what's farcaster?
Farcaster is a decentralized social media protocol built on Ethereum and other blockchains, enabling the development of interoperable social applications. It allows users to own their data, identities, and social graphs while providing features like permissionless sign-ups, on-chain interactions, and cross-chain wallet support. The protocol emphasizes user autonomy, privacy, and censorship resistance through its hub-based architecture. Farcaster has gained traction in the crypto community as an alternative to centralized platforms like Twitter, with recent expansions including support for Solana and BSC. It has raised significant funding, including $150M at a $1B valuation, and continues to release upgrades like Elephant and Alpaca for enhanced functionality.
Farcaster integrates volt_perps for social-native perp trading directly within its platform.
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x.com/farcaster_xyzintegrated with volt_perps as a social-native perp trading interface embedded directly into Farcaster, powered by Orderly
Introduced Earn feature on December 19, 2025, powered by Morpho, through the Farcaster wallet.
FaucetDrops officially launched on Farcaster and is available natively within the Farcaster ecosystem on Celo Network.
Hosts Gina as the #1 finance miniapp on its platform as of December 2025.
MIO goes live on Farcaster.
Farcaster features in Privy Wrapped year-end event scheduled for Thursday, with live demos and Q&A sessions showcasing apps building on Privy infrastructure alongside Zora, BasedOneX, and other teams.
Farcaster Pro users pay 5 basis points (0.05%) fees on EVM chains and zero fees on Solana.
Base airdrop farming requires Farcaster social activity as the main antisybil mechanism, with social engagement prioritized over traditional onchain actions or TVL metrics for eligibility.
Farcaster introduces a new weekly roundup feature showcasing projects from the Clanker ecosystem, with BETRMINT featured in the first edition.
Farcaster pivots away from social platform functionality to focus on wallet development, discussed with core contributors including founder @dwr.
AeroNavigator, a yield optimization tool that simulates transaction outcomes, enters private beta with early access available through Farcaster/Base names.
Content creators report algorithmic de-boosting for crypto content on X/Twitter and plan to migrate all crypto and token-related discussions to Farcaster while maintaining non-crypto content on X.
New Zapper app launches powered by Farcaster's social graph functionality.
Hyperstitions launches as a mini-app on Farcaster, enabling betting, trading and clank functionality directly on the platform.
The first @stremefun presale goes live for @beamrstreamr, an application that streams Farcaster engagement rewards in real-time based on likes, comments, and follows, with tokens unlocking continuously over 7 days post-launch.
The platform launches a minting feature called "Howler" that allows users to create digital assets using art pieces as visual references.
Analytics provider Tako Protocol leaves Farcaster and joins competitor trends.fun on Solana, terminating all Farcaster data services.
The team reaches agreement for Postgres hosting and begins converting from MongoDB, with migration expected to complete within months.
The previous funding round raised $150m at a $1b valuation 19 months ago. Third-party clients Base App, Zapper, and Uno are built on top of the Farcaster network protocol, and the wallet pivot uses a "fee on swap" business model.
User confirms the team never planned or mentioned a native Farcaster token despite ongoing speculation. The last Farcaster SocialNode infrastructure shuts down with MongoDB access ending at month's end, allowing users to export posts to CSV.
Co-founder Dan Romero states the social network never found product-market fit, providing explicit reasoning for the platform's pivot to wallets and trading.
Team clarifies the wallet pivot does not mean abandoning social media features, contradicting speculation. FWOGSTR token launches trading at approximately $300K market cap.
Farcaster activity qualifies users for Monad airdrop distribution.
The team acquires Clanker, and co-founder Dan Romero shifts from a previously anti-token position to a pro-token stance following the wallet and trading pivot.
CryptoArt marketplace mini-app launches on Farcaster with support for ERC-721/1155 NFT sales through auctions and fixed-price listings, featuring 5% platform fees and 10% referral rewards for curators.
Project raises $180m in funding from Paradigm, a16z, Haun, and Santiago Roel's Standard Crypto to support its pivot to a wallet service.
Dan Romero announces the core function of the wallet will focus on trading as part of the wallet-focused growth model transition.
Co-founder Dan Romero announces the project abandons its 4.5-year "social-first" approach that failed to achieve product-market fit and fully pivots to a "wallet-driven" growth model centered on the newly launched in-app wallet.
$DONUT, a Farcaster mini-app, completes its halving event and generates over $100k in revenue during a weekend, ranking in Top 5 projects on Base for 4 consecutive days.
Fireside, a brand new audio spaces app, launches as a native application on Farcaster and Base.
@feyprotocol announces details about Token Generation Ceremonies (TGCs) as a new token launch mechanism, following problems with the first Clanker presale where 6 wallets acquired all supply, 10-20 ETH raised went to the team instead of liquidity, and the market cap opened below presale cost.
A marketplace and auction house with Farcaster-native mini-app features launches this weekend. Version 1 supports BYO-NFTs only, with version 2 planned to include ERC-721 and ERC-1155 deployment capabilities.
$HOUSE launches as the first Clanker presale on the platform, but one buyer acquires almost the entire presale supply (16E) due to no wallet cap implementation.
The first Clanker presale takes place this week starting December 4 at 9:30 AM PT, as announced by Dan Romero from the Farcaster team.
Farcaster adds swap functionality featuring USDC as the default buying option.
MintedMerchShop kicks off a NEON TICKET NFT quest in their Farcaster mini app, concluding on tomorrow's BETRMINT round.
Giveth is coming to the platform.
Farcaster hosts a dev day event featuring lightning talks from developers including betrmint founder. PiggyWallet launches their miniapp on Farcaster, and OurBlockroll receives a grant to launch their card on the platform.
Beeper launches as a priority notification miniapp natively embedded into Farcaster identity, using micro-payment gating to filter messages and deliver paid-priority alerts from chosen accounts.
Privy features Farcaster as one of their biggest and fastest-growing customers at a Stripe event, alongside other major crypto projects including OpenSea, Uniswap, HyperliquidX, and Worldcoin.
New Farcaster accounts now receive an assigned Warplet profile picture, with the team actively promoting Warplet as the platform mascot.
Farcaster is a customer of Immunefi Magnus, gaining access to a unified command center for onchain security.
NetMind activates its third layer publicly on Farcaster/Base, focusing on intelligence about user participation and requesting user signups.
OREsupply, a project operating on Base and Farcaster, generated revenue equal to its entire FDV in 15 days and uses funds to improve its liquidity pool with plans to buyback and burn tokens.
A Monad staking mini app created by @0xZenigame launches on the platform, enabling users to stake their Monad airdrop tokens.
Arbitrum and Flowstate Coop run a crowdfunding program for Farcaster miniapp developers, automatically including creators in weekly payouts when they build miniapps with Arbitrum support that gain user adoption.
Degen announces Degen Hub, a new client being built inside Farcaster with its own personality, featuring redesigned posting flows, improved thread navigation and notifications, plus a new optional engagement mechanic without ads or subscriptions.
A developer incentive program pays Arbitrum builders $40k+ per month, made possible through collaboration with Superfluid and NeriteOrg.
2,000 Farcaster users received the official Monad airdrop, and 1,000 top traders on Farcaster will also receive MON tokens.
IMGN Labs plans to release Waifu exclusively on Farcaster, alongside other products including IMGN 2 Video Model and x402 API.
Warplet mini app created by @sayangel goes viral on the platform and generates 49,152 mints, with the case study shared at Devconnect.
Betrmint launches its first ever collectible Basepost today featuring Jesse Pollak content coin, offering up to 100x rewards in $JESSE and $BETR tokens, playable on Farcaster.
A team member departs from Farcaster last week, previously involved with Clanker, leaving to work on personal app and mev research projects.
Phi launches as a mini app on Farcaster today, enabling users to explore and trade coins directly on the platform with one-tap purchases from Farcaster wallet.
The Haberdashery art collection launches on Betrmint today, offering participants up to 100x rewards in $HABS and $BETR tokens in one of the platform's biggest rounds.
Onchain Inc launches $OINC token paired with $CLANKER and introduces Upgrader protocol that enables token merging and upgrading for ecosystem projects.
Upcoming Base App features include a Farcaster-built social feed rolling out to all users.
Over 1650 copies of wishlist holiday edition minted on Betrmint by Farcaster community for $WISH bonus rewards, with $400 raised for The Wish Fund.
Frame Chain and Frame API shut down on December 17 as the platform transitions from Frames V1 to MiniApps. Users must bridge funds off the network immediately due to 7-day withdrawal processing time.
$DEGEN, which originated on Farcaster, reaches 1M+ holders and becomes the #1 memecoin on Base with a Coinbase listing. Degen Hub App launches to consolidate trends, rewards, and community features in one place.
Farcaster maintains booth presence at Devconnect conference and presents talk on crypto apps and decentralized social at 6pm on Eth Day.
Fey Protocol ($FEY) launches on Farcaster with staking functionality, achieving 45x returns from presale price of 0.1 ETH to nearly $18k within two weeks.
Base App launches new feature allowing post coins to be paired with any token. Demonstration with Betrmint's $BETR token creates $PAIRED reaching $20K market cap and trends on both Farcaster and Base App, generating $600+ in creator rewards distributed to 300+ players.
Degen app beta releases as a Farcaster client for Base chain users. Farcaster miniapps to be featured at Arbitrum's Arbiverse event on November 19.
Share.xyz, a social trading app for Base and Solana, integrates with Farcaster for profile connectivity and raised $5M from Coinbase Ventures.
Celo's Miniapp Monday showcases Boost_xyz on the platform, which rewards users for exploring Celo mini app ecosystem.
Zapper web app integrates Farcaster protocol.
Betrmint integrates with the platform and launches native $BETR token via Clanker to grow their app and community.
Two Base Batches Demo Day finalists integrate with the platform: CODY gaming platform becomes playable on Farcaster, and Emerge AI mini-app allows users to create and monetize content workflows by tagging the Emerge agent on Farcaster.
A user reports accidentally tagging an impersonator account related to $fey token, indicating scam risk from fake accounts on the platform.
Farcaster acquires Clanker, which has processed over $4.8B in trading volume on Base.
Slab cash integrates with the platform, with a mini app launching soon.
Zapper will upgrade their main web app to function as a Farcaster client in the next weeks, integrating social signals with onchain data.
Farcaster implements an in-app swap feature, adding trading functionality to the platform.
The platform adds charts and PnL (Profit and Loss) tracking functionality within the last two weeks.
A new custom pairing feature launches that allows token creators to pair their tokens with any native coin instead of standard pairs. Two tokens using this feature become the top trending tokens on the platform.
Founders receive $15M payout through secondary sales backed by VCs.
Farcaster acquires Clanker, the AI token launch platform that generated billions in volume. Both Clanker and BNKR tokens are listed and supported on Coinbase.
The BETR mini app generates 11.26 ETH revenue in October with 46% month-over-month growth, while staking rewards are recalibrated to 20% APY for November, up from 12%.
Farcaster data is integrated into Tapestry, a Solana-based social graph protocol, contributing to a unified database of 938k profiles and 2.3 million follow relationships used for social AI applications.
Warpcast app rebrands to Farcaster app.
BETR Labs mini app on Farcaster accepted into Base Batches 002 accelerator program (40 teams selected from 700+ applicants) and wins $25k top prize in Base Onchain Summer Awards. Team receives one-on-one mentorship from Base and presents at DevConnect in Buenos Aires.
A pro subscription tier launches with a purple badge, unlocked social features, and cheap/no-fee trading capabilities.
Farcaster wallet supports cross-chain transactions between Base and Solana networks with extremely small fees.
Farcaster is available on Monad blockchain ecosystem for social and mini apps.
The ecosystem rotates into the app phase from the infrastructure phase. Social trading is the most competitive category, more so than token launchpads where competition has largely settled.
Founders sell $15-20M in secondary shares during Series A and B funding rounds.
Multiple token pre-sales on the platform achieve significant returns, with another 0.1 ETH investment reaching $10k USD value.
Farcaster competes with fomo to become the canonical social layer for trading.
Platform records all-time high Daily Active Users (DAU) as users minted NFTs in a mini app that went viral within the social feed.
Farcaster Sync launches, enabling automatic cross-posting between X and Farcaster accounts. Users can farm the Base airdrop by staying active on the platform.
Token issuance is deeply integrated into the platform following the recent Clanker acquisition, which fits into the long-term strategic vision according to founder dwr.
Farcaster acquires Clanker, an AI token launchpad on Base. CLANKER token increases 360% in the past week and breaks new ATH.
The Farcaster team is working to help accelerate Clanker development following builder meetings this week.
SoraCast mini app launches on the platform, enabling Sora 2.0 and Veo 3.1 video generation with gasless USDC payments.
Degen, which originated as a meme on Farcaster and is now the biggest coin on Base, announces a collaboration with OpenSea.
CLANKER generates $700k+ in fees for 4 consecutive days and is becoming the ecosystem token for Farcaster apps.
Betrmint mini app implements recurring buyback mechanism 3-4 times weekly, purchasing $BETR with 10% of revenue to distribute to stakers. WalletConnect partners with TalentProtocol for developer program offering 75,000 WCT weekly prizes for building Farcaster and Base mini apps.
betonbangers, a mini app for betting on viral casts before they trend, launches with $BANGER token, built by superfluid_labs and powered by StremeFun.
$warp token reports 30x price increase over 3 days while Warplet NFTs trade above $100 on secondary markets. Controversy emerges as the creator continues minting beyond the promised 10k collection limit, with warnings this threatens NFT relevance on the platform.