- IOTA has won milestones over the past decade. Some are technical upgrades, while others are ecosystems and governance results.
- The latest is that Binance has officially joined the IOTA network and serves as a sign of confidence in the project’s trajectory.
2025 marks a major milestone for IOTA as the project celebrates the 10 years since its launch. Born in 2015, IOTA announced its vision to move beyond traditional blockchain restrictions by introducing its own tangle technology.
Over the past decade, IOTA has grown from an experimental concept to a recognized player in the distributed ledger space. Commenting on this milestone, IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener posted to X.
I am truly proud to be part of IOTA and am here to make us a major L1 network. Data, identity, assets, supply chains, industries, countries – chain the real world. I’ve just started.
From the early years of focusing purely on IoT transactions, to the recent emphasis on talknomics, decentralization and ecosystem adoption, IOTA has consistently adapted to maintain its relevance.
To mark the 10-year milestone, IOTA brought in partners. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has officially intervened as a validator for the IOTA network. To mark this opportunity, Binance Simple Aneg launched a special IOTA launch on October 1, unlocking 2 million IOTA tokens and staking rewards.
Users bet on IOTA with an APR return of up to 29.9%, allowing them to scale their rewards based on a 30, 60 or 120-day lockup period, making it a celebration where they can earn rewards and access to the community.
The festival didn’t stop online. Today, Iota held a 10th anniversary party in Singapore, looting 250,000 Iota tokens to 10 lucky winners, along with exclusive prizes such as branded keystone wallets and goody bags. These incentives make Iota leaning further into community and defi engagement.
Institutional interests increase
Recently, CNF highlighted comments from Dominik Schiener, who confirmed that institutional investors are showing growing interest in IOTA.
This rising attention stems from years of improvements in audits, testnets and tools that have steadily matured the network.
One of the highlights of IOTA’s journey came on May 5th this year. IOTA has announced an upgrade to introduce developer tools after more than a year has developed developer tools such as object-based ledger architecture, extended accounts, token models, wallets, dashboards, SDKs and more.
Just a few days later, on May 8, the Trade Worldwide Information Network (Twin) Foundation was launched at the AFCFTA Digital Trade Forum in Lusaka, Zambia. Twin is a non-profit initiative designed to modernize cross-border trade by enabling countries and businesses to exchange data across their supply chains in real time with higher speeds, security and transparency.
It is supported by six global organizations including the IOTA Foundation, the World Economic Forum, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Trademark Africa, Global Alliance for Trade Promotion, and the Chartered Export and International Trade Institute.
