August 2025 marked a transformative milestone for the Autonomys Network, as the Subspace Foundation successfully launched the AI3 token on major centralized exchanges, including Kraken, KuCoin, MEXC, BitMart, and XT.com, driving our Go-To-Market strategy forward. This full activation of Phase-2, coupled with the launch of the Ecosystem Grants Program, has solidified Autonomys as the premier decentralized infrastructure for AI3.0.
The Auto EVM’s operational readiness empowers developers to deploy AI-native applications, while the Subspace Foundation’s initiatives in token liquidity, boosted staking rewards through the Guardians of Growth program, and market access ensure compliance and scalability. Dawn of Autonomy community campaigns like Spark & Seed and the Node Atlas Challenge have further galvanized our global network, fostering engagement and innovation. This report highlights these achievements and our roadmap for a decentralized, AI-driven future.
As the steward of the Autonomys Network’s token ecosystem, the Subspace Foundation has spearheaded critical initiatives to enhance liquidity, accessibility, and decentralization, all while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Below are the key operational updates for August 2025:
AI3 Token Listings: The Subspace Foundation successfully coordinated the listing of the AI3 token on leading centralized exchanges. With further plans to open and expand market access as demand for AI3 scales. [ X ] | [ Official Markets ] | [ CoinMarketCap ] | [ CoinGecko ]
Guardians of Growth Boosted Staking Rewards Program: The Subspace Foundation launched this ~12-month initiative, allocating 5,000,000 AI3 tokens (0.5% of total supply) to incentivize decentralization across the network and reward early adopters with the newly released native staking program. [ X ] | [ Forum ]
These operations, led exclusively by the Subspace Foundation, ensure that token-related activities are conducted in compliance and with transparency, reinforcing network security and strengthening long-term participation in the Autonomys Network.
Domains: Enabled domains on mainnet and launched Auto EVM. Resolved a staking issue flagged in our audit and fixed EIP-1559 tip handling on Auto EVM.
Farming: Delivered significant performance and stability gains in farmer piece cache management.
Staking: Launched a clean, intuitive staking portal in parallel with our first domain and token listings. Rolled out an operator rewards distributor to incentivize AI3 staking with domain operators.
Auto Drive: Added S3 compatibility, refreshed the UI, introduced a public file explorer, and delivered notable performance improvements.
Auto ID: Redesign underway to enable richer agent-to-agent interactions, leveraging insights from building the Autonomys Agents framework.
Scalability Design: A detailed research paper is being prepared to provide a thorough overview of our novel scalability design.
Post-Quantum Design: We are exploring an initial roadmap to safeguard Autonomys with post-quantum cryptography.
Exchange Listings: The Subspace Foundation secured AI3 token listings on the following centralized exchanges, enhancing global accessibility and liquidity for the Autonomys Network:
Kraken: Listed AI3/USD on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, leveraging its institutional-grade security and 4M+ funded accounts. [ X ] | [ AI3/USD ] | [ AI3/EUR ]
KuCoin: Listed AI3/USDT in the Innovation Zone on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, with a call auction from 13:00 to 14:00 UTC and withdrawals from August 28, 2025, at 10:00 UTC. [ X ] | [ AI3/USDT ]
MEXC: Listed AI3/USDT in the Mining Coin Zone on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, supporting 40M+ users across 170+ countries. [ X ] | [ AI3/USDT ]
BitMart: Listed AI3/USDT on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, offering seamless integration for its user base. * BitMart is currently the only officially listed centralized exchange market that offers a trading pair for AI3 on EVM while all other exchanges support mainnet Consensus. [ X ] | [ AI3/USDT ]
XT: Listed AI3/USDT on August 27, 2025, at 14:00 UTC, with pre-market trading support for early access. [ X ] | [ AI3/USDT ]
Dawn of Autonomy Spark & Seed Campaign: This activation campaign, launched to celebrate AI3 token transfers, engaged thousands of community members, rewarding early contributors and welcoming new explorers. The Spark & Seed campaign was a one-month community activation where early Autonauts (Sparks) passed the flame by inviting newcomers, and fresh explorers (Seeds) to plant their first roots through quests and uploads, with both paths rewarding participants in AI3 tokens and exclusive commemorative NFTs. [ Forum ]
Node Atlas Campaign: A four-week initiative uncovered creative insights from the Autonomys node map, highlighting global node distribution and rewarding participants with AI3 tokens. [ Forum ]
Monthly Docs Contest: Recognized contributors for improving Autonomys’ documentation, enhancing developer onboarding and technical clarity. [ X ]
Testnet Naming Contest: The community provided the inspiration for and voted on the name of the testnet to replace Taurus. Chronos, symbolizing time, was chosen to represent progress, evolution, and the forward momentum of Autonomys as we step into the AI3.0 era of infrastructure. [ Forum ]
Domains Launch Party: Held a community call to celebrate the launch of our decoupled execution environments on mainnet, unlocking the full utility of the network. [ Stream ]
With AI3 listing complete and Auto EVM live, September 2025 signals a return to scaling the ecosystem and a focus on product:
Developer Onboarding: Promote the Autonomys Developer Hub with SDKs and tutorials for mainnet Auto EVM and Auto Agents Framework integration.
Additional Market Opportunities: In the spirit of decentralization, the Subspace Foundation will bootstrap on-chain liquidity through Uniswap, ensuring broader market access for AI3.
Auto ID v2.0: Enhance the Auto ID protocol for decentralized identity, supporting secure interactions between humans and AI agents.
Phase-3 Preparation: Begin research into data sharding and modular scalability for Mainnet Phase-3, slated for 2026.
Community Events: Host virtual workshops to support developers building AI-native dApps, with details to be announced on X and the Autonomys Forum.
Ecosystem Grants: Working through the wealth of applications received during the exchange listings phase, aimed at accelerating developer activity and ecosystem growth.
August 2025 marked the culmination of Autonomys Network’s go-to-market journey. As we started down this ambitious path, we envisioned four critical stages that were necessary for Autonomys to begin establishing itself as the foundation layer for AI3.0:
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✓ Mainnet Consensus Launch (November 2024) Phase-1 marked mainnet launch of the PoAS consensus chain and the availability of the distributed storage network, with farmers bootstrapping the network and forming the bedrock. Autonomys became the first network to use the blockchain data itself as the fuel for consensus, while simultaneously storing all committed data, not just metadata, entirely on its mainnet.
✓ Token Transfer Enablement (July 2025) At block 3,585,226, AI3 token transfers were activated, unlocking the economic layer and enabling the free flow of value across the Autonomys ecosystem.
✓ Domains Launch (August 2025) Domains were launched and Auto EVM was deployed, allowing for both decoupled execution and truly decentralized storage in a single, vertically integrated stack..
✓ Exchange Trading (August 27, 2025) Listings commenced to complete our initial go-to-market plan, providing global accessibility and liquidity for AI3, the utility token of the Autonomys Network.
Each milestone built upon the last, creating the comprehensive infrastructure envisioned by the whitepaper. From consensus to execution, from storage to compute, the network is now production-ready and capable of supporting the next generation of AI applications. While this marks the end of the initial launch sequence, our focus now shifts to ecosystem growth, developer onboarding, and creating products that will bolster long-term value in Autonomys.
A heartfelt thank you to our incredible community of farmers, developers, partners, and stakeholders. Without your support and belief in our vision, none of these milestones would have been possible. Now, the real work begins.
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