Masa

2021-01-01

Masa Finance founded by Brendan Playford; initial focus on decentralized credit and identity protocol

2022-05-04

Masa Finance raises $3.5M pre-seed round to build decentralized credit protocol, reported by TechCrunch

2023-01-17

Masa launches mainnet of first soulbound identity protocol on Ethereum; introduces .soul names and web3 credit score SBTs

2024-03-07

MASA token public sale on CoinList at $0.079; raises $8.75M in 17 minutes, six times oversubscribed

2024-03-28

Masa announces LayerZero integration for cross-chain MASA token transfers via OFT standard

2024-04-11

MASA token TGE and mainnet launch; token reaches all-time high of approximately $0.4697; listed on Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, HTX, and PancakeSwap

2024-08-01

Masa launches Bittensor Subnet 42 for real-time AI data aggregation

2024-09-20

First security exploit occurs on MASA token contract on Base blockchain; six-figure losses incurred; incident not publicly disclosed by Masa team

2024-10-17

Second security exploit occurs on MASA Base blockchain contract; ZachXBT publicly confronts Masa team, alleging the September exploit was concealed and framed as an 'upgrade'

2024-10-18

Masa team acknowledges both security incidents on September 20 and October 17; claims no material business impact and promises token credits to affected users

2024-10-17

MASA token reaches then-all-time low of $0.004369

2024-12-01

Masa launches Bittensor Subnet 59 (AI Agent Arena); secures additional strategic funding from DCG

2025-09-01

Masa rebrands to Gopher; announces planned 1:1 token swap from $MASA to $GOAI; announces transition to Cosmos SDK Layer-1 blockchain

2026-04-30

MASA token hits new all-time low of approximately $0.00001305

2026-05-01

Founder Brendan Playford posts on X regarding MASA-to-GOAI migration details and tokenomics; project remains in transition