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Kaia Q3 2026 Ecosystem Round-Up: Bridging Real-World Utility with Institutional Infrastructure

Q3 2026 has been a defining period for the Kaia ecosystem. Over the last three months, we have aggressively expanded our network of partners to deploy functional, everyday use cases while simultaneously hardening our institutional-grade infrastructure. This quarter was about execution: putting stablecoins in the hands of tourists, bringing

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The Seoul Standard: 한국의 디지털자산기본법과 토큰증권 제도는 기관 참여, 비달러 스테이블코인, RWA를 어떻게 촉진하는가

한국은 블록체인 기술 자체는 적극적으로 받아들이면서도 디지털자산에 대해서는 오랫동안 제한적인 입장을 유지해 왔습니다. 거의 10년 동안 강도 높은 규제와 전면적인 금지로 기관의 시장 참여가 막혀 있었고, 그 빈자리는 개인 투자자가 이례적인 규모로 채웠습니다. 2025년 초 기준 가상자산 보유자는 1,600만 명을 넘어 전체 인구의 약 32%에 이르렀고, 원화 거래쌍은

Announcements

The Complete Guide to CR Mission 1: Deposit, Stake, and Earn

This user guide for CR Mission 1 details how to participate in the Kaia network reward system. Learn the process for depositing USDT and staking KAIA to earn additional rewards, along with information on eligible protocols and wallet grouping.

Ecosystem

The Great Capital Unlock: Bootstrapping Kaia’s Credit Layer with Feather, Morpho and Merkl

The stablecoin market is currently experiencing record-breaking settlement volumes, with millions in USDT circulating on Kaia for various use cases. However, a large portion of that capital currently sits idle. Stablecoins are designed to move. A mature blockchain requires them to be productive. To achieve this, we are launching

Developers

Scalable Kaia: KaiaBFT

1. Why scalability again? Scalability has been one of crypto’s core engineering questions for years. The conversation is now entering a new phase. Institutional adoption is moving from theory to practice, and that can create demand comparable to, or even beyond, traditional financial infrastructure. That is why we are

Ecosystem

Kaia Q2 2026 Ecosystem Round-Up: Scaling Onchain Finance and RWAs

Kaia’s Q2 2026 round-up highlights our shift to deploying institutional-grade financial products. Discover how we are bridging TradFi and Web3 through major RWA launches, banking partnerships, and onchain finance integrations that bring tangible yield to our growing ecosystem.

Ecosystem

Kaia Investment Partners Joins $13.6M Strategic Round for Tokenization Leader Libeara

Kaia Investment Partners (KIP) has joined a $13.6M strategic funding round for Libeara. This investment accelerates our mission to build compliant, institutional-grade tokenization infrastructure and bring traditional finance and real-world assets onchain across Asia.

Ecosystem

Expanding the Kaia Ecosystem: KIP’s Yield8 Fund Integrates 8percent

Kaia Investment Partners (KIP) reaches a major milestone as its flagship Yield8 fund officially integrates the 8percent Korean P2P Receivables Programme. Discover how this partnership brings regulated, collateral-backed private credit and real-world yield to the Kaia ecosystem.

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Auditable Kaia: Programmable Compliance, Composable Privacy

What does a public chain need to provide before regulated institutions can use it at scale? The obvious answer is compliance and privacy. Institutions need an environment where they can apply different compliance policies, protect sensitive information, and support legitimate audits. This is the direction behind Auditable Kaia. Kaia aims

Ecosystem

Kaia DeFi Ecosystem Recap & Roadmap: Architecting Asia’s Onchain Capital Markets

Discover how Kaia is architecting APAC’s onchain capital markets. Explore our 2026 DeFi ecosystem recap, protocol integrations, and forward-looking roadmap.

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Sovereign Kaia: Sovereignty Without Isolation

The first article was about how to open up the base layer without losing accountability. The second was about a new kind of user arriving on top of that base, the AI agent. This one zooms out to a different question: what happens when there is no single base at

Community

AMA Recap: Unlocking Lending Infrastructure for APAC

Discover how Morpho, Feather, and Redstone are building the next generation of secure DeFi on Kaia. Read our AMA recap to learn about isolated lending markets, robust risk curation, bulletproof oracles, plus exclusive alpha on Merkl rewards.

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Mastering DeFi on Kaia: A Guide to Borrowing, Yield Arbitrage, and Looping

Maximize your Kaia DeFi returns by using idle capital. Learn how to borrow on Morpho via Feather, execute yield arbitrage, and master leveraged looping. Read our full guide to unlocking your capital's potential.

Developers

Agentic Kaia: Building the Economic Layer for AI Agents

The first article in this series was about opening the base layer without giving up accountability. This one is about a different kind of user that is starting to appear on top of that base. An AI agent. Software is moving from passive tools that wait for commands toward systems

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From RWAs to Payment Rails: KIP Expands with Stablecoin-Focused Venture Fund

Kaia Investment Partners (KIP) is expanding its ecosystem with the Kaia-Simsan Financial Innovation Venture Fund. Raised from global LPs, this new VC fund targets early-stage companies building the stablecoin infrastructure, payments, and RWA solutions needed for mass adoption.

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Permissionless Kaia: Rewriting the Terms of Openness

Kaia Technical Roadmap Deep Dive Series: Part 1

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KIP Launches Yield8: Your Onchain Gateway to Asian Private Credit Markets

Turn market inefficiencies into yield with Yield8 by KIP. Integrated with SuperEarn, this tokenized fund targets 8%+ APRs by unlocking Asian private credit opportunities. Discover how Kaia and KIP bring compliant, high-yield RWAs directly onchain.

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Introducing KIP: Kaia Investment Partners and the Strategic Roadmap for Onchain RWAs

Introducing Kaia Investment Partners (KIP), a Foundation-owned subsidiary bridging traditional finance with the Kaia ecosystem. Discover how KIP’s new Venture Capital and RWA divisions will drive sustainable onchain utility and real-world value using external LP capital.

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Securing Korea’s Digital Financial Sovereignty: Kaia Drives the KRW Stablecoin Agenda

Kaia is building the foundation for South Korea's Web3 and AI ecosystem with a native KRW stablecoin. Explore our 160-page technical blueprint presented at the National Assembly and our regulatory sandbox proposal in Singapore.

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Bridging Regulation and Technology: Introducing the KRW Stablecoin Architecture Proposal

As Asia's leading Web3 infrastructure, Kaia presents a comprehensive blueprint for a compliant KRW stablecoin. Explore our proposal to see how we are bridging global liquidity with local regulatory environments.

Ecosystem

Kaia Q1 2026 Ecosystem Round-Up: Building the Rails for Retail and Institutional Finance

In the first quarter of 2026, the Kaia ecosystem focused heavily on execution and infrastructure. As part of our efforts to move towards sustainable utility, our focus was squarely on building the systems required to anchor APAC’s real-world economy onchain. Over the past three months, we have expanded

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Architectural Insight Report: Rewiring Cross-Border Remittance with Institutional Stablecoins on Kaia

Our latest Stablecoin PoC Insight Report proves the viability of blockchain for cross-border remittances. By proving a more efficient alternative to legacy systems like SWIFT, our KRW stablecoin pilot achieved sub-3-second transactions and reduced cross-border costs by 87%.

Governance

Kaia Community AMA Recap: Tokenomics Revision & Contribution Rewards (CR)

The Kaia Foundation's recent AMA detailed the shift to the Contribution Reward (CR) system. Replacing passive node rewards, CR incentivizes DeFi growth by requiring participants to stake Kaia and deposit USDT liquidity. Unmet targets trigger a token burn to ensure real value.

Governance

PGT Part 3: Shape the Future of Kaia With GP-21 & Performance-Based Tokenomics

In PGT Part 3, we detail the proposed shift from static Proposal Rewards (PR) to a performance-based Contribution Reward (CR) model. By tying inflation to concrete actions like driving TVL and delegation, and burning unallocated rewards, Kaia aims to align validator incentives with network growth.

Announcements

[Breaking Change] v2.2.2 Hardfork Upgrade: Removal of Bytecode at address(0)

Summary Starting from the v2.2.2 Hardfork (estimated date: 07 Apr, 10:03 UTC+9 / block number: 213333000), the bytecode deployed at address(0) on Kaia Mainnet will be completely removed. After this change, address(0) will behave identically to an EOA without code. Most applications will not be

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PGT Part 2: Redefining Validators and Governance on Kaia

Kaia is transitioning to a performance-driven Public Permissionless Chain. By decoupling the roles of Validators (network operation) and the Governance Council (decision-making), and shifting to an automated "Qualification by System" model, we are dismantling barriers to open participation.

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PGT Part 1: Kaia’s Structural Transition to a Permissionless & Performance-Based Network

Kaia is evolving from a closed, stability-focused chain into a highly scalable, public Layer 1. Discover the PGT framework, detailing our phased roadmap to open participation, automate governance, and introduce a performance-driven reward structure by September 2026.

Developers

Kaia v2.2.2 Release Notice

Hi Kaia Builders, We're sharing the release notice for Kaia v2.2.2. Please make sure your nodes are upgraded before the target block. A key change in this release is the conversion of the zero address (0x0) on Mainnet from a contract account to an EOA. We&

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How USDT on Kaia Powers the Economy of NEXT Market

NEXT Market uses Kaia to power economies for Lord Nine and Rohan2. With 30% of volume settled in USDT, the data proves Kaia is the premier stablecoin orchestration layer. This infrastructure delivers instant, borderless value transfer, solving real friction for studios.

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Hard Assets, Digital Rails: The RWA Thesis for the Kaia Ecosystem

From tokenized shipping vessels to US Treasuries and SME credit, Kaia is replacing speculative points with Real Yield. Learn how our RWA strategy builds sustainable value for KAIA holders.

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From Infrastructure to Onchain Finance: Kaia’s 2025 Recap and 2026 Direction

If 2025 was about foundation, 2026 is about activating capital. We are shifting from infrastructure to execution, creating a venue where institutional capital meets retail agility. Learn how LINE integration, DeFi primitives, and RWAs are positioning Kaia as the engine for Asian capital markets.

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Activating Idle Capital: Kaia's Approach to Onchain Finance and Capital Markets

The vision for Kaia has always been larger than simply being another Layer 1 blockchain. With a solid foundation in South Korea, and an expansive footprint in the APAC region, we are now executing on the infrastructure required to capture the Asian liquidity wave. This goes beyond partnerships; it is

Developers

Indexing Kaia with Goldsky

Streamlining on-chain data engineering for builders

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Kaia v2.2.0 Release Notice

IMPORTANT: Kaia v2.2.0 contains a hardfork upgrade that results in changes that are not backward compatible. All Kairos testnet nodes must be upgraded to v2.2.0 or later before the target block number. Mainnet hardfork number will be specified in the next release. The Kaia network v2.

Developers

Kaia v2.2 Overview

Ethereum Compatibility Work Planned for 2026

Ecosystem

Building Real-Time Price Feeds on Kaia

In July 2024, Kaia announced its integration with the Pyth Network. This means Kaia developers can now access Pyth price feeds in their applications, avoiding the need to build a custom oracle integration from scratch. The Kaia Docs provide a complete tutorial on implementation: How to Fetch Real-Time Prices

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Kaia MEV Auction Launch & Bid Fee Reimbursement Program

Summary Kaia MEV Auction went live on the Kaia mainnet on December 18, 2025. Kaia MEV Auction is an auction system designed for participants who search for and execute MEV opportunities (“Searchers”) such as backrun slots within a block via sealed bids. It is provided together with the Searcher SDK

Ecosystem

Building a Tokenized Yield Strategy Vault on Kaia with ERC4626

Building a Tokenized Yield Strategy Vault on Kaia with ERC4626

Ecosystem

Using Chainlink’s Token Manager on Kaia

Chainlink Token Manager makes it easy to deploy and manage Cross-Chain Tokens (CCTs) without writing code.

Developers

From Chaos to Opportunity

A Technical Look at Kaia’s MEV Slot Auction

Developers

Flatten the State, Shrink the Disk

Kaia’s Experimental FlatTrie for Archive Nodes

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Cutting Blockchain Storage in Half

How Kaia v2.1 Reclaimed 2TB Through Compression

Developers

Kaia v2.1.0 Release Notice

Kaia v2.1.0 introduces the MEV Auction mechanism along with improvements to APIs and storage efficiency. No hardfork is included in this…

Building Cross-Chain NFTs on Kaia with Chainlink CCIP

A Practical Guide

Ecosystem

Chainlink CCIP Lands on Kaia

Building Cross-Chain Apps Just Got Easier

Ecosystem

Kaia and Proof of Play

Integrating Verified RNG for Fair Onchain Gameplay

Announcements

Update on Canonical Wrapped Token

WKLAY is now WKAIA

Developers

Getting Started with Gas Abstraction on Kaia Wallet

We’re thrilled to introduce Gas Abstraction (GA), a new feature integrated directly into Kaia Wallet that makes the gas problem a thing of…

Announcements

Kaia Portal Epoch #2 Reward Announcement

Epoch #2 of Kaia Portal is coming to an end. We sincerely thank all participants and would like to share the key details regarding the end…

Deploy an EVM ↔ Kaia Bridge in Minutes — Without Code

What is the OFT Deployer?

How to Token-Gate a Unity game using Chainsafe and Thirdweb on Kaia

Introduction

Unity Game Development on Kaia: Minting Fungible Tokens with ChainSafe

Introduction

Developers

EIP-2537: Revolutionizing Kaia with BLS12–381 Precompiles

Unlocking Privacy-First Stablecoins and Next-Gen Web3

Developers

Unlocking Web2 Simplicity in Web3

How Kaia’s EIP-7702 is Revolutionizing User Experience

Ecosystem

Easily Onboard dApp users on Kaia with Web3 Social Logins

Introduction

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Unlocking Financial Inclusion: Bridging Web3 and Real-World Impact in Indonesia

How Kaia and Forest Jalan are using blockchain to deliver fair, data-driven loans to Indonesia’s underserved small businesses

Developers

Kaia v2.0.3 Release Notice

The release notes are also available on Github.

Ecosystem

Research Report on Kaia Blockchain and its Mini Dapp Ecosystem (as of May 2025)

This research report was kindly contributed by Kaia Foundation‘s Vivi

Developers

What if you could pay gas fees with stablecoins?

Summary

How to use Kaia Toolkit for Platform-level Multisig on Kaia

Author. Peter Ayo (Kaia Foundation DevRel Engineer)

Developers

Kaia v2.0.2 Release Notice

IMPORTANT: Kaia v2.0.2 contains a hardfork upgrade that results in changes that are not backward compatible. All Mainnet nodes must be…

Ecosystem

Empowering DeFi With AI: DeFAI’s Potential in the Kaia Mini Dapps Ecosystem

Author. Peter Ayo (Kaia Foundation DevRel Engineer)

Developers

Kaia v2.0.1 Release Notice

The release notes are also available on Github.

Ecosystem

Introducing Kaia Agent Kit

TL;DR

Developers

Kaia v2.0.0 Release Note

We are pleased to announce the release of Kaia v2.0.0.

Ecosystem

Integrating Stability: Technical Deep Dive into Kaia’s Native USDT Ecosystem

Introduction: Beyond the Announcement

Announcements

Kaia Portal Epoch#2 is now live

Kaia Portal returns with expanded missions, larger rewards, and new opportunities to earn KAIA and ecosystem tokens.

Announcements

Kaia Developer Bootcamp: Pre-Registration Now Open

Following the launch of native USD₮ for retail, Kaia is now opening pre-registration for the Kaia Developer Bootcamp

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USD₮ on Kaia

Kaia has collaborated with Tether to integrate native USD₮ on the Kaia network.

Ecosystem

Kaia is Now Live on Team Finance

Team Finance, the go-to token management suite for thousands of Web3 projects is now live on Kaia.

Announcements

Mini Dapp Growth Competition: Phase2 Top 10 Winners Announcement

We are announcing the Top 10 Mini Dapps from Mini Dapp Growth Competition Phase 2.

Ecosystem

DEX Scanner now live on Kaia Portal

To help you better discover trading opportunities, we’ve just launched DEX Scanner.

Announcements

Kaia now on the Kaito Yapper Leaderboard with $100K Pool Reward Campaign

Kaia is officially live on Kaito’s Yapper Leadboard

Ecosystem

Travel with $KAIA Token Payments!

Kaia Foundation has established a strategic partnership with global Web3 travel booking platform Travala.

Announcements

Kaia Wave Mini Dapp Growth Competition: Top 2 Announcement

We are deeply grateful to all participants who demonstrated remarkable passion and dedication throughout the competition.

News

Kaia Mini Dapp on LINE Messenger attracts 35 million users in its first month of launch

The Kaia Foundation and LINE NEXT attracted over 35 million cumulative users in this period.

Announcements

Kaia Portal Epoch #2: Schedule Update

Thank you for your continued support of Kaia Portal. Epoch #2 was originally set to launch on February 27th following the opening of the…

How to Access Kaiachain data using Kaiascan API

Author. Peter Ayo (Kaia Foundation Developer Advocate)

Announcements

Kaia Portal Epoch #2: Early Access Now Open

Secure your Early Access today to claim exclusive pre-registration rewards and advance in Epoch #2. Join Early Access Now!

Announcements

Mini Dapp Growth Competition: Announcing February Top 10 Winners

Announcing the February Mini Dapp Growth Competition Top 10!

Ecosystem

Kaia Partners with Republic to Engineer Economies for the Next Wave of Mass Adoption

Kaia DLT Foundation,the non-profit driving the ecosystem expansion of the Kaia public blockchain, has partnered with Republic.

Announcements

Join the Mini Dapp Growth Competition on Kaia Square!

Kaia Square v1.3 has been released, bringing with it the Mini Dapp Growth Competition to energize Kaia’s Mini Dapp ecosystem.

Ecosystem

MEXC Join Forces to Accelerate LINE Messenger’s Mini Dapp Ecosystem Growth

Leading global cryptocurrency exchange MEXC has established a strategic partnership with Kaia Foundation.

Ecosystem

Kaia Accelerates Mini Dapp Ecosystem Expansion with Global CEX Partners

The Kaia Foundation has secured strategic partnerships with major cryptocurrency exchanges.

Ecosystem

KuCoin Partners with Kaia Foundation to Foster Mini Dapp Ecosystem on LINE Messenger

The Kaia Foundation has partnered with KuCoin, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, to drive blockchain innovation across Asia.

Announcements

Mini Dapps and Dapp Portal are now live in LINE Messenger

We are excited to announce that LINE NEXT has officially launched Mini Dapps and the Dapp Portal service powered by Kaia on LINE Messenger.

Ecosystem

Kaia integrates Fireblocks

Kaia has integrated Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on blockchain.

Announcements

Notice of Point Adjustment for Kaia Portal Epoch #1

Kaia Portal strives to enhance your experience within the Kaia ecosystem by rewarding consistent participation.

News

A Year in Review: Kaia’s 2024 and Goals for 2025

The following is a part of a regular Foundation communique in which Sam shares his thoughts with other Foundation members.

Announcements

More Upcoming Mini Dapps on LINE!

Recently, Kaia and LINE NEXT unveiled their initial lineup of 20 launches on the Dapp Portal (powered by Kaia), which generated significant

Announcements

Kaia Portal Mission Rewards and v1.4 Update Notice

Epoch #1 is about to conclude — here’s a quick overview of some new features we’ll be releasing with v1.4, along with information about…

Announcements

Introducing the Mini Dapp Launch Day Line Up

The initial launch lineup has been revealed on LINE’s Dapp Portal (powered by Kaia).

Announcements

Notice of Policy Changes for Kaia Portal v1.3

In the recent Kaia Portal v1.3 release, the Avalon Lending Protocol mission was added. We would like to inform the community about changes…

Announcements

Kaia Portal v1.3 Release Notice

We are pleased to announce the release of Kaia Portal v1.3 with the newly added missions and rewards for participating in the FGP-23 vote.

Announcements

Kaia D2I Program Report

Future Directions for Kaia DeFi

Ecosystem

Mini DApps on LINE + Kaia: Meteoric Rise of Web3 Life Platform

Author. Peter Ayo (Kaia Foundation Developer Advocate)

Announcements

Kaia is now live on Dune

The integration of Kaia with Dune, one of the largest cryptocurrency data tool and blockchain on-chain data analysis platform that includes…

Announcements

Kaia Portal v1.2 Release Notice

Kaia Portal v1.2 is coming — and bringing with it UI/UX improvements as well as all-new Missions!

How to Index KIP7 Transfer on Kaia using Envio + Quicknode

Introduction

Announcements

CARV’s data ownership and monetization layer is now live on Kaia

Kaia Foundation has forged a strategic partnership with CARV, an identity and data layer infrastructure provider.