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The project has raised approximately $30 million from institutional investors including General Catalyst, Social Capital, and Jump Capital. Its governance token SPEC reached an all-time high of approximately $18.48 in November 2024 before collapsing more than 99% to under $0.10 by mid-2026, with Bybit delisting the token from both spot and futures markets, raising significant concerns around tokenomics, unlock-driven selling pressure, and product-market fit.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-01-01","event":"Spectral Labs founded by Sishir Varghese and Srikar Varadaraj with focus on on-chain credit scoring.","source":""},{"date":"2022-08-24","event":"Spectral raises $23 million Series A led by General Catalyst and Social Capital, with participation from Samsung, Jump Capital, Franklin Templeton, and others.","source":""},{"date":"2023-11-01","event":"Spectral's Machine Intelligence Network launches on mainnet, marking the pivot toward an AI inference and agent economy.","source":""},{"date":"2024-05-07","event":"SPEC token generation event (TGE). Token lists on MEXC Global. 8 million SPEC airdropped to 52,992 eligible addresses.","source":""},{"date":"2024-08-01","event":"Spectral announces Syntax V2 and the migration of investor tokens from foundational custody to Anchorage Digital institutional custody.","source":""},{"date":"2024-11-30","event":"SPEC token reaches all-time high of approximately $18.48, coinciding with peak AI-crypto narrative momentum.","source":""},{"date":"2025-01-21","event":"Bybit delists SPEC/USDT spot trading pair, citing consistently low trading volumes and poor liquidity scores.","source":""},{"date":"2025-05-01","event":"Spectra Vault launches publicly on Hyperliquid exchange as an AI-operated autonomous trading vault.","source":""},{"date":"2025-09-01","event":"17.3% token unlock event releases approximately $1.58 million worth of SPEC at prevailing prices, increasing sell pressure in an already thin market.","source":""},{"date":"2025-10-01","event":"Bybit delists SPEC perpetual futures contracts, further reducing exchange coverage and liquidity.","source":""},{"date":"2026-05-14","event":"ZachXBT publishes major investigation into a separate LAB token project (LABtrade / The Lab Management Ltd.), alleging 95% insider control. This project is distinct from Spectral Labs but potential name confusion between the two entities has been noted by researchers.","source":""},{"date":"2026-05-29","event":"SPEC trading at approximately $0.075, down more than 99.6% from all-time high. Market cap approximately $1.55 million.","source":""}]},"v":1}Verify offline (run on your own machine)python -m src.verify_decision b2f128c9-e55b-4190-b03d-dabb9c28ce26
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