unlocks 166.6M ZORA tokens this week

Reached a peak of 50.1k active addresses in 2025, which has since declined to 0 active addresses as of February 2026.

Maintained fully diluted valuation above its Token Generation Event launch level as of February 22, 2026.

Uniswap proposed activating protocol fees on all v3 pools on Zora along with 7 other chains (Arbitrum, Base, Celo, OP Mainnet, Soneium, X Layer, and Worldchain).

Ranked third among chains in weekly mindshare growth with +0.74% increase.

Raised approximately $70 million in total funding.

Early volume on top Attention Markets has surpassed $280K with market caps close to $200K.

Integrated with Birdeye for token tracking, stats viewing, and direct trading functionality.

Introduced a 1 SOL deployment fee for creating new Trends with zero creator rewards to reduce spam, while maintaining creator rewards for individual pairs.

Launched Attention Markets on Solana on February 19, 2026, with $3.3M volume from 1,464 users over 12,710 transactions.

Former Head of Engineering Erik (programmer) left Zora to join Coinbase Developer Platform where he now leads engineering for payments, wallets, stablecoins, and crypto infrastructure.

Launched post-coin pairings feature with custom routing and realtime token indexing support from 0x Protocol.

embedded directly into the Base App feed, which has onboarded 800K+ users and paid $6M+ to creators

Held a Zora TV interview with andy8052 from mnstr on January 16, 2026.

Experienced 651% price increase for $PSYOPANIME token within one hour on its platform.

The THENICKSHIRLEY creator coin reached an all-time high market cap of $12 million on the Zora platform.

Partnered with artist EmpressTrash for a creator coin launch that generated 5 million views for monetization on X.

Reached approximately $8M in trading volume for the NSF token on Zora.

Completed an airdrop valued at $12M, ranking as the third-largest airdrop in 2025.

Integrated x402 support from thirdweb for pay-per-request onchain payments.

Listed on Bitstamp by Robinhood for trading.

Achieved a 138% price gain in 2025, ranking as the 5th highest crypto gainer for the year.

Reserve Protocol integrated with or launched on Zora.

Processed 100 million transactions during its lifetime, with 15.3 million transactions in collectibles, 6.2 million in finance, 6.1 million in utility, 5.8 million in cross-chain, 4.2 million in token transfers, 736 thousand in social, 21.4 million unlabeled, and 40.3 million system transactions.

Zora streamers can now use Pyro for onchain sponsorships with a buy-and-burn creator coin mechanism for banner ads and on-stream tipping.

Soulja Boy launches creator coin ($souljaboy) on Base with approximately 317 holders and 3.3% tokens unlocked (vesting linearly over 5 years), accompanied by community pump campaign targeting $100M market cap amid past scam allegations and widespread FUD.

Pure Markets builds token trading infrastructure supporting Zora applications, featuring modern token issuance and deep liquidity with Privy protection.

Zora creator coin $JESSE achieves $9.8M market cap following November 20 launch, coinciding with equivalent $9.8M total market cap decline across other top 10 Zora creator coins.

Distribution #5 completes with 7.8M $ripe tokens transferred to a random address, NFT edition 5/64 minted and sent to kudzu.eth, and auction #6 starts.

Zora adopts XMTP decentralized messaging protocol, part of a growing network with 55 million+ users across multiple platforms.

Integrated with DFlow Protocol as a liquidity source and native swap partner on Solana, with DFlow becoming the largest router to support on February 17, 2026.

Base releases a BaseLayer episode featuring Zora co-founder Jacob Horne. AtownBrown rolls out AI-powered creator selfies with ability to coin outputs against any creator token via Emerge integration.

TalentProtocol launches a new version of their app with a Zora integration, allowing users to search through 12M+ accounts with filtering capabilities to discover and purchase creator coins.

Zora ranks 4th in top tokens traded on Definitive platform last week by transaction count.

Zora Creator Coins are now available on OpenSea marketplace.

Zapper.fi launches a dedicated panel for tracking tokens launched on Zora, providing trend and momentum analytics based on social graphs and ecosystem data.

A new A/V content series "Open The Vault" launches in collaboration with DaydreamLiveAI and UFO Club, premiering Thursday 10AM ET on the platform with archived Refraction DJ sets and community-created visuals.

The next distribution event occurs in two days, distributing 7.8M $ripe tokens to a random address with the current auction bid at approximately $2.

Users can now select from 3 pre-set amounts for token gating values on Zora DMs, adding utility controls for creator coins.

LiveSuite app integrates Zora streaming analytics into their dashboard as Solana native projects begin adopting Zora's SDK.

The "Live on Zora" feature expands to full availability for all users.

Tokens launching on Zora can now use Fey Protocol's Token Generation Ceremony tool for early community participation and LP liquidity management.

Users can now deposit and trade with $SOL across all Zora markets, expanding SOL functionality beyond NFT collecting.

Migrated to Solana from the OP Stack, enabling $SOL deposits for NFT collecting.

$8.65M token unlock scheduled for December 30, representing 4.17% of released supply.

Zora launches encrypted direct messaging feature requiring users to hold 1M of a creator's tokens to send messages.

Midnight Diner partners with Decentraland festival to stream Coop Recs music party with MEMBA on Zora platform.

@e2005pe releases a $Zora Media Plays Index for onchain entertainment diversification.

Zora announces a grant to KismetCasa to support capital investments and IRL opportunities for onchain creators and builders.

$ZORA ranks among November's top 5 traded tokens alongside $VIRTUAL, $4, $EDEL, and $ACE.

Token unlock of $8.65M (4.17% of released supply) scheduled for December 30, 2025.

A $Zora index selection by @RealMattBond is released, including $Kaloh token, with one-click exposure functionality coming soon.

FaZe Clan founder iclipz joins the platform and launches creator token $iclipz.

Over 1.5 million creator tokens launched on the platform this year.

All top 10 creator coins on the platform decline following Jesse Pollak's creator coin launch 5 days ago, with a crowding out effect on liquidity most severe for actively traded coins.

Second GNARgentina drop (Devconnect II) goes live on the platform in collaboration with EFDevcon and multiple Nouns DAOs.

Platform discontinues native NFT UI, requiring users and developers to use third-party frontends for NFT minting functionality.

ZORA platform opens nominations for "Crypto Project of the Year" with 1M $COINAGE token integration for the nomination mechanism.

$8.68M token unlock scheduled for the upcoming week, ranking as the 6th largest unlock among monitored tokens.

GNARgentina: Devconnect I Drop launches on the platform as a collaboration with NounsDAO, Lil Nouns DAO, and Nouns DAO Amigos.

Artist The Hellp launches coin on ZORA alongside new album RIVIERA. New concert app in testing pays fans for sharing clips and integrates with Zora streaming.

Token ranks #2 by transaction count on Definitive platform last week among top traded tokens.

$ZORA token shows strong performance following a recent bounce, with traders noting positive momentum alongside $STRK and $ASTER tokens.

Community member accuses the project of misrepresenting the founder token launch strategy by rebranding it as "base coin liquidity design" and criticizes misleading chart presentations including timescale and ticker comparisons.

Jesse Pollak schedules a livestream on Zora at 2p EST to discuss the $jesse token launch and answer community questions following the controversial launch events.

$JESSE token shows $2M liquidity depth on ZORA, 10x deeper than comparable Solana tokens at similar market caps. Community voices strong criticism of the launch, calling it "unacceptable" and demanding immediate fixes to sniper protection.

Jesse Pollak takes the #1 position on the Zora leaderboard with increasing Coinbase presence in the top 10 rankings.

The Zora app experiences technical issues during Jesse Pollak's creator coin ($jesse) launch. A sniper profits over $660k by paying $43.8k in priority fees to acquire and flip 7.6% of the $jesse token supply using flashblock MEV tactics.

Zora sponsors a trading competition offering 2M $ZORA tokens as prizes for top PnL traders on SigmaTrading bot.

The token presents a 288.42% arbitrage spread, ranking it among top 10 current arbitrage opportunities.

Jesse's creator coin launches tomorrow, and Base App public launch is scheduled for next month.

Platform develops functionality for users to import complete TikTok/Instagram history as part of strategy to attract Web2 consumer app users.

The Treasury adds $11M of liquidity to the ZORA-USDC pool on Uniswap v3 to improve trading experience and establish $ZORA as the currency of the attention economy.

Sports creator Mariah Rose activates coin on the platform.

Zora TV episode features @JIMMYEDGAR and @dupe_solana with @ghoshal.

Trader rewards program goes live featuring $200K prize pool for top 100 traders of Zora Stars, with multipliers available through Featured Stars trading.

Proposal CP_25-021 passes, establishing 100% $COINAGE buy and burn from Zora platform trading fees.

Zora ecosystem projects participate in XMTP Booth Conversation Series Ecosystem Day event, featuring builder demos including songcastxyz for open music markets, tantodefi's lottobot, and wasabi_protocol for yield opportunities.

$COINAGE project integrates Zora platform for their Crypto Project of the Year award nomination process with DM functionality and NFT-based token-gated community access.

Zora TV features KidSuper Studio and Sparq Mag Launch.

Believe Fund allocates 1M $ZORA tokens into $BATDAD project.

Distribution #4 auction settles at 105,000 $ripe tokens, completing the 7.8M $ripe distribution with edition artwork updated to include zorb #4.

Distribution #4 sends 7.8M $RIPE tokens through the creator coin contract to a random address, executable by auction winner who also receives a 1/64 edition NFT with artwork updating to reflect the recipient's zorb.

Distribution #4 triggers at 7,812,500, distributing 7.8M $ripe tokens to a random address with the auction winner receiving a 1/64 edition NFT for executing the distribution.

Partners with Coop Recs Music and Base for live music event Midnight Diner featuring musical sets from Evan Giia and Memba.

Listed as #6 top mover on Clave platform today.

Token rallies 19% to $0.06 and gets listed among hot coins of the day.

Trading rotation on Base positions $ZORA to lead after forming a higher low while $AERO and $VIRTUAL consolidate.

Hayden's Zora Creator Coin trades at $2.3m market cap on Pure Markets.

Partnership announced with Trustless Media for Best Dish Ever media property.

The Zora Uniswap foundation coin delivers 20x gains.

A Zora-related token reduces slippage from 9.61% to 3.45% on $5,000 swaps and claims deepest liquidity among Zora coins. The token reaches 3/10 milestone progress toward centralized exchange listings (needs 4/10).

Coinage DAO Proposal 25-021 goes live to direct 100% of earned Zora trading fees to $COINAGE buy and burn, with members voting via Snapshot.

A scam targets community members through DMs from someone named Cameron about a Zora article.

Multiple new platform features go live including livestreaming discovery, token gated DMs, new explore page, trending section, pricing engine, and ATH bar. Believe Fund distributes 1.8M $ZORA to creators this week.

Platform adds transparency features to profiles including account join dates, linked wallets, username change history, and social history tracking.

Paragraph and Zora achieve open composability, allowing users to pair Zora creator coins with Paragraph articles for content monetization across both platforms. (ID: 1986821210835992716)

Zora is featured in the Base Arenas product launch with 170 heroes, where participants earn bonuses for discussing Zora alongside other Base ecosystem projects.

A live event TODAY at 11AM ET features speakers from Animoca Brands, Solana Mobile, and other crypto projects, with a $5k $ZORA giveaway for viewers who tune in for a "clock in code."

Zora is recommended alongside Farcaster as a top platform for farming the Base airdrop.