Genius will release the airdrop white paper today and suspend the issuance of dynamic points

Announcement from the Perp DEX trading terminal Genius, supported by YZi Labs, states that Genius dynamic points will be suspended from 7:30 PM Eastern Time on Saturday, January 17, 2026, transitioning to a retroactive points system, with specific information to be announced soon. All points earned through trading will remain in user accounts.

The first round of the retroactive event will start at 4 PM on January 19, with the airdrop whitepaper released today.

On January 13, YZi Labs, co-founded by Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) and He Yi, made a multi-million dollar investment in Genius Trading, with Zhao Changpeng also joining the project as an advisor.

Genius is committed to building a privacy-first on-chain trading platform, offering spot trading, perpetual contracts, and copy trading, aiming to become the decentralized version of "Binance." The platform has processed over $60 million in trading volume during its testing phase and plans to launch a public privacy protocol test in Q2 2026.