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Provide a narrative description of the purpose of the project.
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WalletConnect Network is the connectivity layer for the financial internet. It enables seamless and secure connection and transaction capabilities between users’ crypto wallets and decentralized applications. Established in 2018, the Network is wallet, asset, app and chain agnostic. It enables the users of over 700 different wallets, from mobile and hardware wallets to institutional and custodial wallets, to seamlessly interact with over 70k applications.
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For each existing entity, list key team members with full name, official title, and prior experience. Explicitly mark non-existent entities.
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Full Name | Official Title | Prior Experience |
|---|---|---|
Jess Houlgrave | Chief Executive Officer | Crypto GTM & Strategy at Checkout.com;Founder of shEOS; Co-Founder & COO of Codex Protocol |
Riaz Bordie | Chief Technology Officer | CTO at Checkout.com; VP of Engineeringat SumUp; VP of Engineering at H Company |
Steven Dolcemaschio | Chief Marketing Officer | Head of Brand Marketing at Ledger; Senior Director, Global Brand & Content Marketing at Dashlane; Director, Global Brand Marketing at Sonos; Senior Manager, Global Brand Communications at Converse, Nike |
Lewis Nurcombe | Chief Revenue Officer | Head of UK & Ireland at Visa; General Manager at Currencycloud |
Nacho Rivera | Head of Product | Head of Product at Fleek; Chief Technology Officer at Simpleat; COO at Wolox |
Chris Murrer | Chief Legal & Strategy Officer | Head of Digital Assets Legal at Checkout.com; Attorney at BakerMckenzie, Venable and Hodgson Russ |
Rachel Morris | Head of People & Operations | Director of Revenue Operations at Checkout.com; Head of Ecommerce at the Conran Shop |
Full Name | Official Title | Prior Experience |
|---|---|---|
Pedro Gomes | Founder & Director | Full Stack Engineer at Connext; Full Stack Engineer at Balance.io; Frontend Engineer at Loot Financial Services |
Full Name | Official Title | Prior Experience |
|---|---|---|
N/a | ||
Blockworks note: Labs/DevCo — Reown, Inc. (formerly WalletConnect, Inc.) |
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Describe DAO governance, powers, economic rights, and control surfaces. If no DAO exists, state so and still address current tokenholder governance rights and economic arrangements.
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N/a
The WalletConnect Network multisigs are controlled by a range of participants across and outside of the WalletConnect Foundation and Reown, Inc. who enact the views of the community. Governance proposals by the community are voted via Snapshot (https://snapshot.box/#/s:walletconnect.eth) using a simple-majority mechanism with no specified minimum quorum. WCN smart contracts are deployed on OP mainnet and provide the tokenomic mechanisms to coordinate the network of members, partners and nodes. Upgrades to these smart contracts require a 5-of-7 Admin multisig and a separate 2-of-5 Pauser multisig for pausing contracts in case of an incident. A separate 5-of-7 Emergency multisig exists for recovery if the smart contracts were paused Pauser is not time-locked so its effect is immediate to incidents, but both Admin and Emergency multisigs are timelocked by 7 days.
WCT allocated to insiders (early backers, early team), even while subject to lock-up, vesting or other transfer restrictions, are eligible to accrue staking rewards from the WalletConnect Network; accrued staking rewards are not subject to lock-up or vesting. Insiders who stake locked tokens may also participate in Network governance via Snapshot. As with all tokenholders, Snapshot governance is dictated by the stakeweight of participants Stakeweight is calculated by both the duration of the unlock period and the amount of tokens staked
WCT holders shape the Network through governance — voting on key proposals, network upgrades, and community initiatives via Snapshot. Any proposal relating to fees and/or value-accrual mechanisms are proposed for a community vote. Past proposals: P1 – UX Council Governance Proposal (Passed); P2 – WCT Transferability Criteria Proposal (Passed). Network fees are not yet enabled; if implemented (subject to a community vote) they would likely be denominated in WCT and flow into the rewards pool, distributed among token-holding participants (wallet partners, node operators, individual stakers). Governance documentation: https://docs.walletconnect.network/governance.
The governance model is designed to encourage contributions from a variety of stakeholders: the WalletConnect Foundation initially stewards the network but solicits input from community-elected councils, such as the WalletConnect Council formed July 2025, tokenholders and node operators.
Since a DAO has not been formally established, there is no dissolution authority.
Blockworks note: The WalletConnect Foundation has established several mechanisms for input, contributions, and guidance from various parties, including a WalletConnect Council. However, a DAO has not been officially established.
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Describe the Primary Foundation, including entity details, IP ownership, governance or token powers, contract/admin powers, and economic arrangements. If it does not exist, state so explicitly.
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WalletConnect Foundation — a Cayman Islands foundation company that acts as the Network’s steward. The Foundation has zero shareholders, beneficiaries, members and owners.
/ subsidiaries: WalletConnect Foundation holds an 100-year license to use, reproduce and distribute WalletConnect trademarks, brand assets and logos, the WalletConnect Network source code as published at https://github.com/WalletConnectFoundation/irn and the WalletConnect Wallet Guide as described at https://walletguide.walletconnect.network/.
Powers over DAO, treasury, resources, token administration
The Foundation provides guidance in effecting the results of the community’s governance. The Foundation does not have exclusive control over any DAO, network treasury, resources or token administration.
The Foundation provides milestone-based funding to Reown, Inc. to support ongoing development efforts.
Certain directors of the Foundation are among the multi-sig signers for Network multisigs, however these individuals do not control a majority of the signers. The individuals also sign the multi-sig in their individual capacity and not as a director of the Foundation. Please see 3.(b) for more information regarding the Network Multisigs.
Network fees are not yet enabled. No value-accrual mechanisms from the Network are expected to directly benefit the Foundation or Reown, Inc. equity holders (e.g., via dividends or revenue sharing). Presently, any Network fees are expected to flow to the Network rewards pool for distribution among token-holding participants. Such a change would be subject to a community proposal and governance vote.
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Describe the Primary Developer Company, including entity details, IP ownership, governance or token powers, contract/admin powers, and economic arrangements. If it does not exist, state so explicitly.
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Reown, Inc. (d/b/a WalletConnect) — a Delaware corporation with equity owners; the original developer of WalletConnect and a core contributor to the Network. Reown has a fully owned subsidiary, WalletConnect Ireland Ltd., an Ireland limited company.
/ subsidiaries: Reown, Inc. develops key software and infrastructure for the WalletConnect Network. Reown owns WalletConnect trademarks, and code repos published on GitHub that enable connection to the WalletConnect Network. https://github.com/walletconnecthttps://github.com/reown-com
Powers over DAO, treasury, resources, token administration
Reown received an initial allocation of 70,000,000 WCT and makes post-TGE token-based compensation to its own team members from that allocation; it receives milestone-based funding from the Foundation. Reown controls its own corporate treasury. Reown does not control the Network treasury or Network token administration. As noted, no DAO has been established.
Reown does not control the WalletConnect Foundation.
Certain Reown personnel are among the signers on the Network multisigs (which include participants from several organisations). These individuals execute their signatures, or refrain from signing, in their individual capacities and not on behalf of Reown.
No value-accrual mechanisms from the Network are expected to directly benefit Reown, Inc. equity holders via dividends or revenue sharing. Reown receives milestone-based funding from the Foundation and manages its WCT treasury allocation (used in part for Reown team compensation).
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Identify affiliated protocol contributors and explain their control, funding, or operational relationship to the project. If none exist, state so explicitly.
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Blockworks note: Protocol Contributor
There are no APCs that have control or authority over the Network.
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Disclose launch and initial supply details in a single initial allocation schedule covering the token's launch. Include:
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1,000,000,000 WCT were minted on the TGE date. Initial circulating supply was 186.2m WCT; the remainder (≈ 813.8m WCT) are released into circulation over time. For more information regarding the projected unlock or release schedules for the non-circulating supply, please see CoinMarketCap (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/walletconnect-token/#token_unlocks).
Of the 1 billion WCT TGE supply: WalletConnect Foundation 27% earmarked for grants, marketing and operations; Ecosystem Airdrops 18.5% earmarked for community initiatives, incentives and education campaigns; Early Team 18.5% allocated to these individuals according to unlock schedules; Flexible Rewards 17.5% earmarked for network incentives that are periodically distributed to token stakers and node operators; Early Backers 11.5% allocated to early financial contributors to the Network according to unlock schedules; Core development 7% earmarked to support Reown as a core contributor to the Network.
(at TGE): Initial price discovery was set organically by the market after listing on centralized exchanges.
WCT (WalletConnect Token).
Total supply is 1,000,000,000 WCT, currently capped. The cap may be increased only by a community vote; WalletConnect Foundation and Reown, Inc. are not aware of any plan or intention to increase the 1bn supply.
WCT received via token warrant (investors of Reown, Inc.): 4-year lock-up with a 1-year cliff beginning from 26 November 2024. WCT allocated to core team members at TGE: unlock schedules with a 1-year cliff beginning from the respective team member’s start date with Reown. Custodial services enforce insider lock-up/vesting schedules.
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If there are not post-TGE token compensation plans state explicitly they do not exist. If there are then state the:
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Up to 3% of the total supply of WCT is earmarked for future (post-TGE) team members, funded out of the existing WalletConnect Foundation and Reown, Inc. allocations.
Post-TGE team members of Reown are eligible for annual token bonuses based on position and overall compensation package. Receipt of each bonus is conditioned on the team member reaching a tenure milestone (typically a calendar year). The bonus program expects to be in effect each year. Tokens received after completing a tenure milestone are not subject to any continued vesting or lock-up. The WCT used for these bonuses are sourced from Reown’s initial allocation from TGE.
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Disclose token-based compensation for external advisors and service providers (e.g., legal, marketing, technical, growth) funded from the on-chain treasury or token reserves held by the Foundation, Labs/DevCo, or similar entities. You do not need to disclose individual names, roles, salaries, or any advisors receiving fiat-only compensation.
Provide:
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Existence: Aside from team members known and engaged directly by the WalletConnect Foundation, there are no additional advisory agreements between Reown, Inc. team members and the Foundation, and Reown, Inc. team members do not receive compensation from the Foundation. On that basis, no separate token-based advisory billings to external advisors are disclosed. Currently neither the Foundation nor Reown has any of these advisory. WCT is pay certain invoices or grants but not any existing advisory services.
Total token allocation: N/a
Payer entity: N/a
Description of advisory/services: Description of services
N/a
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Disclose ongoing KOL/influencer relationships that partially or fully received tokens for payment. Do not need to disclose KOL/influencers that do not receive tokens for payment. Use lettered sub-items:
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Publicly label all wallets that hold Unissued Tokens (e.g., foundation, operations, treasury, investor reserve), keep each category in distinct wallets (a unique address per category), and disclose who controls each wallet (DAO multisig, foundation, labs/devco, operations, or contract controller + admin). Include one verification link per wallet (docs or explorer).
Definition: Unissued Supply = tokens authorized by the contract but not yet issued to any party; where they sit (treasury or mint authority) does not change that they are unissued. For instance: if a token has a total supply cap of 1B, and 400M tokens have been issued to investors, the team, and users (whether vested or unlocked), then those 400M count as issued supply. The remaining 600M are authorized but unissued supply, even if they are already minted into a DAO treasury wallet.
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Title | Primary Function | Chain | Address | Control Mechanism | Explorer Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genesis (WCT) | Genesis allocation | Optimism | 0xa86Ca428512D0A18828898d2e656E9eb1b6bA6E7 | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0xa86 Ca428512D 0A1882889 8d2e656E9 eb1b6bA6E 7 |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Optimism | 0x51F651B1482F7EF18bcbBBF0307035Ba9703f25C | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0x51F 651B1482F 7EF18bcbB BF0307035 Ba9703f25 C |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Optimism | 0xC401D6C0b79b5DF63C530b6f02AaaC1aE5C5cb90 | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0xC40 1D6C0b79b 5DF63C53 0b6f02Aaa C1aE5C5c b90 |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Optimism | 0x5e4695d417925016266db6a9e4593afb5a1ed7ba | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0x5e4 695d41792 5016266db 6a9e4593af b5a1ed7ba |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Optimism | 0xf853f030927762dc0f4afab429e3b04568b61c61 | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0xf853f030927762dc0f4afab429e3b04568b61c61 |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Optimism | 0x3635457359ecba79b00d8f237318dd87f30c7246 | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0x363 5457359ec ba79b00d8f 237318dd8 7f30c7246 |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Optimism | 0x9ce1b7d493cb094c5148d0adcbc24b66b70fd60d | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0x9ce 1b7d493cb 094c5148d 0adcbc24b 66b70fd60d |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Solana | 5hbqkbKJqZj3MNEwhdguzWXqH Mhi2ET4Bm22ZRRykJkE | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://solscan.io/accou nt/5hbqkbK JqZj3MNEw hdguzWXq HMhi2ET4 Bm22ZRRy kJkE |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Base | 0xB21AC9aE1D7EE67667c547341D1291373a8269Ab | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://basescan.org/ad dress/0xB2 1AC9aE1D 7EE67667c 547341D12 91373a826 9Ab |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Base | 0x4175390826390959A2893F9b7Ce710bA06a71e32 | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://basescan.org/ad dress/0x41 753908263 90959A289 3F9b7Ce71 0bA06a71e 32 |
Treasury (WCT) | Treasury | Solana | FGfjkeAvmodQFzWBko3fShcL8X M3APRG8z5JWtkfBev1 | WalletConnect Foundation / WalletConnect Limited multisig; signers across several orgs | https://solscan.io/accou nt/FGfjkeAv modQFzW Bko3fShcL 8XM3APR G8z5JWtkf Bev1 |
Foundati on treasury | Foundation working capital / assets | Ethereum | 0x969EA53cb7aC16D2BD97d3E0265192D0B05616b7 | WalletConnect Foundation | https://etherscan.io/add ress/0x969 EA53cb7aC 16D2BD97 d3E026519 2D0B05616 b7 |
Foundati on treasury | Foundation working capital / assets | Ethereum | 0x39DED9e6ff3FD545cC25B3BB66DF04B2F74B5e79 | WalletConnect Foundation | https://etherscan.io/add ress/0x39D ED9e6ff3F D545cC25 B3BB66DF 04B2F74B5 e79 |
Foundati on treasury | Foundation working capital / assets | Ethereum | 0x29A285bAC1888535183dF61eBF16e59781E03Ece | WalletConnect Foundation | https://etherscan.io/add ress/0x29A 285bAC188 8535183dF 61eBF16e5 9781E03Ec e |
Foundati on treasury | Foundation working capital / assets | Optimism | 0x29A285bAC1888535183dF61eBF16e59781E03Ece | WalletConnect Foundation | https://optimistic.ether scan.io/add ress/0x29A 285bAC188 8535183dF 61eBF16e5 9781E03Ec e |
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Projects must disclose all material terms of market-making arrangements that affect token liquidity. If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. For each market maker, include in a table:
If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. If no native tokens were loaned or allocated to market makers, state that explicitly; cash/fiat retainers or fees are not required for this item.
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Blockworks note: WalletConnect has token-loan agreements with four active market makers providing liquidity across centralized exchanges and AMM/DEX pools. All arrangements are native-token loans; no cash/fiat retainer model is used. Aggregate exposure was previously disclosed as 25M WCT (2.5% supply); following a market-maker restructuring it is now ~26.5M WCT (~2.65% supply).
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Projects must disclose all material terms of centralized or decentralized exchange listings that affect token liquidity. For each listing, include in a table:
If the project has no agreements or deals with CEX or DEX, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. If no native-token listing fees were paid, state that explicitly; cash/fiat fee amounts are not required for this item.
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If a category does not exist or is not applicable, make that clear in plain language (no specific wording required).
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Token repurchases or secondary-market accumulations (if any): Token repurchases / secondary-market accumulations
N/A
Protocol-owned liquidity (POL): N/a
Liquidity deals / purchased TVL: N/a
Token-secured loans/lines (incl. against unissued tokens): WalletConnect Limited entered into loan agreements with GSR, Flow Traders, Selini and Lhava with an aggregate principal loan amount of 25m WCT (2.5% of total supply). These agreements expire between April 2026 and April 2027. N/a
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Disclose all prior token sales by the Project — including fundraising rounds, any material OTC sales to investors, and any discounted market-maker sales. For each sale, provide:
If no prior sales occurred, state that explicitly (e.g., "No prior fundraising, OTC, or discounted MM sales have occurred.")
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Provide a narrative description of the Project's material funding sources, economic flows, and operational provisioning, broken out by entity: Foundation, Lab/DevCo, and DAO. If an entity does not exist, state that explicitly. If an entity exists but does not pursue revenue-generating activity, state how it funds or provisions its operations.
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A DAO is not formally organized.
Network fees are not yet enabled, so the Network currently generates no fee revenue. Node operators and wallet partners receive WCT rewards disbursed from the dedicated ‘rewards’ token allocation and paid out by WalletConnect Limited (it is intended that, over time, rewards will be funded by Network fees). Reown, Inc. is funded via milestone-based funding from the Foundation. The Foundation holds assets across on-chain and off-chain venues (including traditional banks and custodians) and token reserves.
Resources fund ongoing software/infrastructure development (Reown), rewards to node operators / wallet partners / stakers, and broader ecosystem support and operations.
Reporting cadence: the Foundation currently publishes monthly updates via its public forum and maintains monthly token/circulating-supply updates with CoinMarketCap and major exchanges; commencing no later than Q1 2026 it plans to issue quarterly updates on its financials and activities via a public forum.
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If any, list prior exploits or incidents that directly affected the token, token supply, tokenholder balances, token contract, minting controls, burn mechanics, or custody of token supply. This question is not asking about general protocol, application, or smart contract exploits unless the incident directly affected the native token itself. If no prior incidents, state this explicitly (e.g., "No exploits affecting tokenholders or protocol funds as of YYYY-MM-DD").
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No exploits affecting tokenholders or protocol funds have occurred as of 17 June 2026.
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Provide a single income statement, expense summary, or comparable operating statement for the primary Foundation or Developer Company. A consolidated or entity-level presentation is acceptable. Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows may be included but are not required. This item is intended to provide transparency into offchain operating resources and expenditures only.
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Line Item | Amount |
|---|---|
Gross Profit | $17M |
Total Operating Expenses | $10M |
Net Profit | $7M |
Blockworks note: This above Profit & Loss Statement is approximate, not yet finalized and is subject to revision. |
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Identify to the best of your ability the token's current deployments across chains, including project-issued deployments, project-endorsed representations, and, if possible, documented third-party wrapped or bridged representations.
For each entry, provide:
Multiple entries on the same chain are permitted.
Definition: A protocol-level asset is an asset whose balances and transfers are handled directly by the blockchain's core rules, rather than by a token smart contract. For protocol-level assets without a token contract address, enter "No contract address" and identify the asset and chain.
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This Token Transparency Filing is provided for general informational purposes only. Blockworks reviews completeness only and does not verify or warrant the accuracy of individual answers. WalletConnect Token is solely responsible for the content, accuracy, and legality of its disclosures.