Use cases
NEWS, the token that powers the PUBLISH ecosystem.
Rewards for readers
News readers are rewarded in NEWS every time they read an article, leave a high-quailty comment, or otherwise engage with a digital news platform. Learn more about PUBLISHlink.
Micropayments for writers
Journalists and reporters with a PUBLISHiD account can use their blockchain credentials to cryptographically sign off on the news they write and receive micropayments in NEWS.
Access to advertising space for marketers
Marketers are incentivized to purchase advertising space in NEWS, thereby creating demand for NEWS and value for other ecosystem participants.
NEWS token today
The latest network statistics and trends in real time.
NEWS price
Latest price for 1 NEWS in USD
Transaction volumeTx VOLUME
Total USD amount of NEWS transacted in the last 24 hours
Wallets
Number of wallets in existence
343,185
Exchanges
Where to buy NEWS tokens
NEWS token distribution
The total quantity of NEWS to be distributed, broken down by token recipient.
| Token sale | Advisors & partners | Reserve | Reward pool | PUBLISH, Inc. | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of tokens | 30% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 15% | 25% |
| # of tokens | 3 bil. | 1 bil. | 1 bil. | 1 bil. | 1.5 bil. | 2.5 bil. |
NEWS token release schedule
NEWS tokens will be released according to the schedule below after listing (31 May 2022), with monthly distribution after they are unlocked. Once released, tokens will be available on an ad-hoc, monthly basis. They will not be automatically distributed (push strategy), but available on request (pull strategy).
| Release date | Purpose | Token sale | Advisors & partners | Reserve | Reward pool | PUBLISH, Inc. | Team | # of tokens | Cum. # of tokens | Cum. % of tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-5 | Listing | 735,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 11,000 | 150,000 | 10,000 | 926,000 | 926,000 | 9.3% |
| 2022-5 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 75,000 | 1,001,000 | 10.0% |
| 2022-6 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 75,000 | 1,076,000 | 10.8% |
| 2022-7 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 75,000 | 1,151,000 | 11.5% |
| 2022-8 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 75,000 | 1,226,000 | 12.3% |
| 2022-9 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 75,000 | 1,301,000 | 13.0% |
| 2022-10 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 75,000 | 1,376,000 | 13.8% |
| 2022-11 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 115,000 | 1,491,000 | 14.9% |
| 2022-12 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 115,000 | 1,606,000 | 16.1% |
| 2023-1 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 115,000 | 1,721,000 | 17.2% |
| 2023-2 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 115,000 | 1,836,000 | 18.4% |
| 2023-3 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 115,000 | 1,951,000 | 19.5% |
| 2023-4 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 115,000 | 2,066,000 | 20.7% |
| 2023-5 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 2,261,000 | 22.6% |
| 2023-6 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 2,456,000 | 24.6% |
| 2023-7 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 2,651,000 | 26.5% |
| 2023-8 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 2,846,000 | 28.5% |
| 2023-9 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 3,041,000 | 30.4% |
| 2023-10 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 3,236,000 | 32.4% |
| 2023-11 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 3,431,000 | 34.3% |
| 2023-12 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 3,626,000 | 36.3% |
| 2024-1 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 3,821,000 | 38.2% |
| 2024-2 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 4,016,000 | 40.2% |
| 2024-3 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 4,211,000 | 42.1% |
| 2024-4 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 195,000 | 4,406,000 | 44.1% |
| 2024-5 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 245,000 | 4,651,000 | 46.5% |
| 2024-6 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 245,000 | 4,896,000 | 49.0% |
| 2024-7 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 245,000 | 5,141,000 | 51.4% |
| 2024-8 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 5,336,000 | 53.4% | |
| 2024-9 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 5,531,000 | 55.3% | |
| 2024-10 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 5,726,000 | 57.3% | |
| 2024-11 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 5,921,000 | 59.2% | |
| 2024-12 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 6,116,000 | 61.2% | |
| 2025-1 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 6,311,000 | 63.1% | |
| 2025-2 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 6,506,000 | 65.1% | |
| 2025-3 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 6,701,000 | 67.0% | |
| 2025-4 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 195,000 | 6,896,000 | 69.0% | |
| 2025-5 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 145,000 | 7,041,000 | 70.4% | ||
| 2025-6 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 145,000 | 7,186,000 | 71.9% | ||
| 2025-7 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 145,000 | 7,331,000 | 73.3% | ||
| 2025-8 | Planned | 25,000 | 10,000 | 35,000 | 7,366,000 | 73.7% |
Token sale (NEWS ERC-20)
An exclusive offering available to a group of pre-approved investors.
- Total
- 3,000,000(30%)
- Released at listing
- 735,006,730 (7.35%)
- Released for following 40 months starting at listing
- ~25,000monthly (0.25%)
- Cold wallet address
- 0xfF2362940506e9554F1BFB1f759Ad3f4CE2A21FB
- Cold wallet address
- 0xE0fBB77313E746110082AC3a551b96c9984E078a
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0x2Ca994d79779079721AF77dafF4E53941630ee0f
Advisors & partners (NEWS ERC-20)
Used to recognize advisors and partners.
- Total
- 1,000,000(10%)
- Released at listing
- 10,000(0.1%)
- Released for following 39 months starting at listing
- ~10,000monthly (0.1%)
- Cold wallet address
- 0x963420253c43C6347702199Ab48BD27C68aAA1B2
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0x8e5d37DAC86eC2D143FF58Ca9d4a45dBe6ED682d
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0xd408D8427403e21c20436d93a20b98025b82D09a
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0xAfbfB1Bd682c141D897a0DA12b6e7a0e0eDD0421
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0xc7D842022b72C522F97041009c07BBa3932d25F0
Reserve (NEWS ERC-20)
Used to meet short-term or emergency funding needs.
- Total
- 1,000,000(10%)
- Released at listing
- 10,000(0.1%)
- Released for following 40 months starting at listing
- ~10,000monthly (0.1%)
- Cold wallet address
- 0x50839272c8E67f2e8cb6C331Ca51BDe988233415
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0x734f5F3306F16a501300955Cdbbf53f3254a97aa
Reward pool and token swaps (NEWS LMT)
Used for token swaps, to foster NEWS token adoption, and to provide funding for Luniverse-based dapps.
- Total
- 1,000,000(10%)
- Released at listing
- 11,000(0.11%)
- Released for following 12 months starting at listing
- ~10,000monthly (0.1%)
- Released for following 15 months starting at month 13
- ~50,000monthly (0.5%)
- Reward pool address
- 0xecc4f449d5679e4ef620d1c36b87c31144d13e7a
- Reward pool withdrawal address
- 0x1ad293c5f74ec7e06ce84f5b14f2bdc589d08af9
- Reward pool withdrawal address
- 0xdd06b95f41851e717e0dd77fba6e88b5df06db7f
- Reward pool withdrawal address
- 0x29e5902ef7e5ec1430e92a110ec1cf701663b49c
- Token swap deposit address
- 0xbe3c99da9254826857e8b9b1b868a316d1b9da19
- Token swap withrawal address
- 0xac0eda08dc8c64fa026434334a7db0900081f0e9
PUBLISH, Inc. (NEWS ERC-20)
Used for financing business activities, investments, and token swaps.
- Total
- 1,500,000(15%)
- Released at listing
- 150,000(1.5%)
- Released for following 12 months starting at listing
- ~10,000monthly (0.1%)
- Released for following 24 months starting at month 13
- ~50,000monthly (0.5%)
- Cold wallet address
- 0x98cC04B581caB8a063A431b0BFBc2775994d4766
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0xE9A220F68aC775088B1Bd601C48B482Cd8342CD2
- Multi-signature wallet address
- 0x9864dFd044FA4790A83918D47ee59FCd5b526781
- Token swap withdrawal address
- 0x13bc3fF8FE00Db75AaE5e1fbb6329235cf179Bec
Team (NEWS ERC-20)
Used to reward founders and team members.
- Total
- 2,500,000(25%)
- Released at listing
- 10,000(0.1%)
- Released for following 6 months starting at listing
- ~10,000monthly (0.1%)
- Released for following 18 months starting at month 7
- ~50,000monthly (0.5%)
- Released for following 15 months starting at month 25
- ~100,000monthly (1.0%)
- Cold wallet address
- 0x0C65ddb42DE085c40CFAb46D684Ae90F0B4B58E1
- Cold wallet address
- 0x2cb6Ef5308A42F17D755EcbCD83268abc88F1154