what's tezos?
Tezos is an open-source blockchain platform designed for building decentralized applications and assets, emphasizing security, upgradability, and energy efficiency through its proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. It enables peer-to-peer transactions and the deployment of smart contracts using a formal verification language called Michelson to minimize bugs and enhance reliability. The native cryptocurrency, Tez (XTZ), powers the network and allows holders to participate in on-chain governance, where community votes can propose and implement protocol upgrades without hard forks. Tezos supports a vibrant ecosystem for NFTs, gaming, and DeFi, with recent advancements like the Tezos X architecture using a single vertical rollup for improved scalability and throughput. Key features include self-amending governance, adaptive inflation, and low transaction fees, making it suitable for artists, developers, and institutions seeking sustainable blockchain solutions.
Tezos hosts Genuary event with prizes and TezosCommons holds Artz Friday community call.
Hosts Genuary event via editart_xyz offering 3,300 tez in prizes, judged by notable creators including piterpasma, annaluciacodes, sableRaph, UnknownCo123, and pifragile.
Launched TEZ FM, a radio player application for streaming Tezos music NFTs, featuring curated playlists, audio-reactive visualizer, lock screen controls, and offline functionality as a progressive web app.
Hosts a free mint scheduled for March 2025 for all previous FxHash collectors on the platform.
Staking fully migrated to Etherlink.
Featured in a long-form research paper by HivemindCap analyzing decentralization approaches across major blockchain networks, examining how protocol design choices shape trust enforcement and system integrity.
Sapling protocol, developed by Zcash developers, went live on Tezos mainnet in 2021, enabling shielded transactions where amounts and counterparties are private by default with selective disclosure via viewing keys.
Has a staking ratio of 59.8% of circulating supply.
Auction activity on objkt.com shows final visible bid at 51 XTZ after competitive bidding escalated from 20 XTZ through multiple participants.
Artwork "Royalty" (edition of 25, minted 2022) sells for 3,500 XTZ in secondary market. Artist OriginalGoldCat drop scheduled for tomorrow.
New artwork "I've Been a Gem" by artist Lorna Mills launches on teia/objkt with 20 editions at 50 XTZ each.
New artwork "Goblin night files" launches on drop.art with 11 editions at 50 XTZ each, 6 of 11 editions already minted.
New artwork "Her Heart Signals" launches as part of OneLoveArtDAO Collection for Art Basel Miami on objkt.com with 10 editions at 22 XTZ each.
New artwork "not unimpossible" launches with 25 editions at 4 XTZ each.
New artwork "Elevate" by artist Oaknarrow launches in THE OCEAN HAS INFINITE WAVES Superchief Exhibit on objkt.com, edition of 20 at 50 XTZ each.
Day 2 of 12-day Tezmas advent calendar launches with Etherlink quest offering NFT edition giveaway by artist ilyabliznets.
New artwork "Primal Fear" by artist paperbuddha launches in IMMORTALITY Superchief Exhibit on objkt.com, edition of 10 at 200 XTZ each.
New artwork "metamirage" by AI artist pactalom launches in THE OCEAN HAS INFINITE WAVES Superchief Exhibit, edition of 20 at 50 XTZ per piece on objkt.com.
New 1/1 auction "Panoptic" goes live on objkt.com with 500 XTZ reserve price as part of IMMORTALITY Superchief Exhibit, featuring generative artist loackme_.
dropdotart, a customizable blind drop launchpad, goes live with multiple NFT releases scheduled throughout December. InfiniteInk allocates 3000 XTZ to collect new artworks minted this month during its second week of operations, while a holiday meme art contest offers 6000 XTZ in prizes with Dec 14 deadline.
Open edition poster variants launch December 13 at 30 XTZ for 7 days, created for Syncretismo Art Residency with immersive display at Un Sueno Digital in Mexico City.
Superchief Exhibit "THE OCEAN HAS INFINITE WAVES" goes live on objkt.com with artist Haich_ releasing 20-edition artwork at 50 XTZ per piece.
The platform launches 12 Days of Tezmas from December 12-23, featuring daily quests that reward participants with free artworks from prominent artists.
TEZ gains 6% to lead top movers, outperforming the broader crypto market where BTC dropped 2%, ETH fell 4%, and SOL declined 4%.
Sogni Protocol develops AI infrastructure on Tezos and Etherlink. Artist niceaunties transitions Auntieverse to Tezos with Paris Photo Fair 2025 exhibition.
The IMMORTALITY Miami exhibition generates over 27,000 TEZ in art sales, with 8 out of 10 trending live auctions on objkt.com featuring artists from the show.
Messari releases "State of Tezos Q3 2025" report covering network activity, usage, and active addresses for both Tezos and Etherlink.
Artist Bryan Brinkman exhibits at NFT Miami with support from Tezos, Trilitech, Rarible, and Etherlink in partnership with bitbaselart.
Artist @ina_vare exhibits at NFT Miami with support from Tezos, Trilitech, Rarible, and Etherlink in partnership with bitbaselart.
Artist @batzdu exhibits at NFT Miami with support from Tezos, Trilitech, Rarible, and Etherlink in partnership with bitbaselart.
UMBRA art exhibition goes live on Tezos featuring over 100 artists, organized by boundless8d and curated by multiple community members. Arthur Breitman appears on Rollup TV at 12:00p ET to discuss the project.
Porsche Centre Montpellier and Lamborghini Bordeaux accept tez and 80+ digital assets for car purchases via Lyzi app with instant euro settlement.
ADGM-licensed firms in Abu Dhabi can now use USDT on Tezos following Tether's regulatory approval in the jurisdiction.
Umami wallet now supports private sending and receiving of tez with new privacy functionality.
Full moon airdrop completes distribution to Tezos and Base holders.
SuperchiefNFT Miami Art Week exhibitions receive sponsorship from Rarible, Trilitech, and Sendrock for a 60-artwork raffle mechanism, with Day 3 winners announced December 5th and 100% of proceeds funding emerging artist acquisitions.
xU3O8 tokenized uranium now functions as collateral to borrow USDC on okutrade platform, powered by MorphoLabs and Etherlink.
Live Art Basel emerging artists exhibition launches on Tezos in collaboration with SuperchiefNFT and objktcom.
Airdrop incoming for ETH and TEZ holders under the name "full moon air drop".
Co-founder Arthur B discusses tokenized uranium partnership with uranium_io for real-world assets and 100M user ambition in KuCoin KuTalks episode.
Tezos Foundation backed Acurast with $11M funding alongside Gavin Wood for a DePIN L1 project that turns smartphones into a decentralized compute network.
Superchief Gallery serves as official art director of NFT Miami 2025 in partnership with Bitbase Art, with Tezos, Trillitech, Etherlink, sendr0ck, and Rarible as sponsors for a multi-chain art showcase featuring over 40 artists.
Sogni Protocol builds GPU network for creative AI on Etherlink, the EVM compatibility layer, with development support from TzApac's Fortify Labs.
Superchief Gallery launches IMMORTAL exhibition on December 1 featuring 20 digital artists with editions priced at 200 tez each, backed by 20,000 tez acquisition fund from Tezos and sendr0ck to purchase half of all editions for raffle during Miami Art Basel week with 100% of raffle proceeds reinvested in emerging artists.
Frank Lloyd Wrong NFT mint launches December 1, 2025 at 12pm EST.
Window Season Week 4 completes buyback and burn of 61 NFT editions across 13 releases using 1 TEZ from each edition sale to purchase secondary market floor, with Week 5 beginning next.
Q3 2025 quarterly metrics show L1 transaction volume rose 21.5% QoQ peaking at 4.7M, Etherlink TVL ended at $61.2M (up 46.9% QoQ), DeFi TVL reached $45.1M (up 13.1% QoQ), and active developers hit 229 (up 37.1% QoQ).
InfiniteInk opens public smart contract deployment access on their launchpad and commits to collecting 3,000 TEZ of art minted on IINK this month.
Moving Image NYC launches multi-year partnership with Tezos Foundation through 2025-2026 programming, opening with "Contingent" exhibition by James Bloom and Gottfried Jäger, running until February 15, 2026 with a free mint available.
Superchief raffle for NFTMIAMI launches live on Rarible with tickets priced at 1 TEZ each, with 60 winners to be announced December 3-5 and raffle tickets minted on Etherlink while artwork distributes on Tezos via Objkt.
The Francisco Carolinum art collection is fostered on Tezos, Ethereum, and Bitcoin, representing institutional acknowledgment of blockchain art by cultural organizations including @ooeculture.
The Hyper minter tool upgrades with dual functionality allowing quick minting to factory contracts (Objkt/Teia) or custom contract deployment with batch minting capabilities.
TechRel lead from trilitech presents at EFDevcon in Buenos Aires, discussing how Etherlink (the EVM compatibility layer) empowers communities in Latin America and globally.
Tezos sponsors NFTMIAMI Open Call exhibition featuring 22 emerging artists at bitbaselart in South Beach, Miami on December 5th, titled "THE OCEAN HAS INFINITE WAVES."
Revolut now passes full on-chain delegation rewards to Tezos holders with no fees, keeping tokens liquid for trading.
A new batch minting tool for artists goes live, created over 2 days to replace batch minting functionality lost when Dns shut down their tool.
L1 usage rose 21.5% quarter-over-quarter and peaked at 4.7M in July, while fees gained 16.9% QoQ to 17,460.
mode :: ART MARKET Curated Program launches November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM CET featuring artist humdrum with six 1/1 pieces from "ritual – 02" series priced at 120 XTZ each.
idOS raises $4.5M seed funding including Tezos, Fabric Ventures and other backers, reports 83K+ app users onboarded since September 2025, and integrations with Ready (2M+ downloads) and billions_ntwk (2.2M+ verified users). KYC deadline set for Nov 23 at 6 PM UTC before community sale Nov 24-26 using USDC on Arbitrum One.
SuperchiefNFT launches 48-hour open call for NFT Miami Art Basel exhibition ending Sunday Nov 23rd at 7pm EST with winners announced Tuesday Nov 25th, allocating 5000 TEZ to purchase artwork from 20 winning emerging artists with sales on objkt.com and raffle proceeds via Rarible and Etherlink going 100% to buying more art from emerging artists.
Tezos backs idOS_network, an identity layer infrastructure for the stablecoin economy, alongside Circle Ventures, Ripple Labs, NEAR, Starknet and Radix, with idOS Community Sale scheduled for Nov 24-26.
Window Season releases edition 022 as a 2-hour Open Edition priced at 4 tez, with 50% of proceeds allocated to buying back and burning secondary floor editions 001-021.
@ooeculture acquired 15 TeleNFT teletext works from Art on Tezos: Berlin for their museum collection, preserving the on-chain art permanently. Art on Tezos × NewtroArts Buenos Aires satellite event launches Nov 22 featuring 150+ artists with projections, CRTs, and residency work.
SUPERCHIEF secures 20,000 TEZ from Tezos to fund the "Immortal" NFT exhibition for Miami Art Basel, purchasing half the artist editions with sales launching Dec 1st and opening party Dec 5th. The exhibition features 20 artists with editions priced at 200 Tez, and raffle proceeds will fund emerging artists through an open call.
MidasRWA selects Etherlink as its platform, with Head of Partnerships Greg Feibus citing the growing ecosystem, strong partners, and DEX support for deepening DeFi liquidity.
Tutorial released showing how to build a Raspberry Pi BLS signer for tz4 consensus, providing bakers a simple method to adopt BLS keys.
The ArtVerse Paris exhibit at Paris Photo Fair surpasses 66,000 Tez in volume with over 130 collectors acquiring works, bringing new collectors into the ecosystem.
Zeeve provides one-click deployment, 24/7 support, and full tooling stack for launching and running smart rollup chains on Tezos.
ART Market curated program launches November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM CET featuring artist MACBETH with four works priced between 15-150 XTZ.
SuperchiefNFT, Art on Tezos, and ArtVerse Paris partner for an art competition and experience at Art Basel Miami in the coming weeks, with details to be announced and participation opportunities for all artists.
"Office Ladies" photography series featured in Numéro magazine as one of "5 Photographers to Follow" at Paris Photo 2025, displayed at the ArtVerse × Tezos Foundation booth in the Digital section.
MidasRWA brings tokenized T-bills and a basis-trade token to Etherlink, the EVM compatibility layer for Tezos, with upcoming plans for fund-strategy products and private-credit RWAs for future DeFi applications.
Creator Hub Asia launches FRINGE group drop bringing 32 newly onboarded artists onto the platform. 'Fire Flowers' collection by annaluciacodes sells out in first hours on editart_xyz.
Art on Tezos Photography Prize selects 15 finalists from 300+ global submissions for exhibition at ArtverseParis during Paris Photo Fair.
Tezos co-founder Arthur Breitman speaks at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's Fintech Conference, stating US regulators are warming up to public blockchains for financial innovation and capital markets expansion.
Workshop at 12pm EST offers grant qualification pathway for projects using the Tezos blockchain as a material component.
Tezos hosts community breakfast gathering at EFDevcon (Ethereum developer conference) in Buenos Aires on November 21 from 10:00-12:30 UTC-3 at Café Nómada, Villa Crespo.
Etherlink attends ETHDenver to showcase the Tezos L2 solution offering EVM compatibility with Tezos security, low fees, and no custodial risks.
Free FA2 Fellowship workshop organized by Moving Image NYC partnership launches November 12 at 12pm EST focusing on technical education about the FA2 token standard.
Tezos and objktcom power ArtVerse Gallery's exhibition at Paris Photo 2025, the world's largest photography fair, featuring an AI-generated art project curated by Grida.
ART Market curated program launches November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT featuring artist Aempatia with three works priced at 150 XTZ (1/1), auction starting at 120 XTZ (1/1), and 12 XTZ (10 editions).
Final day for minting Lost Machine Manual collection by @kerimsafa at Art on Tezos: Berlin event with live printing option.
Art on Tezos Berlin opening night draws 400 attendees with performances and poetry. Data reveals 61 artists from #ZeroContract account for 3% of Tezos network burn.
Co-founder Arthur Breitman speaks at Philadelphia Federal Reserve's Ninth Annual Fintech Conference on November 12th on a panel about tokenizing assets, alongside representatives from BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Ondo Finance.
Tezos community hosts Breakfast Club meetup at EFDevcon in Buenos Aires on Friday November 21st, 10:00-12:30 UTC-3 at Café Nómada, Villa Crespo, organized by Tezos TrailBlazers.
$XTZ ranks #4 among top daily crypto gainers on CoinMarketCap for 7/11/25.
Co-founder Arthur Breitman presented at SALT Conference in London, discussing DeFi's potential to create new markets for globally important assets like Uranium. Art on Tezos: Berlin features (Land)scape group show with Galerie Met and Claudia Hart's "System of Perception" collection including physical-NFT hybrid works.
Art on Tezos: Berlin goes live, featuring Yuri_jjjj's Between the Fences solo exhibition of 5 works, with presale opportunity for the final available work.
Community members demand Arthur Breitman apologize for compromising protocol neutrality.
Airdrop of Taurean Tez and Eth editions commences to Full Moon Token holders, with artwork created using painting, midjourney, and grok process distributed on both Tezos and Ethereum chains.
Co-founder Arthur Breitman speaks at invite-only SALT Conference in London on November 6 at 4:05pm GMT, presenting "Decentralized Finance: Building a New Paradigm" to an audience of funds and finance professionals at The Chancery Rosewood.
Exhibition titled SCENES opens November 13 at Paris Photo Fair with ArtverseParis collaboration, featuring digital and AI artworks from artists including emikusano, GrantYun2, Reuben_Wu, niceaunties, and g_enesiskai.
Doomscrolling >>> project by Canek Zapata, curated by kikanicolela, launches November 8 at 6PM CET in Berlin featuring 1,500+ works by Tezos artists compiled into an infinite digital collage. Additional presentations follow in Paris and Le Locle as part of Art on Tezos Berlin.
Tezos Foundation launches free FA2 smart contract workshops starting November 12th, with participants attending four or more sessions eligible for project grants.
"Between the Fences" collection by Yuri_jjjj exhibits at Art on Tezos Berlin November 6-9, with presale ongoing via DM and public sale on ART MARKET November 10, 2025.
Generative artwork "MASKS" releases November 8, 2025 on BOOTLOADER platform as part of NEW SESSION exhibition during Art on Tezos Berlin, edition of 200 at 30 tez each.
A generative artwork from qubibien's "hello world" exhibition sells for 30,000 USD (approximately 51K tezos) in a private sale to collectors Greekdx and thefunnyguysNFT.
Hanji Protocol builds a central limit order book DEX on Etherlink, the EVM compatibility layer for Tezos.
Partners with Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) for art program.
Art on Tezos Berlin full program announced for opening November 6 with talks, performances and screenings. Physical exhibition "Art on the Chain" featuring MLOdotArt's "Cloud Wallets: Ascension" opens at Nikola Tesla Museum in Zagreb through November 9, and Nice Aunties installation confirmed for Paris Photo November 13-16 at Grand Palais curated by Artverse Paris releasing via objkt.