Roadmap

Round Goal: This round will enable us to launch pre-listing marketing, carry out the listing, complete public network testing, expand the team, and begin working with key partners and developers

^{Timelines and milestones remain subject to adjustment based on fundraising progress and ecosystem readiness}

Phase 1 - Pre-Seed / Testnet Build-Up (Q4 2025)

• Public Testnet live & expansion (validators, devs, partners)

• Security audits & penetration testing (protocol, DeAI, tokenomics)

• Community growth hack: “Infinite Drop”

• PR & pre-listing marketing kickoff

• Team expansion & onboarding creators

• Pilot integrations with early partners (DeFi, NFT, iGaming)

Phase 2- #COT TGE & Listing (Q1–Q2 2026)

• TGE1 -Launch Wrapped COT Token distribution to early partners

• COT listing on mid-tier CEX/DEX (MEXC, WhiteBIT, BitMart)

• Market-making & liquidity provisioning

• Active incentivized testnet (stress tests, bug bounties)

• Hackathons & developer grants (pilot cohort)

• Continued PR & KOL campaigns

Phase 3 - Pre-Mainnet Launch (H2 2026)

• 2nd wave of audits & certifications

• Advanced UX & dApp onboarding toolkit

• Strategic Seed Round announcement (≈4–6m before Mainnet)

• Partner pilots running on testnet (iGaming, DeFi, NFT)

• Community scale-up (ambassadors, global events)

Phase 4 - Mainnet Launch ($CYCL TGE) (Late 2026 / Early 2027)

• Cyclone Mainnet Genesis & $CYCL TGE

• $CYCL listings on top-tier CEX/DEX (Binance, Coinbase, Uniswap)

• DAO & “Cyclone Fund” activation

• CycloneLLM Marketplace v1 launch

• Migration of early adopters from Testnet → Mainnet

Phase 5 -Scaling & Ecosystem Growth (2027 - )

• Product “JUMP” R&D (no-code tokenomics engine)

• Decentralized Chat + advanced modules

• Global validator set expansion & governance decentralization

• Institutional integrations & enterprise adoption