The milestone listing propels WEMIX’s native coin into Western markets including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia

SINGAPORE, 8th July, 2026 — WEMIX, the Layer-1 blockchain ecosystem developed by gaming giant WEMADE, today announced that its native coin (WEMIX) has been officially listed on Kraken, one of the world’s longest-standing, most liquid and secure cryptocurrency exchanges. Trading is scheduled to commence on 7 July 2026, allowing Kraken’s global user base to deposit, withdraw, and trade WEMIX against the USD.

Listing on Kraken represents a pivotal shift in liquidity and market exposure for WEMIX. While WEMIX has historically maintained an entrenched position within South Korea, South America, and regional Asian markets, this integration into Kraken vastly expands its global reach. It opens access for Western institutional and retail investors across regions including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia, which will serve as a base for international users interacting with WEMIX’s extensive digital economy.

Shane Kim, CEO of WEMIX and Vice President of WEMADE, said: “Aligning with partners who share our commitment to compliance and security is paramount. Given Kraken’s reputation, we are honored to collaborate with them as we scale our market reach, establish a strategic foothold in the U.S. — the world’s largest financial market — alongside other key Western regions, and evolve into a truly global blockchain ecosystem.”

As WEMIX sets its sights on scaling its Real-World Asset (RWA) initiatives, securing this major listing by tapping into the immense capital pool of the biggest financial market in the world also significantly elevates WEMIX’s global visibility, enables deeper liquidity, and positions the ecosystem to attract a vast new wave of participants.

WEMIX’s listing on Kraken comes amid its parent company’s aggressive expansion across fintech, cross-border payments, and the RWA market. Along with upcoming AAA game launches designed to solidify its market leadership and deepen the WEMIX Web3 gaming ecosystem, WEMADE recently launched StableNet, Korea’s first dedicated Layer-1 blockchain for KRW-backed stablecoins, and established the Global Alliance for KRW Stablecoin (GAKS). Key alliance members include Web3 behemoths such as Chainlink, Chainalysis, and CertiK.

“Bolstered by massive infrastructure leaps like StableNet and the GAKS alliance, WEMADE is building the future of Web3 gaming and its convergence with fintech. Now, cementing our footprint in the Western financial ecosystem further proves that WEMIX, our Web3 arm, is built for the global stage,” Kim added.

Beyond its milestone listing on Kraken, WEMIX remains committed to securing further high-profile exchange integrations, systematically driving global liquidity, and expanding access for its growing international community.

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About WEMIX
WEMIX is a leading blockchain ecosystem for gaming and digital economies, powered by its highly scalable, EVM-compatible Layer-1 mainnet, WEMIX3.0. With a wide range of integrated services-including NFTs, DeFi, stablecoin payments, and tokenized in-game assets-WEMIX enables seamless integration between gameplay and real-world value. Designed to be transparent, sustainable, and developer-friendly, WEMIX serves as the foundation for the global Web3 gaming ecosystem. For more information, please visit https://wemix.com.

About WEMADE
WEMADE is the only company combining over two decades of AAA game development success with a fully operational, game-proven blockchain ecosystem-built entirely on its proprietary Layer-1 mainnet, WEMIX3.0. Known for global hits such as The Legend of Mir, MIR4, NIGHT CROWS and Legend of YMIR, WEMADE is leading the industry in seamlessly integrating gameplay, tokenomics, NFTs, stablecoin payments, and blockchain infrastructure. Through WEMIX PLAY, WEMADE delivers a unified digital economy where players, creators, and investors can own, trade, and benefit from digital assets-powering the next generation of interactive entertainment and driving the evolution of Web3 gaming. For more information, please visit https://wemade.com.

About Kraken
Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world’s longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms globally. Kraken clients trade more than 600 digital assets, traditional assets such as US futures and US-listed stocks and ETFs, and 6 different national currencies, including GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, CHF, and AUD. Trusted by millions of institutions, professional traders and consumers, Kraken is one of the fastest, most liquid and performant trading platforms available.

Kraken’s suite of products and services includes the Kraken App, Kraken Pro, the Krak App, Kraken Institutional, Kraken’s onchain offerings and the Ninja Trader retail trading platform. Across these offerings, clients can buy, sell, stake, earn rewards, send and receive assets, custody holdings, and access advanced trading, derivatives, and portfolio management tools.

Kraken has set the industry standard for transparency and client trust, and it was the first crypto platform to conduct Proof of Reserves. It complies with regulations and laws applicable to its business, while actively protecting client privacy and maintaining the highest security standards.

For more information about Kraken, please visit www.kraken.com.

OpenGradient is heading to one of the most influential crypto markets in the world. South Korean exchange Upbit has confirmed it will list OPG for trading against the South Korean won, with the OPG/KRW pair going live at 6:30 a.m. UTC on July 7. Deposits and withdrawals will open shortly before trading begins.

For a token that’s already had a strong few weeks following its Binance listing and trading competition, a Upbit KRW listing adds a different dimension entirely — one that has historically produced some of the most aggressive price moves in the crypto space.

Why a KRW Pair Is Different From a Standard Listing

Most exchange listings open USD or USDT pairs, giving traders stablecoin-denominated exposure. A KRW trading pair on Upbit is a fundamentally different kind of listing. South Korea has one of the most active and concentrated retail crypto markets globally, and Korean won pairs on Upbit connect a token directly to a buyer base that operates with its own sentiment cycles, its own liquidity dynamics, and a well-documented history of premium pricing relative to global averages.

The so-called “Kimchi premium” — where tokens on Korean exchanges trade above international prices due to local demand dynamics — doesn’t appear on every listing, but it appears often enough that traders globally watch Upbit’s new additions closely as leading indicators of near-term price pressure.

What OPG’s Upbit Listing Signals Regulatorily

South Korean financial regulators have significantly tightened their oversight of digital asset listings over the past two years. Exchanges operating in Korea are required to conduct thorough due diligence on any token before it goes live — covering the project’s team, technical documentation, token distribution, and risk factors. A listing on Upbit is therefore not just a commercial decision but a regulatory signal: OpenGradient has cleared a review process that filters out a meaningful percentage of projects that apply.

For a relatively recently launched AI infrastructure token, that kind of regulatory validation in a major jurisdiction adds a layer of credibility that secondary exchange listings on less regulated platforms can’t replicate.

OpenGradient’s Position Going Into the Listing

The timing of the Upbit listing is notable. OPG recently completed a Binance Alpha listing alongside a 3 million OPG trading competition that drove a 357% single-day volume spike. That event introduced the token to a global retail audience. The Upbit listing now channels a concentrated, highly engaged Korean retail market into the same asset — with the listing date of July 7 coinciding with today’s date, meaning price discovery is beginning right now.

As a reminder of what OpenGradient is building: the protocol hosts over 4,500 AI models and has processed more than 2 million verifiable AI inferences, using zero-knowledge machine learning proofs and trusted execution environments to deliver verifiable on-chain AI computation. OPG serves as both the utility token for inference requests and the governance asset across the ecosystem — backed by a16z Crypto and Coinbase Ventures.

Only around 19% of the 1 billion total OPG supply is currently circulating, meaning the token carries significant future supply considerations that traders entering around this listing should factor into their positioning. New listings on high-volume Korean exchanges typically see elevated volatility in the first few hours as global arbitrageurs and local retail buyers simultaneously discover price equilibrium.

Traders should monitor the OPG/KRW pair closely at the 6:30 a.m. UTC open and watch for spread dynamics between Upbit and other venues where OPG already trades.

Hamster Kombat has had a few notable price spikes in 2026 that stand out against an otherwise difficult year for the token. A TON blockchain transaction fee reduction in early May sparked a 24% rally in HMSTR, followed by a nearly 40% surge as TON integration renewed interest in Telegram-based tokens. The most recent move has HMSTR up 29% over the past 24 hours as of July 4, trading at $0.00023904 with a market cap of $15.42 million, ranking #956 among all cryptocurrencies.

For a token that hit an all-time high of $0.007222, the current price reflects a project still working through the consequences of its own scale — a 300-million-strong player base that created enormous airdrop sell pressure from day one.

How Hamster Kombat Got Here

Launched in March 2024 as a Telegram-based tap-to-earn game, Hamster Kombat places players in the role of a hamster CEO managing a virtual cryptocurrency exchange, growing it by investing in marketing, licenses, talent, and new products. The gameplay loop — tapping to earn in-game coins, completing daily combos and Morse code cipher challenges — proved extraordinarily effective at driving engagement. The game reached over 100 million players before its token ever launched.

Its stated mission is to onboard 1 billion Web2 users into Web3 — an ambitious framing for what is, at its core, a clicker game on Telegram. Whether the user base converts into meaningful blockchain activity remains the central question for HMSTR’s longer-term value.

The Airdrop Overhang That Never Fully Cleared

The project’s defining challenge has been managing a token distribution designed for mass participation across a player base measured in the hundreds of millions. Data shows HMSTR’s price has crashed following past airdrops due to mass sell-offs, with one event leading to a 26.82% drop. The pattern is consistent across tap-to-earn projects — when millions of users receive free tokens simultaneously, a meaningful percentage sells immediately regardless of long-term project quality.

With 64.38 billion tokens already circulating out of a 100 billion total supply, future unlocks add persistent sell pressure — and the team is still working through a pending distribution to players, collaborating closely with the TON blockchain team to develop an efficient distribution solution that avoids network overload. No specific date has been announced for this final distribution.

What’s Driving the Current Rally

Two catalysts are doing the lifting right now. The TON ecosystem has been showing renewed momentum, and Telegram-based tokens have benefited from that broader attention rotation. Daily Quizzes, Daily Cipher Morse code puzzles, and combo tasks sustain daily logins and reward players with in-game coins, forming a core loop for user retention — a baseline of engagement that keeps the project relevant during quieter market periods and amplifies when sentiment shifts.

The monthly RSI at 26.82 signaled oversold conditions heading into the recent move — a technical setup that often precedes sharp bounces when any positive catalyst arrives, even a minor one.

Where HMSTR Stands Technically

HMSTR remains below its 200-day moving average at $0.0002553, meaning the token is still in a structural downtrend despite the recent bounce. A sustained close above that level would be the first meaningful technical signal that momentum is genuinely shifting rather than producing an oversold relief rally.

Long-term value depends on moving beyond simple tapping to meaningful in-game and DeFi use cases for HMSTR. The game has the user base. What it hasn’t demonstrated at scale is the ability to convert that engagement into the kind of on-chain activity that creates durable token demand rather than periodic speculative spikes driven by airdrop anticipation.