Cysic (CYS) is the native token of an infrastructure network that provides zero-knowledge proof generation and AI inference computation as a service to other blockchains and applications. Its native chain, Cysic Network, is a Layer-1 blockchain built on Cosmos CDK using CometBFT (BFT) consensus, secured by a custom Proof-of-Compute mechanism that ties validator eligibility to verifiable compute contribution rather than stake alone.
CYS also circulates as a bridged token on BNB Chain, its primary liquid market, and on Base. The network's mainnet and token generation event both occurred in December 2025.
Cysic differentiates itself through Proof-of-Compute, a consensus mechanism that weights validator influence by staked CYS and verifiable compute output rather than stake alone. This ties network security to real computational service delivery instead of passive capital lock-up.
CYS captures that value as the token required for gas fees, staking, and block rewards within this compute marketplace. A separate non-transferable governance token, CGT, is obtainable only by escrowing CYS, linking governance influence to committed network participation rather than open-market token accumulation.
CYS is a utility token: it pays gas fees on Cysic Network and is staked by validators to earn block rewards.
Cysic has a maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 CYS and a circulating supply of 160,800,000 CYS, as of 2026-09-01.
Token supply inflation is rated a low risk, consistent with a fixed 1 billion-token cap and no ongoing minting beyond that maximum, making net emission disinflationary as circulating supply moves toward the cap.
Cysic's Token Generation Event occurred on December 11, 2025, with Binance Alpha as the first listing venue, more than three years after the project was founded in August 2022. An airdrop released 50% of allocated tokens immediately, with the rest vesting linearly over six months.
Prior to launch, Cysic raised $18M across two rounds: a $6M seed round (closed December 17, 2023) led by Polychain Capital, and a $12M Pre-A round (closed May 24, 2024) led by HashKey Capital and OKX Ventures. Initial circulating supply at TGE was 160.8 million CYS.
Cysic Network is the project's own Layer-1 blockchain, built on Cosmos CDK and using CometBFT (BFT) consensus. It is secured by a custom mechanism called Proof-of-Compute, which weights validator influence by both staked tokens and verifiable compute contribution - validators must stake CGT/CYS and supply real compute capacity, facing slashing for malicious behavior.
For trading and liquidity, CYS also exists as a bridged ERC-20-style token on BNB Chain, its primary liquid market, and on Base, a secondary market with thin liquidity.
Cysic was co-founded in August 2022 by Bowen Huang and Xiong "Leo" Fan. Huang holds a BS in Electronic Science & Engineering from Zhejiang University City College and an MS in Computer Science from Yale University, and previously worked as a research engineer at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Fan holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University and previously worked as a cryptography researcher at Algorand and as an assistant professor at Rutgers University. No other C-suite members have been publicly named.
Sources describe two possibly related legal entities behind Cysic: Cysic, Inc., a for-profit company headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, founded in 2022, and CYSIC PTE. LTD., registered in Singapore.
Official audit and tokenomics documentation is hosted under a "Cysic Foundation" domain, indicating a foundation entity is also involved in token issuance and governance.
Cysic uses a dual-token, on-chain governance model. CYS holders obtain governance rights by staking or escrowing CYS into CGT, a non-transferable derivative also referred to as $veToken; voting power scales with the amount and duration of CYS staked, so unstaked CYS carries no direct vote.
Cysic's Layer-1 mainnet launched on December 11, 2025, alongside its token generation event. In August 2026, CYS gained a listing on Upbit, which coincided with a sharp rally to a new all-time high before the price retraced.
A bug bounty program is described as forthcoming and is not yet active.
Cysic has been audited by Exvul, covering the CYS token contract, vesting/distribution contracts, cross-chain bridge contracts, and the Cysic Layer-1 protocol itself. No bug bounty program is currently active.
The concentration is partly typical of a token roughly three months post-TGE, where exchange and treasury wallets dominate top holdings.