Community Report: Closing the Year that Made Nexus Real

2025 was transformational for Nexus. This is our LAST community report of the year!

The past year, Nexus has turned the vision of verifiable finance into a reality. From the early stages of our testnets to the massive strategic partnerships, every milestone was made possible by this community.

To our developers, node operators, artists, and every community member: thank you.

Your contributions throughout 2025 have laid the foundation for everything we will achieve in 2026. 

Core team and strategic updates

Nexus enters the European market
In a massive step for global compliance, Nexus has partnered with Archax, a UK-regulated RWA exchange. Together, they are drafting the MiCA Whitepaper and ESG framework to ensure a seamless and compliant entry into the European market.

Messari Pulse Report
Messari’s latest Pulse report has spotlighted Nexus as the leading project for Verifiable Finance. The report highlights how Nexus is moving the industry away from opaque rails toward a world of provable, code-enforced financial execution.

Founder insights: The verifiable internet layer built for finance
CEO Daniel Marin outlined the Nexus vision in a recent interview: an exchange-native Layer 1 where every asset is liquid and every transaction is verifiable by default.

Deep Dive into Cryptography
Chief Scientist Jens Groth joined The Rollup livestream to discuss the intersection of security, privacy, and verifiable systems.

Ecosystem dApps

The community is actively building on the Nexus L1 testnet, we have seen three financial tools so far:

Exhibition: Modular Launchpad Protocol @exhibitiondefi has successfully migrated to the Nexus L1 testnet, restructuring from a monolithic design to a protocol-first architecture aligned with Nexus’s verifiable exchange layer.

• L1 Time-Logic Integration: Synchronizes frontend and contracts using Nexus L1 logical time for deterministic launch deadlines.
• Contributor Protection: Features automatic, permissionless emergency refunds if a launch is not finalized within 7 days.
• Deterministic Initialization: Liquidity pools can only be instantiated by the protocol to prevent frontrunning. Live dApp GitHub

FOREDEX: a DEX built on Nexus by @Taniajr121 shared major updates, introducing a suite of professional-grade trading tools:

• Auto slippage detection and real-time price tickers.
• Pending transaction tracker and analytics CSV export.
• Push notifications and a mobile-optimized interface.

NexSwap: This community-built DEX is now live on Nexus, showcasing the ease of deployment on the new execution layer. App Link GitHub

Educational and creative highlights

• NexusCore Analysis: @eternia_xx shared a breakdown of NexusCore as a dedicated execution layer designed to solve traditional blockchain limitations for large-scale finance.

• Infographics: @DjonSerj produced a detailed guide on how NexusCore’s built-in co-processors enable parallel execution and real-time verifiability.

• @NewsAsset showcased Nexus Testnet III node operations ahead of the Q1 2026 mainnet launch

Featured creative work

•  @Ju1i_crypto created an anime-style NexusCore visualization

• @Shtihmas11 released an educational video focused on Nexus technical innovations.

• A creative video featuring Nexus Chief Scientist Jens Groth and his Nexus journey by @lim51314

• A creative mockup of the Nexus website homepage featuring Rodin's "The Thinker" statue by @DimkatG, emphasizing our positioning as "The Layer 1 for Verifiable Finance" while highlighting rewards and the new DEX Alpha
  

• @shabashtuclub made a digital painting highlighting Nexus as “the alchemy of Web3”

• @Julia_457 made a cute cartoon of “Nexus family”