IOTA has made considerable progress in building a trustworthy system in the past six months. The network was fundamentally upgraded, making the Mainset a fully decentralized and programmable platform.
In addition to the technical advances, Iota has also increased his partnerships and started new projects to increase acceptance. Future events will attract global talents and continue to advance web3.
According to the last update of stakingcabin The Mainnet of IOTA a large upgrade called “Rebased”. It removes the centralized component used for network validation. Now IOTA is a fully decentralized and programmable MINNET for DAPPS.
1|7 Time flies! Over the past 6 months, @iota has made incredible progress on its mission to build the foundational trust layer for an increasingly digital world.
Here’s an update on their latest advancements!
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— StakingCabin (@stakingcabin) May 28, 2025
The revision included the Move-VM and an L2 solution that is compatible with the EVM. This improves scalability without affecting the network performance.
The new system has 150 validators. This redesign makes Iota faster and safer. Staking is live and users can participate in delegate proof-of-stake process. Iota has experienced a rapid increase in the stubborn assets: over $ 345 million in the few days since the upgrade.
The staking premiums are 17% per year without lock-up or Cooldown, much more than other blockchains that offer lower returns under more restrictive conditions.
IOTA hat 4.6 billion tokens3.8 billion of which are in circulation. IOTA is listed on Binance, Bitfinex and OKX and therefore available for many customers.
Stakingcabin reports that the token distribution is followed: 60.4% initial equipment, 12% Tangle Ecosystem Association, 12% UAE Entity, 7.08% IOTA Foundation, 5% Contributors, and 3.5% airdrop.
Token utilities are stacking, transaction fees for network operation, value transfers for various applications and governance participation through on-chain vote on protocol upgrades. This shows the goal of IOTA to have several applications in the Web3 ecosystem.
In April 2025 went IOTA a partnership with Zodia Custody, a regulated custody account, to enable institutional investors to secure the safe management and tokenization of digital assets in the IOTA network. This is a big step to increase acceptance and support for regulated asset management in practice.
As recently reported by CNF, Iota started a Learn & Earn campaign in collaboration with Coingecko. Participants can earn themselves by participating in a quiz IOTA token worth up to $ 20,000. This is intended to increase awareness and participation in the IOTA ecosystem.
Since the rebased upgrade, Iota has further developed its ecosystem with new projects and initiatives. The IOTA Identity Beta started on May 26, 2025 as a Rust-based self-sovereign Identity (SSI) solution. This enables verifiable digital identities and secure login information, privacy and trust on the Internet.
Another large milestone is that Foundation The Twin Foundation on May 8, 2025. This foundation manages a decentralized, open -source network to improve transparency and efficiency in global trade. The twin project showsthat IOTA is not only used in the financial sector, but also in the real world.
With a view to the future, Iota has registered for his hackathon on July 19 and 21, 2025 in Malaysia open. Developers can develop solutions for the IOTA network. The participants compete for a prize money of $ 10,000. This hackathon is intended to attract talent to promote the technology of IOTA and strengthen its position in the web3 area.
When writing this article, IOTA is traded at $ 0.208, with daily sales of $ 20 million. With the technical upgrades, staking and its partnerships, Iota is on the way to mass adoption and web3 integration.
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