Distributed $50M rewards to 500K participants.

Processed 909M+ transactions as of December 2025.

Added Gattaca as the ninth member of the Taiko Security Council, bringing expertise in transaction supply chain infrastructure and MEV mitigation.

Integrated with SPACE ID's domain bridging service that connects Web3 domains to ICANN's traditional internet infrastructure, enabling .taiko domains to be recognized by standard browsers across both Web2 and Web3.

LunarCrush AltRank identifies Taiko as one of today's leaders showing unusual resilience and attention while other assets struggle in weak market conditions.

Every block on Taiko mainnet is now proven with zero-knowledge proofs in production, powered by Succinct Labs' SP1 and Boundless's RISC0, achieving 100% ZK coverage starting this week.

Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade goes live with PeerDAS activation and blob capacity increasing from 6 to 9 blobs, automatically making Taiko faster and cheaper through inheritance of base layer improvements. Further blob capacity increases are scheduled for the coming weeks.

Taiko users are eligible for the Cysic airdrop as users from a partner ecosystem, with registration closing December 7 at 1PM UTC.

A Fusaka upgrade livestream is scheduled for December 3 featuring speakers from Nethermind, Ethereum Foundation, Go Ethereum, Erigon, Prysmatic Labs, and Offchain Labs to discuss what node operators, L2 teams, and developers should expect.

DefiLlama data shows Taiko among the three fastest-growing chains by Total Value Locked.

ERC-8004 standard launches on Taiko Hoodi testnet.

Galxe Campaign launches offering TAIKO token rewards for completing off-chain tasks related to TaikoSwap.

The Fusaka upgrade unlocks 8× more blob scaling through PeerDAS and introduces EIP-7917, setting the stage for based preconfirmations on Taiko.

TaikoSwap, the native decentralized exchange, launches on Taiko.

ENS moves Namechain to Nethermind's Surge, a based rollup framework built on the Taiko stack, choosing Taiko's infrastructure for its censorship resistance and decentralization properties.

Taiko partners with Bitget Wallet to launch a crypto card for global stablecoin spending across major EVM chains, featuring on-chain settlement routing through Taiko's based rollup for refunds, rebates, and top-ups. The partnership includes a promotional campaign until Nov 20 offering rewards for the first 1,000 users.

Taiko ranks as one of the fastest-growing chains by weekly stablecoin inflow percentage, alongside Plasma and Story.

Taiko Gwyneth is introduced as the first rollup with synchronous composability between L1 and other L2s, with the first tech spec released and a demo coming soon.

The first protocol upgrade proposal is introduced this week.

Taiko participates in Dune's new Onchain Data Foundation and makes dashboards available on Dune Analytics.

Taiko builds around ERC-8004 standard for AI agent identity, trust, and reputation alongside projects like Kinic, ZyfAI, Unibase AI, and Santa Virtuals.

Taiko partners with Chainlink to integrate their Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) for tokenization use cases within the ecosystem, adding institutional-grade compliance infrastructure to the based rollup.

Taiko Alethia whitepaper goes live, introducing based sequencing through Ethereum validators, sub-second preconfirmations, and multiproving without centralized sequencers.

CCO Ben Wan speaks at Hong Kong FinTech Week on November 4, discussing the transition from pilots to real-world deployment across payments, capital markets, and infrastructure.

Tier 5 unlocked with 300,000 TAIKO end-of-season reward pool, while intraVerse_Game distributes 300 TAIKO daily to top players.

Hermes Omnichain adds Taiko support for seamless cross-chain bridging.

Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade cleared final testnet with mainnet target of December 3, enabling Phase 2 permissionless preconfirmations targeted for Q1 2026. Phase 1 preconfirmations reduced transaction times from 12 seconds to 2 seconds with whitelisted operators.

Nethermind presented Surge, built on the Taiko stack, at the Bank of England and Bank for International Settlements DLT Innovation Challenge, demonstrating how the technology meets wholesale settlement standards for central bank money.

Fusaka hard fork scheduled for Ethereum Hoodi testnet on October 28, 2025, at slot 1,622,016, requiring node runners to configure beacon clients before the upgrade to avoid interruptions.

Taiko backs ERC-8004 from Ethereum Foundation's dAI team and deploys contracts on its network to support developers building autonomous agent applications.

Gaming initiative reaches 47,000 games played with 300,000 TAIKO tokens in rewards unlocking at 50,000 games milestone.

The new Taiko Hoodie Testnet is now live and available for builders.

Block production and sequencing remained operational during this week's AWS outage while other web3 protocols went down, experiencing only minor bridge interface disruptions via Vercel.

The Hoodi Testnet shuts down on Monday with a new testnet replacement coming soon.

Preconfirmations go live on mainnet and DAO governance becomes fully activated in Q3 2025.

Network's share of posted blob data has collapsed from 20% to 0.2%, indicating a severe 99% decline in data availability usage.

COO presents on tokenized assets at RWA Day event in collaboration with epicweb3, indicating potential strategic positioning in the Real World Assets sector.

New Chainlink standard integrations include the protocol among 15 total integrations across 9 different chains this week.

Network performance has significantly declined over the past 3 months, with TPS dropping from 16 to around 2, and effective productive transaction throughput now at only 0.10 TPS after excluding system transactions and repetitive activities.

Chainlink Data Streams launches as the official oracle infrastructure on Taiko Alethia to support the DeFi ecosystem.

New collaboration with World of Dypians launches Royalty Chests feature, providing users daily reward chances via on-chain activity.

The protocol currently operates live sequencer rotation using a pre-elected leader model after transitioning from total anarchy-based sequencing, with future plans to open sequencer participation to anyone.

New gateway collaboration with Lu Ban enters testing phase in closed DevNet environment.

Unofficial derivative token $TAIX launching September 4 on Base via AerodromeFi with $190K initial market cap - exercise caution due to high-risk indicators.

New ULTRA TX feature in development aims to enable synchronous composability and programmable Ethereum blocks.

New integration with Ponder.One enables additional bridging and swapping capabilities.

Nethermind launches Catalyst, a preconfirmation solution delivering 2-second transaction speeds with 20-30x improvement.

CrossCurve.fi enables positive slippage bridging, enhancing DeFi capabilities.

New Galxe Campaign launches offering TAIKO tokens for completing preconfirmation-related tasks.

Preconfirmations feature deploys on mainnet, enabling 20-30x faster transactions while maintaining Ethereum compatibility.

Based preconfirmations activates on August 11th.

Contributors eligible for Succinct Foundation airdrop; claiming deadline approaches this Sunday.

Protocol maintains 13.5% profit margin with $323k quarterly rent payments, representing over 1/3 of L1 rent.

Network posts transaction batches every 49 seconds with per-transaction costs 19x higher than Base.

New exchange listing with 150x leverage trading capability.

New research initiative on Ethereum preconfirmations receives Ethereum Foundation ESP grant support.

Preconfirmations feature launching on mainnet to increase transaction speed.

Community Trailblazer role receives expanded benefits with new XP system based on platform status.

New trading incentives program launches with CrossCurve, offering rewards to top 30 traders and 2x EYWA points.

Strategic partnership with Nethermind announced to develop infrastructure for based rollup ecosystem.

New partnership with Boundless foundation enables type-1 zkEVM validity proofs implementation through multi-zkVM infrastructure.

IntraVerse partnership introduces token-based fighting game with leaderboard rewards

Hosting Based Rollup Summit in Cannes on July 1 with notable speakers Drake Fujustin and Tomasz K Stanczak.

Preconfirmations successfully running on testnet for two weeks; mainnet launch approaching.

New claim opportunity for Status holders: QuackAI Passport now available through partnership with QuackAI

HotcoinGlobal joins as strategic partner for Takeoff Program, expanding support infrastructure for ecosystem projects.

New partnership with Hashlock security firm enables audit services for Takeoff projects

Trailblazers Season 5 launches today, introducing new community engagement phase.

Trading volume drops to $25.75M amid 51% decline in Binance Alpha platform volume over 6 days.

Binance launches perpetual futures contracts with 50x leverage on June 11, 2025.

Based Preconfirmations feature launches on June 10.

DEX volume reaches $130M (6x higher than CEX) with trading competition rewarding top 11,500 wallets with 1.495M tokens.

Trading volume surges to top 10 rank on Binance Alpha

Major token unlock of $46M (69% of circulating supply) scheduled for June 5

Binance Alpha lists token with 130 TAIKO airdrop for qualified users and launches $1M trading competition.

Achieves largest based rollup status with $170M TVL, powered by SP1 mainnet implementation.

Multiple sequencer system launches with round-robin rotation mechanism, enabling decentralized block production through configurable 5-batch leadership cycles.

New Rust-based sequencer implementation released as open-source, with mainnet deployment planned.

New Preconfirmation technology launches with Basedliners product, promising increased transaction speeds while maintaining decentralization.

Secured Gold Sponsorship for Based Rollup Summit, Cannes (July 1st), promoting rollup innovation.

New Alethia upgrade will increase transaction speed by 20-40x while maintaining decentralization

New partnership established with Bitget Wallet to support Crypto for Everyone initiative.

Partnership with Galxe and Loopring introduces leveraged CEX token trading functionality with NFT rewards.

Network achieves 700M+ transactions within first year of operation.

Pacaya Hardfork now has a specific launch date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

The "Pacaya" hardfork implementing preconfirmations will launch on mainnet next week.

L2 transaction costs are 900x higher ($0.00015) compared to Base ($0.00000016) when using blobs.

DAO governance structure launches on mainnet, enabling community-led decision making.

DAO governance structure launches on mainnet, enabling decentralized protocol management.

Major protocol upgrade introduces preconfs, forced inclusion, multiproving, and bridging solver support for enhanced UX and security.

Active airdrop distributed to token suppliers earning 130% APY, with more airdrops planned.

Current sequencing model shows significant gas inefficiencies due to transaction duplication, while users resort to off-chain agreements to optimize operations.

Mandatory protocol update required for mainnet operators by May 7, 2025, to support Ethereum Electra fork.

Bridge deposits increase 15.2% week-over-week, ranking 9th among L2s for deposit growth

Economic design flaw in current sequencing model threatens competitive position due to excessive value flow to L1.

First neutral stage 2 rollup achieves testnet deployment featuring gigagas throughput and trustless multiprover.

Nethermind launches Surge, built on the technology stack, demonstrating successful scaling while maintaining core blockchain properties.

New partnership with Fabric Ethereum and Commit Boost launches to accelerate rollup preconfirmations.

Critical hotfix released for testnet provers requiring immediate update to Raiko with SgxGeth proofs.