Launched a Token Trading Campaign in partnership with OKX covering 30+ European countries, running for 2 weeks starting on 2026-03-18, where users trading MERL can earn MERL rewards.

Mainnet infrastructure upgrade scheduled for November 26, 2025 at 05:00 AM UTC with 12-hour downtime to improve scalability and fix ZK performance issues.

Free mint launches this week alongside new collaboration with spaace_io offering 3x boost for community members.

The free mint launches in 7 days.

$MRLN price rose almost 50% in the past week.

A leaderboard system allows users to earn whitelist access to the free mint.

Merlin shows 90%+ price discrepancy between Kraken and Bybit exchanges, with Kraken trading significantly higher than Bybit spot prices.

Each NFT holder receives $600+ in $MRLN token airdrops.

500 supply NFT collection drops as free mint on ETH mainnet; project previously raised $3.2M with current $11.38M FDV.

Over 50% of all protocol revenue is allocated to continuous $MERL buybacks, with the program actively running since last year and planned to continue indefinitely.

BTC staking Vault 2 expands capacity to 200 BTC on October 15 at 12:00 SGT following complete fill of initial 100 BTC vault, with Season 2 rewards including BTC and potential tokenized NASDAQ stocks.

Beyond feature launches, enabling full interoperability between Merlin, Bitcoin, and over 140 chains simultaneously.

Token experiences +15.49% price increase on Oct 11, ranking as the biggest gainer among all cryptocurrencies tracked that day.

Rewards from Phase 1 BTC staking (76.27 BTC total staked, 17% APR) become claimable October 11, when Phase 2 also launches with up to 21% APR, correcting the previously reported October 8 date.

BTC Staking Vault 1 closes with 17% APR and rewards become claimable October 8th, while Vault 2 launches the same day promising higher yields and diversified rewards.

Native BTC staking is now live with over 76 BTC already staked and offering up to 21% APR yields.

Merlin Chain ranks #12 on LunarCrush AltRank™ trending list, indicating strong relative performance in combined social media activity and market metrics.

Partnering with Bridge34 to co-host Campus3 event at Korea Blockchain Week on September 20, focusing on Korean blockchain development and university talent engagement.

Binance Alpha listing confirmed for $MRLN token on September 24th.

The IDO has sold out completely on Polkastarter, with TGE and listing scheduled for today at 13:00 UTC and token claims beginning at 13:10 UTC.

Trader reports collecting 15,000 USDT in funding fees every 8 hours from MERL positions.

Token gets listed on major Korean exchanges Coinone and Bithumb while actively participating at Korea Blockchain Week 2025.

IDO allowlist registration is closing for $MRLN token launch on Polkastarter, with $450K already raised from early investors and backing from major partners including BNB Chain, DAO Maker, OKX and Google Cloud.

AMA with CEO has concluded and full recap is now live on Polkastarter blog covering token utilities, revenue model, and IDO details.

Live AMA session scheduled for 14:00 UTC on Polkastarter featuring CEO Hakan Bektas discussing IDO details and project roadmap with direct Q&A opportunity.

IDO launches with allowlist now open, featuring $40M FDV and 100% TGE unlock on Arbitrum ONE.

Partnership announced with Delysium at Korea Blockchain Week to explore Agentic Horizons.

Strategic Hold Offering launches with Round 1 offering $300k open to all participants from September 8-11, and Round 2 offering $200k for DAO token holders from September 8-13, with a 3-day claim or refund period.

Platform serves as launchpad for BTCfi ecosystem.

$MONKEY confirmed as project token with 4M market cap.

New M-BTC integration on Sui Network expands cross-chain yield opportunities with official token deployment.

Security incident reported where M-BTC tokens were burned on Mode Network, indicating significant protocol risks with wrapped Bitcoin implementation.

New M-BTC liquidity pools on Curve/TacBuild offering 157% APR for liquidity providers.

New AI agent 'Merlin Wizard' launches within days.

Network architecture overhaul implements zkEVM-optimized CDK-Erigon Sequencer, enhancing throughput and developer interface.

Token lists on Bithumb exchange with KRW trading pair.

New staking program launches with 10M reward points pool and OAT claiming mechanism on River4fun.

Protocol upgrade enables cross-chain BTC transactions with 8%+ yield earning potential.

New voting farm launches on River4fun with 3M points reward pool for top 3 $MERL pools.

Token lists on Kraken, becoming first BRC-20 and BTC L2 project on major US exchange.

New partnership with Falcon Finance enables M-BTC collateral for USDf minting and yield farming opportunities.

Network upgrade increases transaction capacity to 20,000+ per minute with 1000+ transactions per block.

12-hour mainnet upgrade scheduled for June 26, 2025, advancing to Polygon CDK Fork 12; users warned to avoid transactions during upgrade period.

M-BTC launches on Sui Network with Squid bridge integration enabling Ethereum to Sui transfers and unified liquidity access.

BTC staking cap doubles to 100 BTC with 21% APR offering in Phase 2 launch

Initial 50 BTC staking vault sells out in 27 minutes; additional vaults planned due to demand. New BTCfi vault launches with 8-21% guaranteed APR and 50 BTC capacity limit

BTCfi Staking Vault launches with 50 BTC initial cap, targeting 8-21% APR through cross-chain DeFi strategies.

127.2M MERL tokens currently staked across flexible and bonded vaults, with 108.3M in flexible and 18.9M in fixed-term vaults.

M-BTC launches on Sui Network with cross-chain bridging from Ethereum, enabling new liquidity pools on MMT Finance and integration with Squid Router and Axelar.

New M-BTC integration on Movement Network expands cross-chain yield opportunities through Movement Labs collaboration.

New partnership with TakaraLend brings M-BTC to Sei Network, expanding yield opportunities across networks.

Multi-collateral margin trading now available on Polynomial platform with Pyth Network price feeds. PolynomialFi integration adds multi-collateral margin trading and Nitro execution capabilities

Staking program expands with 5,000% APR and Twitter engagement incentives.

Token contract unified across Ethereum and BNB Chain with new address deployment.

200% APR promotion launches for first 1,000 stakers in new fixed-term vaults, with rewards paying June 21.

New partnership with WorldLibertyFi launches 4-week USD1 liquidity drive on BNB Chain with $1M+ reward pool.

USDS-margined perpetual futures contract with 50x leverage launches May 29, 8:30 UTC on Binance Futures.

Binance Futures launches USDT-margined perpetual contracts with up to 50x leverage, expanding trading options and market accessibility.

New fixed staking program launches next week offering 45% APR for 6-month lock period, replacing current 15% APR flexible staking; 7-day unstaking period required for participation.

Fork 12 upgrade implementation begins with temporary network maintenance.

New MERL/USD1 pair launches on PancakeSwap with 31.6% APR, ranking third in liquidity behind only Binance ecosystem tokens.

Trading fees reduced to 0.01% for MERL and select tokens through Alpha Limit Orders in new promotional offer.

MERL/USD1 trading pool ranks third largest on BNB chain, following only BNB and B pools.

New Binance Alpha trading competition offers $1M prize pool to top 10000 traders

$1M trading competition launches with buy-only rules, while 1,000 MERL airdrop available for eligible Binance Alpha users with 193+ points. New Binance Alpha listing with verified contract address 0xa0c56a8c0692bd10b3fa8f8ba79cf5332b7107f9

New integration brings M-BTC to Lisk ecosystem, enabling Bitcoin liquidity across Velodrome, Mellow, and Morpho protocols.

Unstaking feature launches through Bedrock DeFi partnership.

Wizard 0.3 launches with AI-powered interface for executing DeFi transactions through conversation.

Project administrators allegedly exploit Ironclad Finance on Mode Network, with funds potentially moving through Tornado Cash.

New wallet integration enables trading across 130+ chains through Layer 2 infrastructure.

M-BTC expands to Sei Network, creating new yield and liquidity opportunities across both networks.

Official integration with WBTC DAO enables access to $12B in BTC-backed liquidity.

Bitcoin Thunderbolt launches on mainnet with Boosting Codes distribution to eligible community members.

Active trading competition ends in 1.5 days on PancakeSwap with additional rewards available.

$50,000 trading competition runs until April 14 on PancakeSwap with prizes for both web and Telegram bot traders.

Active incentive program offers rewards for trading ($50k), bridging (20k tokens), and liquidity provision (200% APR).

Ongoing bridge campaign offering 20,000 MERL rewards for bridging to BNB Chain through Protocol Free. Additional $50,000 trading competition running on PancakeSwap.

Now bridgeable on Protocol Free with incentives. $50,000 USD trading incentives + 20,000 MERL available on PancakeSwap BNB Chain.

Trading competition on PancakeSwap running March 26 - April 14 with $50,000 prize pool: $45,000 for web traders and $5,000 for Telegram Swap Bot traders.

Launching Wizard 0.1, an AI assistant designed to help users understand and engage with Merlin Chain ecosystem.

Announced strategic collaboration with Hemi to bring M-BTC to Hemi Network. M-BTC Contract Address on Hemi: 0x33F2EfCcaaFAb04561F815B0059b0B1E9F7DB211, M-BTC Token Address on Hemi: 0x9BFA177621119e64CecbEabE184ab9993E2ef727

Launched PoS Prestage with MERL staking enabled. Offering staking rewards.

Fixed 15% APR. 60m tokens withdrawn from CEX. 41m MERL staked on PoS currently.

First PoS Prestage Vault of 10M MERL filled in 26 minutes. Saw CEX outflow of over 17M MERL. Period 2 coming.

Bitcoin ecosystem focused blockchain aiming to enhance BTC functionality and drive mass adoption in 2025.

Offering automatic BTC gas airdrop for withdrawing to any on-chain wallet addresses (EVM, AA wallet, TG bots).

Offering BTC gas airdrop for withdrawing from CEX to any address. Gas can be used for 5-15 transactions.

M-BTC from Merlin Layer 2 went live on DuckChain, enabling bridging via FreeLayer2. Contract address on DuckChain: 0x33F2EfCcaaFAb04561F815B0059b0B1E9F7DB211, Token address: 0x9BFA177621119e64CecbEabE184ab9993E2ef727.

Running Xmas MEME Campaign until December 31, 2024 12:00 UTC. Prizes include $100 in MERL for 1st place, $50 for 2nd/3rd, $20 for 4th-10th in popular awards, plus additional $100 MERL prizes for top picks.

Layer 2 network on Bitcoin. Hosting BTC Runes Incubator Online Demo Day on December 5th at 5:30 PM PDT.

Contract Address on Ethereum: 0xEEacA9948e38a2Bdbb5865646bC0308C9505cbFA, Token Address: 0x0F3A12b78FEE11Ee088E454a0547BdBC5A253a6d

Announced partnership with TOMO Wallet for storing and transacting MERL and Bitcoin-native assets on MerlinLayer2

Team attending DevCon 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand to showcase Bitcoin Ecosystem developments.

Founder Jeff appearing on WEB3 INSIGHTS Wednesday to discuss Layer 2 on Bitcoin development.

Participating in Lumoz airdrop program with two-part distribution including direct airdrop and staking rewards.

Announced meme contest with rewards: 1st place 100 USDT, 2nd/3rd 50 USDT each, 4th-10th 20 USDT each. Contest runs until November 6, 2024.