Celestia
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Celestia is a modular blockchain network that provides a dedicated data availability (DA) and consensus layer for rollups and application-specific chains, using data availability sampling to allow light nodes to verify block data without downloading full blocks. Developed by Celestia Labs and launched on mainnet on October 31, 2023, the project raised $155 million from prominent venture capital firms including Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital. The project has faced significant controversy over its tokenomics, alleged insider token selling, and a 95%+ decline in the TIA token from its June 2024 all-time high of approximately $20.91.
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Timeline(14 events)
2019
Mustafa Al-Bassam publishes the 'LazyLedger' paper at University College London, introducing the concept that would become Celestia
CoinDesk2021
Celestia Labs formally founded by Mustafa Al-Bassam, Ismail Khoffi, John Adler, and Nick White
Crunchbase19 October 2022
Celestia Labs raises $55 million combined Series A and B round led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital at $1 billion valuation; FTX Ventures participates
CoinDesk17 October 2023
Celestia opens TIA airdrop claim period for eligible Cosmos and Ethereum ecosystem participants
Blockworks31 October 2023
Celestia mainnet beta launches; 60 million TIA airdropped to approximately 580,000 eligible addresses; TIA listed on major exchanges
CoinDesk2024
Celestia Foundation raises additional $100 million led by Bain Capital Crypto, bringing total disclosed funding to $155 million
The Block30 October 2024
Major token unlock event: approximately 175.59 million TIA released, representing roughly 79.52% of then-circulating supply; allegations later emerge of insider OTC selling around this event
CoinCarpJune 2025
Viral X thread by 'Startup Anthropologist' alleges CEO Al-Bassam sold 25 million+ TIA via OTC deals; Al-Bassam responds denying misconduct and citing $100M+ treasury
CoinTelegraphJune 2025
Co-founder John Adler proposes replacing proof-of-stake with 'Proof of Governance' to reduce TIA annual issuance by 20x
DL NewsJuly 2025
Polychain Capital sells remaining 43.45 million TIA stake ($62.5 million) to the Celestia Foundation amid criticism over staking reward sales
The Block28 July 2025
Lotus (v4) mainnet upgrade activates: 33% inflation reduction, staking reward locking for vesting accounts, Hyperlane integration
Celestia Blog2026
Celestia publishes 'Vision 2.0' roadmap targeting up to 1 Tb/s throughput via planned Fibre upgrade
Medium / KrewsDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (5 events). 19 of 20 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/31/2026, 7:32:03 AM
last updated: 7/26/2026, 2:10:28 PM
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