After more than 3 years of building blockchain-integrated products, and many years of bear markets, Gen3 is proud to be bigger than ever From gaming and AI products to developer relations and running grants programs, Gen3 has positioned itself as a leading development team on the forefront of new technologies To celebrate all the milestones we've achieved over the last 3 years, we worked with the incredibly talented @zerpenator to capture how we've reached this point and what we are currently focused on We really appreciate every single community member and partner that has supported us throughout this journey, without your support none of this would have been possible. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you - Gen3 team ❤️

It is with an incredibly heavy heart that we share the passing of our friend and fellow X Pepe founder, Ian Miller, known throughout the community as @IhodlD (Gillly). Ian wasn't just part of X Pepe. He was family.

This is a difficult post to write. Four years ago, I started building on the XRP Ledger. I never imagined how much this journey would shape both my career and my life. Before anything else, I want to thank my co-founders @shenxcrypto @markibanez @xPepeLink and the entire @Gen3Labs team. Building alongside such talented, passionate people has been one of the greatest experiences of my career. We shipped ambitious products, tackled difficult problems, travelled the world, met incredible people, and never stopped believing we could bring something meaningful to the XRPL ecosystem. Building a startup is never easy. We all know there are highs and lows. But looking back, I wouldn’t change a thing. Every challenge taught us something, every launch made us better builders, and every conversation with the community reminded us why we started. To everyone who supported us along the way; our users, @RippleXDev, @xrpl_commons, partners, and everyone who believed in what we were building: thank you 🙏🙏 Your support meant more than you probably realize. At the same time, one lesson has become impossible to ignore: great technology and passionate builders are not enough on their own. Over the last four years, we poured an incredible amount of time, energy, and creativity into building products we believed could push the XRPL ecosystem forward. We were fortunate to build relationships, receive encouragement, and get visibility. But turning innovation into a sustainable business also requires funding, strategic support, introductions, and opportunities that extend beyond the builders themselves. No one owes us success, and this isn’t about pointing fingers. I simply hope the next generation of founders on XRPL receives more of the support needed to transform ambitious ideas into lasting companies. The ecosystem has exceptional talent. It deserves every chance to succeed. I’ll always be grateful for these four unforgettable years, and I’ll continue cheering for everyone building on XRPL.

This is a hard post to write. About four years ago, I joined Zerpmon as a moderator. I had no idea that it would turn into a full time role with Gen3, working in marketing and business development across products that I truly believed could help bring more people into the XRP Ledger. I came into XRPL as a community member, and launched one of the very first NFT projects on the XRPL. Gen3 gave me some of the best opportunities of my life. I attended events in the United States and Asia. I spent time living with my family in Thailand and The Philippines. I met builders and friends i now consider family from all over the world, made real friendships, and had more calls, late nights, pitch meetings, community conversations, and X Spaces than I could count. I am incredibly thankful to the entire Gen3 team for believing in me and giving me that opportunity. From the business development and marketing side, I had a front row seat to both the potential of XRPL and the challenges facing it. I spoke with founders who wanted to build here. I spoke with communities looking for new things to rally around. I spoke with partners, investors, and people at events who were curious about XRP but needed a reason to become active users. Aigent was built around the belief that AI agents could give people new ways to interact with the ledger. Axiom was built around the belief that a prediction market could be a simple, engaging entry point for new retail users. We did not build these things because they were easy. We built them because we thought they could create a new path into XRPL for people who were not already deeply involved. We got some traction. We had people use the products, give feedback, join the conversations, and believe in the vision. But ultimately, it was not enough to sustain the type of business and team required to keep pushing forward. Building for retail on XRPL is hard. Not because there is no talent here. There is plenty of it. Not because the technology has no potential. I still believe deeply in the technology. You need users, liquidity, attention, capital, partnerships, and a way to keep momentum going long enough for a product to find its footing. When those things are missing, even a passionate team that is actively shipping can only carry the weight for so long. I have seen a lot of projects and founders come to XRPL excited about what they could build, then slowly realize how difficult it is to find the support needed to keep building. A few teams have found a way through, and I have nothing but respect for them. I do not want this to turn into finger pointing. I do not think that helps anyone, and I know no one is owed funding or success. But I do think we can do better for the next group of builders.. More visibility for teams from Ripple that are shipping. More introductions to potential partners and investors. Better paths to funding. More shared focus on bringing in retail users and making it easier for them to stay. More support between communities instead of everyone staying in separate lanes. A simple repost, introduction, collaboration, or conversation at the right time can matter more than people realize. I was recently honored with a speaker role at Swell 2026 this October. The topic was meant to be Axiom, prediction markets, and the opportunity to grow XRPL through new retail use cases. With Axiom now paused, I am still figuring out whether I will attend. But being offered that opportunity reminded me that the work did matter, even if it did not reach the outcome we hoped for. I will still be around. We will keep supporting the XRP Ledger through our dUNL and the work behind the scenes that helps keep the network moving forward. I am proud of what we tried to build. I am grateful for everyone who gave their time, feedback, support, and belief to these products. Thank you for being part of our journey.

One of the most difficult decisions we’ve had to make at Gen3. After ~5 years of building on the XRPL (since before XLS-20), we sadly cannot justify to continue to pour time, money and energy into building retail-focused platforms. We had the pleasure of pioneering a variety of different products within the XRP ecosystem, from one of the first gaming NFT collections (@zerpmon), to the very-first autonomous agents that could use XRPL primitives (@aigentdotrun), to XRP’s first prediction market (@AxiomProtocol_), to building all of the core marketplace/DEX infrastructure for XRPL Sidechain; TRN alongside Futureverse (@The_Tradeverse). We experienced many ups and downs through these years, and witnessed the ecosystem go through many different changes and evolutions, but we are no longer able to see a future where we can sustainably run a retail-focused platform on the XRPL as a team of builders. It really pains me to say this, as I’ve dedicated much of my life over the last 5 years to building on the XRPL, and have made many sacrifices in other parts of my life to fulfil this journey. Everyone at Gen3 put so much of their time, energy and commitment towards trying to build the platforms that will onboard the next generation of users to the XRPL, and I’m so proud of every single one of them, I could not have asked for a better or more talented team to work with over the last few years. I’d also like to say thanks to everyone that supported us throughout this journey, XRPL Commons, RippleX, Tenity, DIFC, Futureverse, and Victus Global, just to name a few. And a massive thankyou to everyone who supported our platforms through using and sharing them, it meant the world to us and is primarily what kept us going for so long. So where does this leave us? Gen3 will continue to be a part of the XRPL and support the evolution of the ledger but from a different angle. We will still operate and maintain our dUNL validator node, as well as reviewing/testing/discussing and voting on upcoming amendments. After building on the XRPL for so long, we have developed a deep technical understanding and appreciation for the technology and remain committed to supporting the technical growth of this ecosystem. Personally, I will be taking a bit of a break from building and socials to “touch grass” and revive some of the parts of my life that have suffered from constant building day-in day-out for years. But, I’m sure eventually I’ll be back, there is something addictive about building around an asset like XRP… It is such a shame that it has come to this, and the finger could be pointed in many different directions (including at ourselves), but I don't think that would do any good. I just hope that in the future those with the resources to support interesting and innovative builds on the XRPL actually put those resources into the ecosystem (something that feels like it has not been happening over the last couple years). There is a severe lack of funding opportunities for startups in the XRPL space that aren't already generating revenue from other chains or have strong relationships to those with the resources. But, at the end of the day, no one owes anyone anything, and we're all just trying to follow what we think will improve the ecosystem and allow us to continue building on a daily basis. For us, we just don't believe that is through retail-focused platforms on the XRPL anymore. Personally, eyes are on the institutions. Again, thanks to every single person that has supported us through this journey and that I've had the pleasure of meeting at some point, and can now call my friend. That is worth so much more than anything else we could have got out of this. 💜

It is with heavy hearts that we've unfortunately had to make the difficult decision to spin down @aigentdotrun and @AxiomProtocol_ due to a lack of user demand and increasing infrastructure costs. We will keep the platforms running for one more month until 13/09/2026, in order for users to have ample time to take out any funds left on the platforms. Gen3 will continue to operate our core XRPL network infrastructure and participate in the technical evolution of the ledger through the amendment process but will no longer be prioritising building retail-focused platforms. We really appreciate all the support the community has shown us on our platforms over the last 5 years building on the XRPL.

Excited and grateful to be helping support @FlareNetworks Summer Signal as a mentor for the hackathon. Really cool to see more focus around interoperable assets, confidential apps, XRP on Flare, and XRPL-connected ideas through Flare Smart Accounts. Looking forward to seeing what builders cook up!

Very excited to be mentoring @FlareNetworks Summer Signal Hackathon 🫡 A great opportunity to explore building on/integrating Flare and win some prizes for doing so! Happy to help anyone who is interested in participating, please just reach out 🤝

Currently 19% of users believe that the Clarity Act will pass before June 30th, 2026. Breaking news shifts odds quickly, adjust accordingly.

Our first meme token ATH market is live, and we’re kicking it off with @fuzzy_xrp . Will $FUZZY reach a new all-time high before Dec 31, 2026? The market is already sitting at 52% YES. The Fuzzy community now has a place to trade the odds, back their conviction, and prove it on-chain. Put your money where your mouth is.

Will XRP crash below $1 by June 30? Axiom has the market live. 33% YES right now.

26% of users on Axiom think the Clariry Act will pass before June 30th, 2026. Actions speak louder than words on X.. Put your money where your mouth is.

81% of users currently think $XRP will not exceed 3.65 before the end of the year

We're teaming up with @xrplclaw ! Launch an XRPLClaw agent with @JoeyWallet or @XamanWallet , pay with $RLUSD , and ask it to place predictions for you on Axiom. Simple setup. Real markets. XRP rewards. Put your money where your mouth is.

Been working on this for a while now, very excited to get the @AxiomProtocol_ app into the hands of the community soon 🫡 Optimized for on-the-go use, never miss a beat on the premier prediction market for ripple:native

A predictions market for the North💫Star community. @AxiomProtocol_ axiomprotocol.io/en

Do you think the Batch amendment will go live on the XRP Ledger in 2026? Put your $XRP where your mouth is Only on Axiom Protocol

Unleash your predictions on the XRP Ledger! 🚀 @AxiomProtocol, the FIRST prediction market on the #XRP ecosystem, is changing the game. Crypto, sports, even @Ripple news – what will you bet on? 👀 Tune into this interview with @GuillaumeEvt. Thank you @xrpl_commons for the connection! 🌊 #AxiomProtocol #PredictionMarkets #XRPFamily #LoveYouMucho

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17.5% "Yes" chance that @Ripple will publicly file for an IPO by year end. I like my odds....

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