what's nillion?
Nillion is a blockchain project that provides a privacy-preserving computation platform, enabling secure processing of sensitive data without decryption. It introduces "Blind Computation" technology to allow AI and applications to work with high-value data while maintaining user privacy and ownership. Key features include tools like nada-ai for privacy-first AI, partnerships for decentralized storage and messaging, and initiatives like Walk-to-Earn campaigns integrated with other blockchains. The project emphasizes data sovereignty in the era of AI, preventing unauthorized access and enabling users to monetize their data securely.
Nillion integrates Web3/Chainlink for secure AI data centers; NIL-PERP futures suspend.
Integrates with Web3 Pairpoint and Chainlink to transform telecom towers into secure AI data centers with privacy-verifiable usage-based finance.
Trading for NIL-PERP perpetual futures will be suspended on Coinbase Advanced and Coinbase International Exchange on April 21, 2026 at approximately 13:00 UTC, with remaining open positions settled automatically at suspension.
Civitas integrates Nillion to secure its zero-knowledge payroll infrastructure for DAOs and Web3 teams.
Token unlock worth $5.05M scheduled for the week of March 24-30, 2026.
Integrated with Metapoll to provide security for their collective intelligence infrastructure that aggregates multi-dimensional preferences for groups.
HTX exchange will support the ERC-20 version of NIL token following the migration to Ethereum.
Stored over 670,000 new documents on the network in the 7-day period ending March 8, 2026.
Integrated Stripe payment support into nilAI through the new Developer Portal, enabling credit card funding for private AI workloads.
Halts Cosmos operations March 23, 2026, requiring users to migrate tokens from Cosmos to Ethereum.
Confirmed intention to become a Key Provider for Ethereum's proposed encrypted mempool under EIP-8105.
Ranked 5th in Santiment's screener for top Lending projects by GitHub development activity.
Integrated with UseObscura, a privacy-preserving trading reputation layer that uses Nillion to secure trader performance proofs without exposing trades or API keys.
Accounts for 32% of IBC V2 volumes from Cosmos Hub, ranking second after Ethereum in adoption of IBC Eureka protocol.
Partnered with Puffpaw to provide private data storage infrastructure for their user data and datasets.
Nillion announces version 2.0 upgrade, transitioning network operations from trusted operators to community control.
LoyalApps launches as a private payment miniapp on Telegram built on Nillion, MagicBlock, and Arcium, enabling encrypted SOL transfers through Telegram handles without wallet addresses or gas fees for receivers.
Loyal leverages Nillion's privacy technology in their Telegram miniapp for confidential transactions alongside @magicblock and @Arcium.
7.3 million new documents stored on the network in the last 7 days, down from 11.3 million in the previous period.
11.3 million new documents stored on the network in the last 7 days, showing significant platform usage activity.
Treasury bought 1.1 million NIL tokens before pausing buybacks due to volatility, with Flow Desk developing a structured long-term buyback program focused on stable recovery rather than immediate price recovery. Team accelerates transition to multiple new market making partners with enhanced controls.
A token unlock of $1M is scheduled for Monday, November 24.
Nillion claims a market maker sold tokens on November 22nd.
Token launched in March 2025 at $0.86 with trading volume collapsing from $750M to under $250M after airdrop farmers exited, now at $0.11 representing an 89% decline from all-time high. Team explicitly denies any team or treasury tokens moved during the unauthorized market maker dump.
The team confirms an unauthorized market maker caused the token price crash by selling at scale without permission and refusing communication. Treasury funds are being used for a buyback program, related exchange accounts are frozen, and legal action is underway.
Price crashes 55-65% in one hour/candle with no apparent cause identified.
Primus Labs joined Blacklight as a node operator; introduced Managed Blacklight Nodes, enabling participation via managed web app without running nodes.
The bridge to Ethereum goes live in February 2026, providing a specific launch date for the migration infrastructure.
Migrated from Cosmos to Ethereum, converting $NIL to ERC-20. Bitget supports ERC-20 NIL, and allows token holders to claim NIL tokens after the migration window closed.
Nillion 2.0 launches, transitioning from team and enterprise partner operation to community-run decentralized network where users operate nodes to earn $NIL rewards and use $NIL for network computation and coordination.
Nillion ($NIL) is included in a trader's privacy coin watchlist alongside 18 other privacy-focused projects as part of the privacy narrative trade thesis.
Phase 1 launches with improvements to speed, intelligence, and privacy features.
Nillion partners with Sentient AGI as part of the Verifiable Compute Consortium, contributing blind compute on encrypted datasets using fully homomorphic encryption alongside Phala Network, Lit Protocol, Lagrange DAO, and Atoma Network.
Announces Nillion Shark Tank program where builders can pitch projects and receive direct feedback to improve their builds.
Launched Network Dashboards, providing real-time transparency with 540M+ documents processed, 26K+ users, 1.4M+ AI inference calls, and 48 projects building. Reached 112,000+ participants in Blind Warriors ecosystem program.
Binance listed NIL at $73M market cap. Binance and KuCoin will handle NIL token swap to ERC-20 standard.
The network was previously operated by trusted partners Alibaba Cloud, Deutsche Telekom, and Vodafone before transitioning to the permissionless community-operated model.
The network has stored 750M+ secrets, processed 1.2M inferences, and supports 50+ projects building with over $100M in ecosystem funding.
Platform metrics show 750M+ secrets stored and 1.2M inferences processed, with 50+ projects building and over $100M in ecosystem funding. The nilAI component performs private LLM inference for Llama 3B, 8B, 70B, and DeepSeek 14B models.
Launched Nillion 2.0, enabling a community-run decentralized network with rebuilt tokenomics for $NIL utility in compute, governance, and operator rewards. Launched Blacklight, a decentralized verification layer distributing TEE attestation verification with consensus rewards.
10.84M $NIL tokens representing 4.2% of supply are scheduled to unlock on October 24, 2025.
Records +23.6% seven-day gain, ranking among strongest weekly performers in the under-$100M market cap category.
65.1M $NIL tokens valued at $18.6M-$21.4M are set to unlock on September 24th, representing 5.68-33.37% of total supply.
The project announces participation in Korea Blockchain Week on September 23rd with networking and interactive games.
CMO will host a live Q&A session this Friday with anonymous questions submitted via nilDB technology.
Chart pattern breakout signals potential move toward all-time highs according to technical analysis.
Network fees in $NIL tokens are burned, creating deflationary mechanics tied to network usage.
New integration with Fantasy Top's Clout leaderboards launches attention-based metrics system, with Clout V2 expansion planned to scale to thousands of projects.
Integration with IO.net creates decentralized compute stack for AI, achieving 90% cost reduction and lower latency vs traditional providers.
Private meeting notetaker app LouisAI debuts as first practical application, demonstrating real-world implementation.
First mainnet upgrade (Phase 0) goes live, enhancing private infrastructure capabilities.
Mainnet goes live with major enterprises including Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, STC Bahrain, and Alibaba's Cloudician running privacy-focused computation clusters.
Four major global enterprises partner to build privacy applications on the platform, targeting billions of users.
Airdrop of 75M NIL tokens ($54.53M value) scheduled for March 24, 2025, representing 7.5% of total supply.
Market maker shows heightened 40-hour activity period with current market cap at 100M.
New integration with Monad blockchain launches to enable private, efficient handling of sensitive DeSci data with high-throughput settlement.
NIL perpetual futures now trading on OKX exchange.
Privacy-preserving LLM inference platform Fission launches through collaboration with Meta's CrypTen team, targeting Web3, healthcare, and finance applications.
New technical breakthrough with Meta enables privacy-preserving LLM operations with improved speed and efficiency.
New research paper 'Fission' released in collaboration with Meta, focusing on private LLM technology.
Integration with IO Network GPUs enables 90% cost reduction and improved latency for privacy-preserving AI applications.
Technical setup shows accumulation phase post-Binance listing with $0.47 as key breakout level.
Project selected for CBinsights AI top 100 list for innovations in blind computation and AI security.
World's largest privacy-preserving sleep study launches in partnership with FulcraDynamics, demonstrating first major healthcare implementation.
Token launch scheduled for March 2025 with $334M FDV; highest Moni Score (6478) among privacy tech projects.
New partnership established with IO protocol to enhance privacy-preserving computation across AI, healthcare, and DeFi sectors.
Recent Alpha mainnet launch and Binance attention signal growing institutional interest.
Alpha mainnet launches with active developer integration across AI, DeSci, and DePIN sectors, alongside community airdrop announcement.
Blind Compute technology launches live with privacy-preserving AI compute capabilities, receiving official Binance Square feature coverage and Meta collaboration validation.
NIL perpetual futures trading now available on Mars.
$80M market cap asset shows price support at $0.40 with no major unlocks for 6 months.
New perpetual futures now trading on Coinbase Advanced with 20X leverage capability.
Perpetual futures markets now live on Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced with full trading functionality including limit, market, stop, and stop limit orders.
Extreme negative sentiment indicated by suicide prevention hotline posts suggests potential local price bottom.
Critical support level at $0.4 with increased sell pressure expected if breached.
New partnership with Coinbase Development enables AI agents to handle private data securely.
New secure AI collaboration platform Secret Vault launches, driving positive market response.
Price finds support at $0.40 with increasing volume and double bottom pattern formation.
Mainnet launch complete and Token Generation Event executed.
Coinbase integrates blind computational functionalities, marking first major client adoption.
New partnership with Coinbase Developer Platform enables AI Agent integration for private data processing.
NIL perpetual futures launching on Coinbase Advanced/International on April 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM UTC.
New collaboration with Coinbase Developer Platform enables private data storage vault creation for agents.
Current market cap of $93M with increased sell pressure from early investors during challenging market conditions.
Token unlocks scheduled in 12 months with secured funding and team alignment for price appreciation.
Secret Vault integrates with Near AI to provide secure data storage for utility agents.
Six-month token unlock freeze in effect after KOL exit phase completed.
Alpha Mainnet and $NIL token go live while core privacy infrastructure becomes open-source.
Project performance discussed in context of privacy/MPC developments, noted for giving "bad airdrops".
Token $NIL listed on Osmosis. Strong volume on Korean exchanges, close behind ETH in volume.
New coin with price discussion and trading activity around $0.6 level. Not yet listed on Upbit.
$NIL token now trading on Osmosis DEX. Mentioned buying at $0.6.
TGE goes live on Binance trading at $800M valuation.
Recently launched token NIL, trading on OXFUN with up to 10x leverage. Price showing steady upward movement rather than instant high valuation.
$NIL allocation checker launched.
Listing on Bithumb with Korean won trading announced. Futures trading contest with $10,000 HTX prize pool running until March 31st, includes $3 HTX claim.
NIL perpetual trading pair launching on BitMEX on March 25 at 04:00 UTC with 50x leverage, margined in USDT.
Mainnet live with NIL staking offering up to 33.5% APR via Keplr wallet.
Recently listed on Binance. Focuses on secure computation network and blind computation technology.
Recent airdrop distributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to node operators who participated for a few days.
NIL token listed on CoinList following oversubscribed sale. Not available in US & Canada.