FIO Protocol

The new year kicked off with momentum. January 2026 brought one of FIO’s biggest technical milestones to date: the launch of Wrapped FIO on Base. We also hosted a series of conversations that challenged the Web3 community to think deeper about the new era of the agentic internet, and what decentralization actually means in practice.

🔗 Wrapped FIO Now Live on Base

The headline of the month: wFIO is officially available on Base and trading on Uniswap.

This expansion marks another step in FIO’s multi-chain strategy, bringing the FIO Token to one of Ethereum’s most active Layer 2 networks. Base has captured 46% of all Layer 2 DeFi total value locked, and with Coinbase’s 110 million verified users, wFIO now has access to one of the most vibrant DeFi ecosystems in crypto.

What you can do with wFIO on Base:

Trade on Uniswap with minimal fees and near-instant settlement

Provide liquidity to the wFIO pool and earn a share of trading fees

Access DeFi including lending protocols and yield opportunities as integrations expand

Base joins Ethereum and Polygon in FIO’s growing list of supported networks for wrapped assets.

Official wFIO Contract Address on Base:0x134F08385522FDe9dc00725e636343206B4BE97BView on BasescanUniswap Pool Link:https://app.uniswap.org/explore/pools/base/0x3a4d3fa1c7cd0c2be9b6ef8f04a41fb30a2b1b6d

📖 Read the full announcement

🎧 From No Crypto to Know Crypto:

Dele Atanda on the New Era of Agentic Internet — “Bitcoin’s battle was never with other cryptos. It was with the dollar. And it has basically already won.” We explored Bitcoin’s role as a secure monetary system in the new agentic era. 🎥 Watch the full episode

Player1 Taco on Local Crypto Communities — Local meetups remain one of the most underrated growth channels in Web3. Real value comes from genuine conversations with builders and users. 🎥 Full conversation

Bitcoin Bubba on the Intersection of Art and Blockchain — Extending New Orleans culture into immersive 3D spaces for creators. NFTs evolve when they deliver provenance, ownership, and real utility. 🎥 Full conversation

🌏 FIO at Consensus and ETH Denver in February

Consensus Hong Kong: Marie Grig, Head of Marketing at FIO Protocol, returned to Hong Kong on Feb 10–12 for one of the biggest Web3 events of the year. She met with builders focused on usability, identity, and user protection in Web3. Stay tuned to hear about it in next month’s update.

ETHDenver: Wayne Marcel, Head of Growth at FIO Protocol, will be attending ETHDenver, Feb 17–21, 2026 to meet with builders, partners, and others focused on Web3 usability. If you are in Denver, let’s connect.

📊 Looking Back: 2025 Year in Review

2025 was a defining year for FIO Protocol. We celebrated our 5th anniversary, welcomed Trust Wallet as our biggest integration yet (bringing FIO Handles to over 130 million users), and revolutionized domain ownership economics with 50-year renewals for just $45. Along the way, we strengthened governance with new Board and Steering Committee appointments, launched our lightweight TypeScript SDK, expanded to new platforms, and connected with the community at events worldwide.

📖 Read the full 2025 Year in Review

About FIO:

FIO, the Foundation for Interwallet Operability, is a decentralized consortium that supports the ongoing development, integration, and promotion of the FIO Protocol. The protocol, built on the FIO Chain, a dPoS blockchain, serves as an open-source, decentralized usability layer solution that works across all blockchains. FIO Protocol uses human-readable Handles to replace the complexity, risk, and inconvenience associated with blockchain-based transactions. Users register FIO Domains (like @wallet or @edge) and create FIO Handles (like alice@wallet) on those domains.These web3 domains and handles can map to blockchain addresses across every chain. Fueling the ecosystem utilization is the FIO Token ($FIO), which powers transactions and incentivizes network participants.

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January 2026: A Month of Multi-Chain Expansion & Web3 Conversations was originally published in FIO Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.