It's the last day of the year, let's review together
Injective's top ten highlights from the past year:
1️⃣INJ 3.0 inflation parameter optimization
The lower limit of inflation gradually decreased to about 4.625%, and the upper limit decreased to about 8.875%, significantly strengthening the deflation path.
Results: Over 6.6 million INJ were destroyed through community buyback mechanisms throughout the year, significantly enhancing the deflationary effect.
2️⃣iAgent 2.0 upgrade and AI agent hackathon
Upgraded SDK to support natural language on-chain transactions and hosted a global AI agent hackathon, incubating multiple innovative projects.
Effect: Code submissions exceeded 56,000, ranking second globally.
3️⃣Nivara mainnet upgrade
Introduced next-gen RWA Oracle and modernized RWA modules, governance voting attracted over 42 million INJ participants.
Highlights: Active addresses increased by 13% to approximately 634,000, with the RWA ecosystem significantly active.
4️⃣iAssets expansion and institutional collaboration
Launch of tokenized stocks/assets index (such as NVDA), introduction of BUIDL index perpetual contracts, and deepening RWA ecosystem collaboration.
Breakthrough: RWA-related trading volume exceeds billions of dollars, thriving ecosystem.
5️⃣Lyora mainnet upgrade (v1.15.0)
Achieved dynamic fees, predictable Gas, and memory pool optimization, significantly reducing transaction costs.
Improvement: Average transaction fee reduced to approximately $0.0003, daily trading volume surges.
6️⃣Injective Summit NYC
Major release of iBuild (AI no-code dApp builder), Helix mobile application, and community burn auction upgrade.
Achievement: Cumulative trading volume reached $56.9 billion in the first half of the year, with high ecosystem enthusiasm.
7️⃣EVM mainnet Beta with native integration
Governance approved and launched real-time finality, low-fee EVM, supporting sub-second confirmations (fees as low as $0.00008).
Progress: Attracted 40+ EVM dApps to migrate, enticing Ethereum ecosystem to settle.
8️⃣MultiVM mainnet launch
Native support for EVM, Cosmos SDK, and WASM, achieving universal token standards and cross-VM unified liquidity.
Milestone: Over 30 projects launched on the first day, becoming the first truly multi-virtual machine Layer 1 chain.
9️⃣Revolut launched INJ
Europe's largest fintech platform (60 million+ users) supports zero-fee INJ staking.
Impact: Accelerating mainstream adoption, driving large-scale liquidity influx at the institutional level.
🔟Canary Capital submitted staking ETF application
Submitted Staked INJ ETF application in December, providing a regulated staking yield exposure channel.
Significance: Marks INJ's deep integration with traditional finance, ushering in a new era of institutional capital.
Among established public chains, Injective is one of the few teams that has consistently been productive, looking forward to more surprises in 2026.$INJ
