Zora (ZORA)USD

Zora is an onchain social network and Layer 2 protocol where users publish, discover, and trade media and social content as tokenized coins and NFTs on Ethereum Layer 2 networks. Jacob Horne and Tyson Battistella founded the project in 2020, initially as an NFT marketplace before expanding it into a full creator platform and Layer 2 network. Zora Network, the project's Optimism Stack Ethereum Layer 2 rollup, launched in June 2023. The ZORA token launched on Base in April 2025. Zora Network inherits Ethereum's security through the OP Stack architecture while offering lower fees and faster transactions suited to onchain media activity. The native token, ZORA, is an ERC-20 token on Base used for creator and platform rewards, tipping, backing creator coins, and broader ecosystem incentives. It does not confer governance rights or equity ownership. ZORA has a fixed maximum supply of 10 billion tokens with no ongoing minting beyond the initial issuance. Allocations are divided among investors, the team, a treasury, incentive programs, and a community airdrop. Zora is built as infrastructure for a creator-driven social economy where content and profiles exist as tradeable onchain assets.