Entered into a partnership with Polyai (trypolyai), a prediction markets platform.

Placed second in the infrastructure of the year contest at the 2025 crypto awards hosted by JokeRace.

LunarCrush AltRank lists Irys as a top coin based on social momentum and community engagement metrics.

KYC verification now required to check airdrop eligibility.

HTX hosts a futures trading contest with $10,000 in prizes for IRYS, ending December 4th.

An entity claimed 20% of the airdrop using a cluster of 900 identical wallets funded just before launch, with $4M already sold.

Bithumb lists IRYS for trading on their exchange.

Price increases 102% to reach $550M FDV following recent exchange listings.

Binance lists IRYSUSDT Perpetual Contract on Binance Futures on Nov 26, 16:00 UTC+0.

Gate.io lists IRYS futures and perpetual DEX trading with up to 20x leverage available for IRYS/USDT trading pair.

Lists on Binance Alpha at $0.012 launch price, with token reaching $0.054 representing a 92% gain.

Users express strong negative reactions to airdrop amounts, claiming to receive only two-digit token allocations despite extended participation periods over 6+ months.

A single entity claimed 20% of the airdrop using 897 coordinated addresses.

Token experiences 22% price increase on November 26, noted as significant price action in market snapshot.

Mainnet launches with over 1 billion transactions processed on testnet.

Spot trading for IRYS launches on Coinbase today with the IRYS-USD pair, available across Coinbase platforms including institutional access via Coinbase Exchange.

Airdrop claim goes live with the portal now open for eligible users to claim their allocation.

Binance Alpha lists IRYS token on BSC network.

Official team warns about fake IRYS tokens circulating on other chains as scams, advising users to only trust official communications.

Airdrop eligibility limited to the top 10,000 Galxe participants.

Mainnet goes live on November 25, coinciding with the token generation event and airdrop distribution.

Token Generation Event scheduled for the 25th.

Official whitepaper released, providing comprehensive project documentation.

Airdrop registration closes on November 24.

Official tokenomics disclosed with 10 billion total supply, 2 billion (20%) circulating at launch, 1+ year lock for team/investors, 95% storage fee burns and 50% execution fee burns, allocation of 30% ecosystem, 25.3% investors, 18.8% team/advisors, 9.9% foundation, 8% airdrop, 8% liquidity.

Airdrop registration opens, requiring users to connect social accounts (Telegram, X, Discord) through Authena platform for eligibility.

Official Irys Genesis NFT collection launches with free mint for 1,000 community members, now live for limited time.

Acurast collaboration connects 146K+ TEE-backed devices to datachains, enabling trustless compute and programmable storage integration.

Users can earn rewards through data contributions, creating tutorials, opening GitHub issues, and sharing weekly metrics on query latency and dataset growth.

Mainnet launch is imminent or in progress.

Token launch projected at 600M FDV, representing approximately 30x investment multiple according to Surf Copilot analysis tool.

Testnet reaches one billion transactions milestone, demonstrating significant platform activity ahead of mainnet launch.

Mainnet launch is described as approaching, expected to support AI projects and DePIN infrastructure protocols requiring decentralized storage solutions.

Irys announces partnership with Mira Network to build reliable, verifiable, and scalable AI solutions.

Expected TGE timeline shifts from Q4 2024 to Q4 2025, with projects reportedly beginning snapshots weeks ahead of distribution.

Token launch will follow a LayerZero-style model with $IRYS being native and omnichain, eliminating fragmented liquidity across different blockchains.

Unconfirmed GitHub leak reveals potential total supply of 10B tokens.

The project secured $20m in funding and launched a Top 100 rewards campaign with regional distribution on a custom leaderboard.

The project announces a recent partnership with 375ai to build decentralized storage solutions for AI-powered sensor networks that collect and monetize real-world data.

The project is listed among projects planning Token Generation Events in Q4 2024.

Blockchain surpasses 919 million transactions ahead of mainnet launch, showing massive growth from 73 million reported in Q3.

The project removes community participation thresholds to allow equal access and remains underfarmed with available farming opportunities. A community member predicts mainnet launch by October 2025.

The platform completely revamped all quests and added multiple new testnet games, with more games dropping soon and additional platform updates planned over the coming weeks.

The team hosts official event at Korea Blockchain Week on September 19th in Seoul, providing direct team access and exclusive merchandise to attendees.

Transaction count reached 73 million entering Q3, with data count growing to 855 million in under 3 months.

Protocol joins THE GRID as core infrastructure provider for decentralized AI data storage, alongside major DeAI protocols.

Leaked team communications and unofficial leaderboard program indicate manufactured engagement tactics.

Platform differentiates through same-layer storage and computation architecture, enabling direct smart contract data access without oracles, positioning as on-chain AWS alternative.

Founder announces imminent mainnet launch, targeting early Q4 at latest.

$10M Series A funding round led by CoinFund closes.

Platform achieves 10x growth in data transactions, reaching 696+ million total transactions.

Partnership launch achieves 9,800 mints and 790 sign-ups in first week.

Initial NFT sales on new marketplace partnership show active trading with top piece selling for 3.66 AVAX.

New partnership with zeroone platform launches with digital art open call initiative.

Genesis Hunt concludes with 1.1M pet mints; 500 whitelist spots allocated for Genesis NFT sale.

Token Generation Event scheduled for August 2025.

Second explorer launches for the network.

Major community event in Seoul on August 1 features Genesis NFT whitelist opportunities and AI integration discussions.

Raises $9M in funding ahead of potential TGE.

Unauthorized mint by "Irys Arcade" detected and denounced by founder; perpetrators refused refund request and deleted their account, indicating potential scam activity.

Data marketplace introduces rewards program, resulting in rising interaction volumes.

New promotional NFT mint available at 0.00069 ETH through OKX wallet integration.

New integration partnership established with AI Agent Bazaar for enhanced AI agent infrastructure capabilities.

OKX Wallet integration enables whitelist access for genesis collection through Bitomo NFT evolution system, backed by Lemniscap, Primitive Crypto, and other major VCs with partnerships across Aethir, Berachain, IONET, and Injective.

Genesis NFT collection launches with 2000 total supply and OKX wallet partnership, featuring evolving Bitomo NFTs powered by Mutable References technology.

Gaming ecosystem expands with 6 titles including paid entry Tetris (0.03 IRYS), token-earning Snake game, and new PvP title Doomtoshi powered by Multisynq technology.

New voting mechanism generates 271% returns for participants with 389 total votes cast.

New earning mechanism launches on JokeRace platform enabling users to generate rewards from vote purchases.

Joins AI Unbundled Alliance alongside 6 other projects focused on AI and Web3 innovation.

Strategic integration with EnsoFi enables automated cross-chain DeFi optimization with verifiable agent data storage.

New gaming platform Irys Arcade launches on testnet with onchain move recording and 0.1 token faucet access.

New partnership with OpenLedger enables AI data attribution and monetization through mainnet integration.

Strategic partnership with Codatta.io enables 40TB robotics data monetization marketplace.

New global growth initiative launches with dedicated regional captains and localized community channels across 6 markets, including China, Korea, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, and Indonesia.

Strategic integration with FereAI enables onchain storage of AI trading insights and market analysis data.

Strategic partnership announced with Galxe Starboard platform, participating in launch event alongside three other projects on June 4.

Critical documentation gaps and restricted access requirements create barriers for miners and users, despite recent PoW/PoS implementation.

New data handling system enables smart contracts to retrieve precise byte ranges, eliminating need for full file downloads.

Hybrid PoW/PoS consensus model implemented with staking mechanics to reduce selling pressure

New dual-ledger architecture separates temporary and permanent storage to prevent invalid blockchain data.

Project ranks in top 6 Kaito projects with 3.81% mindshare, showing strong pre-TGE social momentum.

Strategic investment secured from OpenSea and Framework Ventures.

New yap leaderboard launches on KaitoAI platform for tracking pre-TGE community engagement

New integration with Galxe's Starboard platform enables tracking of community contributions across social and onchain activity.

Fair launch introduces 30-minute raffle for keys redeemable at TGE, with 0.3% total supply available and POH requirement.

BuildKey trading launches May 29 via Aspecta partnership, providing early TGE access through bonding curve system.

New ambassador program launches with 20 seats available for first cohort.

New ecosystem partner NavAI brings 2.5M+ sqm of mapped data and 50K+ users to the network, expanding into AR navigation for hospitals and megacities.

New testnet faucet now distributes 0.125 IRYS tokens per wallet every 24 hours.

$10M seed round raised with backing from VCs including Lemniscap, Primitive, and Framework.

$8.9M funding round secured from Framework and OpenSea for Layer-1 programmable datachain development.

New arcade product launches on testnet with faucet and token earning mechanics. MetaMask supported; Rabby integration in progress.

New partnership established with IO Net to provide permanent storage solutions for AI training data and models.