memecoin fair launches in 2+ months, originating from Ethereum DAO.
Launched as first tokenized YouTube Silver Play Button award. Reached #1 traded project on Dexview. Liquidity pool locked for 100 days.
Completed PLYBTN fair launch raising 1492 SOL ($192,000), largest raise on Pink Ecosystem in past 2 months.
Fair launch trending #1 on Pink Ecosystem, exceeded launch goal by 449% with one day remaining.