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Secure Legion has announced the public beta release of the world’s first messaging application designed to expose zero metadata . Built entirely without servers, directories, or intermediaries, the platform delivers fully peer-to-peer communication through Tor hidden services ensuring that no third party can observe who is communicating, when, or from where. Unlike conventional messengers, Secure Legion replaces personal identifiers with Solana wallet keypairs , eliminating the need for phone numbers, emails, or any form of personal data. A New Standard for Private Communication Modern encrypted messengers secure message content but still leak metadata social graphs, contact networks, connection timestamps, and communication patterns. Platforms such as Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram rely on servers that inherently retain traces of user behavior. Secure Legion removes this entire metadata surface through two core innovations: A completely serverless architecture that prevents any entity from storing, relaying, or analyzing message traffic. The Ping-Pong Wake protocol , a novel mechanism that delivers messages only when both parties are simultaneously online and authenticated. Because no server ever queues or registers communication attempts, observers cannot build relationship graphs or infer interaction frequency. Identity Through Solana Wallets Instead of traditional account systems, Secure Legion adopts a self-sovereign identity model : each user’s Solana keypair functions as their cryptographic identity across both messaging and blockchain-related interactions. This model reinforces privacy, reduces attack surfaces, and aligns with emerging ecosystem standards for decentralized identity. Engineered for High-Risk Environments Secure Legion is already being adopted by journalists, activists, and crypto communities operating in heavily restricted regions. The Android client integrates Tor bridges such as Snowflake , obfs4 , and meek , enabling reliable access in environments with deep packet inspection or aggressive censorship. Message delivery follows an authentication-before-delivery process, preventing message-waiting or mailbox-style analysis one of the key vulnerabilities of conventional encrypted messengers. As one Secure Legion engineer summarized: “Signal protects what you say. Secure Legion protects who you talk to.” With no servers, no timestamps, and no retained message queues, communication patterns become indistinguishable to observers. Open Source, Transparent, and Subpoena-Resistant Secure Legion is fully open source under the MIT license. All cryptographic components including XChaCha20-Poly1305 , Ed25519 , and X25519 ECDH are publicly documented and implemented without telemetry, analytics, or background data collection. The architecture is intentionally designed to be non-compliant with surveillance backdoors : “You can’t subpoena a server that doesn’t exist.” Key Features of the Public Beta Android client available at securelegion.org and on GitHub Fully peer-to-peer messaging via Tor hidden services StrongBox-backed encryption on supported devices Text and voice messaging Built-in Tor bridges for censorship resistance This beta release arrives amid growing global pressure on encrypted communications from the EU’s Chat Control proposal to the UK Online Safety Act and the US EARN IT Act. Secure Legion’s serverless architecture makes such mandates technically impossible to implement. Context in the Privacy Ecosystem Secure Legion responds to an issue long overlooked by mainstream encrypted platforms: metadata surveillance . Metadata exposes behavioral patterns, personal networks, movements, and relationships even when message content is encrypted. Compared to existing alternatives: - Session still relies on service nodes; Secure Legion removes intermediaries entirely. - Briar exposes certain network patterns; Secure Legion eliminates visible trails and peer graphs. - Signal reveals communication metadata to its servers; Secure Legion reveals nothing. The result is a platform that implements true metadata-free messaging by design a direction recently emphasized by leaders such as Vitalik Buterin in calls for permissionless accounts and privacy-preserving communication systems. About Secure Legion Secure Legion is a peer-to-peer, serverless messaging project developed by privacy engineers committed to eliminating metadata surveillance. The platform is non-commercial, open source, and designed around censorship resistance and cryptographic transparency. A formal security audit is underway. Upcoming roadmap items include group messaging, expanded privacy modes, and a desktop client. Follow the project and join the community: Official website | X (Twitter) | GitHub 

SuperIntent , the AI-powered DeFi platform, has launched its Alpha App and Mission Airdrop Point System following a seed round that pushed its fully diluted valuation to US$25 million. As stablecoin continue to heat up and bring crypto further into the mainstream in 2025, the XY Finance team, which has been backed by industry leaders such as Circle and Lemniscap, announced its rebrand in Q2 2025 as SuperIntent, opening an early waitlist that has since attracted over 100,000 users. After piloting in APAC in September, SuperIntent is now launching globally, with over 200,000 users sign-ups to date.  Simplifying DeFi for Smarter, Accessible Yield SuperIntent aims to make DeFi investing simpler, more accessible, and even a source of passive income. As DeFi shifts from meme-driven speculation to stronger fundamentals such as sustainable buybacks, the rise of fixed-rate yield products, and more structured arbitrage and market-neutral strategies, yield opportunities are becoming richer and more stable but also more fragmented. This creates a clear need for a smarter, unified solution. “For most users, DeFi still feels like wandering without a guide. People expect the same seamless experience they get from traditional wealth management,” the team added. “With recent breakthroughs in AI, we can finally deliver a real co-pilot that understands user intent, optimizes yield, and executes safe strategies across chains with a single tap.” In its Alpha App, SuperIntent’s Earn feature unifies top protocols into a single interface with one-click rewards, so users can allocate funds in one tap and never miss their yield, including both native yield and reward tokens. Cross-Sector Investors Signal Confidence in SuperIntent’s Direction SuperIntent team has long been active in DeFi and specialized in cross-chain infrastructure. It was among the earliest supporters of Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) and recently joined the Circle Alliance Program. Investor interest began to build earlier this year amid the rise of the AI narrative and growing adoption of chain abstraction technologies. Momentum increased after the rebrand and Circle’s IPO, together with clearer stablecoin regulation in key markets including the United States and Asia. In this seed round, participation came from existing backers and Web3-native funds as well as a wave of traditional finance and software investors. These developments collectively reinforced investor confidence in the sector’s long-term potential for sustainable yield products, positioning SuperIntent at the forefront of the emerging intersection between AI and DeFi. Global Expansion and the Shift Toward Steadier DeFi Investing SuperIntent App integrates multiple DeFi yield sources into a seamless user interface that helps users grow their assets steadily and avoid market volatility. While the U.S. remains a major market, strong early traction has also come from Southeast Asian countries, where many gig and informal workers have irregular income and remain underserved by traditional financial institutions. DeFi offers a viable alternative for yield generation and financial inclusion. “Simply holding assets or actively trading is no longer the only way to participate in crypto. Since the October 10 crypto crash, where many perp users were hit hard and several overly complex vault products suffered heavy losses recently, SuperIntent’s user base has grown significantly, reflecting a clear shift toward more risk-aware, stable yield-focused strategies. SuperIntent is exactly where it needs to be, helping users put their idle crypto to work through a more sustainable and stable approach.” Looking ahead, SuperIntent plans to expand protocol coverage, roll out an AI-driven personalized yield sniper notification, and add automated features such as auto-rebalancing and DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging) to deliver a more end-to-end investment experience and help users grow their assets automatically. By combining AI-driven intelligence with a user-centric design, SuperIntent aims to redefine how people interact with DeFi, turning complexity into simplicity and making intelligent investing accessible to everyone. About SuperIntent SuperIntent is a crypto AI app that simplifies on-chain earning strategies. Built on a multi-agent framework with rich yield sources, SuperIntent helps users discover alpha, manage risk, and grow their assets with ease. SuperIntent App SuperIntent Mission Point System Official Website SuperIntent Social Media

CDG Project has announced that its ERC-20 utility token, CDG, will be listed on BitMart Exchange beginning December 1st. The listing marks the project’s first entry into major centralized markets following its recent appearance on CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko.  The CDG token powers a decentralized network built from user-owned hardware devices that function as a distributed data center. This is an important feature for AI, cloud, VPN, gaming, and edge workloads. Thousands of CDG Devices operate as a resource layer. In short, the devices supply computation and bandwidth while earning CDG from the network’s emission treasury. Token Utility and Network Economics CDG is an ERC-20 utility token that powers the device network. Every day, device owners make CDG. Businesses can use the network for AI inference, cloud microservices, gaming workloads, and encrypted VPN routing. The token economy is based on long-term sustainability, fixed emissions, and usefulness in the real world. Integration with Codego’s IBAN and card infrastructure provides an additional layer for future payment and service models. Here are the key token metrics: Total supply: 10,000,000,000 CDG Standard: ERC-20 (18 decimals) Type: Utility token Emission: 200 CDG per active device per day Furthermore, here is more information in terms of token distribution: 70% Treasury 5% Team 5% Marketing 5% Operations 5-10% Liquidity & Partners A Decentralized Datacenter Powered by Consumer Hardware The project introduces a hardware ecosystem where each device contributes GPU and compute resources to the CDG network. In return, every active device receives a daily allocation of CDG, forming a predictable and transparent emission model. Two devices form the core of the network: CDG Power Home and CDG Home. The first has the following features: Daily Get CDG: 200 CDG Device price: €10,000 Activation cost: 40,000 CDG Power consumption: 30W CDG Home can be summarized by the following points: Daily Get CDG: 50 CDG Device price: €2,500 Activation cost: 10,000 CDG Power consumption: 10W Both devices are designed for low energy use and quiet operation. This mechanism allows homes and offices to participate in the network without technical setup. About CDG CDG is an ERC-20 utility token designed to power a decentralized data center formed by user-operated CDG Devices. Codego Group is working on the project. This team aims to offer scalable compute, cloud, and network services through a distributed hardware layer that everyday people own. The BitMart listing makes the CDG ecosystem more accessible, meaning more people can take part in the device-powered datacenter model. The network keeps getting bigger as more devices are turned on and added to the global infrastructure. The project’s official website and the links below allow anyone to join this project at its current stage. CoinMarketCap | CoinGecko