It’s time for the March IQ Ecosystem Report, which covers IQ ecosystem news, partnerships, and more. BrainDAO is continuously building IQ Code, the first AI for smart contracts, IQ GPT integrated Etherscan, and BrainDAO treasury reached $40 million in assets. IQ gained several new listings and partnerships that were covered by the leading crypto outlets.
Growth
IQ Stats
In March, the IQ token saw a record-high 24-hour trading volume of over $1.2 billion on March 10th according to CoinMarketCap data. IQ was also the #1 gainer on Upbit several times. This remarkable growth has strengthened the BrainDAO treasury which now holds over $40 million in total assets as of writing. The growth follows BrainDAO’s updates on building IQ Code, the first AI model tailored for smart contracts, which will launch in 2024.
HiIQ Stats
IQ holders have staked 4.3 billion HiIQ, with the average stakers locking up their tokens for more than 3 years. IQ holders have staked more than 1.3 billion IQ tokens with HiIQ. The APR on HiIQ is more than 50% as of writing.
HiIQ was created to incentivize IQ holders to become long-term holders who stake and lock up their IQ tokens with IQ token rewards. The HiIQ staking system allows IQ holders to choose how long they want to lock up their IQ, the more IQ and the longer they lock up their IQ, the greater the number of rewards. Most importantly, HiIQ holders will be able to determine the IQ ecosystem’s course of action in the future by participating in governance. This guide explains how to start staking IQ with HiIQ.
IQ GPT integrates Etherscan
IQ GPT, the first AI assistant for blockchain knowledge, has integrated Etherscan. The Etherscan integration allows IQ GPT to access all of the data on the blockchain explorer. This allows IQ GPT to respond to queries and show transaction data in a readable table format. Etherscan is a search engine that lets users look up, confirm, and validate transactions on the Ethereum decentralized smart contracts platform. Users can now utilize Etherscan’s content without inputting specific filters to see older transactions. The Etherscan API also allows users to see Ethereum nodes and circulating supplies.
IQ GPT integrated contents and data sets from reliable platforms such as IQ.wiki's extensive database, DeFiLlama, Frax Docs, Binance Academy, DeFi Protocol Documentations, The Associated Press News, CoinGecko, Flywheel DeFi, BlockBeats, InvestHK and CoinNess, and now Etherscan, making it a one-stop-shop for blockchain knowledge. Read more in our blog.
BrainDAO is also building IQ Code, the first AI model for smart contracts. IQ Code is designed to audit code for vulnerabilities helping solve what Vitalik has called Ethereum's biggest technical risk.
BrainDAO Treasury reaches $40 million in assets
The BrainDAO treasury now has over $40 Million in assets. BrainDAO’s strategic investments have allowed the DAO to sustainably grow the IQ ecosystem by launching new products such as IQGPT.com, IQ.social, and IQ.wiki Korea. BrainDAO is also building IQCode.ai, the first AI model for smart contracts.
IQ GPT has recently seen a surge of integrations from DeFi and AI protocols including Analog, Scallop, Meteor Wallet, Lodestar Finance, Centrifuge, Icecream Swap, and more. This comes after the IQ token saw a record of $1.2 billion in volume on March 10th according to CoinMarketCap data. Learn more in our blog post.
Listings & Partnerships
IQ is Listed on Bithumb
IQ token was listed on Bithumb, a leading South Korean exchange, with an IQ/KRW fiat pair. The leading crypto media aggregator in South Korea, Xangle, and the leading Chinese crypto news site BlockBeats covered the announcement of IQ getting listed on Bithumb. Top crypto media publication in South Korea and official partner of IQ GPT, Coinness also covered the IQ token listing with a fiat pair.
IQ is Listed on CoinDCX
In March, IQ was listed on CoinDCX, India's largest exchange with an IQ/INR fiat trading pair. This comes after IQ saw over $1.2 billion in 24-hour volume on Binance and Upbit.
IQ is Listed on Gate.io
IQ token was listed on the leading global exchange Gate.io featuring a trading pair of IQ/USDT for spot transactions. More details can be found in the Gate.io X post.
IQ GPT Integrations
IQ GPT has continued to rapidly grow with many DeFi and AI protocols integrating the product.
IQ GPT Chatbot was integrated into Discord and Telegram communities of Scallop, Analog, Lodestar Finance, IceCreamSwap, Centrifuge, GalaxyCash, Meteor Wallet, Private AI, XLink, and Bonsai3.
IQ.wiki
Marina Protocol, a tutorial platform for blockchain beginners, and Kroma, an L2 Optimistic rollup, were onboarded onto IQ.wiki. Other projects onboarded to IQ.wiki include OpenSky Finance and AI Network, Myso Finance, a trust-minimized, permissionless peer-to-peer (P2P) lending protocol embedded IQ.wiki on their dApp.
Interviews & Coverage
ETHDenver
The BrainDAO team attended ETHDenver, one of the largest Web3 events for Ethereum and other blockchain protocol enthusiasts. Samuel McCulloch from Flywheel DeFi interviewed our Chief Brain Navin Vethanayagam about IQ's rise as an AI token. You can watch ETHDenver Tapes #3 with Navin to learn how IQ.wiki is revolutionizing AI with IQ Code, the first AI for auditing & generating smart contracts, and its plans for Fraxtal here.
IQ team also participated in A Fraxtal In Time, an event dedicated to the celebration of the special launch of Fraxtal, with exclusive Frax panels featuring Sam Kazemian and QiDao Protocol.
Bitget AMA
Our Head of Business Development Andy Cho attended an AMA at Bitget's telegram community. Those who joined the AMA had a chance to gain rewards from a dedicated prize pool of 500 USDT. Andy discussed AI's impact on crypto research and trading and shared more information on all our dapps including IQ.wiki, IQ GPT, IQ Code, and IQ.social.
Charlie Shrem Podcast
IQ.wiki Chief Brain Navin Vethanayagam was interviewed by Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem about IQ GPT and IQ.wiki. They also discussed IQ Code, BrainDAO's next product, the first AI for smart contracts. The full episode is available here.
Crypto 101 Podcast
IQ.wiki Chief Brain Navin Vethanayagam was interviewed by Matt Polvi of the Crypto 101 Podcast for the Crypto Community Summit series. Navin spoke about the origins of IQ.wiki and IQ GPT.
