{"investigation":{"slug":"lisk","entity_name":"Lisk","trust_score":15,"severity_base":null,"score_modifier":-15,"confidence":0.6,"status":"under_investigation","content_type":"investigation","summary":"Lisk is a blockchain project founded in 2016 that moved from its own layer-1 to an Ethereum layer-2 (OP Stack) in 2024. Contrary to the unverified social-media rumour, multiple news outlets report that Lisk itself announced in late August 2026 that the Lisk Chain will close on October 31, 2026, with a pivot to a business finance platform; the LSK token is reported to continue. No primary Lisk post was retrieved, so details rest on secondary reporting.","sections":[{"content":"Crypto Briefing reported on 2026-08-27 that Lisk announced the Lisk Chain, the Ethereum layer-2 it adopted in 2024, will close on October 31, 2026. Projects building on the chain can reportedly migrate to Celo through a pathway developed with Celo Core Co. Holders of LSK on the Lisk Chain or staked there are advised to unstake (three-day wait) and bridge to Ethereum via Superbridge or Lisk Bridge; the bridge is reported to take at least seven days because of the optimistic-rollup challenge period. KuCoin's news flash and AMBCrypto state that tokens left on the chain after the shutdown may become permanently inaccessible. One outlet suggests starting around October 21; this is described as that outlet's own estimate. The rumour that Lisk is a wind-down candidate is therefore supported by reporting, though the original Lisk blog post was not retrieved and should be checked by readers.","heading":"Shutdown announcement and migration deadline","sources":[{"url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/lisk-chain-shutdown-october-2026/","name":"Crypto Briefing - Lisk Chain to shut down on October 31 as project pivots to business finance","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/lisk-chain-to-shut-down-on-october-31-2026-users-urged-to-migrate-assets","name":"KuCoin News - Lisk Chain to Shut Down on October 31, 2026, Users Urged to Migrate Assets","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://ambcrypto.com/lisk-chain-is-winding-down-but-lsk-explodes-344-in-one-day-last-hurrah/","name":"AMBCrypto - Lisk chain is winding down but LSK explodes 344% in one day","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"Per Crypto Briefing, Lisk proposes winding down the Lisk DAO and burning 100 million LSK from the treasury, cutting maximum supply from 400 million to 300 million. Staking would become flexible with a three-day unstake wait. LSK is reported to remain in circulation as a loyalty token of a new platform, with Base as its primary network alongside Ethereum. KuCoin's summary of the DAO proposal (reportedly posted August 25, 2026) adds that roughly 47 million LSK plus the liquidity vault would move to Lisk Ltd, governance contracts would be paused and the forum shut down. CEO Max Kordek is quoted as saying the new platform grew from difficulties Lisk and network companies had with banking, cross-border payments, compliance and separate fiat and stablecoin balances. Early access is open to qualified businesses; planned features such as corporate cards and payroll integrations are not yet live per the same report.","heading":"DAO dissolution, supply burn and strategic pivot","sources":[{"url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/lisk-chain-shutdown-october-2026/","name":"Crypto Briefing - Lisk Chain shutdown October 2026","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/lisk-chain-to-shut-down-on-october-31-2026-users-urged-to-migrate-assets","name":"KuCoin News flash on Lisk Chain shutdown","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto-economy.com/lisk-prepares-full-shutdown-after-10-years-proposes-burning-100m-lsk/","name":"Crypto-Economy - Lisk Prepares Full Shutdown After 10 Years, Proposes Burning 100M LSK","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Outlets report that one outlet attributes the pivot to the chain struggling to generate enough revenue to support LSK, with grant programs increasing circulating supply and creating selling pressure (Startup Researcher, via search summary; page not retrieved). A CoinMarketCap AI-generated summary states Binance applied a Monitoring Tag to LSK on July 24, 2026 and that LSK hit an all-time low of about $0.074; this was not verified against Binance's announcement. After the shutdown news, AMBCrypto (2026-09-13) reported LSK at $0.9428, up 344.5% in 24 hours, and quoted an analyst calling it an 'exit pump'. A separate eToro-hosted article reported about $0.238 after a near doubling around September 10-12; these price figures conflict and likely reflect different times, so live data should be checked. Beincrypto's headline says Lisk was once worth $4 billion; the page could not be fetched. Specific TVL, 24h revenue and FDV-decline figures cited in the rumour were not verified in any retrieved source. DefiLlama lists Lisk Bridge TVL of about $24.2 million (undated snapshot, down 19% over 30 days) per search summary.","heading":"Token performance and market signals","sources":[{"url":"https://ambcrypto.com/lisk-chain-is-winding-down-but-lsk-explodes-344-in-one-day-last-hurrah/","name":"AMBCrypto - LSK explodes 344% in one day","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.startupresearcher.com/news/lisk-to-shut-down-blockchain-in-pivot-to-financial-software","name":"Startup Researcher - Lisk to Shut Down Blockchain in Pivot to Financial Software","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/cmc-ai/lisk/latest-updates/","name":"CoinMarketCap - Latest Lisk (LSK) News Update (AI summary)","type":"other","credibility":3},{"url":"https://defillama.com/protocol/lisk-bridge","name":"DefiLlama - Lisk Bridge","type":"on_chain","credibility":2},{"url":"https://beincrypto.com/lisk-blockchain-shutdown-lsk-burn/","name":"BeInCrypto - Lisk is Shutting Down Its Blockchain After 10 Years","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Lisk was co-founded in 2016 by Max Kordek and Oliver Beddows, according to search-result profiles. In December 2019 its Lightcurve unit laid off 21 of 53 staff (about 40%) to reduce its burn rate, per The Block. The Lisk Foundation is reported to have been renamed the Onchain Foundation, and the original L1 codebase was reportedly handed to the community as Klayr; these claims come from a tag page and were not verified against primary sources. Funding details for the 2026 pivot were not found.","heading":"Team, funding and history","sources":[{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2019-12-13-blockchain-project-lisks-unit-lightcurve-lays-off-40-of-staff-to-become-more-agile-again-50432","name":"The Block - Lightcurve lays off 40% of staff","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://mpost.io/lisk-officially-transitions-to-ethereum-layer-2-and-unveils-core-v4-0-6","name":"MPost - Lisk officially transitions to Ethereum layer 2","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.exodus.com/support/en/articles/9788678-the-migration-to-lisk-l2-has-ended","name":"Exodus support - The migration to Lisk L2 has ended","type":"official","credibility":2}],"severity":"low"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2016","event":"Lisk co-founded by Max Kordek and Oliver Beddows (per profiles).","source":"Search-result profiles; not independently confirmed","source_url":"https://u.today/exclusive-interview-with-max-kordek-on-lisk-30-halvening-and-his-own-crypto-portfolio"},{"date":"2019-12","event":"Lightcurve, Lisk's development unit, lays off about 40% of staff.","source":"The Block","source_url":"https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2019-12-13-blockchain-project-lisks-unit-lightcurve-lays-off-40-of-staff-to-become-more-agile-again-50432"},{"date":"2024","event":"Lisk transitions to an Ethereum layer-2 on the OP Stack.","source":"MPost","source_url":"https://mpost.io/lisk-officially-transitions-to-ethereum-layer-2-and-unveils-core-v4-0-6"},{"date":"2026-05","event":"Two-year window to claim and migrate mainnet LSK to Lisk L2 ends.","source":"Exodus support","source_url":"https://www.exodus.com/support/en/articles/9788678-the-migration-to-lisk-l2-has-ended"},{"date":"2026-07","event":"Binance reportedly adds LSK to Monitoring Tag (unverified AI summary).","source":"CoinMarketCap","source_url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/cmc-ai/lisk/latest-updates/"},{"date":"2026-08","event":"Lisk announces Lisk Chain closure on Oct 31, 2026, DAO wind-down proposal and 100M LSK burn.","source":"Crypto Briefing","source_url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/lisk-chain-shutdown-october-2026/"},{"date":"2026-09","event":"LSK price reportedly spikes sharply following shutdown news.","source":"AMBCrypto","source_url":"https://ambcrypto.com/lisk-chain-is-winding-down-but-lsk-explodes-344-in-one-day-last-hurrah/"},{"date":"2026-10","event":"Reported Lisk Chain shutdown date (October 31, 2026); 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